Vibe, Vibrations

Illustration by Brian Standeford / type + layout by me
Mark your calendar, this is gonna be a fun one

Best Foot Forward

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(Alexander McQueen Fall 2011 edition.)

Navy patent-leather ankle cuff pumps,
$825 at net-a-porter.

While we're on the subject of navy:

Navy suede buckled punk boot,
$1225 at Alexander McQueen.

Instant good times:

Suede ankle boot, in red or fuschia,
$1075 at Alexander McQueen.

Image of the Day

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"Buffalo; Galloping," by Eadweard Muybridge, 1887 – featured in the buffalo room of The Great American Hall of Wonders, a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

From Edward Rothstein's review in the New York Times: "The United States was a realm of vast spaces and enormous resources. And the show suggests that those resources were used with more enthusiasm than wisdom." Read more, and see more images, here.

The Great American Hall of Wonders is up through Jan. 8 – info here.

(Image credit: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center of Visual Arts, Stanford University)

In the Studio

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Hausu

Need vs. Want

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Lanvin suede sneaker, made in Italy, $495 at Barneys. Want.

Image of the Day

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Scale model of Spire, 2011 (Aluminum mesh, wood, poured paint), an installation by artist (architect? master draper?) Alois Kronschlaeger in the elevator shaft and surrounding floors of an abandoned building in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Get more info about the project here, and if you're in New York, check out a discussion with Kronschlaeger this Thursday, July 28th, at SVA as part of the ongoing forum Reconfiguring Site: New Approaches to Public Art and Architecture. Indeed.

I Got the Hands to Hold On To Them

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Kurt Vile "Baby's Arms" from Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011, Matador). Video by Todd Cole.