will be hard to top this one… 2 out of 3 ‘aint that bad… but what can you expect from one of the most amazing women east of manhattan? by xy
Month: July 2010
simon hasan – boiled leather
i’m currently into designer simon hasan’s work. using a medieval technique called something like “boiled leather”, he’s really proposing an interesting alternative to the boring space/hi-tech style that designers seem to have difficulties to move away from…
if you have a chance, check the hand-made issue of wallpaper magazine that features a story on him re-doing a poltrona frau seat his way, super interesting (as is this all issue) by pp’
deserto rosso 1964: michalengelo antonioni
by dd
Michelangelo Antonioni’s red desert with monica vitti
audio commentary by italian film scholar david forgacs (this is quite nice), archival video interviews with michelangelo antonioni and monica vitti and a booklet featuring an essay by film historian mark le fanu, an interview with antonioni by jean-luc godard, and a reprinted essay by antonioni on his use of color plus the usual other crap on such discs. with many thanx to cdc. by dd
YUK! V magazine cover: the sexy body issue with adriana lima
we know that times are desperate, we get that bomb-shell curves are back in (granted not by choice rather by necessity of our western obesity), but can someone please explain what v magazine is doing/thinking. absolutely crass, mundane and uninteresting series of covers. you can add this to the bang ad by marc jacobs (see post). seems like crass/kitsch taste is quite back in fashion. quite happy to be well outside of it. by dd
Robert Duffy, marc jacobs president, stares down a damn camel in cairo
PURPLE NIGHT
i would personally never buy a magazine featuring mister zahm’s night accomplishments but i have to admit that their art director (gianni oprandi) is really on top of it as usual! by pp’
more mary frey! imagining fauna
some more super nice work from mary frey! see previous post if you haven’t by pp’