the anarchy of silence: john cage, museu d’art contemporani de barcelona





with bionce crashing our party i thought why not talk about some music. like “the anarchy of silence” by john cage. now, for the record, can we please beg lady gaga here to not appropriate?

ok, so this is one of the most beautiful books i have come across in recent years. the book published by henie onstad art center is a pricey soft cover book with a lot of inspiration hidden inside it (used copies can be found on amazon for $130). i picked up my new untouched copy at st. marks bookstore in new york for under a $100 but no idea if they have any left. not much unlike his music, beautiful unobtrusive designs of text create a lovely pace between photographs and sketches of cage. the hand drawn notes are truly amazing and the book as a whole shows a lot of confidence on behalf of its creators. another franklin well spent. by dd

CATEGORIES: books

Lid Magazine Number 10-SS 2010: more of a book worth coming back to

spring summer issue of lid #10

the amazing diane lane (see our other post)

bob fantastic train ride

halstone at his olympic tower atelier, nyc 1979 by dustin pittman

poet, roach killer, artist extraordinaire: mr. jim carroll

i came across this gen of a magazine the other day and i have to say it made me think about all the crappy self service issues i’ve bought. $50 for 500 pages of disposable snaps disguised in a hard cover, foil stamped, shrink wrapped gift pack, just to make you feel “you’re sooo worth it”. at least olivier zahm goes the extra mile to provide some kitty porn to compensate for the poetry hes lost. on the other hand the fellows at lid didn’t make much of a fuss. soft cover, solid black and white printing for a fraction of the cost and a mag you’d want to keep and use. the issue simply made me happy and coming back to it over and over again. well done! by dd

CATEGORIES: fashion

why don’t you love me – beyoncé

this is the only beyoncé video i’m allowed to post on tomorrow started. love the makeup, love the hair, love the moves, love matching fingernails to turquoise rotary phone. i much prefer this girl to the one attempting to win in the try-hard edgy fashion competition. sometimes you have to allow yourself some mass pop indulgence, especially when they’re using some of your favorite references. by kl

CATEGORIES: clips, music

martin margiela (untitled)


sometimes not a fan of everything mister fabien baron is coming up with, i was highly disappointed when discovered the bottle for the first martin margiela’s fragrance “untitled”. margiela is definitely the brand i used to consider as the most interesting identity wise so when i saw this ugly green bottle with the stupid white plastic thing around i was chocked… that was until i saw the trailer above that i understood the white thing is paint and it make more sense (still not sure about the color of the juice, the baron choice, dieseland so on but that’s another story)… by pp’

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the birth of the cool


for those who are not bored of style blogs or anything that talk about it yet, the man behind the impossible cool launches a conversation on cool which could be seen as a wider version of the previous one. the aesthetic of those two blogs are cool (of course) and today’s post is on mister saint laurent and is illustrated by the great ivan terestchenko abstract portrait of the master. looks good by pp

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self service : stephanie savage

this must be the best cover quote of the century: “no one wants to die and discover that all you have to pass on to the next generation is your facebook pages.” – stephanie savage, page 249 by dd

CATEGORIES: fashion

richard chai for pro keds

we shared an office with richard a few years back and always loved his cool demeanor. happy to see him do so well. here’s a few items from his recently launched menswear. a variety of color ways will be available against a low and high top models with zipper and laceless looks that borrow fabrics from chai’s own collection. by dd

CATEGORIES: foot fetish