Stages NYC: big magazine spread on stages show in new york

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bigreport© is the latest from big magazine, the celebrated fashion and art mag with creative director contributors such as doug lloyd (lloyd+co), marc atlan (marc atlan design) and the like. bigreport© is a series of spreads from top creatives worldwide reporting on the going-ons in each city from the p.o.v. of each of the creative houses. this report on the stages show at the deitch gallery-new york was submitted by ceft and company’s creative director ucef hanjani. the show included works by: jules de balincourt, KAWS, richard prince, christopher wool, aaron young, futura, and others. also see the show at the emmanuel perrotin-paris by zz

CATEGORIES: art

Krink inc. : Everything is just so krink-ed up! a glimpse at the empire of kr (and his) ink

 

 

krink is born

alife nyc becomes the hub

krink is re-born on the expected t-shirt

black krink ink 8-litre applicator ink-extinguisher

krink iphone jacket

krink screen saver

krink ink gets used

…and abused – krink ink-case computer-case from incase… jeeeez

R.I.P : the original krink-ink marker

why not… mini wants to be cool too

don’t matter if you cant drive

the original krink-to-fit available only in levi’s blue

silver krink ink 8-litre applicator ink-extinguisher

kidrobot krink mailbox – now that’s pretty cool (although rather useless)

get me one!

krink to drink

and finally… the krink airforce one edition in drip silver

 

oh and of course the commercial had to come too.

craig costellos work compiled and krink-ed up in about 3 minutes and 40 seconds by dd

CATEGORIES: art, design, eye candy

Foot Fetish master: Christian Louboutin

photographed by robert maxwell

french shoe designer christian louboutin must be the gatekeeper of desire and principles. ‘‘when i design my summer collection, i must work in a hot place,’’ he says. ‘‘and i must be in a cold place when i design for winter.’’ he chose brazil for the summer; and for th fall winter collection his estate in the french countryside has no heat and is therefore ideal for wintertime. light wait globe-trotter, louboutin always packs light: ‘‘i only do carry-on.’’ but what about fanatics who can’t bear to part with their louboutins when they travel? ‘‘my advice to them would be to ship the pairs before. that way, they can bring as many as they’d like.’’ is that fed ex or by private carrier? by dd

CATEGORIES: fashion, foot fetish

lara stone by “director” karl lagerfeld


poorly acted love encounters in a most unusual place, the fitting rooms at chanel. this wins the prize for the most naive and blatant abuses of love in the shameless service of commerce… director. it’s just one more thing that the great designer karl lagerfeld isn’t. lara stone however is always a welcome sight. by dd

CATEGORIES: clips, eye candy

the british PROac responce speakers: best sounding two way speakers for aspiring audiophiles

Proac D28 (approx $6,000) above, and the proac D1’s (approx $1,300) far below


proac response D28, electrical impedance (solid) and phase (dashed) – (2 ohms/vertical div.)

not much for looks, but these will be my next set of speaker purchases. the proac D28’s sport a pair of 6.5″ coated polypropylene cone drivers on die cast chassis and a pair of 1″ silk tweeter dome. i wont go into the black hole of audio adjectives (you can read them here) but the speakers are known for their uncolored (un-abusive base and highs) as well as proac designer, stewart tyler’s simple cross over design. they are honest sounding speakers that will not abuse or distort the recording and are a joy for long listening periods. if your music is predominantly electronic these are perhaps not for you, but then again no speaker can be accurately judged with such genre of music. at about $6,000 a pair (used ones can be fetched at audiogon for approx 3-4k) you can not expect anything more than a two way speaker, and the proacs are as good as they get in that category. the smaller mass bookshelves are bound to lack some of the base of the D28s but again you can’t cheat the laws of physics. the floor standing D28s have been on my list of replacement with my morels for some time now and i fully recommend them. if you’re in the market these are worth a listen. technical specs: 8 ohms nominal impedance, recommended amp of 10-200 watts, frequency 20hz o 30khz, sensitivity at 88db. weight 120lbs a pair. by dd

CATEGORIES: audio-electronics

adidas arthur ashe : 1970’s limited production match play


the adidas ‘match play’ embodies key elements of the original legendary arthur ashe’s signature model. matchplay was inspired by a tennis shoe found in adidas scheinfield archive, the matchplay carries many court shoe features such as a derby cut, pimple outsole.below: arthur ashe

the adidas arthur ashe shoe was originally released in 1975, in limited quantities (1,975 pairs) to celebrate his wimbledon victory that year. it was a special edition of the adidas stan smith model. 

arthur ashe was not only the first black man to win wimbledon, he was the name on my first pair of tennis shoe that i owned when i was 8 or so. from what little i can remember they were quite basic and simple, like stan smiths but with a slightly off whitish leather, red tabs and yellow text, which was what made them different than the stan smith clan.
playing on damp clay courts in the hot summers of 78 made the soft white leather slightly reddish in color. this was a nice added touch for those avid clay fans not to mention projecting a rather self important image at age 8… seeing the stan smith post i searched for these vintage babies with no luck. best i could come up with was this. the adidas “match play”s. no mention of ashe on the shoe yet they come up under the search… some background: arthur ashe was the winner of US open 68, australian open 70, french open 71, wimbledon 75, australian open 77. by tm

CATEGORIES: foot fetish, history

damien hirst X francis bacon



this new exhibition of damien hirst called “nothing matters” reminds me of the painting basquiat and warhol did together, sometimes you can’t exactly get who did what. in the present case, it’s the same except one of the two is dead and it’s not damien hirst… can someone explain? by pp

CATEGORIES: art

artists on their bikes



i don’t get the thing about emma reeves doing this calendar with the swiss institute about new york artists on their bikes, but whatever, it’s very cool. the usual suspects on their bikes in the streets, can’t be wrong right? above are my favorites download the all pdf here by pp

CATEGORIES: bikes

Damien Hirst: skateboard decks for supreme new york

xmas is upon us and i was looking for two boards for two of my favorite girls in the world, now this may not be a girls dream but i think its pretty close as far as boards get. hirst and supreme have a long standing relationship and these are bound to be limited in their edition at supreme. try, if you can to get one… they are being collected, one of each by avid fans (fans of hirst more than supreme i would guess), saw a friend with 2 and he said its the only two he “didn’t” have. good luck. a set is already available on ebay for $1,849.99. by dd

CATEGORIES: art, objects, perfect gift