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terence koh loves and loved by converse

this may not be new news, as i believe these special edition all-white-leather hightop all stars from converse by terence koh came out in march, but i still had to share. a minimalist rendition of the classic. shoes feature a square back, seamless edges, super smoothed body, and crisp leather laces. a percentage of the purchase is contributed to the 1hund(red) campaign to fight aids in africa. and only $150, and only available in white. oh right, and if you want, you can order them here. by kl

CATEGORIES: art, foot fetish

pierre hardy + hermes


just heard about this collaboration between designer pierre hardy and hermes on some jewelry. he was already designing some fabulous shoes for the H brand but the jewelry is really swell! good job! by pp’

CATEGORIES: perfect gift

Bas Jan Ader : PITFALL ON THE WAY TO A NEW NEO-PLASTICISM




i love when art is simple, and about the thought, action and discovery more than just the execution, and this is why bas jan ader is one of my all time favorites. above you see him bring the theory of neoplasticism into his modern day… the belief that art should not be the reproduction of real objects, but the expression of the absolutes of life, and what is more important to discovery than the absolutes of life?

establishing in the 1910’s, the original neoplasticists were piet mondrian and theo van doesburg. they believed that the only absolutes of life were vertical and horizontal lines and the primary colors. to this end neoplasticists only used planar elements and the colors red, yellow, and blue. thank goodness this perspective evolved off of the canvas, and surely brought us conceptual art. by kl

CATEGORIES: art, musings

Natacha dzikowski and her boys

natacha dzikowski and david lynch
natacha dzikowski and olivier zahm
natacha dzikowski and ucef hanjani

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

CATEGORIES: fashion

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’

CATEGORIES: design

Michelangelo Antonioni’s red desert with monica vitti

quail eggs anyone?
a troubled monica vitti with british actor richard harris who walked out on antonioni after asking antonioni “why am i walking across the field?” to which antonioni replied “you’re an actor, you don’t question me, you do what i tell you to do”

entire streets, grass fields and buildings were painted to achieve the color

talking about deserts…. this is what you can call a great film, i saw it again tonight for the 4th, or 5th time, and it was as if i was seeing things for the first time. granted i’m rather forgetful, but that’s another story.  the color and composition in this film are rather extraordinary, antonioni is the painter rather than the director in this film. so much pain was taken at the time in 1964 to create the color palette that antonioni was after on this technicolor film, including painting entire stone streets brown, buildings black, trees white, leaves brown, trash gray, earth red not to mention the “gray” fruit… it’s truly a beautiful film, and worth seeing it with no sound just purely as a visual feast, a rothko painting of sorts.
the criterion collection which is only $31.96 (on sale now) includes;

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

CATEGORIES: must see films

YUK! V magazine cover: the sexy body issue with adriana lima

adriena lima for v magazine

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

CATEGORIES: fashion

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’

CATEGORIES: design