Month: May 2010

villa malaparte x le mepris x francois halard





really into the french 60’s things these days, but totally obsessed with the villa malaparte which is definitely a character on its own in godard’s “le mepris”. saw the gigantic and amazing “fresson prints” photographer francois halard did of the pictures he took there few years ago. grand! hope he will show them at the “rencontres d’arles” where he’s feature this year. (not positive but i remember reading somewhere that the blue couch on the bottom picture of halard’s own house is the actual couch from the movie… it was green last time i was at his place though) by pp’

CATEGORIES: architecture, photography

my night with a pro: G series pro launch surprised us all at the event in new york city

thunder dog founder and ex-kidrobot designer tristan eaton custom tagging one-of-a-kind 5 footer – supposedly black as midnight black painted by jeff koons studio!
new york design group, DDCLAB provided custom design outfit for the crew and staff at the event

jump into bed! was funny to see (cofounder of new york staple: dean & deluca) giorgio deluca’s immaculate pad transformed into a surreal exhibit loosly around a pros life ala robert gober meets mike kelley, if that could even be possible!

definitely not giorgio’s closet!!!!

kiss the dee jay: dj kiss with ucef hanjani (ceft and company)

sway calloway in the original concrete jungle

one of the cool bits about the event was upon entry you received a black ALIFE t-shirt which you needed in order to get into the 8th floor.

at first it seemed rather odd… but once in, you realized what you had on your hands. no other than dr. revolt himself (style wars, wild style) was there to tag your shirt, all you needed to do was pick what kind of a “pro” you were… or wanted to be!some of my favorite tags where: PROFESIONAL dreamer, PROFESIONAL shyster, PROFESIONAL golddigger, PROFESIONAL lover, PROFESIONAL asskicker, but the best one was towards the end when an older lady, all dressed-up and proper came and politely asked for PROFESIONAL super bitch!

end of night the 75 goody bags were courtesy of ALIFE using american apparel super shines, with an NFL leather football, signed by eli manning inside along with samples of the unreleased g series pro product to help you go pro… whether you like it, or not!.

NFL pro player eli manning and “friend”

one of the 75 invites above… oh and one of the many uninvited guests, who showed up anyway below…

so diddy showed up at some point and sway (MTV) was not about to let-go of his chance to interview sean combs, puff daddy, and p. diddy all at once. at least prince cut to the point, even illustrated his name for the alphabetically challenged. i still don’t quit get this diddy business!
diddy didn’t catch the drift right away until his later tweet, but the stairway was part of the gigdiddy’s 2nd tweet from that night!

one credit to the man was that at the entrance there was one door marked “pros” the other “all others” the “pro door” lead to the stairs, which meant you had to walk up to the 8th floor. the “all others” door lead to the elevator, and diddy took the stairs (followed by his whole crew!!! rather hilarious) screaming something like “that’s the difference between you and me…” well, that and few extra dollars i suppose. by xy

CATEGORIES: backstage

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