paper furniture by studio job

“paper, cardboard and papier-mâché are familiar to all of us. they bring back memories of kindergarten and our first experiences of making things. inspired by classic icons but manufactured like modern day furniture, this furniture collection is an ode to classical style and to the material.” what a great concept- find it at moooi. by m+m

CATEGORIES: design

jil sander and alfred hitchcock

 

according to alfred, “self-plagiarism is style”
i’m not sure what that has to do with this gorgeously intriguing campaign for jil sander’s s/s lines, but it seems fitting. inspired by hitchcock films of the 1940’s, stylist oliver rizzo and photographer willy vanderperre brilliantly transcend the worlds of cinema and fashion here (not to mention the beautiful daria stroukos and natasha poly)
it really makes me want to go home and watch ‘spellbound’ for the millionth time. by sv

CATEGORIES: fashion

Who the hell is Damien Saez?

poster banned in france, i guess even the french didn’t get the message?

and how come i didn’t know about him? a political bad boy, but that’s like 50% of france. damien is a young, and a bit self-conscious, reincarnation of jacques brel, jim morrison, johnny depp, and mano negra all in one. room for growth. could be interesting. will have to keep an eye. by ars

CATEGORIES: clips, music

plus model magazine; not too cold, not too hot, just… feel good!

hmmmm… i wonder why?

 

yes there’s no question about the oddity of 14 year old girls selling clothes to 40 year old women and the disparity of the reality out there, but lets not have a cup-cake party yet. first off you have to be pretty weak to be affected by all this marketing and expect a bunch of shysters to guide you through what is right and wrong. but we understand that most people are weak and need constant hand holding & reassurance. enter “plus model magazine” a pub that has found a way to sell us more shit by telling us its ok to be fat, now don’t for a minute think they actually care. we’re kindda’ sick of all this self-help marketing aimed to make people comfortable with their inability to stay off the couch and the flavored chips. the reality is that the average person today resembles a hippo more than a human body form, so lets not look at the average “man” for guidance. while being anorexic is an issue, being fat is a much bigger issue today. for the record, in the united states 44% of teenagers are overweight/obese that figure goes up to 71% for adults vs. the statistics for anorexia/bulimia which is stable at 4% of adult women and less than 0.5% of adult males**. the human form is not meant to carry blubber. so while plus size model katya zharkova seems pretty healthy and should be pleased with her body she could skip a few of those donuts here and there. i assure you her body fat is more appropriate for a polar exhibit than a fit specimen of a homo sapien, so please don’t pander her as the ideal body type, shes more of a feel-good transparent marketing tool to sell more crap and we ‘aint buyin’… whenever you have a question just look at nature, you’ll find the answer there every time. ** canadian and U.S. governments statistics. if you actually care to change the fact that the next generation of americans will have a shorter lifespan than their parents for the first time then do something about it. by dd

CATEGORIES: earth related

the artist: by hollywood films

somebody had to do it… i personally was expecting some “artist” to do it and call the film “hollywood” but instead, “hollywood” did it and called it “the artist”… haven’t seen the silent film but who wouldn’t want to sit in some hollywood film and see the actors shut the f@#k up for once. i’m so sold… by dd

CATEGORIES: clips, must be considered films

Martin Luther King Junior: you’re only dead if no one talks of you

terrorism is nothing new

what a shame. what kind of a man could bring himself to shoot a man who preaches non-violence? its hard to accept… even today. though i was never a fan of all the religious sermons, i do understand that they had a place, despite that, he was a courageous and a great man. they simply don’t make ’em like that anymore…we’re all now too busy talkin’ about bitches n’ hoes…

and so it goes… on march 29, 1968, king went to memphis tennessee, his flight to memphis had been delayed by a bomb threat against his plane. in the close of the last speech of his career, in reference to the bomb threat, king said the following: “some began to say the threats, or talk about the threats that were out. what would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers? … we’ve got some difficult days ahead. but it doesn’t matter with me now. because i’ve been to the mountaintop. and i don’t mind. like anybody, i would like to live a long life. longevity has its place. but i’m not concerned about that now…” by dd

CATEGORIES: musings

natura morta – studio toogood

sorry, i don’t quite understand what this is all about beside the fact that the always great studio toogood was involved along with francesca sarti and the all thing was photographed by marius w hansen. what i also know is that it’s super nice. that’s about it. by pp.

CATEGORIES: art