A store opening, a major exhibit for the re-opening of the Musée Galliera, and lots and lots of buzz: here's one article with interview
Azzedine Alaia
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"inspiration"
Always inspired by the works I see for the first time here.
There are always at least several that stand out, unexpected, in the three floors of the museum divided usually into four themes/photographers.
BIASIUCCI / PALADINOCASA MADRE
FERRANTE FERRANTI, "ITINERRANCES"
L’ŒIL D’UN COLLECTIONNEUR: SERGE ABOUKRAT, DU CLICHÉ-VERRE À PHILIPPE HALSMAN
COSTA-GAVRAS, CARNETS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES
Styling ideas? LIFESTYLE inspiration for sure
photorapher: http://teshstudios.com/
Stylist: http://models.com/people/heathermary-jackson
From: http://identicaleye.blogspot.fr/2010/10/toughen-up.html
these awesome illustrations are done by duo Raphaël Urwiller & Mayumi Otero
they make books, posters, prints, and are amazing storytellers through their limitless imaginations.
Speaking with the artists, this project was done during moments of 'non-productivity', and a way to stay productive while procrastinating.
Enjoy! and check out their work on their website
they make books, posters, prints, and are amazing storytellers through their limitless imaginations.
Speaking with the artists, this project was done during moments of 'non-productivity', and a way to stay productive while procrastinating.
Enjoy! and check out their work on their website
Here are some of the answers, in broken English, translated back from my chicken scratch short hand.
"faith in your own talent, love for the product, and love for your customer."
"A great designer of tomorrow has to have a vision and brilliant ideas."
"A strong design radiates authenticity
"Strong design knowledge of the past, feel for today, and vision for the future."
"Bravery that comes from love of fashion. Love of fun helps as well."
"Successful designers of tomorrow offer personal vision of beauty __ and individuality___seduce with sustainable fabrics___alluring___and subtle__of cut and color- harmony of cut and color should be a concern of any young designer___sense of fabrics that is where is all begins."
"At a time when any blogger can comment on fashion, designers have to be stronger than ever to realize their vision. The danger of being overwhelmed by the moment can be devastating for creativity."
"Successful designers of tomorrow understand design is about solving problems, in sustainability and efficient way___creative in use of texture, color, creative ceo of one's own brand."
"Young designers ___belief in self and vision- strong - stubborn ___because of flood of stimulation, information and divergent demands pouring in from all sides will constantly tempt you to be all things to all people."
"Skill and craftsmanship are as important as assertiveness and vision to successful designers."
still at the beginning of his career, Landon Metz has developed a style that draws you in with a narrative of shapes. His colors appear in forms that look uncontrolled, but the composition as a whole is sensitive and just right.
It is not easy to know when to stop, or hold back. Metz does. Some of bolder colors are less harmonious to me in comparison to the more washed out tones, but it is all a mater of the evolution of the work. And nice to see more than one dimension to the artists' exploration.
Here is a selection, you'll see his body of work on his website
For more follow the link to this great blog post with an extensive collection of her work and living/work spaces
These two are from my recent layover in Brussels on my way back to Paris from Hartford, Connecticut.
"What then is truth? A movable host of metaphors, metonymies, and anthropomorphisms: in short, a sum of human relations which have been poetically and rhetorically intensified, transferred, and embellished, and which, after long usage, seem to a people to be fixed, canonical, and binding. Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions; they are metaphors that have become worn out and have been drained of sensuous force, coins which have lost their embossing and are now considered as metal and no longer as coins." -Friedrich Nietzsche
coruscation...
Stream of consciousness expanding on the visuals supplied, and try to verbalize the images in my mind.
The wings, blues, greys, wind, lightness, silhouettes, ovals, owls, wind, raincoat, umbrella, water drops, ocean, stormy grey water, rough seas, sea/horizon/sky/clouds=tulle/silk/lace/water resistant, Swarovski, wind, feathers, sparkle, glint, two of a feather, crane, slender, elongate, luster, flutter...coruscation
...the man said.
...she rode through the cactus rising up from the ground. Earlier this morning, in town, she had seen the women in the carriage with her curled hair and white gloved hand hanging listlessly out the window. What a life she imagined the woman must have. What a life. The hooves tapped on the dry ground, hollow and vast...
that night, as she lay under the big sky, she thought about what it might be like in a fluffy bed with soft white sheets. She closed her eyes to imagine it. Almost wishing herself there. But when she opened her eyes, she looked up at the bright, glimmering stars. They sparkled down on her like a thousand well-wishing angels. And she knew she wouldn't change places for anything...
that night, as she lay under the big sky, she thought about what it might be like in a fluffy bed with soft white sheets. She closed her eyes to imagine it. Almost wishing herself there. But when she opened her eyes, she looked up at the bright, glimmering stars. They sparkled down on her like a thousand well-wishing angels. And she knew she wouldn't change places for anything...
the big man and the little man sat together side by side. the big man had lived longer- was weathered, was worn. the little man was smaller, like his name implies. little and light, in weight and in color. taking after the big man in texture and sheen. appearance is everything the big man always said. the wrinkles are my experience and worldliness. your smooth surface is your innocence and naivete. one day, when people have wrinkled you and worn down your seams, you will remember this moment with me.