bring back POLAROID!

FAST FACTS about POLAROID

+ Patented in 1929: (n) material in thin plastic sheets that produce a high degree of plane polarization in light passing through it.

+ INVENTOR: American physicist, Edwin H. Land.

+ Polaroid Corporation founded by Edwin H. Land in 1937.

+ Instant Film cameras reached the market in November, 1948.

+ The production of analog Instant Film stops in June, 2008.

As a result, the Impossible Project unfolds.

+ More fascinating history HERE.

"It's all about reinventing and restarting the production of instant film," he said, "creating a new material to exactly meet the demands of the modern photographer that loves analogue instant photography." (Florian Kaps)

... read more about The Impossible Project.

small architecture or LARGE furniture?

from FRAME magazine's design directory: For his degree project, Worapong Manupipatpong examined the three-dimensional territories of architecture and furniture by investigating how the notion of architecture can influence furniture design (or the other way around) . . . Manupipatpong: 'I’m intrigued by particular spaces and things when they can’t be classified exactly; something in-between. My project can be seen as something in-between because it is hard to define. Whether it is extra small architecture or an extra large piece of furniture, it is somewhere in-between these aspects of scale and function.'

EAMES elephants (1945) now available for kids!

Adorable and chic!

For more info visit the Vitra Design Museum online shop.

The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine

LOUISE BOURGEOIS

...inspiring, extraordinary...a passionate mentor for all women artists!

You will cry, hysterically laugh and as soon as the documentary is over you will run to your studio, feel inspired and CREATE... (vivi)

Now on DVD: Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine.

"As an artist, Louise Bourgeois has been at work for six decades—but always on her own vigorously inventive and disquieting terms. In 1982, at the age of 71, she became the first woman honored with a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. She has since gone on, in her 80s and 90s, to create her most powerful and persuasive work—massive spider sculptures that have appeared all over the world." zeitgeist films

:WATCH TRAILER

:ORDER A COPY HERE.

Gorgeous magazine from London!

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selvedge is a gorgeous squared-shaped magazine that illustrates ethnographic photography, fashion, textiles, international artists...and related topics. The articles are smart and globally conscious. It elevates fashion and craft to an eloquent level. It is hard to find in the US and it is about $25.00/issue but is is absolutely worth it. It is better to just subscribe. Here are a few examples of their beautiful covers...CLICK LARGE SQUARE & PHOTOSTREAM! or...check out my FLICKR page!

Alphaville, 1965

A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution

I was browsing through ARTForum's online video section and found this great clip. Enjoy!

...the meaning of love...in French!

ACTORS: Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution & Anna Karina as Natacha Von Braun

More info @ CRITERION COLLECTION

Remembering Pina Bausch!

July 27, 1940 – June 30, 2009

I just discovered that the amazing German choreographer/dancer Pina Bausch passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at the age of 68.

READ NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE.

Enjoy this U-tube video. Let's all dance and have coffee with Pina!...may she rest in peace!

Click HERE to visit Pina Bausch's website.

SAN DIEGO, CA: ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT 2009

MAY 22 - SEPT. 6, 2009

 

"Showcasing the work of innovative architects and designers in the San Diego community, MIX provides in-depth presentations by nine remarkable practicioners. estudio teddy cruz, Luce et Studio Architects (Jennifer Luce), Sebastián Mariscal Studio, Public (James Gates and James Brown), Rinehart Herbst (Todd Rinehart and Catherine Herbst), Lloyd Russell, and Jonathan Segal FAIA represent a generation of practitioners who graduated from architecture school during the 1980s..." read more @ MCASD

How can we achieve fully energy-efficient cities?

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION!

CLOSING DATE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH 2009

"The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and HP are pleased to announce the 3rd Advanced Architecture Contest, on the theme of THE SELF-SUFFICIENT CITY: Envisioning the habitat of the future. The aim of the competition is to promote online discussion and research through which to generate insights and visions, ideas and proposals that help us envisage what the city and the habitat of the 21st century will be like. The competition is open to architects, planners, designers and artists who want to contribute to progress in making the world more habitable by developing a proposal capable of responding to emerging challenges in areas such as ecology, information technology, socialization and globalization, with a view to enhancing the connected self-sufficiency of our cities..." from official website.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Eclectic radio station from Santa Monica College in California.

I introduce you to KCRW,

" . . . a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California's leading National Public Radio affiliate, featuring an eclectic mix of music, news, information and cultural programming. The station boasts one of the nation's largest arrays of locally- produced, nationally-distributed talk program content. KCRW.com extends the station's profile globally, with three streams featuring web-exclusive content: all music, all news and the live station simulcast, as well as an extensive list of podcasts. The non-commercial broadcast signal reaches 550,000 listeners weekly and is supported by 55,000 member/subscribers."

The great thing about KCRW is that you can listen to them online no matter where you are. I know you will love it...cool DJ's, fun talk shows & podcasts and more...

CLICK HERE and check out their website. 

I love the Literary Bohemian!

I discovered the Literary Bohemian

(a website from the Czech Republic) a few months ago and today I share with you from the TRAVELOGUE section.
Breakfast in Helsinki by Susan Koefod:
"At Hostel Mekka at 9:00 a.m., the sun had already been up for five hours. Summer solstice was only a week away, and this close to the Arctic circle, twilight merged with dawn in a near endless day. I had traveled from Minnesota to Finland to visit my 22-year-old son, Ryan, who was concluding a year of study abroad at the University of Helsinki. He now easily conversed in Finnish and blended in, having inherited his father’s Norwegian genes: tall, thin, red-haired and fair-skinned..." READ MORE HERE

Casa Estudio Diego Rivera

These are images from Diego Rivera's Studio in México City. (San Ángel, México Distrito Federal).

Diego Rivera's Casa Estudio was designed by Mexican architect and artist Juan O'Gorman (1905 - 1982).
Thank you Omar Barcena for allowing me to share these pictures. More here.  

SWEDISH DESIGN at its best!

I came across Swedish designer Fredrik Färg this week and I just had to share his talent with you. His designs are inspired by classic menswear and the final product is impeccable.

For me design is a room for exchanging ideas about how we can improve our surroundings. How we experience the spaces and objects in our life. My aim is to create spatial poetry that affects the viewer/user both physically and emotionally but still leave it as an open end. (Fredrik Färg)

images courtesy of Fredrik Färg

Teresa Margolles

"What Else Could We Talk About" by Teresa Margolles was the chosen piece for this year's Venice Biennale-Mexican Pavilion. It is a dark installation about the horrifying drug related crimes in Mexico that have been in existence for more than two decades now.


Curator, Cuauhtémoc Medina describes, "In a time where borders are no more able to contain the plague, when politics are mobilized by the ideological uses of fear, and where global capital is accompanied by a whole epidemic of violence, What else could we talk about? would want to suggest the need to politicize discontent and disgust, rather than falling prey of the strategies of a new world order erected over the ruins of the perpetual wars and infinite crusades of the powers to be..."

The MEMORABLE PHOTOGRAPHY of Ran Shapira!

I was recently introduced to Ran Shapira's amazing talent. These pictures are just a few from his vast portfolio. Ran and his wife Alexis are willing to travel anywhere for any event! Thank you Ran Shapira for sharing your talented vision with the world!Visit VISUAL MEMORY.

People say that one must always know a good lawyer...I say one must always have a great photographer!

Audrey Tautou: Coco before CHANEL

The fabulous French actress, Audrey Tautou has been hanging out with Chanel lately!

I can't wait to see this film: Coco before Chanel.

and...enjoy the video for Chanel N5...