Weekend! I need sleep so hard. Photograph by the legendary Yale Joel, 1953.

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•  17 May 2013  •  102 notes

Yes dear?

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•  13 May 2013  •  3 notes

I love this Czech poster for French film “The Suitor,” premiering in 1962. Artist Karel Vaca keeps it colorful, kinky and collage-like. Very cool. Wish film houses still put this much creative energy toward their art work.

(Source: movieposteroftheday, via mudwerks)

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•  23 April 2013  •  238 notes

The Stanley Kubrick exhibit at LACMA is a superb, detailed look at the director’s creative process and the meaning of his work. It’s a must see in LA. And while you’re there, do take in some of the art on the grounds – no ticket necessary.

‘Levitated Mass’ by artist Michael Heizer is a 340-ton granite megalith straddling a long concrete corridor, built for the museum.

I don’t know what this tangle of yellow is called. But I do know that kids love ‘em some spaghetti.

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•  22 March 2013  •  1 note

Here’s lookin’ at you. For no reason other than pure awe: Grace Kelly. Gotta admit Gwyneth Paltrow does bear a strong resemblance, especially on the Harper’s Bazaar cover from December 1997.

(Source: We Heart Vintage)

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•  20 March 2013  •  3 notes

It’s all bright sun and blue skies here in LA, but I can still appreciate the beauty of fresh snow back east. These are a few of my favorite Instagrams from last weekend. I’m endlessly inspired by the artistry people share through this app from different pockets of the world.

(Sources, top to bottom: samhorine, chrisozer, _frommetoyou,  murphys_law, pauloctavious, sannalinn, chrisozer, ohhaiitsmee, 13thwitness, sofiasternegard)

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•  12 February 2013  •  38 notes

Ann Hamilton: The Event of a Thread at The Park Avenue Armory is really as beautiful as you’ve been hearing.  I didn’t know much about the installation before going last month – and I’m still not entirely clear on some of the particulars. What I do know is that it is a mesmerizing participatory art experience that should not be missed in New York.

The view upon entering the Armory: two cloaked attendants at a desk stacked with caged pigeons. They are writing feverishly and do not look up. It’s a curious start, but most visitors are simply taken by the soaring beauty before them: 42 large wood-plank swings interconnected and suspended from the ceiling. And a huge white silk curtain flapping gently amidst the easy breeze from the swings.

Beneath the beautiful billowing silk curtain. So serene.

Couples reading, couples swinging. I surreptitiously captured this quartet enjoying the show in different ways. Turns out one of the women swinging is a mutual friend. And when the Armory retweeted this photo, the newspaper-reading couple got in touch with me. It’s for this sort of reason that I love social media – connecting and sharing with people in meaningful ways.

This was the littlest swinger at the show. The soothing rhythms of the swings and curtain cast a spell on visitors of all ages. All the kids there were entranced and so well behaved.

At the end of each day, the lights dim and shadows are cast on the last of the swingers. The Event of a Thread is a nice reminder that sometimes good lighting and some swings are enough to inspire one for days.

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•  2 January 2013  •  2 notes

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•  17 December 2012  •  1 note

Some of my favorite Instagrams from this week. I am consistently wowed by how much inspiration I find in this photo sharing app…

(Sources, top to bottom: sannalinn, 5ftinf, bythebrush, kato78, ka_nai, nicole_franzen)

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•  9 December 2012  •  1 note

A lot of people ask about the portrait I use on my website and in my social media profiles. It’s actually a painting by Baltimore-based artist and illustrator Deanna Staffo, commissioned by Von Deren Films as part of the production company’s “Beauties” series. Portraits of various creative women are followed by a list of 20 questions that each must answer in words and images. The collection of painted portraits was inspired by the Schönheitengalerie of Ludwig the I of Bavaria. The king was an enthusiastic patron of the arts and a lover of women, which he showcased in a collection of portraits of women he deemed the most beautiful. These idiosyncratic portraits still hang in the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. 

Deanna’s work on this series is nothing short of extraordinary, capturing the mood and artistic nuance of each woman so deftly yet unusually. Above, Susanna LoCascio, founder and mastermind behind Von Deren’s Beauties.

We were lucky to work with Deanna. She is a highly sought after illustrator whose work has appeared in countless magazines and art projects. She’s also a full-time Illustration Professor at The Maryland Institute College of Art. Included are some of my favorites from her portfolio, like “Baltimore” above. It’s rich, detailed but not entirely sweet. Her work is beautiful, but with a little edge, an ever-so-slight uneasiness to it.

Above is my portrait. The dress, the working glasses, the sense of escape and movement were all very important to me. Deanna nailed it.

I love this illustration, “Summer Harvest,” featured in Delaware Today.

A portrait of Sofia Coppola, whose work has much in common with the way I described Deanna’s.

“Self-Reliance,” commissioned for the 2010 BlogHer auction to benefit the Gulf of Mexico.

The experimental filmmaker Maya Deren, who combined her interests in dance, voodoo and subjective psychology in a series of surreal black and white short films.

“Summer Banner,” boy and girl, part of the artist’s personal work.

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•  4 December 2012  •  2 notes

Full moon tonight!

(Source: Cerulean Sea, via radgency)

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•  28 November 2012  •  1 note

‘Eye Wall’ by street artist JR.

Juniper and vanilla infusing in fresh milk, by Modern Farmette.

Reflections, Stavsvägen, Tungelsta, Välsta, Sweden, by Sana Linn.

Rika Magazine’s killer collage cover featuring model Jessica Stam.

Afternoon light in my office.

Exploring the River Seine and other sites of Honfleur, France in Greg Swales’ romantic images for Elle Vietnam.

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•  27 November 2012  •  2 notes

René Gruau is the grandaddy of fashion illustration. Born in Italy but raised in France, he created bold, expressive illustrations and advertisements for the world’s greatest haute couture houses and fashion publications throughout the twentieth century. He had a penchant for black white red – the sacrosanct color triumvirate – and his work continues to influence the industry today. As we head into cold weather and the holiday season, a few fabulous fall inspirations by Monsieur Gruau…

How chic, can you handle it?! The broad strokes, the searing colors. My fascination with this minimal palette began many years ago, and Jack White sums it up best: “I think they are the most powerful color combination of all time, from a Coca-Cola can to a Nazi banner. Those colors strike chords with people. In Japan, they are honorable colors. When you see a bride in a white gown, you immediately see innocence in that. Red is anger and passion. It is also sexual. And black is the absence of all that.” Highly effective, especially in fashion.

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•  28 October 2012  •  11 notes

Fall…slowing falling.

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•  25 October 2012  •  1 note

This piece by American figurative painter Joan Brown is so intriguing. Imagined at what appears to be the golden hour, it is beautiful, relaxing, a little melancholy. And, I might add, fashionably of the moment: Louis Vuitton Spring 2013 anyone??

(Source: caulfat, via wehavenostyle)

Louis Vuitton art fashion Joan Brown

•  20 October 2012  •  170 notes