You all know that I have a soft spot for anything French. I can wander for hours at…
Glen Luchford…The BOOK 4 November, 2009
Glen Luchford, the author of millions of pictures of the “i-wish-it-was-me” type, released THE BOOK! Now we can enjoy his masterpieces in one place instead of roaming through dusty piles of gloss.
This on is definitely on my Wish List for Christmas.
<images via amazon.com and captivateme.wordpress.com>
don’t you just love this tote… 2 November, 2009
Stow a baguette, a wheel of Brie and a bottle of vine and take the City of Light (our you neighborhood) with this spherical tote, a spin on the panier picnic basket from Perrin Paris – the company has been famous for luxe leather gloves since 1893.
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<image via Conde Nast Traveler magazine>
the venus project 2 November, 2009
Can you imagine our society without money and shopping. Where everybody has everything one needs, where you don’t have to go to work and can do/learn/create whatever you like in your free time.
Well, you don’t have to torture your imagination with that because a group of people already developed the idea. The idea of resource-based society instead of money-based one. They prove that when depositing all the energy and resources (that people put now in generating monetary profits, war and politics) into technological innovations we can create that perfect world utilizing all the natural resources without any harm to the environment.
The Venus Project is the plan for the future self-sustained cities where one has everything one needs. Headed by JACQUE FRESCO, a93 -year old industrial designer and social engineer, the Venus project partnered up with The Zeitgeist Movement. Together they try to change the way people perceive our society and open our eyes on manipulative political and financial systems.
Check out this 12 min video on the Venus project architecture and technological planning if the future cities. For the full insight on their philosophy watch the movie “ZEITGEIST: ADDENDUM” and you’ll be shocked how good those on top have you tied up.
Part 1
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Part 2
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cu4qzDVjGQ&feature=related]
happy hallo 1 November, 2009
my costume inspiration
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Irving Penn at the Getty 30 October, 2009
Hurry-hurry, you LA people.
If you haven’t been yet, you HAVE to go – Getty Center, Irving Penn’s Exhibition “Small Trades”. Irving Penn died at the age of 92 almost a month ago but he’s more than alive in the Getty. The collection of 1950s shots depicting regular people of small trades from London, Paris and New York is a perfect example of elegant simplicity and meticulous rigor that became the trademarks of Penn’s style.
You would think that a firefighter looks that same in these three cities…go check out yourself, I won’t open all the secrets.
<images via www.latimes.com>