MARC NEWSON
Marc Newson makes amazing objects! You can check out his website for the full list of works. Expect your jaw to end up on the floor and to start wishing your credit was unlimited or that your burglary skills were better… He studied jewelry and sculpture at Sydney College of Arts, but also experimented with furniture...
IN THE MEANTIME…
– extraordinary-looking stairs – I guess cartoon characters die after all… – a real cannibal. unfortunately I’m not kidding – can I buy them anywhere? – paper sculptures – Haha! A few pictures of REAL-LIFE Barbie… Credits: oddee, a free images, planet oddities, weird asia, fubiz
IN THE MEANTIME…
– record price of £26m for painting by Roy Lichtenstein at Christie’s auction – “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” at NY’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in May 2011 – Marc Newson’s Lockheed Lounge Chair goes for 1.6$ m – the highlights of this year’s frieze art fair – Herzog and de Meuron are working on at least one...
BOUDICCA’S INVISIBLE INK
boudicca made wode, a perfume that’s blue when pulverized on the skin and then it disappears… this sounds like a cool trick!
IN THE MEANTIME…
– Robyn, one of my favourite pop artists, recently had a cameo in Gossip Girl. Here’s an interview. – A very interesting joint venture: Sufrageria McCann, the collaboration between the advertising heavy weight and the Cartea Veche publishing house. – Vogue.com’s nail polish selection for fall. I love the Chanel khaki vert! And, since we’re talking...
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IN THE MEANTIME…
– First and foremost, do not miss the Saudek show opening today in Bucharest! – Can I please get this for Christmas, too? – I once had a plan to recreate my Japanese trip on Google for my boyfriend. Although it’s kinda time-consuming to re-do 22 days worth of travelling… Still, I think this is...
IL GIRASOLE: A HOUSE NEAR VERONA
this award-winning film by marcel meili and christoph schaub tells the story of ‘il girasole’, the rotating modernist house built into the po valley hillside in northern italy. affectionately termed ‘the sunflower’, the house was built in the 1930s by architects angelo invernizzi and ettore fagiuoli, with the help of their artist, sculptor, designer and...
IN THE MEANTIME…
– word-less ikea cookbook – I suck at remembering cars. I forget their shape, colour and name immediately. Even if they belong to my friends. But I remember this! – Russia. But they could’ve just as well said Romania… – I love animals and I find it heartbreaking and frustrating how people fail to see animals as...
