Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Trigonometry in a nutshell
Hey Robert- this is what we were talking about!!!
When I think back to high school trig and recall the names of the various functions — sine, cosine, secant, cotangent et al — I was so intimate with, it's like remembering a journey to a foreign country that no longer exists.
[via bennyb]
Fungus Stool
By Atlanta-based designer/craftsman Robert Brou.
"The base is stack laminated from 4"-thick wood, creating a horizontal grain pattern."
Bubinga top/walnut base.
Silver Streak — David Mach's Coat Hanger Gorilla
bookofjoe
Sculptor David Mach's
2009 wire gorilla,
constructed entirely of coat hangers,
will be on display
at the
Royal College of Art's
Summer Exhibition
in London opening
this coming Monday, June 14,
and will remain up
through August 22, 2010.
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A Guinness for Blow
Fashion Report | Guinness Buys Blow Collection
Daphne Guinness, the art and fashion collector, has bought the entire Isabella Blow wardrobe, including seminal pieces by the late designer Alexander McQueen, which was to have been sold by Christie's in the fall.
"It's Issy – it's her D.N.A, it should not be scattered to the four winds," said Ms. Guinness, who was a passionate follower of Mr. McQueen's work and his greatest supporter after Ms. Blow's suicide in 2007. Ms. Blow had championed Mr. McQueen's work from the start of his career.
The 90 McQueen outfits, along with dresses by John Galliano and hats by the milliner Philip Treacy, were to have been put up for auction in September. Patricia Frost, director of fashion and textiles at Christie's in London, called the collection "unique" and said it showed that Mr. McQueen "really deserves his place in fashion history."
Ms. Guinness is an heiress to the Irish brewing family and was divorced in 1999 from Spyros Niarchos, son of the Greek shipping billionaire Stavros Niarchos.
The collection of clothing is being sold by Ms. Blow's estate, under the guardianship of her sisters, and will now be kept together as a single entity.
"Like any artist, it should not be dispersed, but remain as a monument with people having access to it," said Ms. Guinness.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Fake Swimming Pool
Designed in 2004
by Buenos Aires artist Leandro Erlich.
"In one of the courtyards of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa,
is a swimming pool framed by a limestone deck.
When seen from the deck, the pool appears to be filled with deep, shimmering water.
In fact, however, a layer of water only some 10 centimeters deep is suspended over transparent glass.
Below the glass is an empty space with aquamarine walls that viewers can enter."
[via Amusing Planet and Milena]
A note on shadows
Constant readers will know that as a rule I crop photos very tightly, with no more than a pixel or two of margin around featured objects or people.
Yet once in a while I'm faced with a quandary, in that sometimes shadows are integral to a photo's effectiveness.
Consider the two above and below.
Which do you prefer?
Or how about this
and this:
Or this
versus
this?
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Cher Looks Amazing, As Per Usual!
Cher Looks Amazing, As Per Usual!:
Isn't she flawless??
Check out the living legend herself, our beloved Cher, on the cover of this month's Architectural Digest Magazine!
Lovely lovely lovely!
We hope we can look half as good as she does when we're her age!!
Thoughts??
Incredible!
Want to see 900 people "flawlessly" lip-synch to Train's hit Hey Soul Sister???
Okay, here you go! (above)
Way to go, UVIC! There are some talented people up in Canada!
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