‘It was neither the first structure nor the last to carry the name of Cliff House, but it was certainly the most grand. Sadly, its existence was short-lived. It was constructed in 1896 and, like so many wooden structures of that era, burned completely to the ground in September of 1907.’
Images of Adolph Sutro’s Cliff House (1896-1907) – Victorian style on the coast in San Francisco – via the Cliff House Project website. Click on photos for jump/larger versions.
Heels from Alexander McQueen’s 2010 spring collection
Extreme shoes: Follow the debate over at The New York Times.
Award-winning magazine designer Jason Malmberg made me a logo.
He said, ‘It’s not quite what I envisioned. I’m still trying to find a way to give a lens flare TO a lens flare.’
If you don’t see the humor, you’re reading the wrong blog.
To see Jason’s real work, check out Sactown magazine, one of the best city/metropolitan magazines in the country. (So good, even local competitor Sacramento Magazine has reformatted to be a bit more like Sactown. I always see that as a nice compliment.)
But if you want the real deal, the October/November 2009 Sactown (above) just dropped. It should be showing up on select newsstands just about now (Sactown is distributed nationally). Or subscribe here.
Marko Davidovic is an artist and graphic designer out of Belgrade. I love the expressive freedom in his art – it just totally syncs with me – in each medium he works, his energy explodes.
He’s always posting something interesting on my MySpace page – ‘just fooling around,’ is his MySpace approach. His work, however – calligraphic, canvas, photographic, illustrative, digital – is something else.
He goes under the tag of d++. Find him on MySpace here.
It’s not often one can write a hedline like that.
Sacramento native Annie Rose runs the Deranged Designs fashion studio – and has been doing it a long time.
Her look is punk, her work is prolific, she’s constantly expanding her collection and her approach comes with your basic underground punk doesn’t take shit attitude. But in her case, a really nice doesn’t take shit attitude. Annie is probably one of the nicest punks I’ve ever met. [Read more →]
Amy Pine makes handmade handbags using vintage fabrics – simple on the outside, action on the inside. Limited editions because once the fabric is gone, it’s gone.
Website here. Facebook fan page here.
Found via Jason Malmberg
The aim of design is to define space is a concept I was talking about earlier today in my graphic design history class, tied in with Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘rectilinear approach to spatial organization.’ [Meggs’, 2006, p. 221]
The Aim of Design is to Define Space is also a German progressive pop band. MySpace page here.
Tho
’twas the shirt that lured me in. Shirts (and hoodies) here.
MySpace can get very obnoxious and loud rather fast. And if you’re into it, all the better. If you’re not, go read a government pamphlet or something.
Jérémie Burguiere is Chymer. And his MySpace page was the first one that SCREAMED at me with animated gifs flashing and flashing and flashing. In your face, take no prisoners. Here’s his MySpace presence. His site is here.
And what’s been cool, over the past few years it’s been fun seeing his work evolve into something very sophisticated. He’s one to watch. Portfolio here.
And, as a bonus . . .
Here’s some ‘dirty disco’ from Japan. It’s a remix of many things I grew up with (I do remember disco when disco was disco – got some old 12″s in the garage to prove it). DJ Munoz, a.k.a. The Disco Infiltrator, maintains the London Calling MySpace page here. Website here.
MySpace isn’t quiet nor clean. Deal.
‘The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.’ -Sir Thomas Beecham
My current taste in music comes from too much exposure to MySpace. Music keeps me designing. Keeps me focused. Keeps me in The Zone.
My music picks bounce around a lot. They’re personal. The one constant: I won’t sync with a new band until I’ve been to their MySpace page and test driven.
Unfortunately, I keep seeing remarks/writings/commentary that MySpace is in its 15th minute. Which is such the 21st Century Thing To Do, isn’t it? [Read more →]
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