‘Spice up your design’
Hanging on the walls at Ai Sacramento: AIGA poster, designed and photographed by student Devon Cloutier.
At one point, there was a text change and in lieu of starting over, Devon fixed it – orally, swallowing a lot of the saucy rooster.
Designers do suffer for their art.
South San Francisco Arby’s, photographed 1991
I have a soft spot for Arby’s.
The food isn’t great. But when I was a kid, there wasn’t an Arby’s nearby – so heading to the South City location, which showcased a super cool flashing chuckwagon-themed neon sign, was always a special trip.
It was years before I even tasted what REAL sliced roast beef was – who knew it wouldn’t have a salty, lunchmeat-like boiled flavor?
Back then, Arby’s house BBQ sauce was sold in take home bottles; which today I’ve replaced with a knockoff recipe. The trick to a good sauce is a long, slow simmer and the right non-HFCS ketchup. Trader Joe’s Organic makes a great base. [Read more →]
‘bold patterns, mixed fabrics and kaleidoscopic colors’
Missoni has aged well. Here’s a look at some vintage wears from Lookbook, Free People, eBay – with a few other finds from around the web . . . [Read more →]
Blogger Chiara Ferragni was in NY for Fashion Week and managed to snag a Missoni for Target dress. Blog post here.
‘Should probably be called Missoni for Target for eBay.’ –Zooey Deschanel
Gone, gone and gone.
About the collection here. A look at ‘Missoni madness’ here.
‘Exclusive designer styled brass finished die-cast locks’
We found this on our honeymoon back in 1995.
We’d picked up a bunch of trinkets in Seattle and needed an extra piece of luggage – so a few hours before our trip home, we ran across this luxuriously lined Lady Baltimore display model in a small shop.
Been a part of the family ever since.
‘Billionaire Sergei Rodionov shows off nude fantasy wife to world . . . if it succeeds, perhaps other Russian oligarchs will follow suit and such books could become the hot new status symbol.’
The concept of what is a ‘material possession’ and a ‘trophy wife’ has taken a new direction with Taschen-imprinted The Book of Olga, which showcases Rodionov wife ‘Olga’ in over a hundred erotic photos shot by French photographer Bettina Rheims.
I think when Paris Hilton became famous for being . . . well, whatever it is she is, that was just the tip.
Rest of the iceberg is showing. More here.
Found via Sexy Hot Beauty
‘A superhero’s eating habit is so different from that of an ordinary person’
Photographer Sacha Goldberger figured out just the trick to cheer up his 91-year-old grandmother: A cape, tights and a camera.
Hungarian-born Frederika (hero name: ‘Super Mamika’) is a hero already, during World War II she risked her life to help Jewish friends evade capture – before having to flee her homeland. As of late, had just been sitting at home feeling lonely; the photos, which got a lot of attention on the Interwebs, changed all that.
After the viral success of Super Mamika, Goldberger’s continued to use Frederika as a go-to model. More delights abound at his official website.
Found via EzineMark, My Modern Met
Ludwig Meidner, Apocalyptic Landscape, 1912
Images from the Weimar blog post ‘From Calgari to Hitler,’ named for Siegfried Kracauer’s book on German cinema (1910-40).
Jakob Steinhardt, The City, 1913
Robert Wiene, Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari, 1919
Original sketch for a scene in The Cabinet of Dr Caligari from Lotte Eisner
Erich Godal, Die Straße (The Street), 1923
Louise Brooks in “Pandora’s Box” (G.W.Pabst, 1929)
Rudolf Klein Rogge in Lang’s The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, 1933
Otto Dix, The Actor Heinrich George, 1933
George Grosz, John, the Lady Killer, 1918
Art director Erich Kettelhut & crew create the futuristic city set of Metropolis
Raoul Hausmann, Mechanical Head (Spirit of Our Age), c. 1920
John Martin, Illustration to Paradise Lost, 1825
Magnus Zeller, The Orator, 1920
Leni Riefenstahl, Triumph of the Will, 1934
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