harry bertoia.

bought one last night (vintage-in white) + love it.
:1950's Chair designing for the Knoll Group, international early sculptures including; Solar color-reflective, balancing kinetic, and block-panel screens. check his studio page here. info from knoll website: italian sculptor, university lecturer and furniture designer Harry Bertoia displayed a unique stroke of genius with his patented Diamond Chair for Knoll International in 1952. Bertoia was an inventor of form and an enricher of furniture design with his introduction of a new material: he turned industrial wire rods into a design icon. Educated at Detroit Technical High School, the Detroit School of Arts and Crafts and Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Bertoia taught metal crafts at Cranbrook. He worked with Charles Eames to develop his signature molded plywood chairs. Eero Saarinen commissioned him to design a metal sculptured screen for the General Motors Technical Center in Detroit. His awards include the craftsmanship medal from the American Institute of Architects, as well as AIA’s Gold Medal.

slim series.

:a few paper titles i dare hand out to avid readers w/ a sense of humour who like something quirky + interesting + cool.

i beg and plead you to visit the hilarious world of Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of The Institute of Romance Philology. the series of 3 slim titles include:



lovely + funny illustrations of slim series drawn by master.of.the.trade Iain McIntosh.

yanks head to boston.

let's go yanks.
9.30 @ Boston: 7:05 p.m.
10.1 @ Boston: 1:25 p.m.
10.2 @ Boston: 1:25 p.m.

thursday.

love this snap (c. 1958).

hopping the pond.

my excellent pal robin has returned from her belgium sojourn. salute!

dylan is god.

after being under-educated about bob dylan, both my perception + respect grew tri-fold after watching the PBS/American Masters program on Bob Dylan (see website here). Directed by Martin Scorsese with never before seen footage and rare interviews. well worth the two + hours.

kontroll + head-on.

two great films on dvd not to be missed (warning: not for the weak of heart).

kontroll. (d: nimrod Antal) the entire film takes place in the subways of budapest.


head-on. (d: Fatih Akin). set in Germany and Turkey. related themes: black comedy, passion and tragedy.

hella jongerius.

Loving these porcelain bowls from the simple-cool dutch design of hella jongerius...check out her collection here. save your pennies. the work doesn't come cheap.

white columns.

good people. good space. good art (as witnessed above in a piece by aurie ramirez. white columns, a showcase of emerging talent, unleashes their new fall schedule + heads out to seattle for a brief exhibit this weekend.

mon. nite futbol (american)

a second massive rivalry plays out; chiefs v. broncos (@ denver). hmmm....

down the alley.

i'm certainly missing the old school americana food at this hidden joint on freeman's alley (also name of restaurant) off bowery + rivington. also missing the taxidermy (moose, elk and deerheads) and bjork. great place for a fall drink and a heap of artichoke dip.

books i'm reading + liking.

out by Natsuo Kirino.


darkly dreaming dexter by Jeff Lindsay.

amy cutler + fairy tale women

I love amy cutler's high-detailed, fairy-taleish women dressed in Victorian garb. she draws on eerie effects, chaos and dream-like imagery to create a world of the unknown. reminds me of salem witch hunts and days when sketchy ladies ruled the earth.

friday props

:award to TC-BC for helping a sister out.
but who also: stole my bagette at nick's (when i was starving), made me drive to scalp tom petty tickets and hang with his good pal kulka, cut his long hair after frosh year. now: daddy-o, hubby and tennessee bound.

the man (still) observes the trees:

calling all new yorkers...Pin-UPstairs (@ Fanelli)

Info bits below (from her gallery home) listed below:
Opening Reception: Wed Sept 21 | 6pm - 9pm

jen bekman is proud to present the latest incarnation of The Pin-Up Show, this time at our new satellite space upstairs from the legendary Fanelli.

Pin-UPstairs (@ Fanelli)
94 Prince St @ Mercer (buzz #2)

sept 21 - oct 2, 2005
exhibition hours:
thurs - sun | 2pm - 8pm

Opening Reception Wednesday: 6pm-9pm

- most everything in the show is $300 and under.

- photos, prints, drawings + paintings and some cool mixed media pieces too.

- the work will be cash/credit +carry: buy a piece of art and bring it home with you that day!

**bonus: art-style-architecture and educated people should hit JB's blogsite, personism.

orange hue.

such a funny little lamp. yet way stylish. little pink shoes resting on your desk is bound to entertain. the place is called french touche & they ship to the states (bonus: they will convert the amount for you)...it's like an chill version of MoMA but from the looks of things, probably cherishes what it has going on modern handmade products melt with old stuff : jewels, bags, girdles, lamps, crockery, children clothing and toys, cards and books, discs and fanzines.

etc.

great fall grabs at day lab run out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The site has an array of paper goods, jewelry, t-shirts and the occasional wicked pins (i'm an avid collector).

(cardboard) speakers

Dig on these MUJI ""utilitarian"" cardboard speakers. I'm uncertain how they sound but if simple looks could kill; they lay flat in a clear plastic pouch and are easily assembled to plug into a portable CD, MP3 Player or IPod. Available at MUJI UK or MoMA.

vintage notebooks.

Check out these wire-ring vintage notebooks here. each ins unique and made from recycled book covers and because of it each one is a different size. details: 75 sheets of blank paper, used for e journaling or sketching. each book contains a front cover which displays the book's cover pages, illustrations, library cards or maps found inside the original book. $11 bucks plus shipping.

across enemy lines.

Lamar Hunt: "I’d be less than honest if I didn’t say I considered that to be (two) of our bigger games all year. The rivalry grew out of mutual respect and mutual dislike.”

Well, with the shocking display of defense (it was like a dream last sunday), Kansas City plays our dreaded rivals, The Raiders, this Sunday evening at 8:30 pm (est). willie roaf is questionable but the return of patrick surtain is looking up. next week...i'll start to post the spread.

breakin' my heart...

my fave time of year (& jimmy fowlers) has landed at this small nolita party invasion. See the San Gennaro festival ...beginning tonight. This clown (above) is known for being the lamest, meanest clown around (isn't he wearing Urban Outfitters?)...you will laugh your head off, especially should you hit the festival early during the weekdays (circa 4PM) when the Staten Island Italians are at their finest. Calvin Trillin (of Kansas City rearing) and his fun food read Tummy Trilogy begs you (yes, begs) not to forget about the sausage and zeppole. Read a nice interview here or just buy the paperback. Well worth the dolla.

jumping ON the bandwagon.

I was on the well-traveled design*sponge blogsite and could not agree more with the posting of these "ridiculously cool" photographs from the french duo of pierre javelle and akiko ida. check the website here. I recently emailed them for a price listing and anxiously await as they figure things out. stuff this brilliant is hard to come by. colors, textures, food and figurines come to life.

entirely genius.

old classics.

the red balloons is the french classic from the 1956 short film, Le Balloon Rouge by Albert Lamorisse. And so the story goes...a red balloon befriends the a boy named Pascal. After the balloon is stoned by a local gang of bullies, other balloons in Paris collect together and take Pascal on a flight over the city. An American West Side Story-ish tale.

the (old) hood.

missin' it.

cool stuff.

If you need a cool, unique gift webite... look no further . Expect to find reasonable, design-ware, reliable goodies like the admit one popcorn bowl (pictured above). as well as...

t-shirts.


egg shell planters.


tiger journals.

and the home of the...CHIEFS!

This is where I'll be parked on Sunday at noon (Arthur Bryant's tailgate not included) at the loudest stadium in the league, amoung a sea of red...a place called Arrowhead which houses a team called The Kansas City Chiefs . note to mike: not getting cocky yet...

finally, the National Football League season is upon us.

dream imagery.

my friday obsession with hitchockian imagery continues as illustrated through these dream stills from vertigo--i.e., the stark brownish-red, swirls, cubanist inspired hallucinations and surreal visual effects. some may find it outdated but i think it's an effective and equally paranoid cinematic device.