IRL : Girard & Vitra.

Guten Tag! A quick check in from Vitra Design Museum at Charles-Eames Strasse in Germany. I am working all week in the Alexander Girard archives housed at Vitra. These are some of the wonders I’ve been soaking in over the past few days. Just the tip of the iceberg. 1. My work station. Just like [...]

JACKETS.

Calligraphy, gradients, marbling, photo-montage—it’s all so contemporary! Displayed here are dust jackets from the 1940s collected by anonymous librarians. Despite the fact that dust jackets often include useful information about a book and its author, including biographical notes and often a portrait, it has long been Research Libraries practice to remove the jackets from new [...]

TODD TIME – ANDRE WALKER.

She’s the corny girl who wants to hang out. These clothes are for the corny girl, are for the stale girl who wants to be gross. This is ‘nude housewife’. It’s ready to just fall off the body. I knew it was gross but I just had to take that risk because basically tomorrow, tomorrow [...]

THE POUCH.

The evolution of a pouch. Never mind the fanny pack. The pouch. The most useful form of a purse—especially on road trips. The Invocation of Chief Peo-Peo Tholekt via WSUJean Cacharel, long bright blue cardigan, pullover, trousers, beret & pouch via VADSMANIMAL, pouch belt new for Spring/Summer 2010! Love it. via MANIMAL

CAMEROON CRAFTS.

Weaving, beading, dancing, haircuts and more! Yesterday at Housing Works Bookstore I stumbled upon this wonder – Crafts and the arts of living in the Cameroon. Published in 1982 and curiously funded by Mobil Oil Cameroon. Photographs by Harri Peccinotti.

TEXTILE MASH UP.

Whew! I just dove into a deep deep pool of textiles, patterns and power. My eyes are now beaming pattern light. Check this place out and if you have the money—spend it on South Persian Tribal rugs. Totally worth it. via Rug Rabbit

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