Sartorialist Doc

Something about that Girl

8 1/2 Scenes with Sienna Miller
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"SCENE 2
At the Hotel d'Inghilterra, just off the Via Condotti—Rome's Rodeo Drive, albeit with the Spanish Steps thrown in—I knock on Sienna Miller's door. She has occupied her modest suite for all of ten minutes, and already it looks like the bedroom of a teenage club chick who can't pick an ensemble for Saturday night. Her suitcase has apparently erupted. Streaming from it, or thrown out of it, are nude patent Burberry ankle boots; Chanel silver python flats; an ostrich boot from Louis Vuitton ("That's the perfect boot; sorry to sound so fashiony"); snakeskin platforms from Terry de Havilland; a 1920s vest worn by Vietnamese soldiers; a blue sequined V-back sweatshirt from Peter Jensen ("I quite love sequins; I think it's the drag queen in me"); an Ossie Clark dress covered in pansies ("a proper hippie dress"); a 1989 STEEL WHEELS Rolling Stones T-shirt pilfered from ex-boyfriend model/rocker Jamie Burke; gray linen overalls from Isabel Marant; a black beaded halter top ("a slutty kind of thing"); a 1920s wedding dress with an arm coming off; Vivienne Westwood vintage tops for Wolford; a Lurex granny-square vest by Wayne Rogers for Granny Takes a Knit; JET track pants; an "oversize doll dress" by an English line, PPQ; black sports shorts with a red heart on them (A. Olivieri from Euphoria, London); an orange alligator clutch from Bridget Romanek. "There's nothing that goes with anything else," Miller remarks."

Protoges

Mr. Idenburg agreed that “architecture is a profession of patience,” adding, “For the first 10 years you just hope to survive.”

"IN the video, on YouTube, Madonna is seen laying the first brick at a school in Lilongwe, Malawi. But to connoisseurs of architecture, the real star of the video is the man standing next to Madonna, alongside a rendering of the 40-acre campus. He is Markus Dochantschi, the German-born, New York-based designer of what is called the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls.

For a young architect it’s hard to imagine a higher-profile project than a school backed by Madonna. And if the attention mostly goes to the pop star, Mr. Dochantschi isn’t complaining. He spent seven years working for the architect Zaha Hadid, a larger-than-life figure, learning how to stand outside the spotlight."

"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/arts/design/30proteges.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1"

Don't upset Anna - just say you're fabulous

Click to hear the Andre clip.

James

Dieter Rams and Braun

was trained as an arch.
(says that apple is the only company designing according to his principle, though he never consulted with them, etc).



via Kottke

Rams 10 Principles
* Good design is innovative
* Good design makes a product useful
* Good design is aesthetic
* Good design makes a product understandable
* Good design is unobtrusive
* Good design is honest
* Good design is long-lasting
* Good design is thorough down to the last detail
* Good design is environmentally friendly
* Good design is as little design as possible

Piano Battle

I'd heard of Andrew WK and his song, its time to party, but not Gonzales, all the same its kind of fun. Gonzales parts are beautiful.

"While he’s “worshiped in France,” Gonzales—a.k.a. the former “President of the Berlin Underground”—is a pianist/producer/prankster MC who’s best known for his work with other artists.

“Ever hear of Feist?” Gonzales asked a packed Joe’s Pub crowd on Friday night. “I made her.”

He’s kidding, of course. Well, kinda. It only takes a little bit of research to realize Gonzales’ position alongside Mocky as the unsung heroes of a Canadian clique that includes Peaches, Feist and their close British friend Jamie Lidell.

That might change when Gonzales releases his next record in the spring, a Boys Noize-produced affair that’s bound to test the musical baggage of both artists. We’ll reveal exclusive details about that disc later this week, as we run separate interviews with both artists. For now, here’s a complete video clip recap of Gonzales’ break-of-dawn piano battle with Andrew W.K. at Joe’s Pub… "

Video 1


self-titled article has the excerpts from the battle posted

James Sat

James Franco was with Maria at Moma
via The Gothamist

Nirvana Baby

The baby who was on the cover of the Nevermind album is now 19 (holy i feel old!) but interestingly works for Shepard Fairey, the artist of the Obama Hope posters.
(also via Kottke)


Nirvana Baby, Spencer Elden from Barry O Donnell on Vimeo.

 one of my favs. ahhh apathy and anger, i miss it.

New Music Monday

Spike Jones directing LCD Soundsystem

love this look!

Carine Blacklisted from Balenciaga

"PPR owned fashion house Balenciaga, which was founded 1914 by Spanish-born Cristóbal Balenciaga, denied French Vogue editrix Carine Roitfeld access to their Paris fashion week show. Quel scandal!!! Balenciaga, which is known for its bubble skirts and odd, feminine, yet ultra-modern shapes, also no longer advertises in the magazine or lends it clothes, but stopped short of giving any reason for the rift. "We're blacklisted," Carine Roitfeld said with a shrug at Nina Ricci's show later that day. "It's too bad, it's a beautiful house and it's French. I hope it's not forever.""
from SmartChicStyle
another site said that Roitfeld sent a Balenciaga coat to Max Mara by accident, where is was, apparently, copied.

Charlotte and Balenciaga

"The doorman at The Carlyle doesn't know who Charlotte Gainsbourg is. Told she's in movies, he only nods: "We get a lot of those." But this one is half French and wholly Parisian, willowy and whispery and smoky - no? And when she's not an actor, she's a singer - a chanteuse -and longtime muse for Balenciaga. The poor man still hasn't the faintest idea, but now he's curious. I say, finally: "She looks like a deer? In very high heels?" Now a spark alights in the doorman's eyes. He says: "Her? I thought she was a ballerina."

continued here

Icons of the 00's

guardian article here

Stay Hungry-Stay Foolish

Google Maxims and Steve Jobs

Ken Auletta from the New Yorker wrote a book about Google, “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It” and before he published it, he cut the last chapter of 25 media maxims. Click the link above to read the chapter, or see below to see them in cribbed form. You might recognize the first maxim from Steve Jobs’ Stanford graduation address.

1. “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
2. Passion Wins
3. Focus is Required
4. Vision is Required
5. A Team Culture is Vital
6. Treat Engineers as Kings
7. Treat Customers Like a King
8. Brand Often Means Trust
9. Every Company is a Frenemy
10. The Speed Of Change Accelerates
11. Adapt or Die
12. “Life is long but time is short.”
13. A “Free” Web Is Not Always Free
14. Digital is Different
15. Don’t Think of The Web as Another Distribution Platform
16. Technology Provides Potent New Targeting Tools
17. The Web Forges Communities, and Threatens Privacy
18. Beware The Government Bear
19. Paradox:The Web Forges Both Niche and Large Communities
20. More Media Concentration, Yet More Choice
21. Luck Matters
22. No More Old Media Magic
23. No More New Media Magic, Either
24. Don’t Ignore the Human Factor
25. There are no Certitudes
(via Kottke and Unlikely Words)


Unlikely Words also posted Steve Jobs Stanford Graduation Address.

interesting quotes thinking about the path that we three are on right now:

"If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

"I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

Sagmeister - The power of time off

Very interesting design office run by Stefan Sagmeister. Every 7 years the office clothes for a full year, completely. To redefine itself and the work, get fresh inspiration.

the dogs are hilarious!

i need a sabbatical.