right vs flight
12142010
im flying back to LA soon and given the holiday season, i’m sure security at the airports are going to be even more crazy. I’ve been through the full-body scanner and I’ve also been through a pat-down, neither of which is a particularly pleasant experience.
I came across this project recently that makes clothes with metallic ink-printed messages that show up under the X-ray scanner.
But it reminded me of this project, which used messages cut into stainless steel plates that are concealed in the travel bag. When under the scanner, it turns into a communication tool aimed at airport security. stealth! a bit heavy for my carry-on though.
POSTED IN Blog, art + photography
132 5 issey miyake
11142010
why the man still reigns supreme. miyake’s latest venture is the development of Reality Lab, a research and development team lead by him and textile and pattern engineers to find new ways to explore mathematics, code and clothes. the collection is titled 132 5. 1 refers to a single piece of fabric, 3 to a three-dimensional shape reduced to 2-dimensions, and 5 refers to the fifth dimension, which according to miyake, is the moment the garment is worn and comes to life “through the communication among people.”
POSTED IN Blog, fashion
lets play bernanke
11132010
an interesting experiment in the NYT today in which you get to be in charge of the nation’s finances. about time!
POSTED IN Blog, technology
lines and shapes and…chickens
11122010
Yesterday I spent an amazing day playing up in the Hudson Valley, visiting the Blue hill stone barnes cafe and Stormking Sculpture Park.
Although all of the sculptures were beautiful and augmented the landscape in their own ways, these were my favorites.
Sol LeWitt
Alexander Calder
Kenneth Snelson
The last one being a beautiful example of Buckminster Fuller’s tensegrity structures.
and Chef Dan Barber? Lets get married. I think it would be just great.
POSTED IN Blog, art + photography | TAGS : sculpture, travel
maison martin margiela spring summer 2011
11102010
POSTED IN Blog, fashion | TAGS : fashion
flights of fancy
11012010
Balloon Dress
Kite Dress
Wind-Dress
from artist Cocky Eek
POSTED IN Blog, art + photography, fashion
invisible mapping
10182010
Trevor Paglen’s work is all about “seeing in the dark”. Photographs of satellite warfare over the intrepid Sonora pass or restricted chemical and biological proving grounds in Utah reminds us that the space around us is hardly empty or pristine, despite what it looks like to the naked eye. Landscape photographs hardly about the landscapes. I’m a believer.
Nine Reconnaissance Satellites Over the Sonora Pass
POSTED IN Blog, art + photography
solar atlas
10162010
last night i finally had to bring out the heavy quilt from the closet. yet, i’ve promised myself to not turn the heat on till november. so to keep warm, something inspired by the sun.
skirting board sunset by artist, Helmet Smits
POSTED IN Blog, art + photography | TAGS : california, summer, travel
browser pong
10152010
This was made by my previous visualizing data instructor, Stewart Smith. Its the best version of pong, not to mention a great interface.
POSTED IN Blog, graphics, technology
jewelry Fall 2010
10072010
Some new pieces I’ve been working on in the studio.
