subjectivity

Reset Design Pantone Tattoo

Reset Design has asked their favorite artists to come up with tattoos that propose new function.  The above is quite an interesting take on a paint swatch from our beloved FredriksonStallard.  All of the tattoos will be featured in the upcoming EDEN ADN exhibition during the St. Etienne Design Biennale.

The Nasher Sculpture Center

OOOoo,
we had a grea time in Dallas, all the lovelies were out and we sat in with the Picassos and Giacometis

Thanks to Dana Mullins (center) for having the vision and inviting us to show at this countries most prestigious sculpture center, and to Raymond Nasher (right) for his patronage to the arts.

We set the show up on the Wednesday and Thursday, early friday morning we were off to the TV studios for a breakfast show slot with channel 8 with Garry Cogill

The show looked beautiful in the museum setting and later that evening about 300 invited guests joined us for Peroni and Pizza, Mr Wolfgang Puck doing the nosh.

We showed some new work by New York based Cory Ingram whose Crude range of anti perfume seemed perfect for Dallas.

for your information, Cory is the one in the middle, the other two cuties are CITIZEN:Citizen hangers on.

Of course we had to go and try out Dallas, the in place at the moment is the W, and it's oddly named rooftop bar The Ghost Bar. All I can say is don't bother, it reminded me of some 1980's Spanish tourist disco, without the irony, where the hell are you going W, I mean do you want some help,  cos I know a lot of people who could come in and help you with the design, big up to the concierge Nicole who gave us the low down on the rest of the city though,

one stop for sure must be Lee Harveys, which is a house south of the city located on a corner plot  with dusty yard and braziers burning along with some 300  people having a ho-down to some fantastic  Ghost White Shivers  , there was a great mix of peeps, crazy goth girls who let their smile through, bikers not on acid, crazy cute boys and girls, and let me tell you it was lovely to see a mix of people, we met a lawyer and  a pilot there too. Still not very racially mixed, but that's the story all over the States, still can't figure that one out.

So, Thanks Dallas, we had a great time, oh, and once again, don't bother with the W, what can I say, terrible

C&M Holiday Calendar

For all of you that have an extra $1360 kicking about, boy do we have a treat for you!  The lovely people at charlesandmarie.com are offering secret designer gifts delivered to your day every day until christmas.  So, screw the damned chocolates behind the advent calendar, and treat yourself to a luxurious holiday season. 

Wrigley's Extra Smile Campaign

Remember the days when people drank coffee out of ceramic cups?  We could easily avoid this type of humiliation if we could all just sit our asses down and enjoy a cup of joe.

Scott King

Thankyou Scott,

American Gulag

If all the protests and rallies over the last seven years have left you feeling drained and redundant, buy an American Gulag bracelet to get your point across.  Comparing the Bush Administration with Soviet gulags, Richter Studios is shedding some light on a harsh reality. 

Prada Meinhof

As we observe the power of brands, and marketing takes on militaristic tones of guerilla, viral and the like. It takes me back to the late 90's.
I'm unsure of which name commands more, Prada or Baader Meinhof but the combination creates a new dynamic and dilutes the originals.

Otis

Down the small alley,behind the darkened door, through the velvet rope. I found Otis, and it found me.

deflower vase

Alexander Reh has found a way for both the promiscuous and the prudes to have fun with condoms.

Monkey Portraits by Jill Greenberg

I think we all need to take a minute and admire Jill Greenberg's Monkey Portraits, featured in Zoozoom.  The expressions she captures on these primates beat the hell out of the majority of models I see in high fashion spreads.  Hopefully this could catch on, because I am sick and tired of seeing waify models look like they just came off a heroin binge.