for any mum and especially for my mum!
spring arts tower 453 + downtown
that was los angeles. (I am in san diego now) some moments. some creatives. it’s still a holiday. ma holiday. (yeah, I should say vacation) don’t expect long stories. pictures have more to say than words, I heard.
andy cline -check out re-title.com (International contemporary art listings guide and directory of artists worldwide)
the million dollar hotel (do you remember the wim wenders movie?)
paul linkogle – an american creative with an austrian name
without a trace film set
simon & garfunkel poster at california select, sunset boulevard
lauren hendricks: the dead bear on the ‘bike’
she is this girl you love to meet. the one you even would hang out (I invited her to come to europe and visit me after a 5 min talk). born in orange county (she says o.c. is dull) she is now driving her moped in the streets of los angeles.
comme des garcons: l.a. guerilla store
we want to be ‘like boys’. comme des garcons – the japan label which not even has a website (like an official one). I met brett westfall, one of the shop co-owner (he is also fashion designer + artist) and had the chance to take some photos. soon I will take my ass to duesseldorf and warsaw and check on the shops there.
brett westfall likes his back a lot
mayumi date: simplicity
mayumi date is from japan. after her fashion studies in ny she moved to los angeles, where she lives life and workes. there is something about mayumi what makes you feel that she acts naturally in her total being. if she wouldn’t do fashion she would move to the countryside and live on a farm.
we bought the couch she is sitting on in venice for 50 $
(but she is not sure if she likes it)
california: how I feel
san francisco: just frisco
america vs. europe
some asian kids at physical education
my mobile number in the u.s.a.
kidrobot chair aprox. 1000 $
dewey gaedecke, founder minggl at the venturebeat party in the ambassador (dewey, I see sth gayish)
kelly tunstall at their opening in the minna gallery
‘life savers’ – it’s not really working
they call this ‘minibus’
we call this the ‘perfect car’
at anderson anderson architecture, downtown
steven shein shirts at wasteland
bus stop (cool white stripes + 3 black seats)
power sockets: the smileys of electricity
there are various power sockets in the world. these are the one you find in the u.s.a.
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4 in a row’
‘I got punched’
‘double shocked’
‘2 half-chinese and an angry one’
‘the upside down situation’
it’s not barbie, it’s me going to california
manufacturer’s description
barbie (matylda) california girl surfer doll and friends (people I meet). It’s another endless summer (a trip) and barbie (matylda) california girl surfer doll heads off for sun, surf, and sea (wanna find out what and who is going on in california) at one of their favourite beaches (it’s my first time in california). california girl dolls are sporting the ultimate beach styles wearing board shorts, fashion beach tops and cool jewellry. (I wear what I want and ken is a freak)
hm. i forgot to erase the rest of the hair. whatever..
maarten baas + bas den herder: ba(a)s & dream team
galerie bürgel: willkommen to reality
A couple weeks ago paul snowden gave me an invitation to an exhibion. unfortunatly the opening was yesterday and I couldn’t be there. 10 artist who already presented their work in a solo exhibition at galerie brügel in berlin are becoming team players in setting a group exhibition. franziska cordes, raphael danke, aleana egan, james evans, alex frost, martina heinz, nina rhode, thomas schroeren, paul snowden and klaus winichner are in the game. the exhibition is till the 30th may. next month I will take a look.
galerie brügel
hedemannstr. 25
d-10969 berlin
open tue-sat 11-18 h
joost van bleiswijk + kiki van eijk: grade of quality
piotr uklanski: polish national pride
today I got an email from patrick vogt, a friend. patrick knows that my heart belongs to poland and that I would like this:
gogosian gallery – bialo-czerwona
(white-red – a reference to the colours of the polish flag)
an exhibition by piotr uklanski
the crowned eagle is the national coat of arms of poland.
untitled 2008
steel frame, foam and gesso
untitled (Stach’s Eagle) 2008
steel frame, foam and gesso
he is also the maker of summerlove, the first polish western. I haven’t seen that one but I wonder why val kilmer is playing a role in a polish western? waldek kilmerowsk, the lost polish soul? maybe it has more to do with celebrity than function. to be honest, he not even says anything because he plays a dead person.
pat, by now I think you know me better than I thought.
arnout visser: playful
milan design week 2008 – the epilogue.. or: just some pictures left
Here are some more pictures to give you an idea how great Milan actually was. Wish you were here !
hairdress cloning by 5.5 designers
superma..ahm.. stephan siepermann at tuttobene showroom
karim rashid picks his suit color by his environment
some guerilla in the metro – designmetropole aachen (hey fab and pat!)
my mum said that I shouldn’t talk with alien fruits
for everybody who loves flowers – charles & marie
hugo christiaan/intern at drift and ralph nauta/drift – he calls hugo ‘the best intern of the world’
finally I found my chair
marcus fairs: mr dezeen
Milan
milan designweek 2008 – it’s over. and everything is going to be alright
internet is a treat. a special gift. especially when you spend a hole week in italy and you are dependent on italian wireless lan. if it’s raining there is no chance to be online (we had 3 days rainy days).
tomorrow I will fly back to the netherlands. within the next few days I will post more about the design week. there are still some interviews which I couldn’t post without a scanner (arnout visser, kiki van eijk, maarten baas..etc.)(now I recognize that I am quite obsessed with dutch design)(to be honest: I knew before!) so you should be excited like a virgin on prom night!!
design soap in our friends milanish bathroom. I am responsible for the packaging (the design world is waiting for my ideas, as you can see)
milan design week 2008 – day4 – nacho, droog, myto, fish, – sounds like a food collection
there is not so much time.. some fast posted pictures again. maybe I will have some more time to adapt the last 3 posts. maybe..
nacho carbonell – his new collection was exhibited at spazio rossana orlandi
michou nanon de bruijn – a lost product, with lost heat, for lost time. it’s michou’s graduation project, 2008
at the design triennale: finally sitting on the myto chair from konstantin grcic
tejo remy – chest of drawers xs. limited edition of 13 – still a classic. one of these is also in the collection of the museum of modern art/moma in ny
laszlo rozsnoki and tiago sa da costa at the droog design showroom
woman with fish head. pretending to read a newspaper
miss geschick and lady lapsus from hamburg at the designersblock party. click and visit their online boutique.
milan design week 2008 – day3 – that’s design and all the rest of it
Milan
some people I have met – some design I have seen.
alvin aronson. check out his website. you can see how his d/a clock works
mr.hyde – by pablo crespo, martin franzen, isaac pineiro
selma ostrom and li lundvang (I love these scandnavian names) from lund university. presenting the ‘what can you bring to the table’ project
purple, baby
jurgen bey at ‘block – turkish marble meets design’
maximaldesign
polimoda milano
rossana orlandi and jeroen wesselink at the design academy party
milan design week 2008 – 2day – fuck, pozza
if you are in milan for the design week you shouldn’t be too obsessed with the idea of seeing everything in a short time. select what you really want to see. affacted by mies van der rohe‘s statement ‘less is more’ and by the bad weather we made some sightseeing and shopping and in the end we visited richard hutten for a gin tonic.
on the roof of milan’s gothic cathedral ‘duomo’
torre velasca – much debated at the time of its construction in 1957 but dominant in milan’s skyline
customize your tic tac box
camilla is fashion designer. she names her collection: reale slow-fashion. couple days ago she opened her own shop in the centre of milano. visit her at via brisa 15!
richard hutten elephant’s, his work from 2006, was standing at some places in milano. the ‘fuck’ doesn’t include his design.
fabian von spreckelsen, derya inanici, me and theda shoppe at the richard hutten showroom
richard hutten’s new collection ‘layers’: a table made of books with an epoxy coating
another piece of his collection ‘layers’: a table made of foam with an epoxy coating
