I’m happy to say that I’ve only spent 20 days in a world without the Mac. It’s really come to define my day to day life as a platform and a phenomenon and I’m not sure where I’d be professionally or creatively without it. And that’s not just fanatic gushing – the Mac was how I taught myself to be who I am in my career today.
Check out Apple’s entire Thirty Years of Mac feature for more on what others think of the little computer that could do so much.
Normally I pay no attention to YouTube ads before my video content loads, but damn did Prada do a fine job on these spots for their Fall/Winter 2012 collection. These are “Real Fantasies” that I can most assuredly get behind.
I love the way the scene vanishes to reveal the credits at the end of this one.
The most intriguing game of moon-chess you’ll ever see, guaranteed.
Fashion! Models! The apocalypse?
The site: Full-Stop
Why I went: article on creating fashion mood boards based on book covers – something that reeks of Kate
Why I stayed: the first look (above) was inspired by The Virgin Suicides <- te amo
Why I’ll return:
“Full Stop aims to focus on young writers, works in translation, and books we feel are being neglected by other outlets while engaging with the significant changes occurring in the publishing industry and the evolution of print media.”
Parts are cheaper, knowledge and sharing are happening more than ever, and it’s easy to find people who have the skills you may need to work with. Even 3D printing is becoming more common. When you combine all this, I think we might just be entering a wearable electronics era.
Phillip Torrone provides an exhaustive (if exhausting) rundown of his experiments and the experiments of other within the realm of wearable technology. Notable mentions include the iCufflinks and Project Runway‘s Diana Eng.
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I don’t even normally like The Decemberists, but there is something about this video that really does it for me. Maybe the filter that makes it all look like Anthropologie’s post-apocalyptic collection catalogue shoot?
Made famous by BMW, the concept of the art car has picked up another German manufacturer as participant: Mercedes-Benz. MB sponsored a four car installation entitled Recollection Quartett which places iconic models from the marque inside of sculptures conceived by Frederik Heyman and styled by a trio of fashion designers. All a part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin (where else?).
Kate just found for me this amazing Tumblr, Everything Punk, Goth and New Wave – a collection of real photos from the heyday of the subculture(s).
Sometimes I think I was born just a little too late. While my 1984 start in the world put me in the thick of new wave and goth culture, I was a little too onesie-clad to partake in the more interesting fashion choices. And it may be a little cliché to look like a panel from the Sandman, I’d still thrill at participating in this aesthetic while it was new.
As Kate astutely points out though, “I’d miss the internet.” So maybe the 80s were best left to my early years?