Category: Design

16 Aug

JUNKPRINTS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

My lil company and I were featured in yesterday’s New York Times. This is some crazy amazing press! In the business section…of all places

04 Aug

Dwelling: The Eames House

Continuing on with the dwelling series check out this house. This is the Eames House it was apart of a project called The Case Study House Program in the 1940’s to early 1960’s. It was one out of the 25 homes that were built which had to use furnishings, techniques, etc. derived from the second [...]

03 Aug

The Art of Sleeping

As you read this right now you might be at work or class, or have taken a “professional day” off. I’m sure that most of you are wishing you were back in bed cuddled up inside the warm covers and sleeping. If you’re not maybe you have some secret energy trick that I don’t know [...]

30 Jul

African Vogue

As a campaigned for Vogue’s publishers to create an African version of its magazine photographer Mario Epanya spent months doing a photo shoots, beautiful creating fictional magazine covers, featuring only African models to show his vision. Conde Nast, who is the Vogues publishers, rejected his vision. I don’t see why we have to go to [...]

29 Jul

THE GOING ONS

29 Jul

Essence of McQueen

Alexander McQueen’s clothing designs were always a shock factor to the fashion world. Along with his very eccentric designs his concepts are another contributing factor to what made him a very profound designer. McQueen doesn’t go with the trend. He exploits sexuality within his work by just tracing it back to the body form. He [...]

27 Jul

Dwelling: Home of the Future?

As I watch the renovation of the junkyard coming together my love of space and architecture begins to re-ignite more and more. I remember when I was in high school I took a summer class in architecture at my local college. There was a discussion on the bounds of “convention way of living” and there [...]

20 Jul

Don’t Need to Hop the Train

Hey all! I came across an awesome idea for livable space. Why spend all your money on wood and bricks where you can take a freight car and turn it into a home. It kind of reminds me of legos; you can build up, down, side ways, zigzag wherever. I love the idea of being [...]

09 Jul

WORKING WITH DEAD THINGS PRT2

The skins are in and the making has commenced. I feel the same way about working with leather as I do with eating eggs. Basically I just really have to be in the mood. Sometimes eggs make me wanna puke but other times (like now) I’m lovin them so much that I’m making hardboiled eggs [...]

08 Jul

SPACE

Slowly but surely this new space is coming along. Today I have a meeting with Hillary of Liv-Chic. She’s going to help me get the front room in shape (that is currently being used as the wood shop).   I’m finding that in spacial design my proportions are all off and the stuff I’m making for [...]