Ratmansky's "Middle Duet," made for the Bolshoi Ballet in 1998. Ambiguous beauty.
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Jeremy Laing is a Canadian fashion designer who apprenticed with Alexander McQueen. His Fall/Winter collection this year brought some fresh looks to my eyes. I like how he constructed the clothing with just enough amount of details, he used pattern sparingly, and he paid much attention to the back as well as the front.
(pictures from link and link)
(pictures from link and link)
One cannot carry everywhere the corpse of one's father. -Guillaume Apollinaire
The new man should have the courage to be new. -Raoul Hausmann, 1921
The word and the image are one. -Hugo Ball, 1917
Not world visions, B U T - world reality. -El Lissitsky
Our art had to be young, it had to be new, it had to integrate all the experimental tendencies of the futurists and the cubists. Above all, our art had to be international, for we believed in an Internationale of the spirit... -Richard Huelsenbeck, 1916
All doors and windows must be opened wide, so that the musty smell we have had to breathe since childhood can disappear. -Bruno Jasienski, 1921
Contrast is the mark of our age. -Theo van Doesburg, 1926
Catalogues, posters, advertisements of all sorts. Believe me, they contain the poetry of our epoch. -Guillaume Apollinaire
Paint with photos, write poetry with photos! -John Heartfield
The new book demands new writers. -El Lissitsky
The new typography is not a fashion. -Jan Tschichold
Typography must be clear communication in its most vivid form...clarity is the essence of modern printing. -L.Moholy-Nagy, 1923
Colour is a creative element, not a trimming. -Piet Zwart
A photograph neither lies nor tells the truth. -Jan Tschichold
The more uninteresting a letter, the more useful it is to the typographer. -Piet Zwart
The new man should have the courage to be new. -Raoul Hausmann, 1921
The word and the image are one. -Hugo Ball, 1917
Not world visions, B U T - world reality. -El Lissitsky
Our art had to be young, it had to be new, it had to integrate all the experimental tendencies of the futurists and the cubists. Above all, our art had to be international, for we believed in an Internationale of the spirit... -Richard Huelsenbeck, 1916
All doors and windows must be opened wide, so that the musty smell we have had to breathe since childhood can disappear. -Bruno Jasienski, 1921
Contrast is the mark of our age. -Theo van Doesburg, 1926
Catalogues, posters, advertisements of all sorts. Believe me, they contain the poetry of our epoch. -Guillaume Apollinaire
Paint with photos, write poetry with photos! -John Heartfield
The new book demands new writers. -El Lissitsky
The new typography is not a fashion. -Jan Tschichold
Typography must be clear communication in its most vivid form...clarity is the essence of modern printing. -L.Moholy-Nagy, 1923
Colour is a creative element, not a trimming. -Piet Zwart
A photograph neither lies nor tells the truth. -Jan Tschichold
The more uninteresting a letter, the more useful it is to the typographer. -Piet Zwart
A collection of funny, and sometimes true, sayings in the form of "Language X is essentially language Y under conditions Z". Link
English is essentially a bizarre dialect of Chinese, pronounced
entirely in the first tone. —John Cowan
Cat is essentially Dog spoken while chasing a piece of string. —jmallett
Magazine du luxe et de la mode, l'Officiel, publié dans près de 70
pays, est le plus ancien des magazines féminins français. Depuis plus
de 80 ans il suit son époque et fait découvrir l'esprit français de
l'élégance, les talents de la couture, mais aussi les nouveaux lieux,
les expositions, la décoration, l'architecture. Les mouvements de
société y sont traités sur un ton léger et ludique. Ses 500 000
lectrices en France sont les femmes à la mode et cultivées des grandes
villes qui garderont 35 ans pour la vie.
Pour la galerie, cliquez ici.
Voici quelques anciennes publicités que je trouve très inspirant.
It is surprises me when I looked at these "old" magazines, finding them so inspiring. Some of them don't even look "old". The above advertisements are from 1930, 1942 and 1957. For full view of L'officiel magazine from 1920 to 2000, click here.
Pour la galerie, cliquez ici.
Voici quelques anciennes publicités que je trouve très inspirant.
It is surprises me when I looked at these "old" magazines, finding them so inspiring. Some of them don't even look "old". The above advertisements are from 1930, 1942 and 1957. For full view of L'officiel magazine from 1920 to 2000, click here.