(Dear Reader, do I really need to tell you to go and look at the new stuff from J. Crew?) Gorgeous shots, as always. This time they’re in Prague…. God. If only we had the budgets they do for shoots. I read somewhere recently that J. Crew puts out around 13 catalogs a year. Granted, many use pick-up shots from other catalogs but imagine being on the art direction team and shooting in Prague, Morocco and Ireland as they have in the past year. Sigh.
From CrewCuts, Fall 2008.
Loved this shot from the Fall Fashion Guide from the current issue of New York Magazine shot by Rodney Smith. Watch the behind-the-scenes video for the shoot here.
Photo: Rodney Smith
Anna was kind enough to email me and tell me about her sweet ring pillows. I really loved the delicate textural effect of these pillows. Anna also mentioned that she can custom make pillows to match your color scheme. Order them on her web site here.
Also check out her range of full-sized super colorful pillows in the most beautiful colors of brights and metallics.
Clockwise from top left: Cream Primrose, White Gerbera, Gold Waterlily, Cream Gerbera. 8" square, £49.
I am totally in awe of the architect whose work is profiled in the New York Times today.
Architect Eric Clough was commissioned by a family to redesign their apartment. The father, Mr. Klinsky suggested the architect hide a poem he had written to his family in the walls of the apartment. This idea sparked a project that involved noted sculptors and writers to design an elaborate scavenger hunt in the apartment for the family of six to do together.
Such an amazing story with such intricate and elaborate details. Door knockers designed to come off doors, fit together to form a crank which opens a hidden compartment in a wall. Keys hidden in cubbies behind artwork which fit together to form magnetized cubes which open a series of panels which reveal the poem the father wrote for his family. Radiator grilles in each of the childrens’ bedrooms laser cut with a coded poem to each child. Amazing stuff. Read the article! Be sure to check out the slideshow as well.
Clogh designed a book which he hid in a wall panel to help the family through the scavenger hunt.
Saw the work of Joanne Reyes on Refinery29 and absolutely fell in love. I haven’t been this excited about a new brand in a long time, it feels like.
The label is named after Reyes’ grandfather. From Refinery29: “As an early 20th-century composer, Villarin’s artistic legacy and love of family has instructed his grand-daughter’s newest design endeavor. ‘He loved to travel and was inspired to create and share his work with others,’ Reyes fondly remarks. ‘I’ve inherited the same approach, and there’s definitely a reflection of him in the brand.’”
From the Fall 2008 Look Book.
Caught this via New York Magazine’s Best Bets… Charming Wall offers prints from a wide variety of artists in an open edition. All print of the site are $20, matting and framing cost extra.
October by Devon Kelley-Yurdin. 12" x 15", acid-free print, $20. Blondie by Bailey Saliwanchik. 12" x 15", acid-free print, $20.
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