At the moment, 'A Decade of Faile'

Recently, while running an errand, I walked along Rathbone Place and got attracted by the window of Lazarides Rathbone gallery (picture from my iPhone (a real sneaky picture!).

There are a series of artworks created by Brooklyn-based artists, Faile (pronounced like the word "fail").

Except from the press release from Lazarides:

"Faile’s work is inspired by Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein,

Basquiat and the throwaway imagery of advertising, flyposting, comic books and

TV."

This exhibition from the gallery runs until 19th March 2010. Verdict? Go and see it!

A quick idea on Faile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faile_(artist_collective)

Link here for the Press Release: http://www.lazinc.com/content//pdf/2010-01/failebast-deluxx-fluxx-final.pdf

More on: http://www.hookedblog.co.uk/2009/01/faile-website-update.html

More of their works: http://www.faile.net/

At the moment, the world's first 3D printed polyamid shoes...?

Two students, Naim Josefi and Souzan Youssouf, of Beckmans & Konstfack collaborated with each other at Stockholm Fashion week. Together for the collection "Melonia", they created wearable shoes, which was 3D printed in polyamid.

Excerpt of the concept by Core77:

"The shoes call for further exploration in ever-developing rapid prototyping processes. The pair envisage a world in which we could produce and recycle such objects in a closed loop."

Comment: I wonder how steady is this shoe? I must say, it looks very innovative!

Link up: Core77

Pictures from:

Naim Josefi's profile on : http://www.beckmans.se/naim-josefi/

"Sonny's" Page: http://sonnyphotos.typepad.com/sonny/2010/02/beckmans-college-of-design.html

At the moment, just a little humor (children's shoes)

Right now, I'm doing a group project designing and making children's shoe. Here is my mock up...and well, as I brought candy to school, my team members and I felt like doing this...

Note: Fangs and gummy 'Smurf' are not part of the design...and the eyes were drawn in for fun! Now I'm making the shoe in the original materials.

At the moment, I am amused by...this shop's name...

Last week, I went to Paris to visit my friends. As it was the weekend and I arrived Paris around the evening, my time to do a lot of activities was limited. However, Jenny managed to take me out to another shopping area, Marais (pronounced as ma-ray according to Jenny) in the 3rd arrondissement) which was pleasant to walk rather than the busy streets of the 1st arrondissement!
Anyway, while walking along Rue de Sévigné, I couldn't help it but to take photos of this shop, mainly the name...I find it humourous though some may not find the same kind of humour as I do...

Monsieur Poulet (literal translation: Mr. Chicken)
Original Chicken Clothes
(It's a boutique selling printed T-shirts)

Photos: From my phone.
Website for 'Monsieur Poulet' (in French and English): http://www.monsieurpoulet.com/ (the t-shirt prints are quirky and colourful).

Alexander McQueen shall be remembered

Lee Alexander McQueen (photo by Kin Ho)

While pattern cutting, one of my friends recieved a text message of McQueen. Instantly, I went to the internet and found out, the news was true.

Lee Alexander McQueen known for his lavish and exceptional runway show (and designs) passed on a few hours ago in his home in London. There are speculations that the incident was triggered by the death of his mother (a few days back).

This is the only thing I bought from McQueen, the flapper bag from his seasonal range. I know this sounds really cheesy but this will be one of the great bags I will treasure...

News of him have been popping up almost every moment since this incident...

He shall be missed.

More on: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/celebrity-obituaries/7216283/Alexander-McQueen.html

At the moment, I feel like...(as illustrated on this embroidery)

At the moment, I feel like relaxing like this person here...of course fully covered! :)

Embroidery done by a friend of mine, living in London.

At the moment, here's a 'Twitter Dress'

At the recent Grammy's 2010, artiste Imogen Heap wore a 'Twitter Dress' as she claimed her Grammy for 'Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical' for her recent album, Ellipse.

From Times Online: '...her self-made outfit consisted of an oversized necklace studded with flashing lights and a transparent handbag that doubled up as a television. In fact, the necklace was a digital sign displaying messages that her fans were writing on to her Twitter profile. Those tweets were relayed to her jewellery through a wireless router — equipment that provides an internet connection — embedded inside her black dress...'

Picture from 'Times Online'

More on: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7011576.ece

At the moment, A Single Man

Near the end of 2009, fashion designer Tom Ford made his first debut as a film director, producer and screenplay writer for the movie, 'A Single Man'.

Also, a little trivia from IMDB: "Tom Ford explained in a Fresh Air interview that he created a back story for George's suit based on the George character. He decided that George would have had his suit custom made on Saville Row on a trip home to England, which informed its cut and color. He also decided that, since 'old-school' British people of wealth tend to be thrifty with clothing, that his suit was a few years old. Ford even went as far as putting a label on the inside of the suit with his name and the date that it was made for him (1957)."

Image from: http://bartboehlert.blogspot.com/2009/12/single-man.html

Official website: http://www.asingleman-movie.com/#/home

Thoughts: This is not the usual genre (drama) I would normally watch. The music got my attention as I was chewing gummy colas in the cinema. I loved the mood and the music incorporated in this trailer...believe it or not, I like Colin Firth! I really hope the movie is as good as this trailer. Many movies these days have really good trailers but the outcome would not be as good as originally intended.

The video below is a short trailer and a trivia about the suit below the video. The film has been released in America. It will be released in the UK on the 12th of February.

'A Single Man' is based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood. The novel is set in Los Angeles a month after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. This story centres on an English professor, George (played by Colin Firth) who, after the sudden death of his partner (Matthew Goode) tries to go about his typical day. He tries to figure out his life after his partner's death and as his close friend Charley (Julianne Moore) consoles him and his young student (Nicholas Hoult) interacts with him.

At then design moment, the 'Audi Grand Piano'

My Dad sent me an article about a piano he saw on a magazine (I'm not sure which magazine it was featured one).

The Audi Design grand piano (featured middle of last year), designed by Vienna-based piano manufacturer Bösendorfer is priced at 100,000 Euros.

Thoughts: Who would have thought a car manufacturer would come up with a piano? It goes to show, anything is almost possible these days. I doubt I can fork out such amount for this beauty and my piano skills will have to dramatically improve before even touching one key!

More on:

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/audi-design-creates-grand-piano-8503.html

...and from Audi:

https://www.audi-mediaservices.com/publish/ms/content/en/presskit/2009/07/07/grandpiano.standard.gid-oeffentlichkeit.html

Watch the video on the website.

Art Nouveau Heels

I was exploring an archive of 'Dazed and Confused' and encounted this 'Art Nouveau Heels' by foot wear designer, Kerrie Luft.

This was featured in 2009.

More on: http://www.dazeddigital.com/Fashion/article/4508/1/Running_in_Art_Nouveau_Heels

Thoughts: I wonder how much support these heels can withstand...love the delicate details!
This year, new start (though technially, it is the middle of January!), I've decided to try something new in order to keep blogging (been awful as I had projects to submit before Christmas and went back home during the holidays!). I'll try to post random (but of course good!) images that I think is interesting...and will make me blog often!