Shake it

I like Grant Hamilton's Polaroid work very much. I don't think his Flickr page is the most ideal place for them though. I prefer a more minimalist experience, so best to view the series as a conceptual whole here. More Albers than Rothko, I think; I always love a solid homage to colors and lines, simple shapes and compositions. His upcoming show in Seattle features GINORMOUS Polaroids which I'd like to see in person, or maybe just learn how to make 'em. Now, allow me to douse you in some of my favorites:










[via swissmiss]

Na na na na na

When I was in 6th grade, we had cable for a few months (a rare treat), and Clarissa Explains It All was the sole reason I defaced my room and started wearing funky earrings every day. This was my introduction to suburban punk rock - which may be watered down but what sheltered girls so so need. So much cooler this Hannah Montana I keep hearing about nowadays, but I may be biased. This post officially makes me feel 87 years old.

Dora Jung

Every day is show-and-tell day here on the Internets. This particular show-and-tell for Dora Jung (discovered via hoping for happy accidents) makes me a bit sad though because her work is not something I want to just stare at on a computer screen. I feel similarly about most design shared and discussed online. That is, just a few photos but not based on any real in-person experiences. I often fall in this trap where I'll read about, for example, a museum exhibition, and then discuss it the next day at lunch or start recommending the exhibition to people as if I went myself! See here as I gush about Dora Jung's work. And who's to say I can't base my judgments off of a few poor-quality photos? Still, I feel something is missing, which is, I didn't know about her in 2003 when I was in Finland (also the year I was introduced to Scandinavian design), so I hope I get another chance to see these textiles in person one day.

Below are two of Jung's tablecloths: 100 Roses and Play of Lines.

Nina Katchadourian

I studied a bit of Nina's work in 2006 (mostly her sound pieces) and have since been a huge fan of her art which spans many many mediums and subjects.

The Mended Spiderweb series is filed under a subject called Uninvited Collaborations with Nature:


[Mended Spiderweb #8 (Fish Patch), Cibachrome, 20 x 20 inches, 1998]

I like how this reminds me of Brooklyn:


[GRNAD OPENING, C-print, 16 x 23 inches, 2006]

Sorted Books project - poetry and statements made by stacking the spines of books:


[Shark Journal, C-prints, each 12.5 x 19 inches, 2001]

Yellow mums, polka dots, chevron stripes, shepherd's pie...

... all make winter a bit more bearable.

Matt Stuart

Forgot how I stumbled on this photographer, Matt Stuart, but I was delighted.

On daschunds

[photo by wliow via flickr]

As soon as I become more responsible/willing to wake up at 7 AM every morning to go on walks (even when it is 20° F out), I'm going to get me one of these little buggers.

Winter activities

ME
- Wearing a big puffy jacket that makes me look like a robot
- Yoga
- Watching PBS

GREGG
- Indoor gardening

BOTH
- Not going outside
- Not going grocery shopping
- Noodle soup in all Asiatic varieties

Geometry of Circles

Philip Glass + Sesame Street: I was so happy to receive a heavy dose of nostalgia this morning, and be able to appreciate it in a different way, two decades later:



[via VSL]

Cuban graphic design

mmm... graphic design from socialist countries is always so good.


[posted by Alki1 via Flickr]

Can't find anything on this poster's designer, Ñiko Pérez, though.