simonarmstrong:

books on my desk today:

Kiki de Montparnasse: The Graphic Biography

In the bohemian and brilliant Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki managed to escape poverty to become one of the most charismatic figures of the avant-garde years between the wars. Partner to Man Ray – whose most legendary photos she inspired – she would be immortalised by Kisling, Foujita, Per Krohg, Calder, Utrillo and Leger. Kiki is the muse of a generation that seeks to escape the hangover of the Great War, but she is above all one of the first emancipated women of the 20th century.

Air is too thin up here…

MADE IN JAPAN – a live music benefit on Thursday w/ Squarepusher, LFO and Fuck Buttons.

Mariavittoria Sargentini’s “MarvieLab” – a personal habitat within the negative space proffered by the garments = fully reversible jackets > in’es’terno.

“Her work is an exhaustive study of the interaction between the 2 and 3 dimensional perspectives: between “shape material” and anatomy. The body finds its mode of dressing and ultimately allows the articles to find its own personality, thus raising the garments relationship with the wearer to a new level.” – David Choi for Scoute

Still feels like *magic*—

Always believed in the beauty of a magnificent crash & burn. An elegant rephrasing of ‘fail early, fail often’ – in life & sport, not just design. #LiveALittle

Geoffrey H. Short – towards another theory