living universe

a visual miscellanea of concepts and moving parts
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time to start contemplating fall uniforms

time to start contemplating fall uniforms


Summer reading: My mind is wandering, and I haven’t been able to fully immerse myself into a single story.  I’ve been reading bite-sized pieces of non-fiction, of different shapes, topics, ages and sizes.  

Summer reading: My mind is wandering, and I haven’t been able to fully immerse myself into a single story.  I’ve been reading bite-sized pieces of non-fiction, of different shapes, topics, ages and sizes.  

i try to avoid using this as a forum for product lust, but…

i try to avoid using this as a forum for product lust, but…

asheville in the spring.  (for o)

asheville in the spring.  (for o)

moon pulls from christina gransow, music by mùm.  sourced from a new favorite.

Drawing by composer/architect Iannis Xenakis.  Column in The New Yorker by Alex Ross and exhibit at the Drawing Center.

Drawing by composer/architect Iannis Xenakis.  Column in The New Yorker by Alex Ross and exhibit at the Drawing Center.

nadine nakanishi. partisan in nature, acrylic, latex, colored pencil.
(discovered here)

nadine nakanishi. partisan in nature, acrylic, latex, colored pencil.

(discovered here)

if only I could organize my thoughts and projects in the manner of the ever wonderful Gunta Stölzl.

if only I could organize my thoughts and projects in the manner of the ever wonderful Gunta Stölzl.

“Fall 2010 started when we secluded ourselves in a house in Woodstock one long weekend. We researched the work of Sheila Hicks and female artists of the seventies craft movement. The collection is what the Vena Cava woman wears to the cabin upstate: pieces that read more minimal, American, seventies-tinged, and somewhat classic, but with singular Vena Cava detailing and a moody rainy-day palette.” —Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock, Vena Cava. (via Vogue)

“Fall 2010 started when we secluded ourselves in a house in Woodstock one long weekend. We researched the work of Sheila Hicks and female artists of the seventies craft movement. The collection is what the Vena Cava woman wears to the cabin upstate: pieces that read more minimal, American, seventies-tinged, and somewhat classic, but with singular Vena Cava detailing and a moody rainy-day palette.” —Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock, Vena Cava. (via Vogue)

The death of another fashion hero: Alexander McQueen.

The death of another fashion hero: Alexander McQueen.

lyonel feininger.  manhattan I- 1937, watercolor and pen and ink on paper.

lyonel feininger.  manhattan I- 1937, watercolor and pen and ink on paper.

lyonel feininger. manhattan skyscrapers- (c. 1948-1956), oil on canvas.

lyonel feininger. manhattan skyscrapers- (c. 1948-1956), oil on canvas.

lyonel feininger.  manhattan dawn- 1944, oil on canvas.  The Art Institute of Chicago.

lyonel feininger.  manhattan dawn- 1944, oil on canvas.  The Art Institute of Chicago.

lyonel feininger. manhattan I, stone 2 - 1951, lithograph.

lyonel feininger. manhattan I, stone 2 - 1951, lithograph.