My Park Date Set made it into Polyvore's Top Fashion Set of the Day (May 22nd, 2015)! The other two sets were made Top Fashion Sets in on Jan 10th of 2015 (It's Friday Night) and July 18th of 2014 (Tropical Chic). If you want to see more of my fashion sets then checkout my Polyvore Profile.
Another 100 Years of Style from Cut Video this time featuring beauty trends from The Philippines.
During the early days of forensic science, Crime Scene Investigation pioneer Frances Glessner Lee created meticulously detailed dioramas that depicted various chilling real life crime scenes. In 1945 Frances donated the dioramas (also know as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death) to Harvard and set up their department of Legal Medicine, the dioramas were used to lecture students on the subject of Crime Scene Investigation. Today the dioramas are used by Maryland's Medical Examiners Office in Baltimore to teach similar Forensic Seminars. If you want to learn more about Frances Glessner Lee's impact on Forensic Science then checkout 99% Invisible's latest episode (above ^) about her and her Nutshell Dioramas. You can also see more photo's of The Nutshell Diorama's HERE.
Image Source & Credits: Corinne Botz & Harvard Associates in Legal Medicine
It's the first long weekend of the Spring/Summer. I hope everyone has a fabulous Victoria Day Long Weekend. xx
My mother passed away 2 months ago and this is my first Mother's Day without her. I used my passion for design as away to celebrate her life and memory today. I'm so grateful to have had such a strong women in my life that taught me about love, compassion, how to be true to myself and always do the right thing over the easy thing. She will always be in my heart and thoughts, now and forever. #missyoumom
This video of Brain Wilson from the Beach Boys bringing together his vision for the song Good Vibrations it truly amazing to watch. I love seeing people do what they love and put their whole heart & sole into something they truly believe in. It's truly inspiring and as a fellow artist I find it so relatable. I feel this way about my own work all the time.
Digging the illustration, song and story behind todays Google image. Nellie Bly was one forward thinking, society rule challenging, trail blazing lady. I think it's great that Google decided to share such an empowering female life story with it's users. If you want to learn even more about Nellie, Stuff You Missed In History also has a great podcast episode dedicated to her life story.
This upcoming Mother's Day is my first one without my mother and as an artist I'm using my passion for design as a way to remember her. This is just a sneak peek into a project I'm working on. I'll be revealing the rest of the series on Mother's Day 2015 (May 10th), so stay tuned. xx
Another great 100 Years of “Beauty” video from Cut Video. This time around they feature some unique style from Mexico!
[Men assembling an inflatable tank. Courtesy of Rick Beyer. From the documentary,The Ghost Army]
Fellow artists and designers, checkout this amazing part of our history. During WW2 the Ghost Army (made up of artists & designers) used design, installation pieces and sound to deceive the German Army. Fashion designer Bill Blass, Color Field artist Ellsworth Kelly, Wild Life artist Arthur B. Singer and fashion & music photographer Art Kane were all apart of this tactical deception unit
From Bobs, to Beehives, to Mohawks checkout this illustrated history of follicle fashion.
I would most definitely rather be in my Vegan Leather Jacket with my unkempt hair. She looks way better as a "Beatnik" (Hello Stereotype!). Gotta love educational videos from the 1960's pushing everyone to conform to societies norm. Below is my perfect “Beatnik” (I personally prefer to call it the Beat Generation) outfits (one for the ladies & one for the gents) which includes a stellar cruelty free leather coat!
1. Crop Circle Tee by Sara Bergman • 2. Grey Denim Peanut Jeans by Monkee Jeans • 3. Faux Wool Parisian Beret by Askidas • 4. Junkie Slip Jacket by James Payne • 6. Vegan Patent Leather Chelsea Boots by Golden Ponies6. Deadvlei Gold Cuff by The Base Project • 7. Skeleton Coast Cut by The Base Project • 8. Choose Your Own Crystal Necklace by Beach Bones Jewelry • 9.Cage Earrings by Sanktoleono • 10. Red Maple Wood Sunglasses by Tmbrwood • 11. Black Vegan Satchel by Raramodo 12. Pastel Pink Vegan Hair Colour by Vegan Cosmetics
Image Source & Credit: Listed Above.
1. Floyd Shadow Leather Jackets by April 77 • 2. Mid Dusty Denim Skinny Peanut Men’s by Monkee Jeans • 3. Brando Tee by James Payne • 4. Black Sheep Hat by Brave Gentleman • 5. Harrison Black Boots by Bourgeois Boheme • 6. Red Corduroy Messenger Bag by Beg for a Bag 7. Wood Bamboo Sunglasses by Wooded • 8. Truth Calculator Belt by Truth • 9. New York City Skyline Watch by 10 North Creative • 10. Starter Athletic Socks by Bergies • 11.Vintage Phone Case by On Your Case
Image Source & Credit: Listed Above.
Another 100 years of style video from Cut Video, this one features South & North Korea. If you haven’t seen their other videos about the history of “Beauty” then head on over to their YouTube Page to check it out. All the videos take an interesting and eye opening social, cultural and anthropological look at beauty from all walks of life.
Help preserve our history as designers by donating to the design history documentary Graphic Means's Kickstarter. Graphic Means explores the history of graphic design production before the computer took the design world by storm. It was a time that designers like to call the cut and past era. Most young designers today (myself include) know little about this era and it would be wonderful to have it preserved somewhere for future generations. Also as a history nerd I so can't wait to see the doc!
"You just can’t manufacture a cult following for an airport carpet. It has to happen on its own."
This weeks 99% Invisible episode is after this textile designers own heart. It's all peoples attachment to a carpets pattern and how that love created a cult following.
Image/Podcast Source & Credit: 99% Invisible
I'm so glad this beautiful art form is making a come back.
My mom & dad are the cutest! xoxo
This ones for all my fellow typography nerds.
love, Love, LOVE. 1910 - 2010, 100 years of hair, makeup and style. My favourites are the 1920's, 1940's and 1990's. I totally had the 1990's hair style when I was a tween.
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