Water
Check out these series of painting by Montreal based visual artist David Todaro. For 'Water', Todaro who sees his work as an 'open dialogue, uses' ink and other water media on wood.
What he saw today
You know him for his collaboration with J Crew and his work with In Style Magazine, Calvin Klein (...) but on his blog, What I Saw Today, Richard Haines aka The DesignerMan draws street style.Everyday or so, he sketches fashionistas, hipsters, and other instant celebrities on whatever support he can put his hands on: paper, newspapers, envelopes... We love.
Not so Sneaky
We love them for their classic design, because they're produced in Africa with African materials - Cameroon, Egypt, Tunisia & Nigeria (and because their website is dope)
We love them because they were born in China, grew up in France and have now spread all around the world
To Have + To Hold
Jony Lyle's new documentary, To Have + To Hold celebrates and explores the phenomenon of collecting Vinyl. Interview
To Have & To Hold - Taster Tape from Jony Lyle on Vimeo.
To Have & To Hold - Taster Tape from Jony Lyle on Vimeo.
Feature interviews with nterviews with well known collectors like Bobbito Garcia, ?uestlove, Chuck D, Andre Torres (From Wax Poetics), Amir (of Kon & Amir) and Bruce Ludvall, the owner of Bluenote.
SubmiT
EDUCATION is a RIGHT and KNOWLEDGE creates a COUNTRY
submiT is about bringing people with vision together to create something that will cut through the cultural noise like a knife.
Their voice will be your designs. Shirts will be their medium.
submiT is about raising awareness of childhood education in Ethiopia through the work of imagine1day. Their goal is to have education available for every child in Ethopia by 2020.
Check out their website for more information: imagine1day.org
They're looking for SubmiTTions.
Of Samurais and Girls
Lithuanian born Laura Theiss Autumn Winter 2010 knitwear collection | Central Saint Martins. She forms new juxtapositions of shapes and fabrics by pleating, layering and twisting the knits.
From the Club to the Streets
We're absolutely enamoured with Garance Doré's streetstyle shots for Club Monaco's Fall 2010 Collection. From Garance Dore's delicate photographic style to Club Monaco's timeless pieces, it all ties in perfectly.
Bold & Beautiful
Check them out here
Does Honesty Pay?
A few weeks ago you had participated in a survey on “honesty” and had chosen one from the four possible answers. 25% of you picked the response: Honesty has no consequence on success or failure in the material world.
Splendid!
I commend you for your vision and insight, and append that I could not agree with you more. Today, I would endeavor to support your opinion with facts from the world of science.
There is no cause and effect principle that control the worldly affairs in an orderly manner, I submit. Even Karma, the alluring hypothesis of crime and punishment and rewards for service, is only make belief. The “rule of jungle” is the true law of the universe, and it is called Uncertainty Principle.
In 1927, Werner Heisenberg, a German physicist said that the more we know about a particle’s position, the less we know about its speed and the direction it is traveling (and vice versa). This notion gave birth to the revolutionary theory known as Uncertainty Principle, and the concept shattered the world of physics.
Albert Einstein furiously protested the proposition. Guess what? Einstein was wrong.
We now know that in the microscopic world, sub-atomic particles behave as if they have their own minds—they do not follow any rules. In other words the tiny particles are free to chose their actions, and they do, and their behavior cannot be prediced by laws. In the world of the extraordinarily large bodies on the other hand, it appears that the laws of physics hold good, and when they do not, we say they are in aberrations.
Similarly, our own world seems to follow the same laws of physics, and we are happy that they do, for our brains are rationalizing. The truth, nonetheless, is that all natural laws are our creations, figments of our imagination.
We observe nature, formulate laws, and go on predicting the unknown based on our derived laws; and often, we find ourselves right.
Indeed, Einstein had made all his predictions based on mathematical calculations, and he was accurate in most of his mind-boggling derivations. But brilliant as he was, some of his predictions were wrong as well—why so? How could such a luminous mind make such rudimentary mistakes?
In the world of the small particles things happen in microseconds, therefore, we can study their life cycles more accurately. In the world of the stars and heavenly bodies, nevertheless, we do not have the time to study their complete life cycles; therefore we must rely on assumptions, hypothesis, and mathematics. Math is merely a tool invented by us and has its own limitations. Lest, we would have known that the Uncertainty Principle is the only truth in the universe.
That is the reason why honesty has no consequence on success or failure in life. The cause-and-effect principle, so believable in our small world, is merely an illusion in the larger perspective. Therefore, honesty may or may not pay.
Can we just be honest for honesty's sake, regardless? There is an inherent beauty in honesty, and next time we shall contemplate on that.
Splendid!
I commend you for your vision and insight, and append that I could not agree with you more. Today, I would endeavor to support your opinion with facts from the world of science.
There is no cause and effect principle that control the worldly affairs in an orderly manner, I submit. Even Karma, the alluring hypothesis of crime and punishment and rewards for service, is only make belief. The “rule of jungle” is the true law of the universe, and it is called Uncertainty Principle.
In 1927, Werner Heisenberg, a German physicist said that the more we know about a particle’s position, the less we know about its speed and the direction it is traveling (and vice versa). This notion gave birth to the revolutionary theory known as Uncertainty Principle, and the concept shattered the world of physics.
Albert Einstein furiously protested the proposition. Guess what? Einstein was wrong.
We now know that in the microscopic world, sub-atomic particles behave as if they have their own minds—they do not follow any rules. In other words the tiny particles are free to chose their actions, and they do, and their behavior cannot be prediced by laws. In the world of the extraordinarily large bodies on the other hand, it appears that the laws of physics hold good, and when they do not, we say they are in aberrations.
Similarly, our own world seems to follow the same laws of physics, and we are happy that they do, for our brains are rationalizing. The truth, nonetheless, is that all natural laws are our creations, figments of our imagination.
We observe nature, formulate laws, and go on predicting the unknown based on our derived laws; and often, we find ourselves right.
Indeed, Einstein had made all his predictions based on mathematical calculations, and he was accurate in most of his mind-boggling derivations. But brilliant as he was, some of his predictions were wrong as well—why so? How could such a luminous mind make such rudimentary mistakes?
In the world of the small particles things happen in microseconds, therefore, we can study their life cycles more accurately. In the world of the stars and heavenly bodies, nevertheless, we do not have the time to study their complete life cycles; therefore we must rely on assumptions, hypothesis, and mathematics. Math is merely a tool invented by us and has its own limitations. Lest, we would have known that the Uncertainty Principle is the only truth in the universe.
That is the reason why honesty has no consequence on success or failure in life. The cause-and-effect principle, so believable in our small world, is merely an illusion in the larger perspective. Therefore, honesty may or may not pay.
Can we just be honest for honesty's sake, regardless? There is an inherent beauty in honesty, and next time we shall contemplate on that.
Open House: La Remise
Welcome to 'La Remise' an ultra chic B&B located in the heart of Amsterdam. With its ultra modern design, and its exclusive feel [there's only 3 guestrooms: The Chambre Blanche, The Chambre Sud & The Chambre Nord] this intimate but yet very urban gateway takes the B&B experience to another level.
Ice, Ice, Baby
This re-branding project was conducted by Truly Deep, back in 2009 and perfectly illustrate the motto of brand 'what dreams taste like.'
Guest of a Guest
Bling maker Rachel Dhawan- of Brazen Design fame- invited us to guest blog on 'Thing That Go Bling'. On May 1 &2 we travelled along The Main as part of the Open Doors Design Montreal. We loved what we saw.
Read the post here
Designer's Dream Child
Jewellery designer and illustrator meets accessories designer to form Abigail Ryan Housewares. This his and hers team, Abigail Percy and Ryan Bell, created a gorgeous line of hand-printed fabrics. The Belfast fabric studio specializes in homewares (mostly tea towels and cushions) printed on %100 Irish linen and %100 cotton.
From Paris ...
Montreal-based designer Paule Marie Assandre takes us on an Parisian escapade with this new collection for her clothing line 'Nikaule'. Launched in 2007, the line which gives you West African traditional themes 'a la mode' is sure to please the most glamorous urban fashionistas.
© Photos: Shawny Kevin Smitters
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