potential

preparing
for paris



which black dress?

i just made
a really bad dinner
and found this.



via 365 blanc




HOWL

behind the scenes







"nostalgia is delicate, but potent"







mad men
via n–c




like peggy olsen
i'm 25



and
learning to
write better copy
with each episode




more
visuals




ph: James Minchin III
rolling stone

counter space






i have 0
space.



and i kinda like it.
it makes for an easier
clean up.



i have no
need for a larger
kitchen.



i can pivot
and reach every
cabinet from where
i'm standing




Counter Space:
Design and the Modern Kitchen
via the moment






Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky's
Frankfurt Kitchen, Germany
1926–27

I'm not big into
illustrated or animated films
but there are a few that really
make my heart sing.



my dog tulip



there's something
that pen & ink does that
that film can't do.



what is it?




i have trouble
articulating my
thoughts.

elephant



natural history
museum



i was obsessed with
its leathery skin,
all the creases


an elephant's skin groves
are like dried up river beds,
ripples in the sand from
receding water


it was so hard
to draw


ah the patterns
in nature!


from macro
to the micro




powers of 10
charles & ray eames
1977

ROLU furniture

3 + ways to sit


love the red gingham

process

we've all
experienced it...



that special time
when certain colors, textures
moods and environments
drive you wild.


a simple scene
from a movie keeps
you up all night


even a phrase
heard on the
subway.

from then on,
you have a gesture
in your head.



and you do
whatever it takes
to illustrate it, to make it real.



ah! the insanity
the vulnerability
the fun, the fear.



there's no turning
back at this point



you're in it.




i post often about fashion.
but i wouldn't say its because
i have a desire to buy or
wear the clothing.



it's just that it is
impossible to discriminate
fashion from the creative process.



as a young designer
i'm fascinated by
all dreamers.



i want to vicariously
experience the same
textures, colors and
moments inside a
designer's head.



i observe and
try to understand
the ideas that conceive
their work/collections



i love how
the result is
is never literal.


but a melange of influences,
a complex genetic code,
a great mystery.



it's like exploring
a brave new world.



i learn from
it every time.





ph: evan sung

collection previews:
band of outsiders
derek lam
rag & bone
rodarte

band of outsiders

morning roll call

ready to wear pajamas
with band of outsiders


and a new
"girl" line.



always fascinated with
with scott's take on
modern prep.



my friend pointed
out that this one
was very me.




sp 2011




ph: cerré

sept 11
has become a
measurement
of time.

another year
gone /gained.



it's a bright
sunny blue day.
eerily reminiscent
of that morning
9 years ago.




words can't
express my love
for gotham



i take you
as you are.



my imperfect
mighty superhero

reduce an idea
to a few strokes



or a single gesture



and then it
will make sense





...like a logo.





georgia o'keefe
the winter road, 1963
blue lines 1916

propped

unknown source
via tomorrow

a map
of how i feel
right now



thoughts
from the midpoints
of thoughts



and i'm
ok with this



sol lewitt
lines from the
midpoints of lines
1975

on the hudson

end of summer light
end of summer
jean cut offs



a final farewell
to warm weekends

but i shall return
to dia:beacon
this fall



to visit my
friends again




sol lewitt
dan flavin
on kawara
imi knoebel
donald judd
richard serra
joseph beuys
robert ryman
blinky palermo
robert smithson
lawrence weiner
bernd & hilla becher




they always
keep me going

crochet bed cover
110 x 104"



1920's eyelet blouse



for sale on
topsy design

new stripes
at studiopatro

railroad living

after my last
entry, i feel like an
oxymoron posting this.
"feel"....no "I am" an
oxymoron.



call me out.



but in my defense,
this is time sensitive


and


J is the only
person i know
who can make
"split-pea" green
look rad.



full bleed
18" x 24"




support my friend
and her lovely homestead
with a VOTE

unzipped, 1995







if the design world
isn't inundated with success stories,
it's about cool apartments, "it girls"
and street style fashions.



how lame we
are to constantly talk
about our possessions.
our aesthetic.



so what.
who cares.



it's simply
decoration.



we need more stories
that share those great moments
of inspiration, vulnerability
rejection and doubt.



i find that part of
the creative process
the most genius.



authentic
fragile.



far more
illustrative than
the material things we
surround ourselves with



i saw unzipped
when i was 10 and
it exposed me to
the reality of
a dreamer


and it made
me want design
and new york
even more.



love is
not without
vulnerability



isaac mizarhiis is proof
that great artists are not always
riding high in april



but with a dream
and a grand imagination
you'll always find a way to
get back in the race.




dream big

recharged
and NYC bound



couldn't leave california
without doing a bit
of tie dye with
my mama



ph: cerré

LA story

bungalow living
for 2 days with
my sister.



i could get used this.



fish tacos
desert light
& ray bans




ph: cerré