ace hotel
palm springs

my first advertisement


"at ace,
only canvas
comes between
you and the desert"

line quality

in drafting class
you learn about
different line
weights


lark about

store and video

place little succulents on your desk

like kate sennert
via coacd


and feeling for...


1. the long tracking shot
in this 1991 massive attack video.
Shara's dress has that late 80's
japanese look to it. so good.
...watch what happens
behind her.

2. old town via mchl
a bit dreary?

3. backyard bill


oh no.
i have a 4th


4. up the river

no big changes but small important ones

-grijs



ph: anne schwalbe
Noch ein Winterwald, 2006

i trust wood more than anything

i have never owned

a table that wasn't wooden

a desire for
metal or glass is
always a temporary affair


different than love



1939
"the book tower"
university library in ghent
arch: henry van de velde
ph: marnix de keukelaere

truly

the most beautiful
woman i've seen
in a while


incredible hair

I hug your comments


you all make
this blog



drawing by ana kras

we're in a situation

i get tons of emails
from advertisers offering
pay for ad space on this blog


i delete them.


i milk the cows instead


should i keep
doing that?



i try to keep
this place away
from it all



for you and me



top: arthur elgort - oct 08 vogue

meet dominique

'

she collects things

and styles things
and builds things

and is curious about everything


dominique baynes

would you wear

a pant suit in place
of a wedding dress?

chloe ss 09


my sister isn't
into the whole traditional
wedding dress thing.


i know she
would never go
for a pant suit, but
man, i think it would
be super cool & beautiful
to see a bride pull it off
in a very feminine way


would you take
a risk like that?

you know that time of day

via here

and film stills

i pulled this off

the lehman bros website
back in sept, a few hours
after they announced
bankruptcy.

i kept it.


it was just so plain
so matter-of-fact


its a testament to
typography and to the
language of law when something
so colossal, so detrimental to our economy
and to human lives can look so
soulless so "un-sorry"
...so easy.


ps: domino folded

from mozart

"well, there it is"

my go-to line
from amadeus

my roommates
and i watched this
movie over and over
in our tiny 5 floor
apt on mulberry
street, nyc



ps: do you see
the exacto knife
on the mantel?

i'm a big fan of

apc ss 09

and pale pink



top image:
dominique baynes
prop stylist / set designer

i hope you can
read this.

the row

ph: erik madigan heck

art director: catharine stuart
clothing: the row ss 2009

nomenus quarterly

in praise of
crooked frames

and wood framing white

middle,
donald judd
via reference