arts & science

on the first

day of summer

i'm going to cut

some white lace
wrap my feet

vanessa bruno

avec lou doillon

le bel été

ps:

chase

the tear

what type on you?

what type are you?

not sure if

i'm traditional

or progressive.

evencleveland

is archer hairline

i'm plastica
herbert post 

(1932)



and you?

gerhard richter

howdy rob.

does this look

familiar?

i made a mental note

when i was going through

your book shelves

 gerhard richter

overpainted photographs

i think 2 or 3

needs a honest

hipster tag line

unhappy hipster

"it was comforting to know

that the neighbors had

stopped speaking"

by

unhappy hipsters

do the right thing

the word

on the street

do the right thing

has this

incredible

faith in us

to know what

is right, a priori

and yet the great beauty

and ugliness of humanity,

is that we all interpret

the good word

differently.

ph: lee cerré

ira glass storytelling

don't quit

via alabama chanin

moving

tomorrow

i would like

to invest in one

 new piece.

paul mccob desk

in blonde or black.
 

but i going

to have to work

for it.

ps: BOF auction for haiti

art cerre

last weekend

i smelled his cologne

and pocketed

his swiss army knife

it feels right
to post this now


days with my father
by phillip toledano




my father
on his father:


Art was a simple man
with a profound understanding
of what was right, what was fair
and what was the best way
to treat people.

with that as his coda,
he ran the course hard,
without cutting anyone off,
and kept pumping all the
way to the finish.




that's life








ps: grandpa Art
mailed me architecture
clippings from newspapers.
he was a special part of

2 or 3 things.


i feel a
great void.




ph: phillip toledano

waist down

waist down

 miuccia prada

skirts 
via here 

l'allure en douce
ph: max farago

summed up

summed up

in a few words

via inside

newwork

newwork

scattered

paragraph

blocks

like mies

nyc

nyc.

to begin a

new chapter.

see you on the

other side.

kate moss sweater

the simplicity of style

wrap a sweater

around your waist

or throw on an overcoat

no fuss.

you can't miss

the morning market

raphaël daliaporta

organs

make me

well up with tears

via: 365blanc 
ph: raphaël daliaporta 

lucie rie

lucie rie

the heath of europe

maurizio pellegrin

white gloves

il segreto del 723

maurizio

pellegrin

a single man

a single man

 tom ford

lusting for:

a tan suede jacket,

white pants, cat eyes

and the schaffer house

ps

soft focus

1. uta barth

2. enzo mari calendar

3. unknown

butlers & Geshias

the art of service

"a man cannot call himself

well-contented until he has done

 all he can to be of service

to his employer."

the remains of the day

by kazu ishiguro

when working for others

is more than a job, but an etiquette

to honor, respect and embody fully.

butlers and geishas

work everyday towards

creating and maintaining

an atmosphere of order

and refinement.

it's a seamless

choreography of

restraint and
perfection

mastering this

aesthetic presentation

is a daily design challenge.

each movement thoughtfully

calculated and considered.

indeed it's a bit

obsessive and old school,

but i'm absolutely fascinated by

this self-gratifying ambition of the few

to instill beauty and dignity in the

most ordinary living routines.

like all art,
it's something to
appreciate.

  

ph: peter granser
via studiopatró 

general store

serena mitnik-miller

captures the lightness

of sand, sea and sky

and knows
how to curate
the feeling.

the calm clarity
of being underwater.
inside a shell. a rising
air bubble. a womb.
quiet. assured.
at peace.


...and the few
familiar things
you would have
by your side.



general store

is this space.





ps: i'm interested
to know what 3 things
form your comfort blanket?
make you feel at ease
with yourself in this
weighty world.



ps: serena's blog

 

credit: serena mitnik-miller