Tag: quoted

now and ten.


1010.  Michelle Gow
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“10 photographers. 10 photos each.  All taken on 10/10/10.  A single day represented in 100 photographs.  No special occasion, no big event, just the essence of daily life captured through ten lenses.”

– The 1010 Project

seventies superbabe.


James Hunt, driver for March-Ford (1973)
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“His dashing looks & personality made him racing’s golden boy, the fans loved him. He had a commanding presence and spoke impressively in a deep voice with a cultivated accent, saying exactly what he thought. He hated dressing up – wearing old blue jeans and often walking around in his bare feet, even on formal occasions. He drank heavily, smoked two packs a day, experimented with drugs, partied hard, and enjoyed the ladies. He married one of them, Suzy Miller, a fashion model who eventually left him for the actor Richard Burton. Burton was so enthralled with her, he even offered to pay Hunt’s divorce settlement to Suzy: $1 million. Burton couldn’t believe that Hunt was so casual about letting his beautiful wife go. Hunt simply said, ‘Relax, Richard. You’ve done me a wonderful turn by taking on the most alarming expense account in the country.'”

– The Selvedge Yard

transcendentally terrific.


Ghostly International. Michael Cina
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“Ghostly International commissioned Michael Cina to work on an album cover for them in 2007. As time passed, we developed a great working relationship. Ghostly International has been one of those amazing clients that continually pushes the boundaries of what a record label can be. We have helped them transcend how art and design can function, and in the end, have created objects of desire.”

– Michael Cina Associates

trying to lego.


Lego Wallpaper. Balakov
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Baby Mamas!  I missed you so much!  Now that we’re all fully rested (just nod and smile) and back at our desks bright and early, I thought you might enjoy jazzing up your workspace desktop background with a little lego-rama drama. Also, rather unrelated, but yesterday I read The New York Times editorial on Labor Day and even though it was pretty much a solid snooze fest, I got a bit of a crush on the closing sentence.  Here, I’ll introduce you:
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“If Labor Day feels like a comma in the year and not a semicolon — like Thanksgiving or Christmas — it’s probably all to the good. We need a holiday that needs no preparation, which is a true holiday indeed.”

– The New York Times, Labor Day, Now and Then

stillness, taurus.


evanmischelle
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Confession: I think psychics are totally rad.
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Yes.  I’m aware this also makes me look ..R..E..A..L..L..Y….D..U..M..B.. (everyone knows seeing a psychic is just a crash course diet to one day fitting back into your crazypants).  But whenever I think about all those silky scarfs and beaded curtains and round tables and cool weather life forecasts, my hands start to impulsively check for a fiver that could have fallen into my giant purse when I wasn’t looking.  Since the majority of my lincolns are always falling into a different bottomless pit (my landlord’s bank account), I usually just read the ridiculously thorough astrology column by The Astro Twins instead.
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PS – Love their advice about my work week (!) :
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“Saturn in your house of daily work is forcing you to pay your dues. You kind of hate this right now, as you feel you should be farther along on your path that you are at the moment. Instead of railing against your circumstances, try to think of them as a brief stint in boot camp. What muscles can you build through this experience? Much like holding a yoga pose, it may look like you’re doing nothing on the surface; however, the strength it takes to remain in position with a serene look on your face is a Herculean effort worth striving for. Stillness, Taurus. This is the ultimate goal of the week. You’ll see troubling situations heal themselves when you don’t jump into the fray in reactionary form.”

– Taurus Weekly Horoscope (8/30 – 9/5), The Astro Twins

align right, justify.


Plenty of Fish. Appleping
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Friend:..When I was little my dad used to point out pregnant women and told me they ate the watermelon seed, and that’s how babies are made. Don’t swallow the seed!
Me:..And then later on you found out swallowing the seed is a way not to get pregnant.
Friend:..Oh, that’s good.
Me:..I know. I felt it as I was saying it. Everything aligned.

– Wait, what.

his advice is a platypus.


Un Sedicesimo. Frank Chimero
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“It’s hard to make purple work in a design.
Look people in the eyes when you are talking or listening to them.
Quiet is always an option, even if everyone is yelling.
Libraries are a good place. The books are free there, and it smells great.
Keep two books on your nightstand at all times: one fiction, one non-fiction.
Adobe software never stops being frustrating.
If you meet a person who cares about the same obscure things you do,
hold on to them for dear life.
Most important things happen at a table.
It is okay to romanticize things a little bit every now and then: it gives you hope.
If you need an analogy, use an animal.
Be suspicious of lists, advice, and lists of advice.
Everyone is just making it up as they go along.”
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– a little bit of Frank Chimero’s advice to graphic design students

amster amster dam dam dam.


Zeitgeist / Jungstar. Job Wouters
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Job Wouters designed these super swell flyers for Jungstar (formerly known as Zeitgeist) which, according to the MRKMLM-group’s website, is “a bi-monthly club night at the Sugar Factory in Amsterdam with young and upcoming DJ’s from Europe and the Netherlands…The music is mainly electronic and includes styles such as electro, fidget house, baile funk, baltimore, and acid house.”
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this is very important:
if you ever find me living
in some ramshackle fidget house,
please schedule an intervention asap.
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(no cameras).

crazy, lovely.


Colour Me Silly. Jon Burgerman
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I spent the final days of my summer vacation at a crazy-lovely lake house in North Carolina with some of the craziest-loveliest people I’ve met in quite a while. In the weeks leading up to our arrival, the man of the lake house sent out these awesome pre-trip emails and I’m inclined to say that this one was my personal favorite:
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Friends,

The flights are booked. The van is rented. The boat is tuned and the giant snakes that live under the boathouse are fed. Less than 3 weeks until Lake Lure! This year I am asking everyone to bring one special item. This could be a playlist, mix CD, drink, food recipe, game, movie, one-man play, troupe of acrobatic monkeys (though they may not get along with the snakes)…anything you think that will add to the fun (extra points for creativity).
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Since my insider @ weather.com tipped me off to at least one day of rainytimes, I decided to bring a a Ziplock bag full of paint brushes, a set of 16 Crayola Educational Watercolors, and Colour Me Silly by Jon Burgerman (pictured above).  I’m still waiting to hear back on my extra creativity points.

boy smarts.


100% the same.  borna
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“Your awkward/repulsive stage will pass. In the meantime, here’s what you need to do: worry less about getting your young teenage self laid and start thinking about getting your eighteen or twenty year old self laid. Join a gym and get yourself a body that girls will find irresistible, read — read books — so that you’ll have something to say to girls (the best way to make girls think you’re interesting is to actually be interesting), and get out of the house and do shit — political shit, sporty shit, arty shit — so that you’ll meet different kinds of girls in different kinds of settings and become comfortable talking with them…get a decent haircut and use deodorant and floss your teeth and take regular showers and wear clean clothes.”

– Dan Savage’s Advice for the Hard Up Teenage Boy

there will be time for that too.


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Hang With Me by Robyn

will you tell me once again
how we’re gonna be just friends?
if you’re for real and not pretend
then I guess you can hang with me

and if you do me right
I’m gonna do right by you
and if you keep it tight
I’m gonna confide in you
I know what’s on your mind
there will be time for that too
if you hang with me

just don’t fall
recklessly, headlessly in love with me
cause its gonna be
all heartbreak
blissfully painful and insanity
if we agree

oh you can hang with me . . .
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PS – Right now, Robyn is subletting my iPod.
PPS – I cannot wait until September 7, 2010.

cinque terre, yo.


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Don’t get me wrong. It would be an absolute dream to be vacationing in Cinque Terre, Italy right now.  But, let’s be honest, the New York Times also just described my bedroom.

everything got funky last night.


Sleeveless Vented Shirt in White. Kelly Bergin
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“LA-based designer Kelly Bergin puts the most beautiful spin on clothes that are fancy enough to compete in the realm of career separates. (digression: for ZZ Top fans, let it be known that it’s quite enjoyable to sing she wants career separates in place of she wanna pearl necklace.)”

– Stephanie Trong, NAAG

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PS – Just in case you were wondering, here’s what men really think about fashion.

please, lure me with your mighty blanket.


Amager am see. u n g t b l o d
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“Men’s Health is also all about finding the sex in everyday activities, all using their signature blend of sciencey-sounding research, a veritable army of doctors, and questionable logic. For example, when at the beach, use a solid-colored blanket — women subconsciously associate stripes and patterns with children. Once you lure her to dinner with your mighty blanket, get the lady some lobster. Why? Because Lobsters are a great source of phosphorus, and phosphorus is ‘the K-Y Jelly of minerals.’ Did you know geology had an official lubricant? Once you get her home, light some scented candles — any scent but cherry. It inhibits sexual arousal, according to someone named Dr. Hirsch.

If you’ve made it that far, gents, you can probably go ahead and have sex. Just be aware that the lady will probably want to complete thirty or so naked activities first. Be prepared to make some naked cocktails, paint the house nude, or strip down to watch a movie. This month’s Cosmo — honest to God — suggests all three, with a caveat on the last: Avoid anything that’ll cause hearty belly laughs, like Superbad — a jiggly tummy won’t make you feel good.”

– Nerve, Ridiculous Tips for a Miserable Sex Life

we don’t need no water.


7th St & 1st Ave. One of Mine
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“In Texas, we have something we call ‘the Cortez moment,’ which refers to when the great Spanish explorer and conquistador of Mexico came and set up camp and then burned his boats.  The phrase ‘burn the boats’ means there’s nothing but forward, onward, no turning back or running home scared . . . When you move here, if you’re any good at all, you burn the boats.”

– Dan Rather (arrived 1956), My First New York

apppollo apppollo.


Scrabble Tiles Alphabet. Leo Reynolds
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Molly is a stranger.
She agreed to talk to Nerve.
I like her a lot and this is why:
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What do you look for in a guy?
Apparently the guys I like are emotionally unavailable and sad, like, “Some girl hurt my feelings five years ago so now I can’t talk.”
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Who are these pussies you’re dating?
I’m not going to say any names, but they all live in Brooklyn. And I meet them all on OkCupid.
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I’m on OkCupid! It always starts out so well!
My friend met her boyfriend on OkCupid and they’re very happy together, but before that she called it OkCrazy. She once went on a date with a guy named Apppollo — no lie, three Ps in his name. He smelled his hands throughout the entire date.

always rock to the east.


Tutti Frutti.  Hand & Eye
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“I couldn’t talk back to my boss man. He would bring all these pots back for me to wash and one day I said, ‘I’ve got to do something to stop this man bringing back all these pots to me to wash and I said, ‘awopbopaloobopawopbamboom, take ’em out!'”

Little Richard, 1969