Heart-Shaped Box: May 2015

31/05/2015

Dark Room: Spring Is In The Air

The title says it all :-)

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Photos by me.

xxx

29/05/2015

Wallpaper: Oriental

I just came across this breathtaking oriental building - Adalaj Ni Vav or Adalaj Wav Step Well. I like it's lovely details and columns.

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This step well is located near Ahmedabad, India. It is a touristic site, though I've never heard of it before. It was built during the reign of Queen Rudabai, a muslim ruler. The four-level well is dug directly into the water table, exposing fresh water that rose and fell according the seasons and the amount of rainfall. Now it's mostly dry.

Source: www.behance.net

Spa inspiration, right?

xxx

26/05/2015

Dark Room: Basics

Back to the basics. This is my fav type of photographs. Monochromatic, symmetric and without people.

The photographer is Beth Dow.

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Visit her website for more: bethdow.com

I also found some of the photos here: www.carleton.edu

xxx

23/05/2015

Gallery: Cocoon

Julian Melchiorri is a British/Italian designer, engineer and innovator based in London. He combines science and art by exploring new scenarios and experiences through innovative experimentations of materials, functions and interaction. This is his silk & light installation 'Cocoon'.

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"Cocoon illustrate the metamorphosis of light, material and shape through multiple technological interventions, questioning the reliability of our sensorial perception of reality." (julianmelchiorri.com)

Ok, I want this in my home. It's just too majestic.

"Cocoon is made by silk protein nano optics fabricated by Julian while he was working in lab exploring silk protein properties. Julian firstly synthesized the protein solution directly from worm silk and crafted 2700 nano-prisms per millimetre on its surface thanks to Electron Beam technology. (...) When a ray of light passing through the material get diffracted by the nano-prisms, the light wavelength is sparse till its real composition get revealed."(julianmelchiorri.com)

The rest of this cool science-artsy stuff by Melchiorri is on his website: julianmelchiorri.com

xxx

20/05/2015

Dark Room: Document Of The Time

Documentary photographs. Is this the first time I post about this theme? I think yes. Representing: documentary photos by Guy Le Querrec.

Le Querrec is a French photographer and filmmaker, born in 1940s. He works for Magnum Photos, photographing mostly jazz musicians. Here are my favorites.

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This guy has a perfect sense of timing. That's why the scenes look arranged and powerful. Also, b&w makes them familiar but dramatic at the same time. You can prefer some types of photography, but you can find brilliant exceptions in every single aspect of it.

You can find an endless archive of his work here: www.magnumphotos.com

xxx

15/05/2015

Runway: 70s Divas

The 70s are back in fashion. I'm glad they are coz I can finally find some items I've been craving for some time, like bell bottom jeans, thanks to these two.

Miranda and Elektra a.k.a. Say Lou Lou. They were 70s before it came in fashion. They carry the soul of it. And they are so good, I think they should become official fashion icons like, idk, Rihanna. I call them divas.