Hedi Slimane diaries
Hedi Slimane (pronounced “eddy“) was recently interviewed by Dirk Standen, editor-in-chief at Style.com, via email, on where design, fashion, and music are heading in the new decade. In response to a question about new forms of digital media taking over, Hedi responds:
“You don’t fight but embrace a natural evolution, really, and try to figure out how it would reveal new creative fields within global access, and multimedia features.”
The wonderful visual diaries Hedi maintains on his website are astounding and impeccable. After he left Dior Homme in 2007 Hedi has been focusing on fashion photography and his online presence. Here are some of my favorites:
Hedi Slimane | Fashion Diary | Rock Diary
Visualizing Science
A good friend of mine emailed me these and they are just too intense not to share.
It appears there are some specs and some actual photographs mixed in here, but the description is where the SLAM happens. Love it when my brain hurts. Hurts so good.
Biomimicry has been an interest of mine for a while, particularly in architecture. I suppose it’s funny for an organic creature (myself) to try and mimic other organic things, but once I surround myself with petrochemicals it doesn’t seem so silly to run away into the woods, ripping my shirt off and howling at the moon. Anyway there are some incredible images here, howling or not.
“Tiny plastic fibers, each with a diameter of 250 nanometers, spontaneously wrapped around a plastic ball when they were immersed in an evaporating liquid, demonstrating a new way of controlling the self-assembly of polymer hairs. The image was produced with a scanning electronic microscope and was digitally enhanced for color.”
Photo: Sung Hoon Kang, Boaz Pokroy and Joanna Aizenberg
“‘Back to the Future’ illustrates the concept of biomimetism by combining a scanning electron microscope image of fan-shaped colonies of diatoms in the genus Licmophora and a 3D computational drawing of a solar panel prototype inspired by them.”
Photo: Mario De Stefano, Antonia Auletta and Carla Langella
“Large scale templates from simulations of networking endothelial cells cultured on a 3D matrix were overlaid with more than 75,000 interconnected zip ties to show the complexity of an organic datascape and process.”
Photo: Peter Lloyd Jones, Andrew Lucia, Annette Fierro and Jenny E. Sabin
Rest of set, via NYT Science, and my friend, Robin
Jonathan Harris
I was introduced today to Jonathan Harris, by way of his work on Whale Hunt (more on that later).
This is Mr. Harris’ explanation of himself:
So this is what is called a hook.
Oh right, speaking of hooks, big effective hooks, I am delighted by his work in Alaska documenting a whale hunt. This is documentation like you’ve never seen before.
Jonathan has spoken more than once at TED and his other projects include topics that mine the internet in relation to human emotions, human desire, science, news, anonymity and language.
Each of these sites showcase intellectual elegance and some wicked code. It becomes quite clear that Mr. Harris is in love with the human condition, mapping it, and exposing how new media helps us express ourselves.
Data hasn’t looked so good since Felton. The gorgeous thing is, I feel like Harris’ work helps us all feel a little less estranged.
The Portland Prints
Alright let’s go to an art show showcasing Portland!
I really don’t need to say more, but here is more in case convincing is needed.
Tomorrow, Saturday March 6, 7-10pm @ 1910 N. Killingsworth St. 97212
“Experience a collection of Society6 Prints inspired by the city of Portland and including artists from all over the world.”
Each of these prints are available for purchase at Society6 – but they’ll look even better in real life. Grow a beard real quick, bum a bike from your buddy, throw away your umbrella, and come out Saturday night to NoPo!
Jesse Brew’s Alaska Photography
I was pleasantly surprised the other morning waking up to a new set of photos from Jesse Brew taken on a recent trip to Alaska. The photography is stunning not only because the subject matter is so strikingly beautiful (which it is) but also his treatment of color and use of cropping are spot on. I have family in Alaska and it is no secret that we at FORTPORT have an affinity for the rugged cold climates. Take a look around Jesse’s portfolio you’ll find plenty of amazing photography to feast your eyes on.
