MATINA KOUSIDI

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Brain&storming.

In I on January 7, 2009 at 22:54

Mirrors of Infinity

roisinmurphy

Roisin Murphy * Pop – Nu Jazz – Disco

fabricÂme * House – Techno – Minimal

Beginnings are moments for recollection.

In an un-official first night of the year,

multiple tabs in safari & a book

speak out for themselves.

Brainstorming, 

equal to imagestorming.

i. Roisin Murphy from behind the scenes

ii. The cover of Âme’s last album

iii. Villa Paya – Paya from Aboday Architects

iv. Suzie Bubble commenting on fluo trends

v. The official poster of Gilda (1946)

&

Mirrors of Infinity

- Princeton Press -

on paper.

Sometimes clarity does not hold a part

in the play,

but somehow things make sense.

And ideas, 

will too

sometime eventually.

 

‘Things are only ideas; permit your ideas to become things’

Jean Dubuffet

 

Sources: Dezeen, Imdb, Google, NTUA Library, Resident Advisor, Wikipedia.

 

 

 

crinoline |ˈkrinl-in|

In Architecture & Fashion on December 12, 2008 at 00:48

Crinoline as construction material

1856crnl

1869

noun

historical a stiffened or hooped petticoat worn to make a long skirt stand out.

a stiff fabric made of horsehair and cotton or linenthread, typically used for stiffening petticoats or as alining.

ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally in sense 2, early crinolines being made of such material): from French, formed irregularly from Latin crinis ‘hair’ linum‘thread.’

 

Sources: Wikipedia, Dictionary, Victoriana, Fashion & Fashion Designers Dictionary.

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