I Shop Therefore I Am: Rainbow Faucet
This weekend at Rago- a Jim Dine multiple- the Rainbow Faucet!
Roy's in the NYT!
Roy's project with Lora Reynolds Gallery in the the New York Times. I'm deeply invested in this project and very proud to be part of it.
Rainbow Reveal
I just received my Gay Jeans from BetaBrand. So far they fit well and feel great. The warp in these is made of cotton threads of random colors that are then indigo dyed. Indigo dyes not by working it's way into a fiber, but by coating it. When our jeans get white at the knees it is the indigo wearing off and revealing the white threads. Here the repeal should be multi colored.
I'd tried to cover some actively patterned printed clothes in the past with indigo- but you know it takes a real expert to make a great indigo vat. Mine didn't work so well. I wasn't even hoping these jeans would look as raw denim even dark blue as they do. I just love them.
I really like the BetaBrand way of trying out an idea and getting pre-production purchases that finance the production run. AND they are made in San Fransisco.
As a gay textile lover, I'm a little confused by their Gay Jeans name and want us all to take back the rainbow. The jeans are great- can't wait to break them in and break them out!
I shop therefore I am: Uniforms
I spend a lot of time thinking about studio uniforms for my self and my pal Johanna. Until now I usually dreamt about Slavic traditional dress. Now the Fondazione Achille Castiglioni have made the dream real in an archive piece by Achille Castiglioni and Max Huber.
Available in two colors: as above and hot pink.
I shop therefore I am: BlockSpacial
Dynamically mutable blocks become shelving in just about any configuration by Studio E.O and Kyuhyung Cho.
Thank you Interior Design magazine.
And also thanks to Interior Design for a MAD museum shout out!
I shop therefore I am: Scottish Rite in Santa Fe
Legendary!
The Collection gets to be shown in Chicago for a week as part of Robin Richman's event Fabric, Findings, and Food. Of course she chose the 2 most laborious and heavy fabrics: Valkyrie and Ballchain.
Robin's store is shown to me by my dear friends Leslie and Laura when we were first getting to know each other. Robin's a real treasure and I couldn't be happier than to be there! Who else would clear out there merchandise for a week to show fabric?
Introducing!
The Bodenner Collection is finally available, and I'm awfully proud of it. The first fabric on public view is auspiciously at the Museum of Art and Design in their Maker's Biennial. It's Moonlight, and it is glowing robustly in their elevators.
The museum has a history that is a little troubling for me- they are currently housed in a heavily renovated building whose old incarnation by Edward Durell Stone I love- a lot. In the past I have taken friends to a show at MAD of a real design hero, Jack Larsen, and felt the show did not actually show the genius that he is.
Now the museum has a new director, who I have the luck of calling a friend. Glenn is a real lover of stuff and its depth of meaning. He curated a show in London on Postmodernism that blew my little mind. He also arranged a talk (at 1:34:25) with Roy McMakin that really is inspirational. I'm so excited to see how the museum grows and changes under his leadership.
I shop therefore I am: 1977 ©Jack Lenor Larsen
Who doesn't love a grid? Right now- this beauty on Ebay.
