On the topic of filming public spaces/monuments, I wanted to share one of my favorite music videos from a couple years ago — APESHIT by The Carters. Beyonce and Jay-Z rented out the entire Louvre Museum for a night to film this video, and I think they make amazing use Read more…
Just wanted to share some shirts from a French brand I love called Cop Copine. I think it’s so cool how they layer different papers to create a unique pattern for each of their shirt designs.
When I was in Korea a couple summers ago, I saw an odd structure on top of a building on the Seoul skyline. It looked like a golden blob that strangely resembled poop and definitely looked a little out of place among all the other skyscrapers. Upon seeing Paul McCarthy’s Read more…
Anime has for a long time been seen as a huge influence for fashion in Japan and vice versa. I think in recent years, as it has become more popular worldwide, the cultural reach of anime has grown. In recent months, I feel as though popular fashion trends have been Read more…
While working on my Tiny Monuments project, I was very inspired by the movie Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl. It’s a great movie about a high schooler and his friend who has to fight against cancer. The final scene shows a longtime project made by one of the characters, Read more…
One novel thing that quarantine has made a lot of us do is take up interesting hobbies, including many different art forms. One trend that I have seen popping up in the past couple of months that I was never really aware of before was tufted rugs, where loops of Read more…
While working on our recent Data Portrait projects, I was reminded of this fashion collaboration from 2004 between Japanese artist Aya Takano and fashion designer Issey Miyake. Takano is a Superflat artist, an art school founded by Takashi Murakami that combines elements of manga in their work. Issey Miyake is Read more…
Keith Haring is an artist famous for his abstracted, colorful figures that can be seen all over t-shirts nowadays. Much of his work addressed the AIDS epidemic in the 1980’s and advocated for safe sex. Whenever I see his work, I am always reminded of this video in which he Read more…
When we were first introduced to this project and the collages we would have to make, I was immediately taken back to my Pinterest feed from sophomore year, during which a very specific type of collage had grown to great popularity. These images seemed to be made up from scraps Read more…
Magritte and many other surrealists were inspired by Fantômas – a character known for being an extremely sadistic murderer. As per the Wikipedia description: “Fantômas is a criminal genius, ruthless and particularly elusive. As described by Schütt (2003) in her analysis of French crime fiction literature, Fantômas is the cause Read more…