intergalactic planetary

one can draw so much inspiration from what cannot be seen with the naked eye...





it's really hard to avert your gaze off these images because there's so much to notice. from such obscure shapes to the unexpected & magical colors that these gaseous clouds give off...there seriously can't be anything as amazing (besides an exploding volcano. or chocolate flavored pinkberry.)



I was never really in to astronomy. the only milky ways I'm interested in are the chocolate kinds. still, I can't deny how fascinated I am by the fact that millions of miles away are these planets and other galaxies that the avergage person has no idea about, yet we find inspiration from them in everyday things. and now, especially in fashion.

definitely the ring leader for this galactic trend is Peter Pilotto (comprised of designers, Peter Pilotto and Christopher de Vos) with their 08/09 collection:


via paristocrats

I love that there are no limits with mixing patterns and colors here. still keeping in theme with the unexpectedness of the galaxy. but still you can take just one piece and still stand-out. the new fall 09 line is inspired by the Big-Bang and you can watch the video here.

Risto Bimbiloski is another master at taking space age prints and making them into wearble works of art for men and women:


shop the rest of the collection at Assembly New York

quite less literal is SHABAD, taking the shapes and colors of the galaxy and translating that to a tye-dye version. so this isn't like the print-making we see in Pilotto or Bimbiloski but you still get the impression that you're looking at something of cosmic formation.




shop the rest of the collection here.

Christopher Kane also uses the cloud print for this lustfut sheer jacket at Opening Ceremony

shop it here.

soooo all this galaxy talk put me in a Beasite Boys mood, so here it is...INTERGALACTICCCC


galaxy images via justforgiveme

disrupting social order

I love art. especially when it forces me to think critically. this is partly due to the fact that I am a comm. major & also studying sociology so I love over-analyzing anything & everything to the point where that thing makes no more sense...

anyway I stumbled upon this amazing tape sculpture, which reminded me a lot of the paper maché-ing my art class has consumed me with. taking inspiration from the wonderful Claes Oldenburg, we made sculptures of random, everyday objects. the idea of blowing up a hamburger, for example, to the size of a house is quite insane but it's the simplicity of the art that really makes his work so intriguing. you would never walk by a giant hamburger and not stop to really look at it, right?

so recently, I found these images of tape sculptures that look real, but taken in to context, they obviously aren't. like, a fire hydrant in the middle of a forest. I took a great interest in this type of art and was led to Mark Jenkins' homepage where he designs tons of random sculptures that, in a way, play tricks on us. he sculpts human bodies, puts clothes on them, and places them in the most bizarre positions out on the streets. when passerby see the bodies, they're really taken aback and can't stop looking at them. it's quite hilarious watching these videos because I'm sure I'd react the same way if I saw a man whose head was stuck in a wall.

I don't really know where I'm going with this whole blog post because I have a ton other paper assignments to finish up (fml!) but I just thought I'd share some amazing pieces of art.





see more Mark Jenkins here