Sunday, 27 July 2008
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Monday, 14 July 2008
Free magenta
What do designers do when a business company claims a colour of the pantone and registers that colour at the European Brand Office in order to prevent other companies from using it in their advertising campaigns?
The colour in question is magenta.
The colour in question is magenta.
And this is what they do:
More details and comments at http://www.freemagenta.nl/. And you can send them your ideas!
Read it now
"This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire, but it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box"
No, this was not said by Bill Gates about the internet. It was said by journalist Edward R. Murrow on October 15, 1958 about television.
It's just that I watched "Good night and good luck" yesterday. What an excellent film directed by my wishlist person. It makes you think that there are still so many values to be held, causes to be defended, and stands to be taken...today and everyday whatever it takes. And as someone once said, you can do it just by putting one word after another. The magical words.
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Sunday, 6 July 2008
Current mood
Developing a very very soft soft spot for Art Nouveau
Palau de la Música Catalana, Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Jewel, René Jules Lalique (1860-1945)
Zodiac by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)
Park Güell, Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926)
Photo credits:
Lalique: vidalia_11 at Flickr
Alphonse Mucha DamyanArt at Flickr
(but don't miss the website of the Mucha Foundation )
Antonio Gaudí: acastellano at Flickr ; more about his life and work in this link
Questions without an answer II
If inner beauty is what really matters, why is lingerie so popular?
Author unknown but witty
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Antonio López and realism
Madrid from Torres Blancas (between 1976 and 1982)
Don't you just love Antonio López?
After this painting was sold by Christie's last Monday in London for 1,7 million € (highest price paid in the market for the work of a Spanish living painter) Mr. López said to the press (right after "Just one moment, my hands are dirty"):
"What really matters is that once the work becomes all that is left, there will be dignity in it"
Good bye M.Saint Laurent
Homage to Matisse, 1980
Homage to Pop Art,1966
Wedding gown, homage to Georges BraqueSpring-summer 1988
Long evening gown, tribute to Tom WesselmannAutumn-Winter 1966
Short Bambara evening dressSpring-summer 1967
Cocktail dress, homage to Piet MondrianAutumn-Winter 1965
Designer:Yves Saint Laurent
Photographer: Alexandre Guirkinger
"Art has an important place in my life and my work. I have been inspired by many painters and have always believed that art is not only a part of culture but also a part of life, that it should be shown to everybody and that museums should be supported and encouraged. Museums play a social role and have the task of educating the public, even if sometimes they are a source of shock and confusion. Thus a permanent dialogue is established between art and those who admire it. A museum is a living place. So is creation, even that of deceased or unknown artists"
Yves Saint Laurent
Extract from the visitor's guide to the exhibition "Yves Saint Laurent. Diálogo con el arte" organized by the Pierre Bergé- Yves Saint Laurent Foundation and the Caixa Galicia Foundation in A Coruña between 12 February and 04 May 2008.
Postcard from....Fuerteventura
Hello! I'm back from my holidays. I'm so glad to have been able to:
-look at the sea
-walk by the sea
-walk by the sea
-sunbathe by the sea
-read the newspaper by the sea
-have lunch by the sea
-have a drink by the sea
-doze off by the sea (many times)
-think of the sea by the sea
-think about nothing by the sea
Morro Jable and Jandía Beach in the Canary IslandsPhotos taken in lovely Fuerteventura
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Holidays
Noon-day Rest,1910by John William Godward
I have a couple of weeks holiday and I'm taking a blogging break. (I have only just started being a blogger so how cheeky is that?) I would like to travel a little bit but still have not decided where to go. I will certainly be posting some postcards when I'm back. Wishing you lots of magical words in your life
Love
Las Palabras Mágicas
Sunday, 8 June 2008
Miguel Navia
La cerilla sueca
Castillos encantados
El mundo flotante
El caso de la señorita Amelia 
El gran libro del misterio, cover
El sueño de Pau-Yu
La edad pato
El juego de las supersticionesThis work belongs to the portfolio of a very young and talented Spanish illustrator, Miguel Navia. I discovered his work via this address and was amazed by the mysterious atmosphere and sense of space of his drawings. He has done so many professional work in spite of his youth! The illustrations above have appeared in book covers, posters and children's books illustrations, to me this is 100% artistic.
You can see his online portfolio here. I love it.
Images: courtesy of Miguel Navia, thank you so much Miguel!
Mercedes Sosa
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Today I have a special gift, a very special song full of hope dedicated to all the survivors of daily wars. And why should language prevent us from knowing more about the rich culture of far away places? Here's my attempt at translation:
By Argentinian singer Mercedes Sosa : "Como la cigarra"
Like the cicada
I've been killed so many times
I've been killed so many times
I've died so many times
However, here I am, resurrecting
I thank disgrace
and the hand with the knife
because it killed me so badly
that I went on singing
Singing in the sun like the cicada
after a whole year beneath the earth
like a survivor
returning from war
I've been erased so many times
I've disappeared so many times
I even went to my own funeral
alone and crying
I tied a a knot in my handkerchief
but later I forgot
that it had not been the only time
that I had gone on singing
Singing in the sun like the cicada
after a whole year beneath the earth
like a survivor
returning from war
As many times as you've been killed
you will resurrect.
How many nights will you spend in despair
and in the moment of shipwreck and darkness
and in the moment of shipwreck and darkness
someone will come to your rescue
to go on singing
Singing in the sun like the cicada
after a whole year beneath the earth
like a survivor
returning from war
Sunday, 1 June 2008
A pinch of magic with Miss Clara
I love the work and stationery featuring designer Miss Clara.
I hope you like it too.
Thanks to Sia from Siagrafica I found out that La Marelle en Papier editions have a beautiful website
I specially like their "Notebooks for crazy ideas"
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