“the rebels new wardrobe… French born haute couture fashion designer, Jean Paul Gaultier, has always been a rebellious voice in fashion — not shy to explore any and all taboos. He creates thematic juxtaposition with both grace and brashness. For the inaugural American stop on the international tour, we were asked by the DMA to create the exhibition graphics. What a visually creative treat to be able to pull from such a conceptually rich artist — Jean Paul Gaultier. Each room within the exhibit is a themed collection from his retrospective. We will take you through the signage we designed for each room below. Also, If you haven’t seen this visually arresting and inspiring show yet (tisk, tisk) it is running through February 12. Get to it!”
i know we all feel like this… (pot meet kettle - as I write this post!!) between checking our favorite blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Netflix, On Demand, Texting addictions we sometimes miss the moment we are in, slow down and have a few minutes of quiet. Brilliant photographer, Allison V. Smithretweeted this NY Times article “The Joy of Quiet” and it’s a must read. As much as I LOVE and covet the endless inspiration I find in the digital world this is all so true. Even just a little break is precious right? I hope it doesn’t come to the consequences of this article but if it did there are SO many days I would take it.
Cheers to a little less in 2012 and happy Friday friends! Hope you take time to breathe deep and smell the roses this weekend - away from all things electronic. xo
PS - aren’t you LOVING this poster from The Neighborhood Studio?? Available here.
we spent our anniversary… in Fort Worth this year and decided to head over to the Fort Worth Stockyards. I went to school in FW and never REALLY experienced the Stockyards but if you are looking for a true Texas Cowboy experience this is where you will find it. On our exploration we bumped into Gladys and Maybelle in front of the historic Stockyards Hotel. The sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky and these two gorgeous gals were belting out some of the sweetest tunes I had heard in a long time. I adore them. Hooray for sweet, talented people!!
resolutions and positive thoughts… are swarming the blogs, Facebook, Twitter. Lots of forward movement. I’m still trying to decide what that looks like here but in the meantime we are back in the full swing and I just wanted to wish all of you a very Happy New Year!
get ready y’all… Next week, all week! Holiday giveaways - I’ll announce a new little, yummy gift every day from December 19 to the 23rd and there will be ONE WINNER this year (squeal!!!) - exciting I know! You can enter all week long, once a day but every day until December 24th at midnight. Send an email to sam{at}styleswoon.com with RE: STUFF THE STOCKING as the subject, in the body of the email please put your full name and the city in which you live (US and Canada only please - so sorry friends!) and I will announce the LUCKY winner Christmas Day! xo, S
many of you… probably know of TED talks or conferences but there are still lots of really creative people who don’t and should. I was one of them a year ago. TED talks give the stage to brilliant minds and leaders in the fields of Technology Entertainment and Design for 18 minutes to talk about anything they want. The talks will typically get you to think differently about subjects you are familiar with and inspire you to revisit something in your own world. Above is a talk I enjoyed by Stefan Sagmeister, a well known graphic designer. As a graphic designer myself I get to hear talks like this all the time but what’s cool about TED is that like-minded people get to open their minds to other subjects they they would typically not get to hear about. For example Juan Enriquez was the first speaker at the TEDxSMU conference last Saturday and he spoke about the evolution of altering and reproducing (cloning) the human body and where that will take us in the future. He has a book called Homo Evolutis, Please meet the Next Human Species. It’s pretty mind boggling. Check out more TED talks here and let your mind get boggled a bit!
