helen frankenthaler

Was an american abstract expressionist painter, considered one of the most important american artist of the XX century.
Trained by the mexican artist Rufino Tamayo.

She worked with a technique, known as "soak stain" which consists of heavily diluting the oil paint with turpentine so that the color would soak into the canvas, giving it the effect of watercolor, a technique also used by Jackson Pollock.

"A really good picture looks as if it's happened at once. It's an immediate image. For my own work, when a picture looks labored and overworked, and you can read in it—well, she did this and then she did that, and then she did that—there is something in it that has not got to do with beautiful art to me. And I usually throw these out, though I think very often it takes ten of those over-labored efforts to produce one really beautiful wrist motion that is synchronized with your head and heart, and you have it, and therefore it looks as if it were born in a minute."
 Frankenthaler (New York: Harry N Abrams, inc 1975, p.85)

Helen Frankenthaler, died yesterday, so this post is for her.
She left us her beautifull work.

chair

It's been a while since I wrote something here, with the holidays there isn't much time.
I wanted to do a post about shoes, but  I found this amazing chair that I wanted to share with you.

This is the "fox & freeze 1" designed by fox and freeze.

It consists of two twisted parts assembled together (the base and the seat), made of one square sheet of synthetic felt, with rope to keep everything in place.

A simple chair made out of the same material, with some holes and twists, yet so complex, I wish I could understand the structure of this chair.
Can you imagine all the things that could be done with this same principles?
I can't wait to try it, if something good comes out, I'll show you how to do it.

my house

ok, so it's not really my house, but I could totally live here.
The woodwork is awesome.
This is an intervension by Tadashi Yoshimura Architects, what they did was a void in order to form a central porch that could connect the original structure of the house ( made 200 years ago), and the existing gardens with the new renovation, this also allowed natural light and ventilation throught the house.

For me this is good architecture, they perserved what was important (like the facede and structure of this japanese house), and they did only what was necessary.
A lot of architects would have teared the house down and would have done something completely diferent, in order to show that THEY did the house.
We architects have to have respect for the things that were there before us and we have to be patient.

convertible design

I love everything that converts, clothes, spaces, furniture, everything, they  save space and are functional.
Here`s a cool dress from Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony.

stairs

what do you think of this stairs?

casa C-51 Abaton arquitectura.

It's floating in the middle of the room.
Looks like a sculpture.
I dont think the space needs the table, it distracts your view from the important thing.
Even though I like this, I dont think this is a space for a home, it looks more like a museum, and I would like it even more there.
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black and white

Even thought I love colors, black and white are the ones I wear the most, they make me feel comfortable.
I think this coat is great, all the convertible things are.

blue

blue by yoce featuring a kimono sleeve dress