20110830

Quantum Mirage




Glass house Philip Johnson, 1949

Black stone mosaic. Black leather psycho divan. May a new life begin. It's my imaginary therapist's consultation. I have achieved nothing yet.
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20110829

Pyjama Party



Acne Spring/Summer 2012

Since my latest photo booth experiment with pink velour pants, I am in the mood for a sleepover. Preferably Blair Waldorf style with candy cotton, popcorn machine and boytoy servants.
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20110828

Welcome To The Camp II






Neoprene T-shirt Josef Lazo
Pyjamas Second hand
Sneakers Raf Simons
Lurex socks H&M

It was early in the morning. Grey and windy. Piles of clothes surrounded by low-society and myself. Once touching a piece of pastel pink woolen velvet, a teethless man smiled at me and said: 'Take it, it's yours now.'
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Stickers Cinamoroll, Pokémon, Takashi Murakami

20110827

Welcome To The Camp





1. Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2011 & Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2002
2. Yohji Yamamoto Spring/Summer 2008
3. Issey Miyake Fall/Winter 2001
4. Junya Watanabe Fall/Winter 2003

Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value. When the usage appeared in 1909 it denoted: ostentatious, exaggerated, affected and theatrical. By the middle of the 1970s the definition comprised: banality, artifice, mediocrity and ostentation so extreme as to have perversely sophisticated appeal. I am pseudo-intellectual camp.
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Source Wikipedia

20110826

Non-Emasculation




When the essence of Kim Kardashian and Nicole Scherzinger is injected into male genes, sexual characteristics become manifest. As a result, the intermediate state of being is replaced by exaggerated virility.
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20110825

Chemical Romance III






Beyoncé - Green Light 2006

From Eva Hesse to Beyoncé Knowles. Again, latex appears as a catalyst for anti-establishment revolt. Whereas the mutual motif is breaking artistical and social taboos, the ultimate driving force of pop will always remain 'sex sells'.
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20110824

Chemical Romance II



Artworks Eva Hesse

In Eva Hesse's work, the use of 'worthless' materials such as latex, fiberglass and plastic refers to the industrial ruins of a defeated German nation. By reinventing sculpture through aesthetic insubordination, she performs her very own, personal protest.
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20110819

Forbidden Love VI





T-shirt Helmut Lang

Decisions have to be made. And words are taken seriously. A six-lettered term to define cultures, subvert cultures, undergo cultures. Tribal.
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20110818

M + MMM



1. René Magritte In Memoriam Mack Sennett (1934)
2. Maison Martin Margiela Trompe l'œil dress

Look me in the eye and tell me I am fake.
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20110817

The Burberry Miu Scandal










Burberry Prorsum Spring/Summer 2012 vs. Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2005

Presumably, the scandal series will find a new climax every season. And most probably, the cast will always feature familiar names. But in the end, that's what we love about sequels. Same same but different. And Miuccia will always win.
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20110816

Nomadic Couple



Artworks Christopher Wierling

A fragile addition to our investigation on twins in contemporary art. Flowers attached on parallel strings. Leading to and embedded in mirrored blocks of concrete.
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20110815

Monolythic III



1. Stella McCartney Fall/Winter 2011
2. Oskar Zieta Plopp stool

The anti-fur, pro-vegan mash-up of Jeff Koons and Isa Genzken. Polished silver plates, crunched. Presumably non-disposable, non-recyclable. Foreverwear. The perfect addition to any private collection.
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20110814

Horst Decoration, Issue 4




1. Mirrored chest of drawers Robert Morris, Draped plexiglass chair Unknown
2. Wall piece John McCracken, Chair Marcello Morandini, Shelf installation Casey Kaplan Gallery, Lamp Achille Castiglioni
3. Bleach on cotton jersey Heather Cook, Record player Dieter Rams, Trash Me Lamp Victor Vetterlein

Welcome to my temporary home. Located in a dirty side street. Cheap materials, randomly placed. Dysfunctional electronic equipment, plastic and papier mâché furniture. Dear and true to a new WTF DIY mentality.
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If you seek inspiration for your new home, submit your interior briefing here.