Burberry Acoustic: Rae Morris

Yet another facet of the fantastic (and flourishing) initiative Burberry has made at enhancing their brand over the past several years - Burberry Acoustic. In collaboration with developing artists from Britain, Burberry features an acoustic track by each filmed at a location meaningful to them. That said, Burberry most recently released 18 year old Rae Morris's "Wait A While" - innocent and powerful - and I must say that I really love it...

One more for the road (not from Burberry) - her song "Walls" accompanied by the Halle Orchestra...

Quite a Carousel Ride

I have a child-like fascination with productions of any sort that are somewhat over the top. Though I am a bit delayed in posting, the Louis Vuitton Spring 2012 runway from Paris Fashion Week blew my mind. The carousel accompanied by the most perfectly selected musical composition that sounded as though it were from an aged music box beautifully set the stage for Marc Jacob's creations for LV.

The film of the show is worth at least a watching or two. Unfortunately, my technological skills were not sufficient enough for me to embed a high-quality version of the video, so it can be viewed at this louisvuitton.com page.

The collection: crisp and delicate, feminine and seemingly innocent...

all images from fashionshow.louisvuitton.com

"Stone house by the sea" - Alexandre de Betak

Leading event producer, Alexandre de Betak created an unbelievable home made of stone in nearly every capacity. Located in Majorca's Tramuntana region, he was restriced by building codes which clearly did not provide much restriction in this Gaudi-inspired haven. The New York Times T Magazine elaborates in this article from last Spring.

all images from The New York Times T Magazine

Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire

NPR's First Listen happens to be quite the source for hearing albums before they're released. It has been the reason for my excessive playing of a new album, Ashes & Fire, by a most beloved singer-songwriter/musician - Ryan Adams.

Despite the wide range of sounds he has proven to be capable of pulling off, Ashes & Fire maintains an element that I find to be true to vintage Adams, beautiful, lyrically poetic and thought-provoking.

Since its release last week, the "first listen" is no longer available, so here's a video of one track to try to encourage you to check out the full album...

Savage Beauty: Traveling Exhibition Petition

In response to my brief post about the McQueen exhibit which recently came to a close in NY and is now being petitioned to be moved to London, I received a beautifully composed comment regarding a different petition to make the Savage Beauty exhibition a traveling one - a petition I was not previously aware of. If my previous post interested you, I encourage you to review this comment here and petition here as the reader who commented makes a compelling point to be considered.

photo from here

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

On my recent visit to New York, to my great disappointment I discovered that I had just missed the acclaimed exhibit at the Met - Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.

According to Grazia Daily, efforts are being made (including a petition) to bring the exhibition to McQueen's hometown of London. More about it here. An excuse to make a little trip - yes.

In the meantime, an interesting video with commentary on the curation of the exhibition...

Quirky Letters

Hard to put your finger on, eye-catching letterforms by Justin Sloane.

More about them here.

Anouska Landscapes

I was drawn to this image of one of Anouska Hempel's interior projects the other day on Meta Musings. I posted a few of them to my pinterest.

A renaissance woman when it comes to design, one of the many areas of she has ventured into is with landscapes. With interiors, I typically prefer a bit of asymmetry - but, when it comes to landscapes, I am a sucker for classic symmetry. In my book, Anouska hit the mark with these...

These make me think of mario land...

And these make me think of Alice in Wonderland...

All you need is a bunch of chairs and you have yourself a killer dinner table...

Don't these make you want to play croquet with cartoon flamingos?

landscape images from AnouskaHempelDesign.com

Free Design - David Trubridge

I love the concept of a designer making his ideas available to the general public who may not be willing or able to invest in higher-end pieces. Though it may alter the "exclusivity" of a brand, I can't help but appreciate the desire to make quality design easily available. Rather than creating a lower-priced, lower-quality product line, David Trubridge's take on this concept has been to create a way for his admirers to make interesting light fixtures on their own using "Free Design". "Free Design" is simply a couple one-page documents with instructions on how to make light fixtures that he and his employees have designed. You have probably seen other DIY light fixture ideas, but there is just something nice about the fact these were developed by a respectable designer...

If any of you guys decide to try one of these at home, let me know how it turns out.

Several of Trubridge's manufactured designs...

My personal favorite - called Dream Space - I would say it is appropriately named.

nice pattern projection from the pendant

photos from davidtrubridge.com