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Ralph Lauren celebrates its 10 years in the business by presented us this 4D experience at New York women's flagship at 888 Madison Avenue on November 10, 2010.

Walk Across America

A cute guy walked across America from New York to San Francisco. This short film, called Guy Walks Across America, which the filmmakers took their idea to Levi’s (who picked up the tab.) It's pretty cool !!! SOURCE

My Wish List...

This $1 million Marc Newsom's Lockheed lounge (as seen in Madonna's Rain music video.)

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Nature by Numbers

Nature by Numbers - A short film inspired on numbers, geometry and nature, by Cristóbal Vila. It's incredible !!!

The City of Light (and Disco)

Michel de Broin put more glitz in Paris by installing the largest mirror ball ever made in the Jardin du Luxembourg for the "Nuit Blanche" event. SOURCE

La Maîtresse de la Tour Eiffel | 2009 from Michel de Broin on Vimeo.

VISIONAIRE 2010

This week, Visionaire celebrates the launch of Visionaire 2010 and the inauguration of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND). A portion of the proceeds of sales of Visionaire 2010 between Dec 1-7th will benefit LAND. The issue is available for preview at the LAND installation in the Art Basel Miami Beach Convention Center.

Visionaire # 57 presents 365 artworks chosen by 52 curators and art collectors from around the world. These images are organized into an electronic daily calendar, featuring a new work of art every day for the year 2010 and beyond. Curators include: Shamim M. Momin, Nancy Spector, Zaha Hadid, Klaus Beisenbach, Raf Simons, Herzog & de Meuron, James Franco, Natalie Portman and Tilda Swinton.

Founded in 2009 by Shamim M. Momin and Christine Y. Kim, LAND is a non-profit public art initiative committed to commissioning and producing site and situation specific projects with national and international artists, in Los Angeles and beyond.
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The Judgement Day

The amazing artwork called "The Judgement Day"; photographer - Jeff Eason, digital artist - Troy Dunham. SOURCE

Andy at De Young

Yesterday I went to see the exhibit of Andy Warhol called " Warhol LIVE" at De Young museum. The exhibition shows the relationship between Andy and entertainment industry - from Judy Garland to Elvis Presley. The exhibit will be shown until May 17th at De Young museum SF.

Panoramic view of a new California Academy of Sciences from the museum's observation tower.

PRADA Transformer

PRADA TRANSFORMER, a state of the art project space, set to launch in Seoul at the end of April 2009. The highly anticipated PRADA Transformer designed by OMA/Rem Koolhaas will showcase a groundbreaking series of cross-cultural exhibitions, screenings and live events. For six months this shape-shifting venue will host multiple interdisciplinary projects, bringing a unique mix of visual arts to Korea. The Transformer combines the four sides of a tetrahedron: hexagon, cross, rectangle and circle into one pavilion. The building, entirely covered with a smooth elastic membrane, will be flipped using cranes, completely reconfiguring the visitor's experience with each new programm. Each side plan is precisely designed to organize a different event installation creating a building with four identities. Whenever one shape becomes the ground plan, the other three shapes become the walls and the ceiling defining the space, as well as referencing historic or anticipating future event configurations. SOURCE

Kost and Effect

If you're happen to be in New York, today is the last day of Jeremy Kost's exhibition called "After the Party," at the Dactyl Foundation. Why? Because it features Parker Gregory, Travis Hanson, Vlad Ivanov and more...

Cast Your Vote

The "champagne chair contest" by DWR is going on now. For the contest, the contestants were asked to create an original miniature chair from nothing more than the wire, cork, cage and foil of no more than two champagne bottles. Vote for your favorite chairs here.

Who Want To Be Andy ?

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is partnering with SOMArts in search of Andy Warhols impersonators for a performance art project in conjunction with the opening of the De Young Museum’s "Warhol Live" exhibition. The auditions will be held on January 31st, from 12:00 til 5:00 PM in the Piazzoni Murals Room at the De Young Museum, San Francisco. Bring your costume (wig and makeup) and the most important - "attitude." SOURCE

Everyday ART

GENIUS !!!
An American sculptor Tara Donovan transforms everyday objects, such as plastic drinking straws and paper plates, into remarkable pieces of artwork. Her sculptures will be displayed at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston through Jan 4. SOURCE

Haze: 2005 - Translucent plastic drinking straws
Untitled: 2004/2008 - Styrofoam cups and glue
Untitled: 2007 - Polyester metallized film tape
Untitled: 2006/2008 - Plastic Cups

ART on LCD

Turn your TV to be an art installation. Detour Design presents a limited edition of animated interpretations of Piero Fornasetti's work. Over 500 of Fornasetti images of woman's face are used in these animations, approximated running time is 50 mins. Each disc is hand numbered and comes in a gorgeous lacquer box, it's available now for $175.

Maison Martin Margiela Exhibition

Maison Martin Margiela, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in October, has a new exhibition at the MoMu Fashion Museum in Antwerp, Belgium. The new exhibition already started since Sep 12 and will be shown until Feb 8. SOURCE

Fashion Inspired ART

The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art presents the exhibition "Christian Dior and Chinese Artists" starting November 16th, 2008 in Beijing. More than 20 specially commissioned works by major Chinese artists will be presented alongside the designs which inspired them, whether designed by Monsieur Dior, John Galliano, Kris Van Assche for Dior Homme or Victoire de Castellane for the Haute Joaillerie, as well as emblematic objects from the house's perfumes and accessories. The exhibit will be displayed until January 15, 2009.

What's Your Footprint ?

I'm not talking about the carbon footprint. Look at these photographs from Mitchell Feinberg for MUSE magazine and pick your favorite footprints. Genius !!!
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Golden Shower

Artist Jeremy Hatch takes the term "Golden Shower" literally.

Pics of the Day

Posters, by whistle.jacket, asking people to vote against California's Proposition 8. Prop 8 aims to add the following amendment to the California Constitution: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California" thus eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry.