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NANA 1st Illustrations _ Ai Yazawa
NANA 1st Illustrations gathers Nana Osaki, Nana Komatsu, Ren Honjo, Nobuo Terashima, Shinichi Okazaki, and Yasushi Takagi not as model sheets but as quiet romances in fabric and metal. Osaki’s black leather and lace feel like vows; her Vivienne Westwood Armour Ring glints like a promise she keeps. Komatsu floats in lighter textiles and soft palettes, a tender blur that finds light even when it trembles. Shinichi moves in bondage pants—wide legs, trailing straps, D-rings and chains—tempered by fitted tanks, layered belts, and combat boots; the strapwork turns his stride into music and cinches him closer when the stage goes still.
Ren and Yasu hold steadier lines—smoke, denim, talismanic hardware—anchors for the others’ weather. Here costume is character: friendship sewn into hems, devotion clasped in studs, defiance stitched in black. A Complete NANA 1st Illustrations book scan is available on the server. A Complete NANA 1st Illustrations book scan is available on the server.
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EMERY MOUNTAINS
April 2024, FRIEZE No. 9 Cork Street Gallery, London
EXHIBITION: The Mountains Between Us, FRIEZE No 9 Cork St
Weaving together photography, video and sculptural objects, lena_c_emery highlights the accelerated loss of mountain glaciers and the desperate conservation efforts currently employed to impede their decline. Under the continued influence of greenhouse-gas forced global warming, ice that took centuries to develop is vanishing in just a number of years. A fate experts predict for at least two-thirds of all glaciers by the end of this century. EMERY: In ‘The Mountains Between Us’, I capture the current environmental efforts undertaken to reduce the rate at which glaciers melt. Glaciers have held space for centuries, silently bearing witness to history. They’ve seen the world change in ways we can barely comprehend. Because my grandfather spent his life in these mountains, watching this particular glacier retreat and form lakes where there was previously only ice and at a pace that’s steadily increasing, feels deeply personal. The idea of covering these mammoths in fabric to stall the inevitable, feels both tragic and emblematic of our relationship with nature: The magnitude of loss countered by gestures that, though earnest, feel powerless. Visually these wrapped peaks evoke images of muddied tents, makeshift shelters that we’ve come to erect for those displaced by upheaval. This fragility, their fragility, our fragility, is a direct reflection of the imbalance we have sown, where those least responsible for ecological destruction are forced to bear its heaviest burdens. The title became a way to frame those divides. Mountains have always symbolised barriers, but perhaps they could also be reimagined as thread, shared histories and a collective belonging. The elemental particles composing our very being once danced amidst these ancient landscapes and if they disappear, part of us does too.
Invisible: Abbott Thayer and the Art of Camouflage
Abbott H. Thayer is now best known for his portraiture and paintings of angels, such as this one from 1887 held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He was also obsessed with nature, particularly how animals could disappear through their color patterns into a landscape.
Thayer identified two visual phenomena undergirding this invisibility: “obliterative countershading” and “disruptive patterning.” In the first, animal skins achieve an illusion of monochrome flatness via coloration darkest in sunlit parts and lightest in areas generally bathed in shadows: examples include the light bellies of otherwise dark rabbit coats or the silver undersides of sharks. The resulting visual compression of a three-dimensional form produces an illusion of monochrome flatness. The second principle takes this illusion to the next level of protective concealment: mottled patterns corresponding to the animal’s habitat disrupt the contours of its flat silhouette, resulting in an impression of not being there.
Batou + Togusa
illustration by Yuki Yoshimoto
Pokras Lampas x Comme des Garçons BLACK AW2019 Campaign Poster Scans
Voice Figures by Margaret Watts Hughes
Made more than 100 years ago by a Welsh singer named Margaret Watts Hughes — not by her hand but rather using her voice and an Eidophone, a “recording” device of her own invention. She would sing into the Eidophone’s funnel and so make its diaphragm vibrate. She’d then bring this vibrating diaphragm in contact with a glass plate covered in pigment to create these wondrous images, akin to visual sound recordings, or what she called Voice Figures (and the more complex Impression Figures).
Dialogue Version, Andrew Basinski
From the spitting image exhibiton curated by Pop Gun and Heart Gallery
Takahashi Murakami for Issey Miyake / Naoki Takizawa ss2000
SASQUATCHfabrix. — SASFAB 2-in-1 Coat/Gilet
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou FW2012
R. B. Kitaj, Disciple of Bernstein and Kautsky, 1964
Screenprint on paper
Sonoya Mizuno as Dr. Azumi Fujita — Netflix MANIAC (2018)
Mercedes-Benz W126 S-Class — Red Leather Interior
Boston Dynamics SpotMini Quadruped Robot
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou SS2011 Details
Gyakusou is Nike Running's collaboration with Jun Takahashi of Undercover, named for the Japanese word for running a course in reverse. Details from the Spring/Summer 2011 jacket: a lightweight ripstop shell in white, grey and red, with a large perforated mesh panel across the back and shoulders for ventilation, bonded and taped seams, a stowable hood, and reflective Gyakusou branding at the shoulder. The vent openings are backed with mesh; the hem and cuffs are elasticated ripstop.
Thomas Demand
DPM PEACE CRANE OPERATION
created by urban demographics / original concept by UCCI for droppin' lyrics
In the Age of Hawk vs. Dove, the Crane Rises
Operation Peace Crane is a grassroots project designed to spread the the Origami Peace Crane throughout the physical and cyber world. Since its invention centuries ago, with roots dating back even further, the paper crane has been by far the most popular fold, and has come to symbolize peace around the world. Most notably, thousand-linked cranes are delivered to atomic bomb sites and Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as the need for a nuclear-free, peaceful world becomes more relevant yet.
Normally, origami cranes are folded using colorful origami paper, and traditional patterns. We hereby propose a new movement by spreading the crane with camouflage patterns of military around the world. Using the camouflage on the cranes represents the irony of war and peace that are inherent in our society, as if one cannot exist without the other. Today, we must confront the stark reality that the military complex is a worldwide industry, sponsored by the government (not to mention tax payers), which in turn supports the lifestyles of the unassuming public. We must not forget that we share equal responsibility in the proliferation of arms in the world today . We also understand that the mere presence of military force overseas alarm the foreign citizens and governments, instead of stabilizing politically volatile areas. Upon further introspection into the history of camouflage, its evolution and adaptation of design to the ever-changing political balance is parallel to the way humans have adjusted to the economical needs of the world, only to stray away from values of nature, ironically. It must also be noted that the camouflage patterns used herein do not represent any political messages, except for those calling for immediate and everlasting peace.
Reality is not immutable like a rock, rather it is dynamic like water. Although it may be a strong force, we can shape the future by taking part in it, no matter how small the drop. We sincerely hope that this project, done literally by the hands of the people, would reach the hearts of those who desperately seek peace, as we speak. Lastly, the only way to reach true peace will not come from agitated fear, but from true knowledge and inner peace.
NEIGHBORHOOD Utility Vest
Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 1999 — A-POC Runway
Metal Gear Solid by Yoji Shinkawa
Ryoji Ikeda — test pattern
Nike Komyuter Black/Summit White (AA2211-001)
Rick Owens Draped Wrap Skirt, circa 1998
Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Daybed for Knoll
Oscar Niemeyer's MAC Niterói — Louis Vuitton Cruise 2017 Venue
adidas Y-3 Yohji Court — Footwear White (EF2554)
Tokyo Rooftops Ginza
Bruce Weber for Calvin Klein Jeans — 1991 Campaign
Karborn — Evidence of Time Travel
Comme des Garçons × Undercover Felicitations 25 Leather Jacket
MIG 1.42 - PROTOTYPE
Prototype Russian fighter jet spotted on Bing Maps. Built to rival the American F-22 Raptor, the jet lost out to the Su-47.
Land Rover Defender 110 Station Wagon in Black
Carlo Scarpa — Fondazione Querini Stampalia Garden, Venice
Redhill MRT Station — Singapore
Nakagin Capsule Tower — Exterior Detail, Tokyo 2016
Melitta Baumeister Spring/Summer 2015 Ready-to-Wear
Futura solo show at Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris 2014
Nanzenji Temple Autumn Foliage, Higashiyama, Kyoto
CP Company Multi-Pocket Goggle Hooded Jacket in Grey
Stone Island × Diemme Military Boot (2012)
Stone Island Raso Floccato Riot Mask Jacket AW2004
Sort of Coal — Edible Kuro Charcoal Powder
Nike Air Solarsoft Zigzag Sandal in Black
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou Holiday 2014
Raf Simons SS2008 De Stijl Hiking Boot — White Multicolor
Robert Häusser J.R. 5-9-70
Gelatin silver print, printed 1999. 43.5 x 58.8 cm. Signed and dated in ballpoint pen lower right. Signed, dated, titled in ballpoint pen as well as photographer's thumb print on the verso. - Framed under glass.
OMsignal Biometric Smartwear Shirt
Able Archer Duffel Bag — Black MOLLE
Nike Air Max Plus TN Triple Black
Obscur Black Leather Fingerless Glove Gauntlet
Maison Martin Margiela x Kanye West Yeezus Tour Custom Outfits
Nendoroid Solid Snake
Nendoroid Solid Snake (#447) by Good Smile Company, a super-deformed figure of the Metal Gear Solid character. Comes with the cardboard box, swappable faces and poses.
Anti-Skateboarding Deterrents — Granite Architecture Detail
Mount Sinabung Eruption
Nike Lunar Pegasus 89
visvim FBT Lhamo-Folk
Toni Garrn by Philip Gay, Just Do It, Interview Germany 2012
Floating Timber Staircase with Angular Steel Rail
Michael Wolf Architecture of Density
One of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world, Hong Kong has an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometer. The majority of its citizens live in flats in high-rise buildings, whose units can house as many as 10,000 people.
In Architecture of Density, Michael investigates these enormous city blocks, finding a mesmerizing abstraction in the buildings’ facades. The structures in the series are photographed without reference to the context of sky or ground, and many buildings are seen in a state of repair or construction: their walls covered with a grid of scaffolding or the soft coloured curtains that protect the streets below from falling debris. From a distance, such elements become a part of an intricate design. Upon closer inspection of each photograph, the anonymous public face of the city is full of rewarding detail – public space is private space, large swatches of colour give way to smaller pieces of people’s lives. The trappings of the people are still visible here: their days inform the detail of these buildings. Bits of laundry and hanging plants pepper the tiny rectangles of windows- the only irregularities in this orderly design. The images of Architecture of Density give one an inkling of what our cities could look like if grown continues unchecked.
Urbastyle Bench Paris 1 — La Défense
Undercover Jun Takahashi L9F01 Low-Top Sneaker in Bordeaux
Japanese Warrior Figure — Edo/Meiji Period Ink Painting
WTAPS 11AW Ian L/S Tee — Cotton Raglan
White Mountaineering Camouflage Jacket
Sacai Paris — Before the Show, Street Snap by Masataka Matsumura
Supreme 18th Anniversary Alpha XBP Backpack
Irving Penn × Issey Miyake — Two Miyake Warriors
Hands holding weapon illustrations
Akira and the traumatic spectre of nuclear war
Digital Linen Bandana by Outlier
Stutterheim Stockholm Raincoat in Red
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou SS2014 Sweat Map Long-Sleeve Top
Visvim Sanjuro Kimono
Patagonia Synchilla Snap-T Pullover — Aztec Print
Stone Island Fall/Winter 2013 Garment Dyed Down Gilet
Former CGER-ASLK Building, Brussels — Marcel Lambrichs
"Wendover II (For John)" by Barry Underwood
Nickel Tailings 34, Edward Burtynsky, 1996
From “Manufactured Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky”
Nike ACG Zoom Meriwether — Ivory/Orange
Dean Bouchard — Inside Out
Vatnajökull — Glacier near Skaftafell, Iceland
Filson — Scout Backpack (Tundra Shrub Camo)
Vennesla Library and Culture House by Helen & Hard
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Shanghai Interior by Jouin Manku
LOST & FOUND SECTION FROM FRANK GRAFFITI MAG
Neighborhood N-2B / N-JKT Olive Drab
Peninsula House by Watson Architecture + Design
A Story of Yonosuke (2013) — Shuichi Okita
Grey Peacock-Pheasant Plumage — Iridescent Ocelli Detail
Akari Hayami — Japanese Fashion Magazine Editorial
Bagh Nakh — Tiger Claw Weapon, India
Dassault nEUROn — European Stealth UCAV Demonstrator
Xavier Veilhan Faceted Figure Sculpture
Cidade das Artes — Christian de Portzamparc, Rio de Janeiro
Ralph McQuarrie — Battlestar Galactica (1978) Concept Art
