Ocean Surface beneath Layered Clouds
Selective-focus seascape with dark rippled water, a softened horizon and layered blue-grey clouds.
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Stone Island Shadow Project SS2010 Lookbook
The Stone Island Shadow vector continues with the project's fourth seasonal capsule collection. Fueled by new reactions within the project's original conceptual core, fresh manifestations of fabric, style, detail, and interface emerge as the lightest, yet most comprehensive, offering thus far.
This unique trajectory begins, of course, at a unique point of origin — the inimitable constellation of research and development that is STONE ISLAND. Hidden detail and potential action lies at the heart of each and every Stone Island Shadow style.
Enfolding this in a simpler, softer way, a new focus can be brought to bear on both resolution of shape and fidelity of color. The goal is vibrancy and directness; stripping away the superfluous without sacrificing capability, and the lightness that can only be found by moving through one's environment with zero resistance.
Modular Performance Grid, PARSEQ is the organizational framework upon which the idea is built: PROOF, AUGMENT, RESIST, SKIN and EQUIP. All Shadow fabrics work together as part of the grid — breathable, moisture managing, skin-friendly and maintainable — chosen for their balance of performance technology and the aesthetic treatments for which Stone Island has been known since its inception.
North Palisade. Sierra Nevada, California.
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.
Issey Miyake A-POC Garment Structure Studies
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
Nike Zoom Hyperflight Sketches
Takahashi Murakami for Issey Miyake / Naoki Takizawa ss2000
Silent Poets for Issey Miyake
Silent Poets for Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2001 is a hardcover lookbook photographed by Françoise Huguier. It presents imagery from Issey Miyake’s Spring/Summer 2001 collection and includes the collaboration CD Red Eyes Tribe at the back of the book. Japanese electronic duo Silent Poets produced the music for the runway show.
and wander x Muraco Designs Heron Tent Shelter Sets
This tent boasts a straightforward structure, allowing for quick and effortless setup. To assemble, lay the flysheet on the ground and firmly secure the four corners with pegs. Then, raise the center pole at the top. The remarkable simplicity of this setup is unmatched by self-supporting dome-shaped tents, and its generous overhead clearance adds to its allure.
HERON 2POLE TENT SHELTER SET
Combat Swimmers German Special Forces
Miller's planet from interstellar
Form #7, Josef Schulz, 2003
Josef Schulz is a photographer known for capturing images of modern warehouses and factories, which are typically considered mundane industrial structures with little architectural significance. These buildings, produced worldwide, follow standardized plans and materials, lacking distinct external features to reveal their specific purposes.
Schulz's approach involves studying the essence of his craft through these photographs. He employs digital image processing to remove any elements hinting at the buildings' age, location, or surroundings, transforming them into virtual blueprints. By emphasizing colors, shapes, and symmetries, he turns the buildings into block-like structures, resembling toy architecture and presenting them as idealized versions of themselves.
In this process, Schulz blurs the line between photographic and painted reality to optimize the images. Simultaneously, he reduces the physical buildings to their design concepts and the photographic reality to its virtual representation. His intent is to diverge from the typical pursuit of making digital images appear as real as possible. This approach might leave the viewer perplexed, as they struggle to distinguish between authentic elements captured by the camera and those created through digital tools.
The Honey Hunters Of Nepal
Nepal is home to the Apis Laboriosa, the biggest honey bee on the planet, and honey hunting plays a significant role in the local way of life. The bees build their hives on the cliffs of the country's foothills, which adds complexity to the honey hunting process. Local honey hunters use rope ladders and baskets to access the combs after driving the bees away with smoke from a fire underneath the hives. They carefully collect the honey treasure from the combs while dealing with territorial bees. The harvesting occurs once a year and begins with a harvest ritual that varies across towns, often starting with a prayer and the offering of flowers, rice, and fruits.
This unique aspect of Nepali culture is captivating, and tourists have the opportunity to witness the bravery of the honey hunters, explore the fascination of the Nepali landscape, and admire the intricate homes of the honey bees.
arc'teryx leaf modular velcro pouch additions
Lake Rotsee Refuge by AFGH Architekten firm
TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist eArth dyed sheepskin jacket
Marble Caves at General Carrera Lake in Patagonia
The Marble Caves, known as Marble Chapel and Marble Cathedral, are located at the center of the lake and were formed by waves over the past 6,000 years.
Thomas Demand
Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler - Zielturm Rotsee, Rotsee Luzern
Lake Louise, Banff national park, 2014
Cacoon Hanging Chair
The Cacoon Hanging Chair is constructed with robust engineering to support a weight of up to 200kg or 440lbs. This product was designed in the UK by the collaborative effort of Nick and Sarah, a husband and wife team.
Giovanni Pesamosca’s Alpine Cabin in Friuli, Italy
Oscar Niemeyer's MAC Niterói — Louis Vuitton Cruise 2017 Venue
Tokyo Rooftops Ginza
Bruce Weber for Calvin Klein Jeans — 1991 Campaign
Haleakalā Crater — Volcanic Landscape, Maui
Intha Fisherman on Inle Lake, Burma, 2011
Maharam Frame Bag by Konstantin Grcic
ESA HERTZ Anechoic Chamber — Antenna Test Facility at ESTEC
Redhill MRT Station — Singapore
Nanzenji Temple Autumn Foliage, Higashiyama, Kyoto
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.
A Kikuyu tribesman dresses up for a festival in Kenya
Martian Sunset
On May 19, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th Martian day, or sol.
Sunset and twilight images are occasionally acquired by the science team to determine how high into the atmosphere the Martian dust extends, and to look for dust or ice clouds. Other images have shown that the twilight glow remains visible, but increasingly fainter, for up to two hours before sunrise or after sunset. The long Martian twilight (compared to Earth's) is caused by sunlight scattered around to the night side of the planet by abundant high altitude dust. Similar long twilights or extra-colorful sunrises and sunsets sometimes occur on Earth when tiny dust grains that are erupted from powerful volcanoes scatter light high in the atmosphere.
Toni Garrn by Philip Gay, Just Do It, Interview Germany 2012
Floral Botanical Print Textile — Kimono or Wrap Garment
Irving Penn × Issey Miyake — Two Miyake Warriors
A Mitten Butte and Merrick Butte seen from the View Hotel, Monument Valley Tribal Park
Rainbow mountains at Zhangye Danxia national geopark Gansu China
"Wendover II (For John)" by Barry Underwood
Nickel Tailings 34, Edward Burtynsky, 1996
From “Manufactured Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky”
Aleppo, Syria. 2013. Photograph by Moises Saman
Salomon S/LAB EXO Tank — Women’s
The women’s S/LAB EXO Tank treats support as a mapped structure. A polyurethane EXO Sensifit grid braces the upper chest, shoulders and spine, while Smart Skin places Actilite Pro jersey through the core and open stretch mesh at the heat zones. The skin fit keeps the grid engaged; flatlock seams and reflective marks finish the racing layer without adding bulk.
Dean Bouchard — Inside Out
Nike x Undercover Gyakusou SS2014
Desert Mountains Aerial View 012
Peninsula House by Watson Architecture + Design
Rhyolithberge, Region Landmannalaugar, Fjallabak Naturreservat, Isländisches Hochland, Island
Akari Hayami — Japanese Fashion Magazine Editorial
Blender Fluid Simulation Render — CGI Water
Ralph McQuarrie — Battlestar Galactica (1978) Concept Art
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hilary
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, sat here drinking tea during a break before their successful summit of Everest in 1953.
This photo was taken by George Band, OBE, the youngest of the mountaineers on the 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest on which Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first known successful ascent of the mountain.
TRON Designs Corian — DuPont x Disney Milan Design Week 2011
Parasite Dolls (2003) — Cyberpunk Anime
Bas Princen — Colonnade Infrastructure Photograph
Cave Diving — Diver in Cenote Light Rays
Raf Simons Menswear Lookbook — Photography by David Armstrong
Building / 建物 — Shinjuku by perscape
perscape's Building / 建物 looks up along a tiled Shinjuku facade at night, where an illuminated sign reads カラオケ ビッグタイム 4F. The source tags identify a Pentax KX with an SMC Takumar 28mm F3.5 lens.
Black and White Mountain Snowscape — Fine Art Alpine Photography
Reynisdrangar Basalt Sea Stack, Reynisfjara, Iceland
Joséphine Le Tutour in Alexander Wang — Numéro Tokyo July/August 2013
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
grey93 for 017 Shop
Salomon S/LAB EXO Tight — Men’s
The men’s S/LAB EXO Tight carries the trail-built Sensifit system into a cold-weather full length. The laminated honeycomb locks across the quads, hamstrings and lower back, then breaks around the joint before returning as a stabilizing knee frame. Actilite E jersey handles moisture, Smart Skin changes density by zone, and flatlock construction keeps the close compression fit low-bulk under a shell.
Kamchatka Volcanic Landscape
WTAPS FW13 Lifist Lookbook
WTAPS FW13 Lifist lookbook image with Tetsu Nishiyama riding a vintage motorcycle, part of the collection’s lifestyle-focused presentation.
Julian Wasser — Arrest on Hollywood Boulevard (1970)
Unseen Luna by Ash Kingston
The Center Hong Kong
Ruth Bernhard — Eighth Street Movie Theater, New York (Frederick Kiesler, Architect), 1946
Mount Etna — Volcanic Landscape Sicily
Star Magnolia — Magnolia stellata Macro
BMW 3 Series E90 on a Vine-Covered Hong Kong Rooftop Car Park
Zolloc — 15
Eero Saarinen — CBS Building, New York, 1965
Neon Fluorescent Tube Lights — Minimal Light Installation
Hanna Putz — Friends of Friends Portrait by Thomas Lohr
Supreme x Visvim Camp Cap FW2008
Alex Honnold climbing on Separate Reality, a difficult over hanging roof crack in Yosemite National Park, California
AD Police Files — 1990 Cyberpunk Anime
