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CES CNET Highlights: The Spider Dress
The interaction of the worlds of design and fashion can result in some truly innovative creations, like this one at CES 2015!
Intel’s 3D-printed Spider Dress:
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Best of 2014: DSN50 NASASocial
My 2014 “Best Of” begins with attending the Deep Space Network 50th Anniversary (DSN50) NASASocial. All my life, I have loved science and specifically anything to do with space, so finding out I had been selected to attend a NASASocial was a dream come true.
I could not include all the pics I took in this post, so be sure to check them out them out here or you can click on the links that follow.
The DSN50 NASASocial was a two-day event that was part of the yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN).
I knew what to expect because the NASASocial team emailed a detailed schedule but I did not expect how life-changing an experience those two days would be.
Day 1 at NASA/JPL featured the DSN50 NASASocial speaker program (simulcast on NASA TV and Ustream), tours of JPL including the Mars Yard, Spacecraft Assembly Facility, Museum and the JPL Gift Store.
Day 2 took place in Barstow with a 6:15 am meet-up to head to Goldstone, so I decided to drive out there right after Day 1 wrapped up. An easy enough drive made way more interesting by Google Maps giving me an alternate route way off the main highway. A little scary since I was by myself, driving in place I have never been to before, but cool as I did get to see the desert blossoms.
Dinner in Barstow with fellow DSN50 NASASocial members more than made up for an interesting drive. I can’t remember what I ate but I do remember have great conversations with the most diverse, engaging, super-talented people I have met far. I was so busy talking, I never took any pics but thankfully, fellow member James Lundblad shared his pics of us!
Day 2 at the Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex (GDCC) was all about the antennas and the groundbreaking, outstanding work they do communicating with the spacecraft that are currently exploring our solar system as well as radar mapping quasars, comets and asteroids.
As someone who appreciates design and art, I must note how truly beautiful the antennas are.
We were also able to attend the Goldstone DSN 50th Anniversary commemoration ceremony which was a great honor.
It was a special two days and not only did I get to see some of the world’s greatest technology at NASA/JPL and GDCC in action, I also made great new friends!
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PARIS-SALZBURG CHANEL MÉTIERS D’ART FASHION SHOW
After Dallas and Edinburgh, Karl Lagerfeld chose Austria to unveil the 13th Chanel Métiers d’art Collection -a presentation designed to showcase the savoir-faire of the exceptional houses and studios of Chanel.. Between haute-couture and ready to wear, this collection presented each year in December is always made with reference to a city that corresponds with the history of this illustrious house of fashion.
This season the show took place in the Leopoldskron Chateau, a rococo palace from the XVIII century. Chanel’s Maestro revisited the dirndls, lederhosen and other traditional Austrian clothing and Tyrolean styles. With loden, tweed, felt, leather and satin cashmere mix, not forgetting the taffeta or even the lace adorned with delicate detailing, gallons of leather, trimmings, feathers and the alpine and pastoral motifs.
Evening dresses were dressed with pin tucked fronts, frills, pleats and voluminous sleeves and Cara Delevingne, the face of the 2014/15 Paris-Salzburg collection, closed the show in a white dress composed from layers of frills, by the side of the couturier.
Bravo Maestro Lagerfeld, Bravo!
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British Fashion Awards 2014 Highlights
This year’s British Fashion Awards was a spectacularly glorious celebration of the contributions of British designers, creatives and models to the international fashion scene.
It was great to see Anna Wintour, Victoria Beckham and Nicholas Ghesquière who usually seem so cool be so emotional on receiving their awards.
See above for overall highlights from this glamorous event and below for highlights from the individual awards…
Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator – Edward Enniful
Outstanding Achievement Award – Anna Wintour
Brand – Victoria Beckham
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2014 Wrap Up
Art Basel Miami Beach 2014 has wrapped up another successful edition. As their latest press release states:
Art Basel’s 13th edition in Miami Beach closed today, Sunday, December 7, 2014,
amidst strong praise from gallerists, private collectors, museum groups and the
media. Highlights of the show included the introduction of the new Survey sector,
which brought 13 art-historical projects to the fair, including many rare works
never before exhibited in an art fair context; and Art Basel’s staging with Performa
of Ryan McNamara’s ‘MEƎM 4 Miami: A Story Ballet About the Internet’ at the Miami
Grand Theater. Solid sales were reported across all levels of the market and
throughout the run of the show. Featuring 267 leading international galleries from
31 countries, the show – whose Lead Partner is UBS – attracted an attendance of
73,000 over five days. Attendees included representatives of over 160 museum and
institution groups from across the world – and a surging number of new private
collectors from the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Miami Beach’s leading museums and private collections also timed their strongest
shows of the year to coincide with Art Basel in Miami Beach. The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) presented ‘Impulse, Reason, Sense, Conflict/Abstract Art in the Ella Fontanals-Cisernos Collection’ while the de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space showed ‘Beneath The Surface’. It was a year of anniversaries as The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse marked its 15th anniversary, and the The Rubell Family Collection presenting ’50 Years of Marriage’, celebrating Mera and Don Rubell’s half a century of marriage and collecting.Design Miami, the leading global forum for collectible design, also celebrated its 10th anniversary and also presented their inaugural Design Visionary/ Award to Peter Marino. See more posts about Design Miami here.
The Pérez Art Museum Miami presented Mario Garcia Torres, Beatriz Milhazes and
Geoffrey Farmer. The Norton Museum of Art presented ‘RAW: Klara Kristalova’, while the Bass Museum of Art showed ‘One Way: Peter Marino’. The NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale showed ‘Café Dolly: Picabia, Schnabel, Willumsen’.Also, Art Basel and BMW announced a new partnership supporting emerging artists. Starting in 2015, the BMW Art Journey will enable emerging artists to go on a journey of creative discovery to a destination of their choice. Functioning
as a mobile studio, the BMW Art Journey is open to artists from Positions and
Discoveries, Art Basel’s sectors for emerging artists in Miami Beach and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit http://bmw-art-journey.com. -
PERRIER-JOUËT PRESENTS ‘‘EPHEMERĀ’’ BY MISCHER’TRAXLER
Perrier-Jouët’s latest commissioned design work, Ephemerā’ by mischer’traxler, premiered this week at Design Miami 2014. Exploring traditional craftsmanship, modern technology, the ephemerality of nature, and the Art Nouveau movement, mischer’traxler has captured the very essence of Perrier-Jouët with its own unique interpretation.
As Perrier-Jouët’s latest press release reveals:
‘Ephemerā’ is the opening work of a new, year-long artistic residency with the Vienna-based duo and the historic champagne house, entitled ‘Small Discoveries’. The collaboration has been designed to stimulate curiosity, exploring the magical dialogue between Mankind and Nature. Small Discoveries, an innovative series of original works to be revealed throughout 2015 with exclusive limited editions.
‘Ephemerā’ stands out at Design Miami/2014 owing to its unique combination of playfulness and sincerity. It sparks curiosity and enchants the audience with a delicate game of hide-and-seek, played out through a mechanical ornamental garden. Comprising a room with a large oak table and two mirrors, the elegant furniture pieces come alive with colourful metal plants and insects that represent current, extinct and rediscovered species. Representing nature’s lively, deferential relationship with mankind, plants rise up and move to their own choreography, if they ‘feel’ they are not being watched. When someone approaches, they ‘hide’ and fold back into the table, reinventing a kinetic form of traditional marquetry. Similarly, digital leaves grow across the mirrors extending into 3D forms, but only as long as people are not too close. Otherwise they retract, leaving just a normal, reflective mirror.
This is the third year that Perrier-Jouët has revealed an original commission first at Design Miami/. A continuation of the brand’s support of young designers, these partnerships demonstrate the brand’s belief in infusing art in the everyday experience. Each new commission joins the Perrier-Jouët collection at The Maison Belle Epoque, which hosts the world’s largest private collection of original French Art Nouveau pieces. In its role as a patron of design art, Perrier-Jouët is carefully adding new pieces to sit alongside its beautiful heritage pieces and ‘Ephemerā’ ultimately will join this collection.
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