Barbora Veselá est une talentueuse créatrice et conceptrice de chaussures diplômée de la London College of Fashion. Avec cette superbe vidéo « Geology of Shoes » réalisée par Petr Krejčí, l’artiste dévoile les grandes étapes de la conception d’une paire de chaussures de façon artisanale.
Le studio barcelonais Dvein a conçu 3 identités pour « Science » : une chaine de télévision américaine. Ce-faisant, elle se réapproprie des évènements biologiques ou géologiques pour un rendu dynamique et design. Voici les 3 très beaux habillages à découvrir en images et en vidéos dans la suite.
A history of exploration in the world’s most enigmatic range
One of the last remaining mysteries of the terrestrial world, the Transantarctic Mountains that abut the South Pole elicit the kind of exploratory giddiness typically reserved for 16th century seafarers. Scientist-explorer Edmund Stump has charted the courses of previous polar expeditions through this magnificent range, bringing to bear the trials of exploration from Clark Ross’ initial 1840 voyage to scientific missions of the late 20th century. The Roof at the Bottom of the World transports readers into a world of rock and ice, one filled with stark beauty, unforgiving conditions and the enthrall of virgin terrain.
Not to be confused with other mountain photography books, Stump’s work is for people with an earnest interest in geology and exploration. While including details culled from journals and ship logs, Stump keeps narrative considerations in mind as he effortlessly guides readers through the labyrinthine region. Super-imposed route lines decorate historic maps as well as Stump’s own images, giving readers insight into historic journeys such as the Discovery Expedition taken by explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton in 1901.
His rich prose adds dimension to the journeys he narrates. Describing the antarctic wind, Stump writes, “It is movement and sound, alternately relentless and fickle. When it stop s and the sun beams down from a cloudless sky, you can strip to bare skin and immediately feel the warmth. But let one puff of breeze disturb the thin layer of radiant air, and shivers will well up.” For those of us who lack the means to travel to the remotest regions of the earth, Stump’s account provides a vicarious substitute.
With a wealth of personal experience documenting the Transantarctic Mountains, Stump’s work is as much a reflection of his own desire to understand the region as the explorers who preceded him. He notes an attachment of the Gothic Mountains, deemed by 1930s explorer Stuart Paine the “most attractive of all spots the world over.” The dark granite peaks of this area make harsh reliefs to the uninterrupted canvas of the low-lying Scott glacier.
The Roof at the Bottom of the World offers an understanding of the rich texture that underlies the sweeping glaciers of the antarctic. and is available from Yale University Press through Amazon for $19.
The English fashion label’s earthquake-inspired Spring 2012 collection
In keeping with their commitment to the ongoing intermingling of fashion and art, British design duo Zowie Broach and Brian Kirkby of Boudicca recently presented their Spring 2012 collection alongside a performance of Mike Figgis’ “Just Tell the Truth.” Continuing to evolve, the label still follows the artistic roots first planted in 1997, when they showed their collections exclusively in galleries.
Boudicca worked with two ballet dancers and a pianist on the event, which showcased fluid, semi-transparent neon leggings and dresses against a backdrop of sketches on canvas.
Broach and her partner, citing inspiration from tectonic motion and massive collisions, focused on the idea that “nothing is solid.” Such abstract notions translate to clothing in bursts of acid green on black, crinkled collars in sophisticated silhouettes and metallic-threaded fabrics showing the wearer’s movement in how they crease. Elegant evening dresses feature soft, black Lurex, and sharply-tailored asymmetry in blouses with only one sleeve and jagged hemlines reflect a “glitch” concept.
Boudicca sells from Barneys New York and online at Project No. 8.
A petite guide to NYC’s secret “deep” history
Relatively innocuous and informative guidebooks exist for nearly every city on Earth. Generally alike in form and function, a good one tends to be a necessity in a foreign land but they rarely offer unique insight or dynamic perspectives. The new project from Smudge Studio and Friends of the Pleistocene literally goes deeper into one of the world’s most complex cities in a fresh way. Geologic City: A Field Guide to the Geoarchitecture of New York explains what may not be obvious about the Big Apple’s roots, going nearly back to the Big Bang.
Focusing on 20 different sites throughout the five boroughs, the guide explains various connections to geological history—from taxi paint to the sandstone and limestone walls protecting the Federal Reserve Bank’s stash of supernova-born gold. Another favorite fact is about the stone from Indiana adorning Rockefeller Center formed out of 340-million-year-old aquatic fossils.
The book is filled with a lot of interesting—and for the layman relatively obscure—information that gives the reader a new lens through which to view the urban landscape. In an age where human’s impact on the globe rivals that of massive geological forces (except at a much faster rate), it’s fascinating to examine the results of unimaginable swaths of time as they fit into and shape our surroundings. The book is available for pre-order, shipping 9 September 2011.
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