Let me introduce you: Chris, welcome to Los Angeles
the POWER of the MANDALA
Though rooted in Buddhism, mandalas soon became present in Hinduism and other religious practices. Painters of the spiritual craft were often pious laymen, who were commissioned by a patron. They worked seated on the floor with a painting propped in their laps or in front of their crossed legs.
the HAWAIIAN SHIRT COLLECTION: MAHALO!
Amazon’s a bitch
the ART of INDIA
the Elegance and Subtle Formality of Kimonos
Slim Aarons: passive luxury
At 18 years old, Aarons enlisted in the United States Army, worked as a photographer at the United States Military Academy, and later served as a combat photographer in World War II and earned a Purple Heart. Aarons said combat had taught him the only beach worth landing on was “decorated with beautiful, seminude girls tanning in a tranquil sun.”
CMYK, RGB, OMG
With the RGB color model, pixels on a digital monitor are – if viewed with a magnifying glass – all one of three colors: red, green, or blue.
print-on-demand: techniques
Print on demand (POD) has emerged as a game-changing solution for businesses and individuals looking to tap into the booming world of e-commerce. By allowing customers to order customized prints that are produced only when demanded, POD companies have revolutionized the way products are manufactured, distributed, and consumed. This article dives into the techniques and technology employed by these companies to make print on demand a viable and efficient business model.
MOLAS: textile design & political identity
“Clothes aren’t going to change the world. The women who wear them are.”
– Anne Klein
The Grammar of Ornament
the ART of INDIA
The origin of Indian art can be traced to prehistoric settlements in the 3rd millennium BCE. On its way to modern times, Indian art has had cultural influences, as well as religious influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam.
Artist & Author: Paul Klee
Klee has been variously associated with Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism, and Abstraction
Artist: Eugène Séguy & the pochoir method
Emile-Allain Séguy, professionally known as E.A. Séguy, was a French designer during the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements of the 1920s.
L’ornement polychrome & Albert Racinet
Albert-Charles-Auguste Racinet (1825–1893)
next-level gift wrapping
sashiko, kimonos & history
color in THEORY
Science might yet prevail
“Instead of dyes you could use the structure of the fiber itself, the same for water repellency, rather than coating it, or to make wrinkle-free fabrics.”
elephants | słonie | فیل ها | ਹਾਥੀ | 象 | փղեր | пилдер
William Morris
During his lifetime, Morris produced items in a range of crafts, mainly those to do with furnishing,[265] including over 600 designs for wall-paper, textiles, and embroideries, over 150 for stained glass windows, three typefaces, and around 650 borders and ornamentation for the Kelmscott Press.
the thing we do not TALK about. WITH YOU. RIGHT NOW. EVEN. THE ‘MU.
Everyone I know is very secretive about their addiction to TEMU. None will go on record.
Climate Stripes
High Design
fashion is ENVIRONMENTALLY EXPENSIVE. Very EXPENSIVE.
LOOKING good can be bad for the planet. Massive amounts of energy, water and other resources are needed to make clothes. From the pesticides poured on cotton fields to the washes in which denim is dunked, making 1kg of fabric generates 23kg of greenhouse gases on average, reckons McKinsey, a consultancy. Because consumers keep almost every type of apparel only half as long as they did 15 years ago, these inputs go to faster than ever before. More than half of the fastest-fashion items made are chucked away within a year of production. But such rampant retail therapy costs the earth.https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/04/11/the-environmental-costs-of-creating-clothes?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&utm_source=google&ppccampaignID=17210591673&ppcadID=&utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxuCnBhDLARIsAB-cq1oYxEVo5hCbcyps9SNVNujmZqgcSOe79OTnwTlN9HilD6gSLaMpR6waApeeEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds