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modchen — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:48:07 +0000

just in case we forgot that scoot stuff does go here.

quick update: i am still desperately ill – it appears that either [a] i spoke too soon about not getting hammered as badly with this particular Ick as Mr. Tillinghast undoubtedly did, or [b] i managed to suckerpunch my immune system somehow, and thereby sabotaged my chances of squeaking out of it.

either that or the damn thing really does take two full weeks to develop. ridiculous.

the enforced houseboundness has gotten me to focus on home improvement, though, and i’m managing to finish projects, so it’s an ill wind, et c., et c.

vogue italia, mod moderne

modchen — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:55:22 +0000

i’m having a minor obsession with vogue italia this week.

Newbie Model Photoshoots – Vogue Italia July 2011 ‘Pret-a-Porter’ Shoot Shows Up-and-Comers Love (GALLERY).

probably because they’re, you know, awesomely insane. i’m beginning to think there’s some kind of secret awesomely-insane chemical in the water over there. you know, kind of like Perky Springs or whatever it is that they call the town in texas where there’s lithium in the water. but the opposite of that.

Naughty 60s Cat Eyes: The Dioni Tabbers Vogue Italia July 2010 Editorial is Hot

that one’s clearly a tribute to La Winehouse, and has some seriously NSFW moments. but one thing i absolutely adore in all style tropisms is updating – taking an old, forgotten, played-out trope, updating its relevance, and breathing a whole new life into it. it’s the Circle of Life, really, as far as fashion-eras go. and it takes a deft touch to do well: too heavy-handed, you’ve got pastiche, or spoof, or else you just look clumsy. VIeditors have a great idea for weeding out the hamhandedly outré-for-the-sake-of-being-edgy.

The Alasdair McLellan August 2011 W Spread is Urban Chic

there’s nothing about this that’s not ok. even the fuzzyheads are cute, and modernist in an almost cyber way.

more later. bed now. but i think trendhunter is going to be my best bet as far as glamour in gardening goes.

Kiss a jet age masterpiece goodbye – I.M. Pei’s Terminal 6

modchen — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:41:51 +0000

WHILE ABC has conspicuously begun to celebrate the early jet age, the Port Authority has begun to tear it down.

Terminal 6 at Kennedy International Airport — a crisp island of aesthetic tranquility by the master architect I. M. Pei — is being demolished. The boarding gates are already piles of rubble. The main pavilion, whose white steel roof seems to float ethereally over cascades of diaphanous green glass, is expected to come down by the end of October.

Kiss a jet age masterpiece goodbye – Jeffrey Zeldman.

Men of the Stacks

modchen — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:50:40 +0000

well. i’ve come right up to the edge of being able to cheat my way around the fact that G+ hasn’t released API yet.

*sigh

you guys are just going to have to deal with me plusing up blogposts until i actually do find a cheat, or the API comes out, whichever happens first.

speaking of coming out, have some delicious mancandy! hot librarian men in a neatly-packaged consumer-friendly 2012 format.

Men of the Stacks.

a tip of my rakish hat to Xeni. (if you don’t know who she is and really need to be handfed a link in order to find her, you’re doin it rong. )

smoove criminal gangster dieselpunk lovin’

modchen — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:38:31 +0000

what. you come up with a more descriptive title.

this is what i am talking abowwwwd. it’s like the dieselpunk fairy godmother tried to reverse-engineer an Ape for Emma Peel, and got hopelessly bewildered, and this was the result.

click it. it likes that. but not too much, or it will impale you nimbly with an umbrella while making tea with the other hand.

Muertitos : Christian Montenegro

modchen — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:45:30 +0000

these are kind of adorable. they might make good decals.

you should click them to view fullsize.

(what’s a caco? it looks like something i might have wanted to date when i was younger.)

these and many more types at the following:
click it or ticket!

Muertitos : Christian Montenegro.

Ultra Light Scooter

modchen — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:56:22 +0000

i’d say this guy needs a hobby, but apparently he already has one.

Ultra Light Scooter from Bikes in the Fast Lane – Daily Motorcycle News.

MADC’s magnum opus.

modchen — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:53:21 +0000

i have never seen a concept wall on this scale. damn, woman.

639m2 wall. 150+ colors. 1489 cans.

Click here to view the embedded video.

nearly a year in the making.

she calls it “stylemachine.”

700Wall: MOLOTOW.

snow ruck

modchen — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:48:26 +0000

oh….. colincwc. *fans self*

2strokebuzz.

pretend to be a time traveller day 2010

modchen — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:27:19 +0000

today has been the 2010 version of International Pretend To Be A Time Traveller Day.
unfortunately i was around the house being a Domestic Extremist all day, and there’s not a lot of point in trying to freak out the cats with subtle intimations that one is from a different timeline or movie or paradigm or dimension or whatever, fun as it is with, you know, the people at Office Depot or the bank. cats just kind of yawn and maybe give you the eye, and either sink some claws into your knee or else stretch and wander off to eat or poop. so, in honor of our dys-/u-/fall-/ethi-/whatever-opian future — i feel like i do plenty enough celebrating of the Time Before Tampons as it is — here you go.

Secret Cinema reenacts, live and as closely as possible, classic cinema – according to whatever definition of classic they feel is useful at the time, which suits me fine if they keep doing things like this. this past june they did Blade Runner (i know, but i’ve been sitting on it until i had something cool to go with it) and from everything i’ve seen it was an absolute smash. largescale reproduction of the environment and a high proportion of the attendees in appropriate costuming. absolutely stunning.

a whole bunch more incredible videos.

roy batty and all. purrrrr.