Music Mix Monday | ‘Paul’s Boutique’ remade by Cheeba, Moneyshot & Food

Mondays. Ugh. Fight the Monday blues with this unbelievable mix!



"3 years in the making, 3 DJs working with over 150 tracks to recreate one of the seminal sampling albums of all time, at last Cheeba, Moneyshot and I can reveal ‘Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix’. Our tribute to the classic Beastie Boys album ‘Paul’s Boutique’ remixed and re-imagined from all the original samples plus a cappellas, period interviews and the Beasties’ own audio commentary from the reissued release."

Inspiration and Color for [Experiment 3]

Presenting the inspiration and color for our next collection  EGYPTIAN CMYK !

Experiment 1, our first collection, was all about visual languages (braille, binary, circuitry).  Experiment 2 had a more mathematical spin (Fibonacci, fractals, origami). Next up Experiment 3 -  a hybrid of Egyptian symbolism and coding !  To be shown November 2011.

Our Manifesto

Inspired by recent adventures, we have coined  LOOMLAB's Manifesto   We believe it and we hope it makes you smile.

We are for… the beauty of individual style. 

 
We are for… playing with pigment.

 
We are for… DIY makers and creators.

 
We are for… spontaneity.

 
We are for… coffee and ice cream as major food groups.

We are for… staying hungry and staying foolish - (thank you Steve Jobs).

We are for… being tireless in pursuit of adventure.

We are for… the laws of simplicity (thank you John Maeda)

We are for… for daydreaming.

We are for… taking the road that has a dance party at the end of it.

We are for… making a better future by developing elements from the past - (thank you Goethe).

We are for… curling up with a good book on a stormy day.

We are for… digital tools and media that unleash creative potential.

We are for… empowering others towards self-sufficiency (Magdalene, Build A Nest, Reading Glass Project). 

We are for… the stories that your favorite accessories could tell.

We are for… flea market treasure hunts.

We are for… ideas worth spreading - (thanks TED).

We are for… wearing scarves in the summer.

We are for… solving riddles and deciphering codes.

We are for… library cards.

We are for… the art of craftsmanship – the perfect imperfections of the hand.

We are for… LOOMLAB scarves that bring delight and discovery.

"Amen!"

Enjoy the weekend!

King Tut

Discovered this golden nugget while researching the next collection:  The skin of the sun god Ra was thought to be made of gold.

What's the concept for the next collection? .... Egyptian CMKY. 

This golden mask lay over the head, chest and part of the shoulders of the mummy of Psusennes I, as a layer of protection. The royal headdress with ureaus cobra and the divine false beard he wears attested to his royal and godly status. The use of gold, considered the flesh of the gods, reaffirmed his divinity in the afterlife. (http://www.chron.com/entertainment/photogallery/dlb_King_Tut_is_coming_to_Houston.html#23491277)

Suprasensorial at MOCA

Visited Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space at MOCA on Saturday.  FABULOUS.  I really enjoy art that plays with your senses, is interactive, and encourages experience and active participation. 

 

and afterward appealing to to our taste senses, lunch at a Korean BBQ in Little Tokyo

Fibonacci for the home

Need this coffee table by MSTRF in my apartment!

MSTRF's Design Philosophy = Fibonacci Principle

 

Voice Prints: make your audible visual

Make the audible visual with voice prints.  Record your voice, chose your color palette and print size, send it to voice prints and voilà your voice is now art!

"The human voice is a remarkable ability that most people use on a daily basis. The voice identifies us and sets us apart from others; it is a part of our personality. Our voice is our audible signature, each person in the world has a unique voice just like our DNA, fingerprints or the iris’s of our eyes. The human voice is even more complex than visible fingerprints or iris’s since it is continually affected by factors such as emotions, health and age but it always remains unique to every individual."  http://voiceprintsart.com/about.html

Projection Mapping on the Frank Gehry IAC HQ

Watch and experience.


The LightLine of Gotham from seeper on Vimeo.
Introducing 'Light Lining' to the US. A technique of projection mapping 3D content. Working in collaboration with Vimeo to conclude the Vimeo Festival and Awards, the Frank Gehry IAC HQ provided the perfect canvas for our transformation of sight and sound.

Digi-Bling: Phototransistor Stud Earrings

Just received my etsy order from digi-bling: A pair of phototransistors for my ears!  These subtle stud earrings are real phototransistors.  A fabulous find on etsy, Digi-Bling makes jewelry from electronic components.

   

Phototransistor Stud Earrings

  

Mint Green Oxide resistor necklace

 

Half Can Oscillator cufflinks 

 

Chunky Orange capacitor necklace v2.a

Visit there shop for other great accessories for you or the fashionable nerd in your life. 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/digibling

180grammes

I recently stumbled upon 180grammes, an originative boutique outside of Paris. It is clear that artist, designer, and owner of 180g Nicolas Chevalier executes his vision perfectly. With the fusion of high-tech and low-tech, Chevalier combines both hand worked processes with modern materials. I am enamored with 180g's entire creative process and presentation. http://www.180grammes.com
via limited hype: A creative boutique that mixes tailor-made clothing and hand-dyed pieces where people can feel truly connected to their clothing. Nestled beside an Art Gallery on a typical Parisian street, resides a creative shop like no other. A place where you become the designer and the artist, tailor-making your very own wardrobe from jackets, to sweaters, to shirts, to sneakers. From N°11 Blue Lagoon and N°22 Paradise Pink to flannel jackets and cashmere scarves, you can have your article hand painted in 180g‘s atelier in over 100 rich, nuanced, luminous colors. http://limitedhype.com/2010/03/shop-180grammes/

pictures via http://limitedhype.com/2010/03/shop-180grammes/

Moleskine Pac-Man

Loving these limited edition Pac-Man Moleskines

simmons+burke=genuis

I recently had the good luck to visit the opening of Simmons and Burke's show IF NOT WINTER at the Michael Kohn Gallery. I often attend art openings in and around LA, but rarely does the art affect me as much as this show did. It was pure and raw and technical and an orchestra of image and sound - excuse my language, but their work is a complete mind fuck.

If you can get out to visit their show before it closes, I highly recommend it. It was an honor to be present to experience such true works of genius.
For their second solo show in Los Angeles, the artists have created a collection of work that underscores their now iconographic style. Using the Internet as their source material, Simmons & Burke have effectively combed through millions of images and sounds, appropriating these once disparate elements into the grand narratives of their art. Embracing a sense of horror vacui (literally, a fear of empty spaces) in their artwork, Simmons & Burke fill the entire surface of these works, creating depth from rich layers of imagery and sound.
-courtesy of Michael Kohn Gallery

Below LA Weekly's Christopher Miles describes the duo's work for their first solo show in LA:

"The collaborative duo of Case Simmons and Andrew Burke share a tendency toward epic spectacles that fuse human triumph, folly and cosmic events with the likes of 15th-century Netherlander Hieronymus Bosch or 16th-century German Albrecht Altdorfer. But while such forebears delivered such imagery as Christ issuing his last judgment from a kind of divine bubble hovering above a scorched and debouched earth, or a portal to heaven opening above a massive battle scene, Simmons & Burke are more likely to deliver Karl Lagerfeld decked out in white and emerging from the clouds, Michael Jordan dunking in the sky or Mr. Roarke and Tattoo of Fantasy Island mounting a podium while Britney and Madonna kiss in the corner. All this is handled via collage reminiscent of dada, with a kind of post-tweaker mania about it, and arranged in compositions that recall the sort of Renaissance and Baroque layouts art historians diagram with diagonal lines and triangles, but that you’ve probably seen more familiarly while tripping on a kaleidoscope. The most pleasurable eyestrain you’ll ever know is paired with equally cacophonous layered soundtracks matched to each of their Paradise on Earth visions."

Don't forget your data stream

Tired of forgetting your USB drive in a shared computer? Designed by Chris Jackson, an Industrial Designer living in Wellington, New Zealand, Jackson transforms the information hidden within the USB drive into a visual sculpture of binary code.

http://www.researchandobject.com/project/data-stream/

Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Symphony

Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case like his first circuit album (1-Bit Music 2004-05), 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally "performs" its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself. The album is available from Cantaloupe Music. - from http://www.1bitsymphony.com/

Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Symphony (Part 1: Overview)

Poster TEXTuality

Textual Graphics at Poster Text - "Hang your favorite book on the wall with the book's text, arranged to depict a memorable scene from the book"
http://postertext.com/

I may request a rendering of Roald Dahl's the BFG or Gogol's Dead Souls... depending on what mood I am in, of course.

Peter Pan

The Count of Monte Christo

Architectonic Abstractions

Architectonic, defined: relating to, or characteristic of architecture, design and construction; relating to the scientific systematization of the totality of knowledge

Color Me Katie

While googling 'cat runway show' (yes, don't ask), I stumbled across Katie - an inspiring photographer and street artist. The connection to my google inquiry (this was the picture ------------------------------------- >)

Check out Katie's blog, http://colormekatie.blogspot.com and mini documentary on her, http://www.babelgum.com/3020170/radar-eleven-color-katie.html as well an eyedropper of her work below. I hope one day I get to work with her on a LOOMLAB collaboration as she is truly amazing!

Dish Gardens to Wear!?

I am infatuated with Linda Hsiao's miniature dish garden accessories - wearable terrariums!? Incorporating succulents and porcelain for adornment - her Zoochory Jewelry collections is fabulous. If LEED certification were to cross over to fashion, I know how I will score some points!

Zoochory Jewelry- Living Succulent Rings Handmade Porcelain Slip cast creations.

Zoochory Jewelry Rings first prototypes

Zoochory Jewelry- Living Succulent Necklaces Handmade Porcelain Slip cast creations.

Maybe this explains my ADD...

Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains

Author Nicolas Carr poses the question in his new book, The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains: What kind of brain is the Web giving us?

That question will no doubt be the subject of a great deal of research in the years ahead. Already, though, there is much we know or can surmise—and the news is quite disturbing. Dozens of studies by psychologists, neurobiologists, and educators point to the same conclusion: When we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and superficial learning. Even as the Internet grants us easy access to vast amounts of information, it is turning us into shallower thinkers, literally changing the structure of our brain.