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Art washes away from the
soul the dust of everyday life.

-Pablo Picasso-

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Mary Nicole is an information design student in Manila, Philippines.

She is currently employed part-time at SPARK Magazine.

A self-taught learner, she takes pleasure in taking photographs, writing, reading, and sketching.

She has an awful habit of being overly productive, overly lazy, overly sleepy or overly restless.

Feel free to drop her messages anytime. She'd like to know if humans do exist.

Sunday, June 27, 2010, 10:54 PM

Brainstormer's Einstein

A little Enlightenment Supplication from the Inventor's Lab
Three bold random words assigned to us to make any visual design of.

And here's what I've come up with

P.S. I'd love to make this into a shirt!

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Thursday, June 17, 2010, 1:09 AM

Shelley Duvall

Shelley Duvall is a 70's icon American film and tv series actress and producer.
Starring in movies by Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton,
she is best known for her roles in The Shining, Popeye, Frankenweenie and 3 Women
where she was awarded Best Actress by the Cannes Film Festival.

As a producer, Shelley Duvall started her own production company called Platypus Productions
wherein she was able to create a series of television series like Faerie Tale Theatre in 1982 which was based on classic fairy tales
and Tall Tales & Legends in 1985 which was based on American folk tales.

Here's a little sketch then edit I made of the inspiring Shelley Duvall.

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Sunday, June 13, 2010, 2:45 AM

First of the Gang - Morrissey

Morrissey

Zee Avi's Cover

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Thursday, June 10, 2010, 11:47 PM

SHOW ME HOW IT'S DONE: Chloë Sevigny

Actress, model, and recently turned fashion designer Chloë Sevigny is not only the ultimate style icon IT-girl, but is also a living breathing inspiration to women around the world.

She's known to think out of the box and has never been afraid of new challenges and have often seen to be trying something new even if its out of her comfort zone. No wonder she's been in a few mishaps and controversies. Remember Cannes Film Festival in 2003? People feared the end of her acting career when she took on a lead female role in The Brown Bunny where she was seen giving co-star & director, Vincent Gallo, a fellatio.

Critics and even her agency scorned her for being "one step above pornography", and William Morris Agency eventually dropped her as a client.

But it didn't take long until Chloë Sevigny was back on her feet and all it took was Big Love in 2006, a critically-acclaimed & highly popular TV series by HBO that continues to broadcast till this very day which shows an unusual take on polygamy as a husband with his children from three wives all settle under one roof in a modern day American setting. Ironically, Chloë Sevigny is a practicing Roman Catholic.

So why be in awe of Chloë Sevigny? Well, why not?
You'll be head over heels in love when you see her collaboration with Opening Ceremony .

"Opening Ceremony is a multifaceted retail environment comprised of shops, showroom, and private label collection that establishes a new, international creative forum in downtown Manhattan. Opening Ceremony brings together emerging American talent with both young and established designers and artists from abroad. Each year, the unique commercial and cultural character of a visiting country is represented at Opening Ceremony by capturing the essence of the country’s consumer experience. Opening Ceremony has also become known for its myriad collaborations with the likes of Chloë Sevigny, Spike Jonze, Pendleton, Levi's, Timberland, Keds, Robert Clergerie, and more."

It all started in 2008 and I personally think it's kismet since Chloë's always been a style icon herself ever since the 90's check out Exhibit A:

And you'll be amazed with how far she's grown from that to Exhibit B:

And from modeling and acting, Chloë's made headlines in the fashion industry. Check out Exhibit C:

A sweet and edgy vintage take when it comes to fashion, Chloë continues to set the trend as she designs head-to-toe for Opening Ceremony.
Watch out for her latest Resort 2011 collection and here's a sneak peek just because I know how hard it is to keep good news to yourself. Teehee.

Resort 2011 pictures from Fashionsquad

Chloë Sevigny never fails to give me an itch for fashion & after all the photos and vidoes I've seen, I don't think I'll ever stop itchin for more of Chloë's line!

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 4:03 AM

BECK

Introducing one of my all-time favorite music video

If I could hold
Hold out for now
With these icecaps melting down
With the transistor sound
And my Chevrolet terraplane
Going around around around

Come on little gamma ray
Standing in a hurricane

Your brains are bored like a refugee from a house that's burning
And the heat wave's calling your name
She's got a cactus crown
With a dot dot dot on her brow
And she speaks inside a cloud
With her countenance turning around

It hit me like a gamma ray
Standing in a hurricane

I'm pulling out thorns
Smokestack lightning out my window
I want to know what I've lost today

Come on little gamma ray
Standing in a hurricane

Your body's bored
Like a refugee from a house that's burning
And the backwater's calling your name

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, 12:25 AM

SLOW DAZE, BAG CRAZE

Beautifully put together and Rock & Roll, who can resist the the work of Uruguayan designer,Sabrina Tach

SabrinaTach, on the international market for two years now, is a Uruguayan brand that has sold its designs to boutiques in Paris and New York.

The collection has a wide range of colors, original textures and avant-garde designs. Each piece is patiently crafted, with its materials carefully selected and hand-cut.

Uruguay, a world leader in livestock breeding, produces a large variety of excellent-quality leather, ideal for the manufacturing of these unique handbags. The high quality of the material combined with a vast experience with leather craftsmanship results in a very beautiful and exclusive product.

The tanneries used by Sabrina Tach have strict environmental policies. All of the leathers come from animals bred in free-range Uruguayan estancias, and are by-products of the meat industry.

SOURCE

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 10:50 PM

GEMINI

Summer days and lazy afternoons, what else is there to do?

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Sunday, June 6, 2010, 1:03 AM

Sometimes the Strangest Places can feel like Home

You don't need fiction to make a wonderland of your own.
Here at Dover Street Market in London, Rei KAWABUKO shows you how it's done.

"I want to create a kind of market where various creators from various fields gather together and encounter each other in an ongoing atmosphere of beautiful chaos: the mixing up and coming together of different kindred souls who all share a strong personal vision." -Rei KAWABUKO

And indeed, you know you've got a genius before you when
they're able to create sheer chaotic perfection.

From Alexander McQueen to Givenchy, Nina Ricci, Adam Kimmel, Lanvin, & Yves Saint Laurent, Dover Street Market has surely made itself a haven of the elite.

Also being known as the designer behind Comme des Garcons, Rei KAWABUKO has surely
found its nesting place in the fashion industry.

Fashion and Arts enthusiasts will surely feel at home here in Dover Street Market.
Intrigued by what the world has to offer, Rei KAWABUKO opens its doors to all saying,

"We hope to make DSM more and more interesting. I enjoy seeing all the customers coming to DSM dressed in their strong, good looking and individual way. I would like for DSM to be the place where fashion becomes fascinating."

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Saturday, June 5, 2010, 12:49 AM

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Thursday, June 3, 2010, 12:24 PM

End Summer Night Slumber

And in the dim yellow light I see
What was becoming of me
Woman is what woman does
Bat your eyelashes once
Close to your lover
Open to another
To see how fickle dreams could be
Honesty yet another scarcity
And as you lay your head down to sleep
And ponder the existence of an honest man to keep
You tell yourself it's worth the dream
To indulge in fantasies while they're free
To make love with all intensity
Lay bare with all your dignity
For mistaken, ever shaken
Of love we've known but now forsaken
For nothing more than intimacy
While heavy breaths lay to rest
Side by side, like corpses sharing beds
As we close our eyes and claim ourselves free
Unaware & doomed for all eternity

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 2:58 AM

And from heaven St. Vincent came

Annie Erin Clark is a one of a kind singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who's been keeping me company throughout my summer soundtrack.

If her name doesn't ring a bell, then you best know her as St.Vincent.

Currently residing in New York, she started out touring with Sufjan Stevens, bringing along her EP containing three tracks.

Now she's released 2 albums, mainly Marry Me under Beggars Banquet Records in 2007 and Actor in 2009.

She's opened shows for The National, Grizzly Bear, Death Cab for Cutie, and Arcade Fire which all happen to be a few of my favorites as well.

Her melodic almost transcendental take combined with her soulful honest lyrics is not only soothing to the ears, but to the gray matter as well.

A few of my favorite tracks include:

Just the Same but Brand New
The people on the street have overtaken you
By the time you rounded Second Avenue
So I walked away all perfumed
Felt just the same but brand new

And anything you wrote I checked for codes and clues
The letters stopped unceremoniously in June
So I changed my I's & A's to yours
I'm just the same but brand new

And I do my best impression of weightlessness now too
And I might be wrong, I might be wrong, I might be wrong
But honey I believed I could

Float away dangling
I'm just the same but brand new to You.