http://frindley.vox.com/library/posts/tags/what+do+you+have+to+say%3F/page/1/ Random musings with a dash of entropy en Vox Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:28:10 +1100 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss what do you have to say? http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-creation-envy.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(frindley) http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-creation-envy.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-creation-envy.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:28:10 +1100 <blockquote><p>Show us something you wish you had made. </p></blockquote> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d8eb4b0003 6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d8e22a0004" at:format="strip-horizontal" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-strip enclosure-strip-horizontal" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style=" margin: 5px; border: 1px solid; text-align: center;"><a href="http://frindley.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d8eb4b0003.html" class="enclosure-strip-link" title="Yellow Mantle, Poiret 1913 – front view"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d8eb4b0003-120pi" alt="Yellow Mantle, Poiret 1913 – front view" class="enclosure-strip-image" style="margin: 5px; border: 0;" /></a><a href="http://frindley.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d8e22a0004.html" class="enclosure-strip-link" title="Yellow Mantle, Poiret 1913 – back view"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d8e22a0004-120pi" alt="Yellow Mantle, Poiret 1913 – back view" class="enclosure-strip-image" style="margin: 5px; border: 0;" /></a></div> </div> <!-- end enclosure --> <div>I saw this gorgeous yellow and black wool mantle at the <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/index.html">Victoria and Albert Museum</a> in London. It&#39;s by a French designer, Paul Poiret (1879–1944). I bought a postcard, thinking that one day I might try to copy its deconstructed kimono styling. But I never did. Or at least I haven&#39;t yet! More detail about the mantle can be found on the V&amp;A website at <a href="http://images.vam.ac.uk/indexplus/result.html?_IXFIRST_=1&amp;_IXACTION_=query&amp;_IXMAXHITS_=1&amp;_IXSR_=m7A_v3V6rmv&amp;_IXSPFX_=templates/large_p&amp;_IXFPFX_=templates/large_p">this link</a>. And the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers more background about Poiret <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B0DC3D00F-4611-4F91-8DC2-CC3C1A5C48D5%7D">here</a> and <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Poiret/king_of_fashion_gallerytexts.asp">here</a>. (The Met has included some fascinating video animations showing how Poiret manipulated linear fabric into incredible draped and spiralled designs on the mannequins themselves, eschewing the traditional method of shaping garments from cut pattern pieces.) <br /><br />Issey Miyake springs to mind as a contemporary manifestation of the technique. And in fact there is an Issey Miyake for Vogue jacket (<a href="http://groehm.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/2088.jpg">the one on the left</a>) that I&#39;ve also yet to make that is in much the same spirit! <br /></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-creation-envy.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d8eb930003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> sewing vogue vox hunt v&a issey miyake poiret mantle what do you have to say? hpartsandcrafts2 creation envy http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-a-real-genius.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(frindley) http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-a-real-genius.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-a-real-genius.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:15:19 +1100 <blockquote><p>Show us a musical genius. </p></blockquote> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d3cc0a0004" at:format="medium" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://frindley.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d3cc0a0004.html"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d3cc0a0004-200pi" alt="Geoffrey Lancaster" title="Geoffrey Lancaster" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://frindley.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d3cc0a0004.html" title="Geoffrey Lancaster">Geoffrey Lancaster</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p><br /><a href="http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/bio.asp?pID=229">Geoffrey Lancaster</a>: Australian pianist, fortepianist, scholar, conductor, teacher, and all-round musical genius.</p> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-a-real-genius.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d3bd170001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> piano musical genius vox hunt what do you have to say? hpmusic2 fortepiano geoffrey lancaster http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-makes-me-want-to-cut-a-rug.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(frindley) http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-makes-me-want-to-cut-a-rug.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://frindley.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-makes-me-want-to-cut-a-rug.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:47:22 +1100 <blockquote><p><em>Video</em>: Show us a video that makes you want to dance. </p></blockquote> <div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d35dc30001" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large video-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item video-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://frindley.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d35dc30001.html"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d35dc30001-500pi" alt="Night and Day" title="Night and Day" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://frindley.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d35dc30001.html" title="Night and Day">Night and Day</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </div><div>Fred, Ginger, Cole Porter - what more could you ask for?<br /></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252988088fdb00e398d375a90003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> music ginger fred astaire porter night and day vox hunt what do you have to say? video dance hpmusic2