Space Rags

Used future: Serenity

September 29, 2009

Used future: Serenity

The term “used future” was coined by George Lucas to describe the unkempt reality of life in outer space, specifically Han Solo’s dingy Millennium Falcon.

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Geodesic dome redux

May 28, 2009

Geodesic dome redux

This post is sort of a follow-up to a previous post with a similar thesis: that the 60s and 70s aren’t dead, they’re alive and well and living on tumblr.

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Bart Prince

May 10, 2009

Bart Prince

Buildings by the Albuquerque-based architect Bart Prince. The top photographs show the house he built for Joe Price, a collector of Edo-era Japanese art and design. This is a small sample of photos of his work from the April 2009 issue of Wallpaper Magazine (a really good issue).

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Ha, finally! The 90s are the new 80s.

February 25, 2009

Ha, finally! The 90s are the new 80s.

That’s according to the New York Times, and since nostalgia seems to work in 20-year cycles, I guess anyone could have seen it coming. If, as the article says, the 90s were the sci fi thing and the Breeders, then excellent, but … what is that orange outfit!

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Space Rags

October 19, 2008

Space Rags

Summer Glau in the (tragically) cancelled Firefly sci fi series by Joss Whedon. From gawker

Ever noticed that the farther out you go in space and time—Outer Space, and/or the far distant future—the more everyone is dressed like nomads or desert warriors or agrarian herders or medieval warriors..

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Mandula.

October 16, 2008

Mandula.

Vancouver clothing designer Hajnalka Mandula has some dedicated devotees in our studio. Hajnalka (pronounced High NAL ka) produces a hybrid look that’s part urban nomad, part steampunk, part Hungarian schoolboy, part post-apocalyptic Girl Guide, all this and yet the effect is sexy and pulled together. 

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