—CRUSH
ICED TEA ON EAMES
"They were doing mash ups mash ups existed."
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ENAMEL DICTION AT NY FASHION WEEK
"We're so proud to be apart of Gen Art's Fresh
Faces in Fashion, as designers we believe in
true collaboration, and Gen Art's mission to
support emerging talent, individualisation and self
expression is in pure aligment with the Enamel
Diction brand. We chose NY Fashion week to
launch Enamel Diction in the US market as a result".
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NEVILLE BRODY
When you mention Neville Brody most people
would ask, Wanker or Genius?
Wanker = G W Bush
Genius = Tom Ford
Sometimes you need a touch of both to become
bigger than Texas!
Snaps to you Brody – ride the 50 year storm.
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MIKAHIL BULGAKOV
FRESH, FRESH, FRESH n FRESH
You may be aware of Mikahil Bulgakov's Master and Margarita; a Faustian story about good and evil.
You may or may not be aware that the The Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil was based on this story.
It's a timeless question, what is good and what is evil?
Did you ever think about our language and see that god – good and devil – evil… (Oh my god, I got a D minus).
It's a little bit funny, but I've never believed that good was enough – maybe you can't recognise me?
This I do agree with Bulgakov – "There's only one degree of freshness — the first, which makes it also the last"
Pleased to meet you, I hope you catch my name.
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ERNESTO 'CHE' GUEVARA
An Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat, military theorist and atheist, Ernesto "Che" Guevara was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution and has become a a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia within popular culture.
Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century and his portrait that inspired Madonna's American Life album cover is considered to be the most famous photograph in the world.
When you look at his bio, from Medicine and Motorcycle Diaries to Guerrilla and Guatemala, he accomplished a lot, which leads me to think.
Am I satisfied?
I'm drinking a Soy latte, I get a double shotte,
It goes through my body, And you know I'm satisfied.
But the real question Mads is, am I going to be a star?
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GEORGE ORWELL
The original big brother, George Orwell was known for his keen intelligence, profound awareness of social injustice, intense, revolutionary opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.
Gotta love his six rules for writers.
01. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
02. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
03. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
04. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
05. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
06. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
Holy crap! I'm glad he'll never read Enamel Diction.
Ciao
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MAT DOLPHIN
We love Mat Dolphin's work and we've decided to follow his Periodic Table of Creative Influences. Starting with Kubrick howe could we not, it's our obsession, are you in?
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JOHN FOWLES
Fear and loathing not only happens in Vegas.
As the debt drama engulfing Greece creates greater fear and uncertainty, it's poignant to reflect on this weeks creative influence insight from 1966.
"Greece is like a mirror.
It makes you suffer.
Then you learn.
To live alone?
To live.
With what you are."
— John Fowles, The Magus
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VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Want to play a game?
Did you know that "synesthesia" is a neurologically-based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.
Famous for Lolita, Vladamir's most important novel, exhibits his love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that characterised all his works.
Ironically, he was also an accomplished Entomologist (the science of insects) not to be confused with Etymology (the study of the history of words).
With a sense of humour and a sense of horror, I can't wait to get into my cocoon, watch Lolita and emerge a lyrical and comical nymphalidae.
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COEN BROTHERS
Given the Coen brothers were known in the film business as "the two-headed director", becuase they share a similar vision for their films, it seemed apt we take the initiative to explore their influence of these one percenters.
Aside from finishing each others thoughts, they've been described as snotty art-film postmodern jokesters with a dark humour and let's face it not many people really get it, we like you guys already…
The Coen bros seem to embody the right initiative by taking something mainstream, pulling it apart, reconstructing and reprogramming it to confuse, bewilder and intrigue the ninety nine percent. I mean look at what they did to George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Jeff Bridges after Tron.
The force is strong in these two… Burn baby burn.
"The movie people let us play in the corner of the sandbox and leave us alone. We're happy here." - Ethan Coen
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