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The Butterflies, Bon Magazine

Photography ~ Julia Hetta
Styling ~ Naomi Itkes

Such beautiful photographs! Julia Hetta's work is very striking, and reminds me a lot of Paolo Roversi, and Sarah Moon's work. I really love the whole aesthetic of these photographs; blending both woman and wallpaper into some kind of surreal dreamscape where 'the butterfly' has become so much more primitive, mystical and sensual. The dark decadence of the colour palette too is definitely my inspiration for the coming winter months.

pretty & awkward, it's not always an either / or.

Pretty & awkward, it’s not always an either/or. true - my favourite type of person / object / art / music / thing...

Mikael Jansson for Interview

This is so so good ~ the photography, styling - layering, tones (i see deep crimsons and purples being a fundamental colour for my autumnal dressing), textures and a mash up of prints (i'm all over those print trousers / suits.) & the shoes! ~ clunky, chunky, bold, platform - YES.

At once awkward, eccentric, elegant, clumsy, avant garde... love.

only so many tomorrows

Lena Kholkina | Cake zine
~ whatever you want to do, do it. there’s only so many tomorrows ~

see you on a dark night

Grimes by Tara Darby for Twin zine VI

Love this girrrrrrrrrrrrl!

& our wild paths intersect

Frank Bruggeman | Faye Toogood | Scholten & Baijings | Maarten Baas

Photographed by Marius W Hansen

COS Magazine No. 10 - The Outside Issue

I was flicking through the latest COS Magazine, and was captivated by the feature that saw five noted designers and artists create a bouquet. Each interpreted in different ways, exploring various ideas; permanence, space, composition, representation, temporality, the urban outdoors...

My favourite is the floral arrangement by Frank Bruggeman - the form and composition, the contrast of textures, the simplicity, the way in which the one stem lies horizontally...

"His imposing installations shown in museums and public spaces often consist of trees, flowers and other organic materials. For this exuberant bouquet, Bruggeman combined dry, wintery materials such as chestnut branches with newly flowering amaryllis and tulips. “It gives one a sense of the season,” says the artist. “Bouquets are living rather than static things, and thus temporary.” Instead of choosing a traditional vase, Bruggeman has made use of a kenzan or ‘spiky frog’, a flower holder from the ikebana practice. A true flora fanatic, Bruggeman is a founding editor of Club Donny, a journal on the personal experience of nature in the urban environment."

Having a mother as a florist, I find myself becoming more and more interested in the construction and the concept of a floral arrangement, as so much of the deliberation over flower, colour and composition choices bear such a similarity to the creative processes when creating any other type of art. These pieces, in their expression of a concept with their sculptural appearance, prove that the artistry of arranging is far from a past time only the village elderly upkeep but a very contemporary creative practice that I believe is only beginning to permeate the art world.

--- title from a song by patten -- go listen -- & watching Drive for like the hundreth time -- the soundtrack is divine -- #midnightmusings

origami cosmos

b Magazine No. 4 & 5

design: Emily Hadden

first, fifth, seventh, eighth: Dempsey Stewart photographed by Tom Allen

Hyper Romanticism || Under Reality

Under Reality cover, one of two covers for HUSK S/S '12. More photos soon.

I got an internship with HUSK magazine & am very excited to start working with them.

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The S/S 2012 HUSK deals with the subject of CONFLICT, Hyper Romanticism vs. Under Reality.

'In our biggest issue so far (230 pages!), you will find a special feature on Scandinavian powerhouse ACNE including an interview with Creative Director JONNY JOHANSSON and a preview to their Fall/Winter collections, a conversation with the founder of 10 Corso Como CARLA SOZZANI, a feature on English retail icon TOMMY ROBERTS, a talk with 032c and Interview Germany Editor-in-Chief JÖRG KOCH, insight into the work of New York's design duo ROMAN & WILLIAMS, a visual essay by Art Director MARC ATLAN and also AARON ROSE, AKRAM ZAATARI, MIHARA YASUHIRO, NICOLAS PROVOST, BRIONI, MARY ELLEN MARK & MARTIN BELL, JACK PIERSON and many more.

HARLEY WEIR shot face of Vivenne Westwood DEMPSEY STEWART in a blockbuster 30 page editorial for our cover. THOMAS LOHR was inspired by James Bond for our license-to-kill menswear story, TINA SCHOTT and MARTON PERLAKI fight with the enemy within and the issue also features photography by ARI MARCOPOULOS, MIKAEL SCHULZ, JONATHAN WAITER, ROSA RENDL, JONAS LINDSTROM and many others.'

Go and buy this beautiful zine!

bright blooms

Tank zine, 'Pleasure of Texture'
Photography ~ Pani Paul
Styling ~ Isabelle Sayer
Model & Illustrator ~ Naomi Preizler

new growth

The Room zine #15, 

photography by Emilio Tini