Polka Dots and Civil Rights: Doug and Gene Meyer

Curator: Nancy Sharon Collins
date: April 8, 2013
Categories: Design for Entertaining, Environmental Graphic Design
Tags: architecture, editorial design, Fashion, interiors, mid-century design, style

Doug and Gene Meyer: The Longue Vue Installation,” was a decorative arts, fashion and design exhibition curated by Jeff McKay earlier this year in New Orleans. (Note from author: I’m terribly envious of what these bright brothers, a style monger and the spirit of a social activist socialite pulled off in my hometown. This group took a mere retrospective of the Meyers’ work and created a blockbuster event.)

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Heely Fun: Kobi Levi

Curator: Bryony Gomez-Palacio
date: October 5, 2012
Categories: Experience Design
Tags: Fashion, Fun, shoes, statement, unexpected
Living in Austin, I miss my New York heels. This is not a place for strutting them, but I still like to browse and dream of wearing them. 
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Runway Mural: Letman and Gijs Frieling

Curator: Erik Marinovich
date: February 22, 2012
Categories: Environmental Graphic Design
Tags: Fashion, Hand Drawn Type, Lettering

I’ve been a fan of Job Wouters (a.k.a Letman) for a long time, and his work is a personal favorite of mine. He recently collaborated with Gijs Frieling on a mural for the runway show of Dries Van Noten’s Men’s Fall 2012 collection during Paris fashion week. There was also a handful of garments within the collection that featured their art. 

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kid’s wear: Meiré und Meiré

Curator: Jesse Reed
date: November 18, 2011
Categories: Editorial Design, Illustration
Tags: culture, Fashion, germany, Kids, lifestyle, Magazine, publication
kid’s wear is a biannual magazine that features “children’s fashion, lifestyle and culture.” The publication is released at the beginning of every fashion season, and includes German, English and Italian text. Cologne-based Meiré und Meiré, a.k.a. Mike Meiré, a.k.a. NEO NOTO, is the studio responsible for its design and art direction. From the examples on their website, it appears that a redesign happened somewhere around 2006 and Meiré has designed issues 22–33, respectively. The magazine is published by photographer Achim Lippoth.
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Charlotte Taylor’s Spring / Summer 2012 Lookbook Film: HarrimanSteel

Curator: Stewart Smith
date: November 9, 2011
Categories: Motion Graphics, Promotional Design & Advertising
Tags: Fashion, Motion, Reflection, Repetition

London-based studio HarrimanSteel has crafted a new lookbook film for emerging fashion designer Charlotte Taylor’s Spring / Summer 2012 line that is simple, elegant and gorgeous. Stina Smith, an art director and senior creative at HarrimanSteel, created the one-minute film’s constraints of repetition and reflection, aiming to mirror the qualities of Taylor’s forthcoming collection. 

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