What the Hizzle?

So I am constantly amazed at how so many people are so enchanted with all things from years gone by. I work at a contemporary furniture store and with all of the great designs on the market today people still want the old stuff. Dont get me wrong, Mies was great and Le Corbusier changed the face of industrial and modern design but design has been constantly evolving since they created their iconic designs. The Barcelona chair (pictured above in black) is beautiful, well-known, and a symbol of sophisticated taste but it is far from being comfortable. While I do like having a few choice period pieces in my home I have to admit that my love of all things current and futuristic makes me wonder why others let their tastes linger in the past. If I had things my way old things would get tossed out when new, more convenient and more efficient things came on the market. I dont like looking backwards-only forward. For this reason it is not my desire to own all the furniture that has been in my family and passed down for the years. It totally goes against everything I believe in. I want things that are relevant in today's culture. When it comes to design with one eye in the future and the other in the loft only one name comes to my mind-Karim Rashid.

Karim Rashid is my hero. His bio-morphic design sense has touched everyones' lives. He is an Industrial Designer from Egypy and Canada whose brave use of colour and texture have transformed the design landscape. From Target's Method line of home products to Umbra's luscious Garbo trash can and flexi Oh! Chair Rashid has become a digital avatar and Godfather of modern design and architecture. For more of Rashid's designs visit http://www.karimrashid.com/ or http://www.karimrashidshop.com/ .

The Fall season is upon us....and with it comes great music!

So it is no secret how much I love Annie lennox. A friend of mine here in San Antonio got to meet

her last time she was here with Sting and needless to say I was very envious. What made it worse was that it meant absolutely nothing to my friend and it woulda meant a whole lot to meeeee! Anywho, Annie's new cd is called Songs of Mass Destruction and if the lead single, entitled Dark Road, is any indication of what we might expect then hold on to your panties (or manties depending on who you might be)! Dark Road is an epic that goes the whole cathartic route of any notable masterpiece. Her voice has always been fantastic but the control and mastery she retains over those vocal chords has never been more evident. http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCFbKEVzlOo

The baritone babe that is Dave Gahan also has a new solo offering in October. The 23rd brings us Hourglass, the follow-up to 2003's Paper Monsters. I have to admit I am skeptical only because I thought PM was okay and I also thought that the songs he contributed to Depeche Mode's Playing the Angel cd were pretty good but not good enough to carry an album. The lead single, Kingdom, sounds off the chain, though! I'll be getting the cd/dvd version for sure!

...these are a few of my faaavorite things......

Well it is a sad day, month, year now that Hedi Slimane is no longer at Dior Homme. I've seen the S/S 2008 line and it is.....well....it barely is. I'd like us all to bow our heads and observe a moment of silence for the end of an era. I'd like to present some of Hedi's highlights: