Lee Quinones : Just another WordPress weblog

I found this fascinating quote today:

Art based on the spray can has been a dynamic movement propelled by young people since the late 1960s that reaches a larger audience gauged by its own persistence. As artists, we are responsible for the advancement of this movement, just as we were responsible for its introduction. We must breach the tar pits of our outlaw status and use our social and resourceful skills to painfully advance an art movement that continues to gain respect in its own time and beyond. This is a call to arms for all Rapid Enamelists.Lee Quinones : Just another WordPress weblog, Feb 2009

You should read the whole article.

Radar: Super Dope Leather Moleskine® Covers

Been a little time-poor these days with development of a couple great projects (I'll have some goodies to share with y'all shortly) and so I haven't been able to post. As I balance my work flow, aka procrastinate a bit, I felt compelled to share this with you courtesy of 12oz Prophet: The incredible Dan Funderburgh has created these laser etched leather Moleskine® covers for engraveyourbook. $60 US and available by mail order.

Read about why engraveyourbook had to change their manufacturing process from directly onto the PVC Moleskines® themselves.

What Does Your Home or Office Reveal About You?

I just discovered a very neat-o site that feeds my lust for all things anthropological: The Selby. Perfect for voyeurs and curious types alike, the site features delicious photos and videos of fashionably interesting and creative people in their homes and offices-most of which are in New York.

Although unrelated, this site brings to mind a book called  Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling, Ph.D.

I Live My Life Like There's No Tomorrow

Its Monday. Time for work and time for some rocking out, of course. Set your week up right with the David Lee Roth Runnin' With The Devil Soundboard. Yeeeeeah.

Mini Love

Happy New Year and Happy New Beginnings!

I am not one of those people who believes in resolutions (lucky for you). But I do take the opportunity at this time of year to examine why I do the things that I do and why I don't do things that I like to do more often, like blogging for example. 

The first thing I've uncovered from this introspection is in regard to my morning rituals. Generally I like to keep a bit of flexibility in the things that I do and when I do them, but morning time is not an example of this and I pity the fool that tries to deviate me from it. I get out of bed and brew organic coffee straight away (from Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters in Whitehorse). Then I go to my computer and scroll through my email. I look for the the daily emails I subscribe to like VSL: Very Short List and Daily Dose of Imagery. Both of these are short, sweet and inspiring: just what you want first thing in the morning. 

Today VSL featured tilt-shift photography and a link from Smashing Magazine about 50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography. So tiny, so perfect and so real. 

Photo: Timothy S Schenck

Ten Things We Learned From Celeb Fashion in 2008

I heart the Fug Girls. They are smart, acerbic and they are almost always bang-on with their commentary. This article is no exception: Ten Things We Learned From Celeb Fashion in 2008.

Two entries in particular strike closest to my heart. Take heed people: Being on A Reality Show Doesn't Make You A Fashion Designer and Shopping A Lot Doesn't Make You A Fashion Designer. Word.

Photo: Getty Images/The Cut

50 Most Beautiful Icon Sets Created in 2008

The 'Best Of 2008' series continues here and here. 

I was excited to come across the 50 Most beautiful Icon Sets Created in 2008 on Furl today.

I am a big fan of using custom icons. Its a fun, easy and inexpensive way to personalize your computer. Like these Kidaubis Chinese Wind Icons above. Most are free!

2008 Wrap up: Anna Wintour On Worst Dressed List?

Come on now Time Magazine. There's no way that THIS outfit-Chanel by the way- is a bigger fashion faux pas than this one by Janet Jackson. Or this one. Like really.

Scent of Time

Today the fine folks at Yanko Design wrote about a clock designed by Hyun Choi that allows for scents to be exuded to indicate time. The idea is "if we are able to perceive the time by other sensory organ, we might be able to feel the time, which will bring a completely different thinking and behaviour. The numerous holes are the exit of the fragrance. If we insert fragrance containing capsule we want into the corresponding time on the backside, it will make smell at the time. Take for instance, if you insert the fragrance of toast at 7 o'clock, you will get up at 7 o'clock with the fragrance of toast and know it is 7 o'clock naturally."

Looking Good Can Be Bad For Your Image

In today's issue of 'In The Cut' New York Magazine's daily fashion blog, André Leon Talley admits that he shops at discount retailers like Target, Walmart, K-Mart and Sam's Club. 

Not so newsworthy perhaps? It is when you consider the source. Leon Talley is the Editor-at-large of Vogue magazine, has been a fashion show A-lister and style guru for well over two decades. In his admission, he exposes the fashion double standard many people in the public eye are guilty of. He is referring to Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin when he remarked:

"I think that every woman should put her best foot forward in her career and she's a professional. I think there's a bit of a double standard because when you hear her talking, they call her the Wal-Mart hockey mom. And Wal-Mart hockey moms would never spend $150,000 on clothing. Most people in this country don't make $150,000 a year and she's spent it on a clothing splurge."

Asked when the last time he went shopping was, he replied "I don't shop, darling! It's a crisis! Everything I have on is nothing new, all old clothes, not one new thing. Nothing new." 

But then, he's not running for office.

Bonus:Click here for a Sarah Palin slide show pre- and post makeover.

'In The Cut' first reported Sarah's secret of big ticket fashion purchases back in mid September. 

Could it be that Mrs McCain is behind Mrs Palin's makeover? Her hairdresser at least.

Photo: In The Cut

The hemorrhaging continues: Amy Strozzi, Palin's makeup artist was the highest paid individual in John McCain's presidential campaign during the first half of October.

Update: Maureen Dowd chimes in with her thoughts about the Republican Eliza Doolittle.