Blog Category: Behind the Scenes
Judith Leiber’s diminutive handbags.
Judith Leiber’s diminutive handbags were designed to fit a lipstick, a handkerchief and a $100 bill. As to carrying other necessities, “Well, what’s an escort for?” said Leiber.
Aelita Queen of Mars.
The costumes in the 1924 Soviet era silent movie, Aelita Queen of Mars, were marvels of Constructivism.
The Stooges knew a thing or two about fun.
The Three Stooges knew how to have fun.
An astronaut’s toolbox is a disciplined work of art.
Two toolboxes on the International Space Station. 3-D tools printed in space. And more.
Geometry from above.
Tennis courts. Running track. Basketball court. And more.
Stripes from above.
Rows of parked cars. Beach canopies. And more.
Extreme mending.
Extreme mending flaunts the repair, with stitches that call attention to themselves.
If you look closely.
Mid-century pod chairs. Deeply set windows. Paper clips.
Contemporary Aboriginal dot painting.
Australian Aborigines are adapting their traditional dot painting technique to new color schemes and freer abstraction.
Busby Berkeley perfected the “art of order.”
Busby Berkeley perfected the “art of order,” in Kristin Bialik’s apt phrase. The internet is full of tributes in pencils and paperclips.
