Word: fabric
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Neither a dramatization nor a documentary, Lanzmann's project achieves what neither of those genres could: it records actual memories, unmediated by any dramatist's conception, in the richest possible detail, recreating the fabric of ordinary life which was alternately shattered or untouched by the horrors of the Second World...
...guidelines. But it has become increasingly clear that maintaining rental housing in buildings with three or fewer units on a scattered, patchwork basis is not efficient for the University. Such buildings are best tended by an on-site owner-occupant who would become a part of the neighborhood fabric...
...some of the most adventurous anyone has ever done. These are clothes that defy convention by flowing all around it, like so many pieces of whole cloth finding fresh form in the controlled accident of the fall, making the body under them feel as loose and free as the fabric. He has even experimented with molding the body underneath. Other designers working the same territory might just market a line of underwear. Not Miyake. He designs bustiers for intrepid evening wear out of motorcycle- helmet plastic and mounts a museum project called "Bodyworks," which has appeared in Tokyo, Los Angeles...
...Japan. He's supporting the whole of the artistic community." Miles Davis likes to remark that Miyake "designs the way I think about music," and, pressed a little on the subject, comes up with some elegant riffs about Miyake's work. "He has balance, composition; he's incredible with fabric. He is an artist, yes, more than a fashion designer. I'd like to buy all of his stuff and put it on the wall, to look at when I get depressed." Even among his designer peers, Miyake pulls top points. Giorgio Armani says flat out that "Miyake...
...rights and responsibilities of members of a university community are essential elements in that community's ability to function. Violation of those rights strikes at the very heart of the University's life and character. Failure to observe those responsibilities weakens the fabric binding disparate elements within the University into one community...