Word: graphics
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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While much of the class of 2008 will soon be I-banking their lives away, a handful will be scootering from their graphic tee design session to a fire-pit party—or so the recruiters from Abercombie and Fitch are hoping. About 40 upperclassmen attended A&F’s corporate info session Oct. 9, where chill employees and an even chiller video (techno, anyone?) presented the company’s summer internships for juniors and job opportunities for graduates in fashion merchandising. “We want nice, smart people that understand our brand...
...Trickling down the rue Saint-Honoré, down the street from her couture school, Kim found herself drawn to the famed Paris boutique Colette—and in particular, to their sophisticated collection of graphic T-shirts. Perhaps the rugged hipster appeal of an “I ;-) Paris” T-shirt (a Colette staple) didn’t necessarily cater to her interests, but it planted a seed of designs yet to come...
...cachet that contemporary art can bestow on fashion was one of the big creative and commercial themes at the recent runway shows in Paris and Milan. Miuccia Prada collaborated with architect Rem Koolhaas and graphic-design company 2x4 to create dizzying backdrops for her Art Nouveau-inspired prints. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana opened their show with a video of an artist painting a canvas with flowers. The models appeared in dresses of hand-painted organza. Although there was no direct collaboration, the brilliant layers of opaque color that Raf Simons created for the Jil Sander show looked like...
...male-dominated field. She recalled being belittled by a male colleague decades ago, describing his argument as, “You can do what you want to do, but you can’t expect us to respect it.” Since then, Schneemann has focused on graphic portrayals of the female form. “Interior Scroll—The Cave” depicts eight women, including Schneemann, pulling thin strips of paper printed with typewritten words out of their “second mouth,” as Schneemann called the vagina. In “Body...
...rally).A disparate but telling mixture of objects and art are on hand for illustrative purposes. Case in point: drawings and paintings they produced under the same teacher are presented alongside a wedding album.Meanwhile, the uninitiated are introduced to examples of Herbert Matter’s work as a graphic designer, including ads in Vogue. But his more esoteric work is on display as well, including a video he produced and directed to highlight Calder’s work, set to the music of John Cage.With the introductions complete, the exhibition delves further into the interplay between Pollock and Matter?...