Halle Gilbert
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Wish you were here.
Coq d'Or, Drake Hotel, Chicago. c. 1958.
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A Brief History of a Bar
The three lives of Bryant's Cocktail Lounge, Milwaukee.
1938, 1971, today.
450 cocktails, no menu.
Good rooms make you feel something.
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El Dumpo, Chicago. Gag menu, 1940s.
A reaction to 1930s high-brow café society.
"If you don't like it, go and have your illusions elsewhere."
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@OgLakyn It’s not democratization if the power and profit never leave the top.
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Fast fashion is not “democratization” of fashion. The overproduction, pollution, and exploitation of labor that comes with it far outweighs the “benefits” of more people being able to buy more stuff.
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Lagerfeld: Chanel, Balmain, Fendi, Chloé, Karl Lagerfeld, H&M
Wang: Balenciaga, Alexander Wang, H&M
Versace: Versace, H&M
Mikelle Street@MikelleStreet
John Galliano, Givenchy, Dior, Oscar de la Renta, Margiela …. Zara
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Campari logos: 1888, 1905, 1927, 1991.
A century of commissioned artists until one act of standardization.
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Giggle Water, 1928. Charles S. Warnock. A Prohibition-era guide to making your own.
"As Served Before the War."
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A Brief History of a Bar
The Diamond Hotel at 184 Main St in Cold Spring, NY has been a hotel, a veterans' hospital, and a bar.
Sometimes all at once.
Over the years: Hotel Manteo, Henry's-on-the-Hudson, Whistling Willie's.
The mahogany dates to 1849. Today, it's J. Murphy's.
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BREAKING: ✨️John Galliano✨️ is going to Zara for a 2 year creative partnership.🪡
PS: this is NOT something I thought I'd to wake up to.
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Never miss a chance to revisit this series.
Archaeology & Art@archaeologyart
Sasuke*. Photographer: Masahisa Fukase, 1977. Collection: Masahisa Fukase Archives, Tokyo. The main subject in Fukase's frame was his cat, whom he named Sasuke. In 1977, Fukase adopted a cat, giving him the name of a legendary ninja, Sasuke. Ten days after arriving home, the cat ran away and got lost. The photographer then put up hundreds of missing posters around his Tokyo neighborhood. Two weeks later, a woman brought him a kitten, saying she'd found a cat that looked like the one on the poster. As soon as the artist laid eyes on the cat, he realized it wasn't his. "When I first looked at this cat, I was disappointed," Fukase recounts, "but I'm a true cat lover and I simply can't resist them. Even though he wasn't my cat, I decided to take him in: Let's accept him as Sasuke 2." His coat markings and facial structure were completely different. However, Fukase didn't turn the kitten away. He named him Sasuke the Second and continued with his project. Following this incident, Fukase focused his work on Sasuke the Second. He wandered the city carrying the cat in his backpack, photographing him in various locations. The Sasuke series was featured in multiple publications during Fukase's lifetime. Viva! Sasuke was published by Petlife-sha in 1978. After his death, unpublished frames found in his archives were compiled into a comprehensive monograph by Atelier EXB (Editions Xavier Barral) in 2021. This edition presents 123 black-and-white photographs dedicated to Sasuke and Momoe- a second cat brought home a year later - organized into four chronological chapters: delpireandco.com/en/produit/sas…
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Hotel Manteo, Cold Spring, NY. Flip-tab cocktail menu, 1933. "Let Bob McCaffrey Serve You"
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Clocking in to show you my Reverse Research Lab 🤓 Born out of a need for references while writing my MFA thesis. Drop in your work and it will map you to adjacent thinkers, frameworks, and movements. Happy learning.
lab.halle.studio/reverse-resear…
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@shekhu04 You can't waste time thinking it's already been done. No one thinks exactly the way you do, so your answer to the same question will always be different.
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Worrying that something has already been done is the fastest way to kill any momentum. Shoot first and ask questions later. Trust that in the process it will become yours.
Shikhar@shekhu04
Every idea feels taken Every API already exists Every SaaS has 12 competitors So what do we even build now????
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@oranahh Knowing what they want before they know they want it 🤌
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