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Who said that age will defeat a fun soul? This company only signed models that were over 45 years old and white and gray.

In today's fast-paced "Instagram era," we are always prone to the rhythm of the Internet, and some people even pay attention to the price of "beauty first." Can the value of the face really be justice? One day, we will say goodbye to the younger look. How do we face the next life? The good-looking skin is the same, the interesting soul is one of the best, and the age never wins a funny soul. In the fashion circles that have been advertised as "young is competitive" in recent years, there are more and more "story" faces. They have never been embarrassed by age, and even have more vitality and confidence than young people. Review INSPIRATION| Grandma's fashion revolution, "ADVANCED STYLE"). What is it that breaks our established understanding of age, and fashion is no longer the privilege of young people? The company only signed models over 45 years old. Originally, Russian photographer Igor Gavar wanted to open a blog, and like most street photographers, recorded young people who were bold and trendy. However, he is attracted by the graceful and gentle temperament of some older faces – they are no longer younger but have a stronger field than younger people. So in 2011, Igor Gavar launched a street-shooting project that specifically recorded the wear of the elderly and updated it on his blog "Oldushka." I didn't expect these photos to get a lot of sharing and recognition on the social networking site, which also gave him an idea - or simply provide a better display platform for the fashion old people? In March 2016, model economy company Oldushka was formally established. Oldushka generally only sign models over the age of 60 - except for a 45-year-old male model, Sergey Arctica, "because he looks older than the actual age." Igor Gavar said that the average age of models in Oldushka is 67, the most The older is 80 years old. What magic do they have, let people even look forward to the one who is no longer young? In December 2017, Oldushka was the youngest (and most popular) male model...

Arts, Culture, Gallery / Art Light and Shadow, Stories of Creative Souls / Character Stories

This is perhaps the most enviable job in the world: photographers in those gardens

When the flowers dyed the world with fresh and transparent colors, a visual feast for the spring and summer seasons emerged spontaneously, which is straightforward and indescribable. The garden is a miracle created by nature and mankind. For photographers, the garden is a great target and amusement park. In the lens of a hundred photographers, there are a hundred different gardens. From the famous Monet Garden, to the Columbia Street Flower Market in London, to the private gardens on the street... What do photographers who like to linger in the flower group see what kind of scenery? The healing power in the flower house | Samuel Zeller I like things that seem less interesting, what we see but don't look at. In the "Botanical" series by Swedish photographer Samuel Zeller, she features a variety of exotic flowers in the greenhouses of Paris, Prague, Glasgow and Geneva. This project originated from a normal afternoon in the spring. Samuel Zeller happened to pass through a flower room, and when the glass door was pushed open, the subtle light slammed into the air, and the warm, moist plant aroma rushed in. This scene made her instantly sensitive, and slowly, she found the fatigue And the pressure has also dissipated. Since then, she has begun to consciously photograph such flowery photos with curative effects, like plant watercolors. The plants behind the frosted glass seem to be attached with a layer of natural filters to create a beauty that is between the real and the virtual. People at Columbia Road Flower Market | Kiyotaka Hatanaka The plants in each person's arms symbolize the happiness of tomorrow. I want to capture this flashing moment. Japanese photographer Kiyotaka Hatanaka lives in London, and his favorite thing to do on weekends is to go to the Columbia open-air flower market in East London. From the last century, the open-air flower market will be open every Sunday, and people from all over the world gather here for afternoon tea, talk and laugh, and then the plants holding the big bags are happy and full. Hatanaka's first Zing "Columbia Road Flower Market" began with such a happy theme. He spent a year shooting these flowers, including children, the elderly, and a family of three or a couple. And this Zine is also like these uncarved, free-growing plants, full of earthy hand feeling. Visit the gardens of Monet | Stephen Shore ...

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Andy Warhol's "Soul torture" of celebrities is the most interesting legacy of Interview.

Interview, founded by Andy Warhol, has recently ceased publication at the age of 49. How big is its magic in the last century? Let's just say that the group of Manhattan hipsters who came in and out of Studio 54 in the past called it "The Crystal Ball of Pop." This popular New York-based Bible, like a phonograph, records the laughter and roar of the world's coolest movie stars, singers, and artists. At the beginning of the publication, Andy Warhol personally interviewed him. His questions were very simple. With daily intimacy, he encouraged respondents to share details of life, such as "what to eat for breakfast" or "like shower or bath". Many real and fun answers were born. This kind of interview mode, which does not sell knowledge and does not raise its own price, still has traces in today's fashion magazines. And Interview has a well-known column "Q & Andy", which is to throw Warhol's classic problem to the current celebrities, let them start a close dialogue with Warhol. We have selected some wonderful Q & Andy to take you to the golden age of this "popular crystal ball" record in the instant question and answer. Michael Jackson In 1982, Interview executive editor Bob Colacello interviewed 23-year-old Michael Jackson, who called from New York and participated in the conversation. Jackson had just been released from the release of his debut album "Off the Wall" for three years and was not used to the life of a superstar. ...

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INSPIRATION | Ten years of uninterrupted, he makes a magazine for himself every year: "One Man Magazine"

There is a magazine called "One Man Magazine", which has been done for 10 years before and after each year. Dong Pan, who lives in Xiamen, is an editor, photographer, designer, editor and publisher. From conception, writing, editing, filming, typesetting, to printing and publishing, he is curated by one person at a time. And finished. This year is the 10th year of "One Man Magazine." Dong Pan, a designer, photographer, founder of clothing brand nothing.cn and editor of "One Man Magazine", has his interesting daily, free and casual personality in this decade. The enviable life is packed into a magazine that doesn't make money and doesn't care how many people know. When everything that a person experiences becomes the material of a magazine, and everything in this magazine is only related to him, what kind of changes will his life change due to this magazine? If it is you, how would you build this magazine that belongs to you? The corner of the studio. The corner of the studio. When Xiamen arrived in the summer, we visited Dong Pan’s studio. This is a darkroom, lots of cameras, cabinets and a homemade canvas tent with houses from all over the world. Entering this space that belongs to him alone is like entering the "real version" of "One Man Magazine." In his studio, he sipped his coffee with his own baked beans and talked to him about the magazine that belonged to him, recorded him, and was done by him alone. Collecting old cameras and brewing coffee are his hobbies. Collecting old cameras and brewing coffee are his hobbies. What's in "One Man Magazine"? Part 1|"Playing PLAY" Dong Pan is a heavy equipment madness: photography, coffee, vinyl, military supplies, outdoor products, antiques... The opening of "One Man Magazine" "playing play" is fully demonstrated. His colorful hobbies, this is also the fixed content of the magazine (except for the seventh and eighth periods); from the beginning to the end of 8, 9 pages, and later to 6,70 pages, the material desire is more and more inflated. It's all I love to play, I recommend it to everyone - in fact, it doesn't matter, it's all about making it for yourself. Among the many recommendations, all of them are full of functional "big boy toys". Most of them are out of print or vintage items, so you can't buy them. If you don't have a pipe, you can see them. Dong Pan likes to tell the story of getting along with friends. The stories of their origins and whereabouts, the cuteness and the inadequacy, the encounter and the running-in, and the personal feelings of use and the emotions when they get along, are all shared without any cover. Among them, the most recommended ones are photographic products based on various cameras, military products mainly made of military boots and military users, or living instruments such as antique vinyl record players and coffee makers, and even on the road. Dry branches. In addition to "physical items," the recommended list also includes virtual new features such as his favorite new fonts and his own "made descriptions"—for example, he took a classic canvas tent that was only available in movies and made pinholes. The camera also created a wooden bookcase that didn't look like a bookshelf. Part 2|"Life LIFE" Sometimes Dong Pan will refer to "One Person Magazine" as "Personality" - if you have read this magazine, you will find that "Personality" is a subtle and precise abbreviation. Because the magazine is indeed his life record, very personal life, presented in a large number of unmarked black and white rough films and peaceful daily narratives. When Dong Pan went there, he took the camera, went to work, played with his daughter, and drank with friends... It flashed from time to time. This is his habit, and friends are used to it. At the end of the year, he will organize the photos taken during the year and connect them along with the feelings to form the content of the "by side" column. Looking back at the 10-year node, the flow of time, the changes of people, unexpectedly present a surprisingly complete picture. For example, Dong Pan’s daughter, her growth runs through the entire ten books of “One Man Magazine”; from the fetus in her mother’s belly, she photographed the shy girl who “does not like to be photographed”. Even if Dong Pan did not deliberately express anything, but strange readers can really feel the growth of this girl, in the father's big universe occupied an important position. Dong Pan’s daughter. Dong Pan’s daughter. There are also friends who are most often seen in magazines. The friends behind thankyou bar and mymymy, the upper bureaucracy behind SANKUANZ... Ten magazines also recorded their names from the children who love to play to the adults who still have their own careers, and become familiar with everyone. Part 3| "The beginning of the magazine"...
Cool Stuff / Novelty Design, Design

Just for packaging, I want to buy it now! World's Best Packaging Design Award

In an increasingly convenient and fast city, not only those who are busy making choices, but also the products that are constantly being updated and their packaging design. On any given day, you will be exposed to at least 50 different types of packaging, not to mention the days when you received three or five copies. Committed to discovering outstanding works in product packaging design around the world, and making people aware of the great value hidden behind the excellent brand packaging design - "The Dieline Awards" global packaging design competition, this year ushered in its ninth year . Among the award-winning works, the most representative 18 pieces are introduced; perhaps it will not be long before you will meet them on the shelves. Awards: Best of Show Brand: Mutti Special Edition for Eataly World Designer: Auge Design "Best of Show" is the most important award in the competition. It is selected from all 1400 entries regardless of category. This year's winner is a design project brought by Auge Design Studio for the famous Italian tomato seasoning brand Mutti. In the six special packagings that Auge Design redesigned for Mutti, each tomato product is taken seriously: four tin cans with tomato pulp, cherry tomatoes, peeled tomatoes, Datterini tomatoes, and a glass bottle Tomato puree and a tubular concentrated tomato sauce. Based on original design, Auge Design...

Culture, Design, Travel / Traveler Diary, Urban Experience / City Experience

ON THE ROAD: More interesting than travel destinations, those happening on the road, Japanese JR train advertising

In Japanese, trains and everything related to them are collectively referred to as "railway culture." The charm of the railway is so obvious that it feels omnipotent: the train that runs on the railroad tracks is as if you can reach any corner of the world. The railway will make people feel lost ambition: the time in the train is slowed down, the sound of the wheel running over the railway replaces the second hand; in such a timeline, the destination becomes blurred and far away, no longer important, only the journey itself becomes I feel all about it. The details of the journey form the scenery, the changing lights on the platform, the sound of the train entering the station, and the breeze that passes through the platform, which makes the journey real and full. In order to promote the railway and Shinkansen to the whole world, the JR Art Society of Japan held the "Art of Shinkansen" exhibition in Los Angeles in early April, and invited 11 artists from all over the world to produce 15 short animations to express the journey in a brisk and lovely way. All kinds of moments. The flight attendants on the platform, the precise timetables, the colorful station lunches and the highly efficient cleaning staff... these vivid scenes remind people of the excitement of sitting on the Shinkansen for the first time. In fact, JR Japan Club has always been a propagandist. Through a series of posters and travel plans, they show people that after taking the Shinkansen train, all the wonderful stories seem to be "on the road." Every train is shouting at the vibration arm | Departure, northeast! (くぜ,北北) After the 311 earthquake in 2011, JR East Japan not only resumed the railway in the northeastern region in May of that year, but also launched the Shinkansen travel plan in the same year to revitalize the northeastern sightseeing. In the first year, I conveyed a firm belief in supporting the Northeast with a solid three-color match. From the second year onwards, the planning posters gradually added more elements of scenery and food, and conveyed the charm of the Northeast in a more colorful way. After that, JR also invited actresses to serve as the protagonist of the poster, walking through the four seasons in the Northeast. In the 2017 show, the young actor Songgang Moyou, who can see her in the northeast of the spring, sees cherry blossoms in the spring, visits the art gallery in the summer and bathes in the winter. Let people who are in a hurry look at the poster and they are tempted: Ah, I really want to go to the Northeast. Youth does not die, the train does not stop | Youth 18 tickets "Youth 18" ticket is a discount ticket issued by JR East Japan Club, although the name is 18 years old, but there is no age limit, everyone can buy. With this ticket, you can ride unlimited times in one day...

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Affordable "Design Award": Japanese Centennial Stationery Design KOKUYO

"See people first to see their things. Of course, there is no need to say what the shoes and bags are. The details of the so-called details determine success or failure, and stationery can reflect a person's character." The Japanese drama "The Form of the Family" has such a line. The impeccable appearance and the exquisite and ideal circle of friends are the "social personalities" that modern people strive to create. But what really matters about taste and temperament, perhaps in the details of the mountains and dew - such as a well-designed shirt, a chic bedside lamp, a durable and durable pen. When you are not looking for others, when you are alone with "self", you are also intimate with the details of life. It can be simple, but it should not be compromised. For the Japanese century-old stationery brand KOKUYO (Kokuyo), these "not to compromise" details are paper, pen, ruler, scissors and other stationery that everyone will use. KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD|Japan KOKUYO Design Awards The award-winning work KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD is similar to MUJI's MUJI AWARD, which is also initiated by companies and selected from applicants from all over the world. Excellent stationery design, and most of the works are truly commercialized and subjected to the test of consumers. KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD has been held for 15 consecutive years, and is pursuing a more life-changing experience and story: good ideas, good design, easy to use, durable, and unique taste. We have selected a part of KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD's works over the years. Let's take a look at which of these designs make you want to buy it right away? Comic tape (マンガムテープ)| 2016 With tape, you can immediately appear comic dialogue dialog box, effect line or fossil words, as if the story will happen soon! For the purpose of giving friends gifts, through the careful thinking on the stationery, the relationship between the two people is more intimate. Due to the explosion of word of mouth, the comic tape was successfully commercialized by KOKUYO, and it became a "good idea" for life that you can buy. The boat of time (时の舟)|2017 Technology advancement allows us to know the time at any time, so as to accurately grasp the opportunity and abide by the agreement. But at the same time, it also made us a slave to every second. What is the time? The boat of time is such a bell that rethinks the relationship between life and time, quietly and freely sailing on the sea named "Time." There is only one mark at 0 o'clock, and the hour hand turns into a white sail, which changes with light and shadow during slow rotation. The three-dimensional sense of time lapse will make people cherish "now", and the "accuracy" of time may not be so important. Stationery that attracts each other (introduction of stationery) |...

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INSPIRATION|In the desolate land at the end of the earth, create a unique garden: "Garman's Garden"

Perhaps you have visited many palaces and gardens in the old castles. They are perfect in color, well-balanced, carefully pruned by the gardener, and become a fascinating punch card through the mobile phone filter of the travel blogger. But this kind of beauty, when I see more, I feel too much effort. There is no shortage of mavericks in the crowd, and the garden is no exception; there is a “wild” garden that is not tamed by the end of the world’s desolate British Dunegness nuclear power plant. It was built on a pebble beach and wrestled with the raging sun, but it was silent until the AIDS host Derek Jarman wrote his book in a final year of his life, and people came to admire it. After 20 years of Jarman's death, this private note began to have a Chinese translation of "Jama's Garden", which unlocked the secret that is not obsessive and fascinating. Chapter 01|The world is the most unlikely place to build a garden. "If a garden is not overgrown, forget it!" - Derek Jarman As long as you have been to Dungeness, it will be a bleak life for the end of its earth. memorable. This secluded sea otter is located in the south of Kent, England. It belongs to the fifth quarter of the climate. It has the most poisonous sun, the rarest rain, and the salt spray that can erode everything. It is not a plant hell. Looking around, except for the nuclear power plant and the old lighthouse, it is the shells and driftwood that have been rolled ashore. Derek Jarman planted this plant on a pebble beach that was not born, and eventually formed this miracle garden. And its unique and indifferent temperament is clearly related to the garden owner. The garden, which is too elaborate, was dubbed "garden terrorism" by him. As he said: "I am very happy that Deng Gennes has no lawn. The lawn is against nature, it is very barren and stale - The natural enemies of the garden. With the labor of wasting on weeding, you can exchange vegetables for one year." Chapter 02|邂逅The fisherman's hut turns the beach into a rose-colored mirror, reflecting the cloud of clouds. Then the moon rose and cast a silvery road on the wave. Don Genes, your beauty is unparalleled, forgetting the mountains and valleys. ——Derek Jarman Derek Jarman The most well-known identity is the director. The legendary actress Tilda Swinton of “Spirit of the Wind” is the muse he has worked with for many years. In addition, he is also a poet, painter and botanist, so his works have obvious avant-garde experimental tendencies, and also absorb the essence of painting and stage art in art. Jarman's garden complex has been around for a long time. Because his father was a pilot, Jarman lived in air bases around the world since childhood. In the villa belonging to his parents on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, the garden pours like a waterfall to the lake; huge camellia, flaming geraniums, pink roses, and fascinating son-in-law and Lime... For the first time, he realized his enthusiasm for plants. He returned to the barracks and planted a purple iris. He also took care of the lawn; however, everything was interrupted when he moved to London at the age of 18. . Until the spring of 1986, Jarman, who was preparing for the film "Garden", drove through Kent in search of a bluebell flower field for shooting, and accidentally saw the dark wooden frame of this bright yellow window frame. He said to Tilda and his lover HB: "If this beautiful fisherman's hut is for sale, I will buy it." As I approached the hut, I saw a sale sign. In this way, he owned this "Hope of Hope" (Prospect Cottage). The birth of the garden is purely an accident. The pebble beach behind the house is completely soilless and the vegetation is very sparse. After planting the first dog's rose, he found a piece of floating wood washed ashore, so he used it to support the dog's rose, and the garden was in a prototype. Although he kept telling himself that the desolateness of the hut itself was the reason for falling in love with it, things seemed to be out of control. ...

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With nearly 500 covers, record the hot youth of 70, 80, 90: Hong Kong "Outside" magazine

"Being a man, the most important thing is to be happy!" This may be one of the most "Hong Kong-style philosophies" in Hong Kong TVB. The Hong Kong magazine "Outside City Magazine" previously held a cover vote for the upcoming 500th issue. Since the inaugural issue of 1976, the cover of more than 490 magazines in 41 years has been presented on the official website, and then on the Facebook page. Play voting! 唔 elections!" - This is also a full Hong Kong-style call. However, it doesn't matter which cover wins in the final vote. The most important thing is to be happy. The most important thing is to remember. The most important thing is that "Outside the Number" is a legend. This "City Magazine" is both a public and a small group. It explores everything in the city and is all-encompassing. It is almost a spiritual food for a generation of Hong Kong people. Especially in the 1980s and 1990s, the lifestyle introduced by it and the image of “middle class” created by it influenced the growth of more than one generation. The cover of "Outside the Numbers" has an icon of all important popular cultures that you can think of. It is the golden age of Hong Kong's hot, and it is also a young bird that we will never return. The cover on the outside of "No." is an unfortunate thing. There are many people who have actually been in many times. In 1992, Faye Wong was also called Wang Jingwen. From Wang Jingwen to Faye Wong, Su Lizhen from "Mong Kok" to "In the Mood for Love"... "Outside" recorded their growth trajectory, and they accompanied us to grow. In 1992, 23-year-old Wang Jingwen had just formed her own vocal aria. She first appeared on the cover of "Outside the Number" with her name, and her title was "by feeling." When the girl who felt this came on the cover again in 1994, she became the "Affi" who combed the hippies of the hippies - that was her own design for the album "Sky". That year, "Chongqing Forest" was released. From Wang Jingwen to Faye Wong, Su Lizhen from "Mong Kok" to "In the Mood for Love"... "Outside" recorded their growth trajectory, and they accompanied us to grow. In 1992, Faye Wong was also called Wang Jingwen. In 1992, 23-year-old Wang Jingwen had just formed her own vocal aria. She first appeared on the cover of "Outside the Number" with her name, and her title was "by feeling." When the girl who felt this came on the cover again in 1994, she became the "Affi" who combed the hippies of the hippies - that was her own design for the album "Sky". That year, "Chongqing Forest" was released. The third time appeared in the cover of "Outside the No." was in 1998. Faye Wong was already the mother of Dou Jingtong. She sang together with Na Ying, and started the world singing with her sunburn makeup. In the second appearance of 2000, on the dark cover, Faye Wong took the rainbow eye makeup in "Fables" and began a love story that was divided and merged and still continues. Faye Wong was on the cover of the 1994 issue. Faye Wong was on the cover of the 1998 issue. Faye Wong was on the cover of the "External" in 2000. Faye Wong is in...
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Is the auction of the dilapidated doorplate asking for $1,000? From Bob Dylan to Andy Warhol, count the Hall of Fame in Chelsea Hotel, New York

New York auction house Guernsey's recently announced that it will auction more than 50 door panels at the Chelsea Hotel at 222 West 23rd Street, Manhattan, New York in mid-April. The starting price is $1,000 and $5,000 - why can a hotel's salvage board be sold? To such a high price? If you tell the front owners of the door panels are Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, Madonna... and they have been touched, trusted, or even kissed by countless artists, are you willing to increase the price? The legend about Chelsea Hotel goes far beyond this. Not only the door, but also every room, walkway, and wall, is full of names in the literary and chronicles. It is also because of these famous guests, broken doors. Can be worth a thousand dollars. In the 1960s, artists, directors, writers, and designers gathered in this utopian small world to enjoy their talents. Bob Dylan fell in love with the supermodel Sara Lowndes and wrote a love story for her; Andy Warhol filmed the experimental film "Chelsea Girls", in his eyes, here is the dreamland drawn from reality; and stepping through the boundaries of heaven, Like falling into hell, the crazy poet Dylan Thomas shook the whiskey in the glass and shouted "I refreshed the record" and went to another world... Chelsea Hotel, a gathering place for creation and destruction, love and hate . Whether it is "heaven" or "hell", maybe only between turning. Entering New York City's Art "Eden" Built in 1883, the Chelsea Hotel has 12 floors, the tallest building in New York City at the time, and a rooftop garden on the top floor; at first it was used as an apartment building, while the top floor was rented out The artist works as a studio. It was not until 1905 that due to the high cost and difficult cooperation, it was forced to change into an apartment-style hotel, which in turn allowed more visitors to and from New York to stay here. In 1964, the former manager...