Apple’s2003 silhouette campaign is arguably the most influential ad campaign in music history. To increase the buzz around the iPod, Apple CEO Steve Jobs directed the advertising firm Chiat/Day to develop a marketing campaign. Investing more than in any other campaign since it’s groundbreaking 1984commercial (shot by Ridley Scott), Apple blanketed in New York and other major cities with pops of color; diverse silhouettes, dancing with the white iPod, listening through corded earbuds and a message of freedom about taking our music wherever we went.
Photographed in Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York City
Argentine-born Luis Frangella landed in New York City in 1976 and soon became a recognized figure of the East Village art scene. As a painter, he moved beyond traditional canvases, producing murals throughout the city at unexpected sites like nightclubs and construction zones. His work evokes downtown New York’s artist and queer communities, who congregated and created in public spaces in resistance to the city’s deindustrialization. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: David Wojnarowicz, NYC (Triangle Head) By Luis Frangella→
Kenny Scharf (b. 1958) moved to New York City in 1978 to attend the School of Visual Arts, and rose to prominence in the downtown art scene alongside his friends Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Influenced by popular culture and comic books, Scharf’s distinctly colorful and dynamic work presents joyful worlds filled with carton and anthropomorphic characters. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Kenny Scharf, Inside Out→
The British textile and fashion designer Celia Birtwell has been a close friend and confidant of David Hockney‘s since the 1960s. Sharing northern roots and a similar sense of humor, the two found that they had much in common from their first meeting, and together they were at the heart of Bohemian London. Hockney has always been fascinated by the changing nature of Celia’s face and she remains, to this day, one of his favorite models.
John Paul Gaultier was among the createurs who helped make French fashion so exciting in the 1980s. The way he played with conventions of sex and gender, in particular, has had a profound influence on fashion. For example, rather than using corsetry to reinforce conventional ideals of beauty, Gaultier has always emphasized that many body types, genders and ages can be attractive. This Orange Shirred Velvet Corset Dress, featuring Gaultier’s signature cone bra top (made famous by Madonna) is from his 1984 Fall collection. Continue reading Eye On Design: Orange Shirred Velvet Corset Dress By Jean Paul Gaultier→
