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Ten Reasons Why You Should Attend HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth)

tiana — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:49:31 +0000

I was recently in New York to attend The Next HOPE, the 8th
Hackers On Planet Earth conference. HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth)
is a conference sponsored by 2600: The Hacker Quarterly.
While returning home from the event, I was thinking of a friend of mine who would have enjoyed the conference as much as I did.
So I sent her an email,
Ten Reasons Why You Should Attend HOPE:

1. NERDS, we <3 them
2. Interesting lectures, not just technical stuff
3. Hackers On Planet Earth care about human rights, as Saturday's Keynote Address was given by Jacob Appelbaum from Wikileaks
4. Federal agents come and sometimes… this happens
5. Art/tech/philosophy group monochrome
6. The ratio of women to men :)
7. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA references, they happen.
8. YOU WILL LEARN STUFF.
9. INTERNET MOTHERFUCKERY. Come for the lulz!
10. To help save the Hotel Pennsylvania from demolition

Tattoos & Design

tiana — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:15:31 +0000

Back in 2007, Design Miami featured a three day tattoo parlor furnished by DWR. Organized by Tobias Wong, Josée Lepage, and Aric Chen, “As Long As It Lasts,” featured tattoos designed by Hella Jongerius, 5.5 Designers, Yves Behar, Tord Boontje, Vito Acconci, KAWS, Juergen Meyer H, Andrew Allenson, and Lawrence Weiner.
Some photos on sallyTV’s flickr.

Tord Boontje’s work translates beautifully:

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Boontje’s Cut Here temporary tattoos

OOF also makes a series of fun temporary tattoos.

Then there are concept tattoos, like in Fredrickson Stallard’s “Pantone.”

Tattoo furniture

Minima Tattoo Chair

Reddish’s Yakuza table

Polka Tattoo Furniture/Notcot

Tattoos of furniture

By Nick Baxter

Beck Linneman’s Eames Wire Chair tattoo

And to sum it all up, beautiful tattoos of work by Audrey Kawasaki:

photo from Assburrito!’s flickr

sleepboy’s flickr

and Kiki Smith via Eyeteeth

Salón Internacional de la Moda Flamenca 2008, the 14th International Flamenco Fashion Show

tiana — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:03:27 +0000

Salón Internacional de la Moda Flamenca (SIMOF) 2008 is an annual fashion show dedicated to the fashions of flamenco. Held in Seville, Spain, new collections from 40 designers were presented in 32 shows from January 31st to February 3rd. Tight, asymmetric dresses were presented on the catwalk in a variety of different textiles, colors, and patterns. The main textiles included poplin, organdie, satin, silk, muslin, linen, lycra, taffeta, and twilled cotton.

Kiki Smith @ UPenn