Nefertiti In The Kitchen ~ New Album Out Now!
Image©2012, http://www.compagnie-bluffonne.com Hey Guys & Gals, I (cc) was lucky enough to become quick friends with Jen Rival (aka Nefertiti In The Kitchen), when I was traveling through Italy, a couple of years ago. Besides being a brilliant dancer, street performer and person, she’s an incredibly unique musician, too. One of the many songs that … Continue reading
Radial String Chimes (2012) by Alvaro Barbosa
Hi there! A few weeks ago, Alvaro Barbosa (http://www.abarbosa.org), the head of cc’s graduate program asked her to do a voice over for a documentation of a new instrument that he has created. The above is the resulting video. Happy Wednesday from edcc xo!
{Preview} Collective Details: Portuguese Tile Patterns
Hello, Hallo, Ola & Bonjour Tout Le Monde! I have been hard at work this week on the second book to be published this year (hopefully within this next month!). I have been struck by the beauty of the vintage, mostly hand-painted tiles that are on many buildings here in Portugal. This gave me an … Continue reading
Follow Up to our EDCC Austria/London Travels!
Hi Guys and Gals, About a month ago, I had made a post about the Cannes Film Festival with many vintage portraits included. One photo in particular caught the eye of my close friend and budding photographer, who wrote to me saying, ‘Caroline, you look so much like this woman!’ And my reply was, ‘Um, … Continue reading
EDCC: Eager to Share Up-and-Coming Travel Plans
Hello hello Guys and Girls! We are really excited to announce that our future trend forecast / product development travel will be sending us to: April 7-11 Salzburg/Austria April 21-24 Paris/France May 12-16 Barcelona/Spain June 18-22 Florence/Italy & Rome/Italy July 24 – September 11 (or so) New York City/United States If any of you have … Continue reading
Quick Post: Carnaval in Portugal 2012
Carnaval was celebrated last night in Porto, Portugal – so I had to post! To see thousands of people dressed up in masks, costume and dancing in the streets was really fun to experience. I am currently here to work on a few projects that are based on this beautiful city – new news on … Continue reading
Things We Love: Latest Vintage Trends in Film
It has been very exciting to witness a major trend in the last year; throwback films to the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Maybe I am just charmed because on Sunday, I had the enormous pleasure of viewing The Artist, the silent black and white film that has been taking over all of the cinema award … Continue reading
Paris Vs. New York, the book!
THINGS WE LOVE: ‘Paris Vs. New York,’ was released last week by Paris-based graphic designer, Vahram Muratyan. Beautifully and simply illustrated, the book compares and contrasts both cities through colorful, fun phrases and illustrations (see samples above, from the artists website). I am totally in love with this book (perhaps, I am biased as Paris … Continue reading
Travel Highlight: Interviewing the owner of Galerie Welz in Salzburg/Austria
Hello everyone! I’m sorry I had a week of non-posts but I can promise you, it was anything but quiet on my end. I was lucky enough to travel between five countries in five days and met so many incredible people in the process. One stand out in particular was the owner of Galerie Welz, … Continue reading
EDCC Will Be Visiting Munich Fabric Start This Week!
Servus EDCC Friends! This week CC will be in Munich visiting the European textile and trend fair, Munich Fabric Start! We’re very excited to see all of the latest trends in textiles for Spring/Summer 2013. The posts might be minimal this week due to traveling – but we’ll be posting highlights from the trip this … Continue reading
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