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Adidas Hoops Collective: Promo Poster

Almost a year later and I’ve made a foldable promo poster for this project! I’m showing a print from this installation in an upcoming alumni exhibition at Mississippi State University. You can see more images from this Adidas NBA All Star Weekend project here.

Photography by Ben Sellon

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Mystic Circuits V1: Rhythm, Vibration and Harmony

Rhythm (The Law of Motion)

The law of motion lies at the heart of Creation, which is a dynamic environment and not a static one. Planets rotate around their own centers while circumambulating around others, and entire solar systems move harmoniously while positioned on the spires of galaxies. These, in turn, are part of bigger galactic clusters that also move together, and so on.

In music and dance, rhythm is not limited to ideas such as motion and progress, but also extends to ecstasy and intoxication. Motion in the universe means life, and rhythm is motion with pulse and force. This belief is based on self-evident truths, which the Sufi philosophers arrived upon after contemplation on nature’s laws. And they were not the only ones.

On the other side of the world, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus spoke about logos, and also believed that nothing remains the same. In Plato’s book Cratylus, we see the full extent of the above notion: “Heraclitus, I believe, says that all things pass and nothing stays, and comparing existing things to the flow of a river, he says you could not step twice into the same river.”

Vibrations and Polarity

This view of the universe and its ever-changing environment translates as the sustaining of life, while the opposite means death. This polarity of existence and non-existence is found across the creation at a micro and macro level. In musical terms, death would be equated with silence. In a philosophical context, and in relationship to music, this is best expressed through the phenomenon of vibration.

Vibration is an important and unique quality of motion, with its own characteristics and consequences. The Encyclopedia Britannica describes it as a “periodic back-and-forth motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium, commonly resulting when almost any physical system is displaced from its equilibrium condition and allowed to respond to the forces that tend to restore equilibrium.”

In my view, the most significant statement here is that the system is “allowed to respond to the forces that tend to restore equilibrium.” It perfectly describes the process that matter uses to remain in perpetual motion by responding back to forces which want it to be silent and in its original state of peace.

To put it in simpler terms, vibrations are the forces that instigate the perpetual motion of matter, and rhythm is the particular flow of these forces at any given time. Both are essential to the process that will eventuate in what in my view constitutes the Cosmic Pulse.

In a musical context, that pulse represents the rhythm (or rhythms) that a musician uses to set the pace, and create the mood of a composition. On the other hand, vibrations are instantly produced at the moment the singer uses his or her vocal strings, the instrumentalist hits the strings of his or her instrument, and so on and so forth.

Harmony and the Music of Life

All these elements need to come together, and be applied simultaneously, in order to contribute towards what in my view is the foundation of all beauty: harmony.

Musically speaking, harmony is the agreement of sounds, and as an extension of that, it is the unity in rhythm and the symmetry in form.

In our daily lives, this corresponds to the agreement of virtues, feelings, and thoughts within us. It is our duty towards our better health and wellness to strive to achieve a sacred symmetry between our mind, body, and soul.

Upon the achievement of this aim, we then ought to align our intellect with deity, nature, and society. This process, when it becomes second nature, manifests itself as beauty in our lives. It is only then that we can ‘play’ the inner Music of life.

Finally, this will allow us to unconditionally surrender ourselves to the way of the heart so that we can reach that ineffable beginning. Since it is next to impossible for musicians to put into words that which they play  Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi“s poem — “Music and Silence” — speaks for itself:

Lovers, union is here, the meeting we have wanted, the fire, the joy.

Let sadness and any fear of death leave the room.

The sun’s glory comes back. Wind shakes our bells.

We are counters in your hand passing easily through.

Music begins. Your silence, deepen that.

Were you to put words with this we would not survive the song.

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  !! Azzedine Alaia  بالسلامة 

Photography Jean François Rault, 1985

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Installation by JR on the Border between Mexico and the USA

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Diesel - Go With The Flaw

C’est beau. C’est fort. On aime. On partage.

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Downtown Tunis In Your Pocket

Raoul Cyril Humpert

Around one year ago, Flaÿou was born in Carthage, Tunisia. Flaÿou is a multidisciplinary design agency for “joyful design” - declared by the founders Hella El Khiari and Thomas Egoumenides. Employers and employees are part of the “Dream Team” and the atmosphere in the studio emits the spirit of joyful design by not taking everything too seriously.

The studio works on objects, graphics, interiors and much more. The new collection of “Tunis, centre ville” was recently released: a collection of Downtown Tunis miniature models for your pocket to play with. The idea came from the office founders’ academic background and personal passions: architecture and design. “We always say that design objects are like miniature architecture objects. With another usage, another time setting but in the conceptualization, they are quite close to each other.” The designers like to experiment with materials, research about background information and history of certain pieces and places as well as setting them into a new context. One of the outcomes of this experimentation is the “Tunis, centre ville” project.

The set comes with eight miniatures of iconic structures in downtown Tunis, each charged full of history and personal anecdotes. The collection includes the famous modernist “Hôtel du Lac”, one of the former entrance portals to the old town “Bab Saadoun”, and another modernist building “Palais des sports”. There is an interesting mixture and overview of the different styles and architectures composing the current appearance of downtown Tunis. In the already well-designed packaging, you will find a little note which functions as an instruction manual for the different buildings. On this note there is more information about the structures, their history, their location in addition to some personal notes by the makers.

The designers fabricate the pieces in a variety of interesting material choices. At the moment, there are several materials like resin (rose, milkshake, cotton blue, mint green or clay grey) and a cork-resin mixture available. Even though the objects have the aesthetic of a 3D print, the pre-production as well as the fabrication are handmade. The whole production is 100% done by Flaÿou. The team plans to expand the collection by exploring new materials in the future such as metal or amber.  There is even an edible edition, made of chocolate, which may be realized soon.

“Nothing would make us more happy than seeing the little ‘Hôtel du Lac’ and its siblings on a night table somewhere in the world.”

An important aspect of the project is its recognition of Tunisian cultural and architectural heritage landmarks. Hella and Thomas see their project as homage to downtown Tunis, a place filled with wonders and absurdities. It is a new approach to heritage branding and product making in the context of Tunis. The project raises awareness about the city’s often contested sites and aims to ignite a public conversation about heritage. A pressing example is the undetermined fate of “Hôtel du Lac”, currently facing demolition. Its inclusion in this project makes "Tunis, centre ville" a sort of preservation advocacy effort as well.

The “Dream Team” is wishing and planning to export this particular concept to other cites such as Senegal’s capital Dakar for the French concept-store “Maison Château Rouge”. They also plan to work on future architectural projects focusing on contextually conscious and ingenious design approaches.

Currently you can purchase the collection through their website (www.flayou.tn) for 40 to 50 Euro with free shipping all over the world or in their partner stores in Tunis, Paris, Geneva, London and Los Angeles.

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Pedro Almodóvar for Prada

He’s the one. Prada places cult Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar in front of the lens for Auteur, in honour of the brand’s Autumn Winter 2017 Menswear collection.

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Puppis A Supernova

Puppis A is a supernova remnant about 100 light-years across. The supernova occurred approximately 3700 years ago. The image combines visible light and X-ray data from the ROSAT space telescope.

Credit: NASA / ROSAT

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The Souk el Koumach, Tunis -  Anton Robert Leinweber

1889

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Maison Margiela, printemps-été 2017. Haute Couture.