unplugged

07/30/2015 by alaundre

sometimes, slightly bent i remember a time when I would sleep with headphones on, while in a daze, the bass dubs would rumble and sync, waking me up with a jumbled heartbeat…that was decades ago plugged into a stereo system (not the dinky portable devices I use nowadays). I dunno, I guess age is making me less “tuned in”….also full-sized headphones just drains batteries, so there’s that too…. currently listening to Parallels – Civilization EP Vitamin Dub – The Dub […]

Categories: listen, mix, random / life, seen • Tags: currently listening to, mixes, mixtape, music playlist, music videos, playlist, podcasts

a monolith of copper in the middle of green

07/25/2015 by alaundre

The de Young  |  Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA From wikipedia: The current building was completed by architects Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Fong + Chan and opened on October 15, 2005. Structural, civil and geotechnical engineering was provided by Rutherford & Chekene; Arup provided mechanical and electrical engineering. Herzog & de Meuron won the competition in January 1999 beating out other short-listed architects Tadao Ando and Antoine Predock. The terrain and seismic activity in San Francisco posed […]

Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: architecture, cellphone photography, fine arts museum, modern architecture, museum, night at the museum, sightseeing, structures, tour, travelling

from here to somewhere

07/12/2015 by alaundre

After 14 hours of driving, I arrived nowhere near my destination.  Two hours earlier, I realized I was in the middle of rush hour traffic, of people trying to get home from work or school or somewhere, the key word somewhere, they were all headed somewhere specific, somewhere tangible, somewhere definite. A stream of movement towards a specific destination. On this road, we were all headed north, for most an exact north, an exact location. Except I’m heading north, north […]

Categories: art | design, create, random / life, seen • Tags: cellphone photography, chasing sunsets, lost boys, musings, open road, photography, prose, sunsets, thoughts, travelling, vsco cam, writing

abndnd : a beautiful decay

07/08/2015 by alaundre

A common photography theme that for some would naturally be of avoidance, while others purposely search for.  There is something fascinating about the textures and colors found in places of neglect — worn out and tossed aside, weathered and vandalized, still visited yet unmaintained. These are the remnants of the forgotten. This is what we leave behind. – me Not terribly original, but here is my contribution for your viewing pleasure: abndnd series 1     |     abndnd series 2 a […]

Categories: art | design, create, random / life, seen • Tags: abandoned places, environments, habitats, photo albums, photography, photos, places, textures, vsco film

give you one to grow on

04/10/2015 by alaundre

 calligraphy mural by usugrow      |      upper playground gallery october 2014   the two above are my favorites from the show…mainly because these were not in his most recent book     other book by usugrow on my shelf ° my collection of shirts ° something to grow on

Categories: random / life, seen • Tags: art, art books, artist, books, calligraphy, design, inspiration, pen and ink, typographic, typographic art, typography

a book of covers : criterion designs

04/06/2015 by alaundre

A lavishly illustrated coffee-table book celebrating thirty years of artwork from the Criterion Collection. The most exciting names in design and illustration today apply their talents to some of the most important and influential films of all time. This volume gathers highlights from designs commissioned by the Criterion Collection, featuring covers, supplemental art, and never-before-seen sketches and concept art plus a gallery of every Criterion cover since the collection’s first laserdisc in 1984. From avant-garde experiments to big-budget blockbusters, cult […]

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: art books, books, cover design, criterion collection, design, packaging design

le laser samourai trooper

04/06/2015 by alaundre

Picked up a limited edition 9×12 laser etched illustration by vector illustrator and typographer, Hydro74. You may have seen some of his work on the big screen such as the font for the Johnny Depp movie, Mortdecai…or logo and illustrations for Kobe Bryant’s Black Mamba line hydro74    |    karvt

Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: arts & crafts, etching, illustration, laser cutter, laser etching, star wars, typography, vector graphics, vector illustration, wood carving

shoot and book it

03/27/2015 by alaundre

If a picture is worth a thousand words, What would a book of random pictures be? Stream of Consciousness writing or incoherent ramblings? | #undecided just testing out various photobook offerings (with some of the same images) to check out print quality, binding etc. before deciding on a specific theme or concept. Or maybe just stll keep it random, who knows…     Still trying to amass photos for this idea below. Used jpgs directly from my camera without any post […]

Categories: art | design, create, materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: albums, cellphone photography, digital photography, lomography, photo albums, photobook, photography, point and shoot

the art of errors, part 10

03/27/2015 by alaundre

another day, another jam from the digital printer

Categories: art | design, create, random / life, seen • Tags: abstract, abstract art, abstract patterns, accidental art, art, found art, grunge, grunge art, textures

shooting from the hip…after taking your phone out of your pocket

02/25/2015 by alaundre

@ alaundre.vsco.co  random filtered cellphone photography + |

Categories: art | design, create, random / life, seen • Tags: cellphone photography, lomography, photography, pictures, point and shoot, still life