We start with Klein. Blue from Klein. Basics first.
(ref.: new music reblog)
Writing about Yves Klein's Monotone Symphony is, of course, just an excuse to mention his amazing artwork. Yves Klein, born in 28 April 1928 in France, was a revolutionary, short-lived artist more known for his monochromes. He developed and patented his own color, International Klein Blue (IKB, and don't miss the hommage webpage), and painted several canvases in this color:
The classics behind the magic.
Blue Nude by Pablo Picasso.
Blue Nude II by Henri Matisse.
Blue Nude by Yves Klein.
The Bic Blue Cabinet by Studio Libertiny.
(ref.: dezeen blog)
Designer Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny has created The Bic Blue Cabinet, which is coated with the ink used in disposable Bic Cristal ballpoint pens.
A bit of dance.
Blue Bic Ballerinas by Jan Fabre.
A bit of scent.
Wode by Boudicca.
And Bic-proof sneakers. Yummie.
(ref.: highsnobiety)
Mors Artic Fish Leather Fall/Winter 2010 Footwear
Blog this, blog that.
alittlemoreblue.tumblr.com
(ref.: The Strike Gold – selvedge detail)
Navy Blue should be pacific.
Shanana Mil: US Navy Deck Parka
Gouache is the new Bic.
Fidel Castro by Jason Urban.
Measuring Matt with Type.
Matt Robinson: “Measuring Type”
Robinson selected a number of the most commonly-used typefaces and, using the same point size for each one, drew them on the wall with a ballpoint pen, “allowing the remaining ink levels to display the ink efficiency of each typeface.
Bic.
Nothing more than Bic.
Hema 'Bic'.
12 Ballpoints for the Netherlands.
Native and American.
Unknown.
Chew on this.
Necklace via jjjjound.
Sneaker yummie.
Sneakers by James Jean.
Blue Movie.
Living colour blue.
A Typographic Stray.
The strength of the contradiction. The disarrangement of the necessary. The luck of blue.
Wings 'n' Trash.
The things you find on the streets of New York.
Artist Paul Villinski collects crushed beer cans from the streets of New York City and creates marvelous fluttering array. He states that similar to the life of a butterfly, his process is representative of a cultural conversion all its own exploring “themes of transformation and recovery through metamorphosis.”
Steady coulourlessness.
Let the pencils talk.
Start-up-screen.
Presentations' best part.
Three stripes.
A bit of Bic for the adidas freak in your life.
By artist Andrea Joseph.
Bustier reincarnated.
A bustier found and some black and blue make something completely new.
By Ivania Carpio Van Osch.
Estonian Blue.
Ancient postcards change in time.
The most bluetiful girl in the world.
Turns my world around.
By Lex and Petra.
Just a blooklet.
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Postcard from Paris.
Not standard, impossible these days.
By Yves Klein.
Baby Blue Shambles.
Luxury Poster of Protest. (Against?)
Charles Bluekowsky.
A canvas of old news can be less stressfull.
Best Brush.
Anti-tagcloud weapon.
By artist James Nares.
The Rain.
Criss crossing.
By artist Arnulf Rainer.
Posters are (usually) boring.
Expensive finishing touch.
Abattoire for royal blood.
Or carnaval carwash.
Kate x Penn.
Rorsach teaches us.
By artist Asher Penn.
Helena's insight.
Study for inner-improvement.
By artist Helena Almeida.
