#CoolShit 02.21.20
Bowie, Prince, and the “brutality“ of being a leftist-extremist.
Well we did it, one full week of #CoolShit
How’d it feel for you? For me, I definitely missed the routine (coffee, read, curate, send) of creating this email for you! Did you miss reading the email?
I’m going to give this email another full week, then check back in with you and see where were both at. I’m still uncertain if I want to fully commit to sending this email every day, BUT maybe, just maybe, you can convince me to keep going 😬
Happy Friday!
-Shelby
One stellar year for David Bowie, captured by Mick Rock
For me, Bowie is the embodiment of “cool.” He was uncompromising in his style & creativity. He was ahead of his time. He embraced his weirdness.
A new book by Taschen compiles photographs of the 1972-73 Ziggy Stardust world tour, taken by Bowie’s official photographer and creative partner.
Meet Peter Saul, the 86 year old Political Pop Artist
“When I do political pictures, I don’t want to end up in a responsible position where my art is backing up some attitude,” he says. “It has to be modern art, trouble causing.”
For over 50 years, Saul has focused his art around satire; painting ghoulish politicos, corruption, racism, greed and violence. All this and more is on view at Saul’s new retrospective at the New Museum in New York,
At The Audu hotel “you can purchase everything you see”
It’s like test driving furniture - Brilliant!
The Audo, which was awarded the title of New Concept of the Year at the 2019 AHEAD Europe hospitality awards, is a 10-room hotel in Copenhagen that Danish design brand Menu designed with architecture studio Norm Architects.
"One of the things that distinguishes The Audo from many other places is that you can go in and experience products before you want to buy them,"
