Lazy Boccaccio Blog

More lazy blogging.

Boccaccio

American Supermarkets 1950s

Len Lye

Soviet Buildings

From CCCP - Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed, by Frederic Chaubin.

Studio 54

Well it's actual footage, so why not. Looks like World Unknown, but less smoky.

Helmut Lang

Understated 90s cool for intellecutals and art types. Helmut Lang left the brand in 2005 after the company was sold to the Prada group, and I think the label went on hiatus before being relaunched in 2007. 

These photos are from their 1997 Spring advertising campaign, back when HL was a brand with an almost invincible aura of minimalist cool. What we have below is a Robert Mapplethorpe self-portrait, and a photo of tiny swords by him too. Bruce Weber shot the photo of Kirsten Owen, which I do believe I ripped out of a copy of The Face and blu-taked up on my wall at school. 

Sheffield - City on the Move

Came across this while looking at stuff for the Park Hill post. An amazingly well done documentary, with the perfect soundtrack, voiceover and choice of images. A reassuring and comforting exercise in public relations.. Sheffield, the city that inspires confidence and makes you sleep well at night.