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Starfish
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Designer, writer, dj, maker, baker and curious about a lot of things.
The Haitian Olympic athlete uniforms are so good! From the New York Times: “Their looks, which were created by Stella Jean, a Haitian-Italian designer based in Milan, were painted by hand to reference both nature and a work by the Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrié that depicts revolutionary Toussaint Louverture riding a red horse as he leads Haiti to freedom. (1/2)
Although International Olympic Committee rules that require political neutrality prohibited Jean from actually showing Louverture, she has foregrounded the horse, setting it against a background of wild greenery and a cloudless sky.
The result is technically proficient and ineffably elegant, and includes trousers, a zip-up jacket, a puffer skirt for the woman in the delegation, and a traditional Haitian tignon, or head wrap, which symbolizes dignity and resistance.” (2/2)
stephen hendeeI learned a lot from Richard Berger about honoring the compulsive effort to make things that matter. I don’t think he ever described making art as a community effort or to expect anyone would understand or respect why you need to be making things. He just suggested that for all the trouble and effort of making things people don’t care about, the result should feel like a slick magic trick no one could figure out.
