of my years in art school; I don't think I've used the term avant-garde in a sentence in a zillion years, but this week I was dropping that quintessential of all 80's adjectives with shameful monotony. While recalling Laurie Anderson, Malcolm McClaren and Commes des Garcon, one could allllllmost catch a whiff of clove cigarettes (why did we bother??) and hear the unnatural wail of David Byrne listing in the distance.
I couldn't help but connect all those recollections with a post celebrating the works of Tokujin Yoshioka who got his start way back in the day assisting the great Issey Miyake. That superb training and experience has informed works that continue to turn heads in the design and art world. Tokujin's new works leave us wondering how he has managed to coax otherwise recognizable materials such as porcelain, glass, crystal, and plastics into hauntingly beautiful and eerie design perfections-
