Thank you again to everyone who helped me along the way, with your encouragement, advice, and/or (welcome) distraction :) The official thesi...

NOTICE OF M.ARCH. THESIS DEFENCE By M. Arch candidate: Angie Ng Of the thesis entitled: On Luxury Abstract Indulgent and de...

A rediscovery of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Edit and scheduling, two words I've developed viscerally upsetting reaction...

Fleur Cowles with Cecil Beaton at a New Year's party, on Park Avenue, New York. (1952). Katherine Hepburn with Irene Mayer Selznick at M...

Alice T. Friendman's American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture. Read The New York Times Q&A . "My goal was to l...

An architectural education develops a strong appreciation for fine craftsmanship, innovation, and quality of materials. The three principle...

Greg Klymkiw "Greg Klymkiw has devoted his life and career to the development, distribution and production of indigenous, independent C...

Just like most other projects within the School of Architecture: The movement 1950s to 1960s (luxury goes from space of manners to system of...

Here is the 2nd draft of my thesis in downloadable PDF format ! Entire double page spreads and paragraphs may change.... ...but here it is ...

Just a frivolous post. The short film by Karl Lagerfeld for this 2011 Cruise Collection Remember Now , launched today. Reinforcing stereotyp...

A little chart for ease of comparison. Have been writing a lot...the result of which should soon be a first draft!(?)

"Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity." -Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel "...

Our architectural education, among many other things, creates a strong sense of appreciation for fine craftsmanship, innovation, and quality...

How did I miss this read? At least I'm on it now. Googlebooks preview (Thanks Andrea!)

diagrammatic outline of thesis, another attempt

This is an old project (4A!) that was an experiential map of personal perception and exploration along the Via del Mandrione towards Rome. A...

“Cinematographic posters are like popular songs: they take you back to certain moments of your life, preventing you from losing them. They ...

This is a timeline of the 3 movies with the chosen scenes and their locations.

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Now with La Dolce Vita. Screenplay by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano.

The same thing, with To Catch A Thief. Screenplay by John Michael Hayes.

Breakfast at Tiffany's An excerpt from the screenplay by George Axelrod and an examination of the implications by virtue of the choice o...

On Luxury Abstract The most fundamental of human needs: shelter, modesty, and sustenance, through beautification and attention to detail, ar...

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Any technique capable of recording three-dimensional visual information or creating the illusion of depth in an image. The illusion of depth...

"Style is the new content" Film still taken from the move Nine (2009), based on Fellini's 8 1/2. Based in the early 1960s, thi...

The observations and conclusions of Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) is roughly the following: 1. “Conspicuous consu...

I just read F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby over the holidays, and it is completely apparent now the Gatsby that lies in all th...

Photographs seem to take possession of spaces that are insecure, either due to temporal or physical limitations. And this feeling of posse...

Dec 17, 2pm Don McKay, Rick Haldenby, Elizabeth English DM: -Two streams (1) transition from fashion transforming from ritual to appearance ...

I have always known that value does not reside in objects but rather in the perception of objects. And that value is contagious, working in ...

Roland Barthes wrote in "The Language of Fashion": Man invented clothing for four reasons: 1. as protection against harsh weather ...

Spaces of expenditure undergo an evolutionary process. New typologies are born, gain popularity, fade, or continually evolve. Today, rat...

LDV The locations of La Dolce Vita often refer back to antiquity, not only because it is impossible to escape the past of the eternal city, ...

Daniell Scotti, Starlet on Via Veneto, Rome, Italy George Daniell, 1955 vintage silver print A fundamental prerequisite to glamour is...