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Gorgeous Day in SF
Posted: February 14th, 2010, 1:37am CET by Emily Chang
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Time Machine 020507
Posted: February 7th, 2010, 9:21am CET by Emily Chang
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Working 020210
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:32am CET by Emily Chang
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Sunday Print Inspiration
Posted: January 25th, 2010, 4:00am CET by Emily Chang
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Today’s Palette
Posted: January 17th, 2010, 7:54am CET by Emily Chang
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SOMA Magazine
Posted: January 16th, 2010, 7:58am CET by Emily Chang
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SOMA Magazine has always been one of my favorite culture magazines. It was a pleasure to meet and chat with Ali Ghanbarian, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of SOMA Magazine. His interests and point of view towards independent art and culture really mesh with mine.
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Street, Yellow Line
Posted: November 21st, 2009, 9:24am CET by Emily Chang
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Frank Stella’s Adelante
Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 10:59am CET by Emily Chang
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Adelante (1964) by Frank Stella
painting | metallic powder in polymer emulsion on canvasSaw this again in person on Saturday at SFMOMA. One of my favorite paintings. The lines are made from the negative spacing between the polymer. Gorgeous in its subtlety.
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Art Food
Posted: November 1st, 2009, 5:33am CET by Emily Chang
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MUNI Minimalism
Posted: October 27th, 2009, 4:07am CET by Emily Chang
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Macro Macaroons
Posted: October 25th, 2009, 4:21am CET by Emily Chang
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Flower Tea
Posted: October 22nd, 2009, 12:14pm CEST by Emily Chang
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Unipo at SFMoMA
Posted: October 20th, 2009, 5:42am CEST by Emily Chang
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Pano: Maiden Lane SF
Posted: October 17th, 2009, 11:01am CEST by Emily Chang
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The Moment Before the Music
Posted: October 5th, 2009, 10:26am CEST by Emily Chang
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My parents flew in from the east coast and we went to see Michael Tilson Thomas conduct Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 at Davies Symphony Hall as part of the Mahler 2009 Festival. This is the moment as the symphony warmed up just before MTT entered the stage.
Click for a larger view. Taken with the iPhone Pano app.
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Tiltshift SoMA
Posted: September 22nd, 2009, 9:04am CEST by Emily Chang
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View left towards the bay from the 11th floor view at Ideacodes. Tiltshifted with TiltShift Generator for iPhone.
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Orange in the City
Posted: September 6th, 2009, 5:50am CEST by Emily Chang
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OneLessDesk
Posted: August 27th, 2009, 10:16am CEST by Emily Chang
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I’m so excited to have bought the OneLessDesk just now, in red! I posted the OneLessDesk by Heckler Design in PicoCool a while back and it’s often crept up in my mind (side note, look for the PicoCool logo at the bottom of their page. That was a nice surprise :). When we first moved to SF, we bought two used DWR stainless steel Quovis work tables from our building landlord at an amazing price. We’ve always used them as desks at Ideacodes and loved them. But over the years, especially with the increase in monitor size (30″ display), I’ve started to realize just how close the screen is and how there’s just not enough depth to accommodate the screen and my keyboard. Since it’s a work table on wheels, it’s also a bit too high for a keyboard. Enter the OneLessDesk, with it’s sleek minimalism, and free-standing keyboard table. Since I’m also obsessive about hiding cords, I also love the built-in, vented cord shelf in the back of the desk. When we’re not working (yeah, that happens occasionally), we can slide the table underneath the other to save space. The Quovis tables will now become a big conference table. Can’t wait for the new desks to arrive.
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SFMOMA Exhibit: Pipeline, Featuring Jeff Clark Surfboards
Posted: August 16th, 2009, 10:47am CEST by Emily Chang
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On Saturday, Max and I went to see Pipeline: Art, Surfing, and the Ocean Environment, an exhibit at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason showing July 16 – August 28, 2009.
The ocean environment and the influence of surf culture on Bay Area art are explored in works by Jo Ann Biagini, Leo Bersamina, Charlie Callahan, Terry Hoff, Reuben Margolin, Serena Mitnik-Miller, Adrienne Keahi Pao, Charles Valoroso, and others.
Also featured are surfboards by Jeff Clark and surf photography by Frank Quirarte and Doug Acton.
For me, the main draw was to see surfboards by Jeff Clark, the pioneering Northern California big wave surfer that discovered Mavericks, one of the largest big wave breaks on the planet. He also surfed it alone for 15 years before convincing others to join him. “Part hydro-dynamic science, part sculpture and painting, and part good old American tinkering, Clark’s approach to shaping is also interesting for its parallels to art-making.” On view were shortboards, longboards and guns. I loved seeing the big wave guns, as well as the red patterned longboard and striped “Mexican rug” board.
Stop by the gallery at Fort Mason next Saturday, Aug 22 at 1 pm to hear Jeff Clark and the surf photographers Doug Acton and Frank Quirarte talk about the famous break and what it’s really like from those that have been there for over a decade. Also read Jeff’’s post to learn what happened with Mavericks Surf Ventures and the contest. I got a chance to see the incredible contest a couple years ago when he was still contest director. I hope we all get another chance to support him instead of the corporation that’s taken over his rightfully-earned position.
Click below to see more photos.
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080709 Linda Mar
Posted: August 8th, 2009, 10:29am CEST by Emily Chang
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Went down to Linda Mar today with Max and it was truly the first chill day surfing in NorCal: no lessons, no time pressure, just the two of us with our Mitsu boards and an uncrowded break (just a few beginners and a guy teaching two kids how to surf). The water seemed really warm today and at one point I was actually hot and dunked my head in the water to cool off! Caught a few great waves, and one really excellent wave where I popped up, felt the force of the wave and stood back on my board. Caught the longest ride I’ve had at LM. Stoked.
