Futuristic Fashion

Hope everyone had a great weekend... mine was very relaxing and had time to catch up on my reading and finally unpacked the suitcase I took on my trip {I hate unpacking!}.

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One of the most amazing collections out there today is designed by 21 year old Brazilian designer Pedro Lourenço. When I first saw the images of his collection I thought the images were computer generated because of the Matrix looking models wearing the highly stylized pieces.

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The collection is inspired in the Patagonian landscape which he printed on many of his pieces or used as inspiration for the collection's palette.

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The collection is characterized by asymmetrical shapes and clean lines with stylish details in trims, panels and the position of the pockets.

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The fur is made of mohair fiber treated to look like it... Other materials found in the collection are silk, metal and fleece.

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Have a great day and start of the week!

I Say Hello Friday

What a week is all I have to say!!! It's been filled with very rewarding moments and renewed energy to continue with the job hunt. The conference was great because there is nothing better to be surrounded by the best your industry has to offer, by the game changers and the decision makers... and to party all together. They don't call it hospitality for nothing!

For today I want to leave all of you not just with the week's links {nice to be informed again!} but with a fun song and please check out the first link where my dear friend Mary Jo featured me on her blog Trust Your Style... we had a lot of fun when we had lunch last weekend!

Censoring Tweeter

Skinny Models Health

Marni for H&M

Unusual Destinations

Cell Phones and Dining Out

Chanel Inside a Jumbo

Technology Round-Up

The Many Uses of Miso

Starbucks New Products

Davos 2012 

More Veggies Please!

Opening for the Olympics

Crazy Runway Looks

Have a great weekend and get some rest!

P.S. Finally, I want to invite you to join me on Pinterest and Twitter!

You Say Goodbye

Back in Miami from a very successful trip to LA and lots of following/catching up to do... See you tomorrow with this weeks links {need to catch up with the news today!} but for now I leave you with an image a friend of mine took of me walking on the beach in Malibu.

Have a great day... the weekend is almost here!

Take it Easy

Busy day ahead and don't want to bore you with statistics about the state of the hotel industry... but all I can say is that it will get much better in 2012 and it will certainly will keep on leading the economic recovery.

Take it easy today as I have to run fo another busy day... See you tomorrow!

Playing with Traffic

Hope everyone had a great weekend and thanks for your good wishes for this week which will definitely will prove challenging as I will be talking to leaders of the hospitality industry who are the ones I'm hoping help me in landing the job I want.

Yesterday, I went to LACMA to check out the current exhibits and got to see the one created by Chris Burden called Metropolis II. This amazing sculpture is a kinetic installation that took the artist 4 years to complete and includes 1200 toy cars {my nephew would love that!} moving through the streets of a city composed of multiple layers.

The project reminded me of a version of those futuristic movies where traffic flows freely all over and cars seem to be flying all over the place. The little cars are brought to the top of the sculpture as if it was a roller coaster and then they start they way down on street like lanes at really fast speeds as you can see them in the pictures {love the contrast of the ones at slow speed against those moving!}.

The installation is noisy and creates a sort of noise that reminds you of the busy highways in places like LA, Miami and New York where the pace of life is so hectic. The city is created by buildings made with different materials like wood, mirror, tile, Lego and even the Charles and Ray Eames cards from the modern design installation on the next room.

The video will give you a better idea of how amazing this large scale sculpture is...

Have a great day and go out to enjoy your surroundings!

Traveling Friday

I'm super happy about all the amazing comments I got from all of you this past week... Thanks a lot!!! Today I'm on an airplane on my way back to LA to attend a conference where I hope to meet the people who will help me get a job, so I'm crossing my fingers!!!

Today's images is from Mary Jo Matsumoto's blog called On PCH where she shows images of people's everyday style all over sunny Southern California. I chose her image because I'm super excited that I'll be having lunch with her tomorrow... Can't wait to see her!!!

On another note... there are no links this week as I've been seriously busy this week but I don't want to leave you for the weekend without talking a huge issue going on these days... SOPA. Please inform yourself so you can act accordingly to what you think is best for all of us.

Wikipedia and SOPA

What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?

SOPA Blackout: Websites Go Dark to Protest SOPA, PIPA bills

Explainer: understanding SOPA

Have a great weekend and see you Monday!

Pixel Building

There's a myth that environmentally friendly architecture cannot be done, that it is too expensive and that it cannot be well designed, but in Australia they proved all those myths wrong created the first carbon neutral building in the country which means the building itself generates its own energy and water on site (all images by studio 505).

The building is located in Melbourne and will be part of a $1billion urban renewal project where the developer used a former brewery as it's starting point. The office building counts with solar panels on the roof to generate energy as well as wind turbines and the result is that it generates more energy that it consumes.

The building's most amazing architectural feature is it's colorful panel facade made with recycled materials whose purpose maximize daylight coming to each space, add more shade, and increase visibility to the exterior.

The building designed by studio 505 is so cutting edge that it will be considered environmental not only in Australia but also in the US with its LEED program  and in the UK with the BREAM system {these systems are the ones that say if a building is a "green building" or not}.

Wouldn't it be amazing to work in a building that is not only great for the environment but also that looks like it belongs at a fashion magazine?

Have a great day!!!