detail: Moth Love by Gretchen Jones. photo: Minh Tran
They were everywhere suddenly, dancing on sunbeams in the upper story, trembling with the brief, grave duty of their adulthood: to live for a day on sunlight and coitus. –Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer
This, from the novel Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, is tacked on a board in […]
This Is Moth Love + Anna Korte
New From Queen Bee: Re-Wool Bags
Rebecca Pearcy of Queen Bee Creations introduces a new line of totes and satchels made of recycled wool, plus studio sale on Sunday
ultra Q: Jonny Shultz
Designer, modeling agent (Q6), event producer Jonny Shultz responds to the ultra Q in which we ask Portland’s movers and makers a number of pressing questions…
An award-winning designer of women’s accessories, Jonny Shultz has recently moved into designing women’s ready-to-wear. His full women’s collection debuts at STRUT on June 7. Shultz recently took time out […]
ultra Q: Holly Stalder
Qualities you most admire in design:
when you can’t figure out how something was made.
Qualities you most despise in design:
cheaply made things from IKEA or Target, when something looks cool from a distance but upon closer inspection is a piece of $%#!
Reading:
South Sea Stories- Maugham
Listening to:
erik satie
Dream project:
to start a magazine.
Favorite virtue:
patience and empathy
Favorite vice:
shopping on […]
ultra Q: Kathryn Towers
One of Portland’s premier independent designers and co-owner of Seaplane, Kathryn Towers responds to the ultra Q in which ultra asks Portland’s movers and makers a number of pressing questions
Qualities you most admire in design:
simple beauty, originality/ creativity and craftsmanship
Qualities you most despise in design:
ugliness, mass produced crap
Reading:
Middlesex, Slammerkin, and the Colette novels
Listening to:
Karen Ann, […]
ultra Q: Adam Arnold
Designer of finely-tailored, modern apparel for men and women, Adam Arnold, responds to the ultra Q in which ultra asks Portland’s movers and makers a number of pressing questions
Qualities you most admire in design: purpose, surface, ingenuity
Qualities you most despise in design: clutter, thoughtlessness, superficiality
Reading: Reference books
Listening to: Classic Rock, Sessions presents: Secret Love, […]
