The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier was an exhibit recently showcased at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, CA from March 24, 2012 – August 19, 2012. I’ve taken these photos to try and summarize the exhbit which featured innovative projection and lighting technology. Jean Paul Gaultier’s seductive stylings and successes as a haute couture fashion designer were beautifully displayed and narrated throughout the exhibit. 140 haute couture and prêt-à-porter designs were presented as an engaging retrospective of Gaultier’s work and highlighted the controversial, whimsical, and innovate designs that have made Jean Paul Gaultier world famous.
Gaultier on Display
“The Histomap: 4000 Years of World History” is the Story of Civilization
Rand McNally, best known for their maps, atlases and globes, published “The Histomap: Four Thousand Years of World History” in 1931. It was created by John B. Sparks, and it originally sold for $1. The map measured 5’2″ tall. It was intended to “[dramatize] the great adventure of mankind.” It is the story of civilization. The colored regions represented the various empires throughout the last 4000 years.
Games in Space
Some of you who grew up in the 90s, as we at UPT did, may remember the Wing Commander computer games. Fighting against the feline-esque Kilrathi you were aboard a…
How to Make an Axe Cop Costume for Cosplay
Making high quality costumes for comic conventions can be tedious for non-cosplayers, so I decided to create a quick tutorial on how to make an Axe Cop costume.
How to Become a NASA Flight Controller with Holly Griffith
Matt, Dennis, and I recently had an opportunity to chat with Holly Griffith about how she became a flight controller and what it means to know how to launch and land a spaceship.
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
As part of the new Halo 4 game release, 343 industries decided to tie in a live action series. There is a stigma that games translate poorly to non-interactive storytelling and for the most part that tends to be true. Games can take anywhere from 6-8 hours to play through, that’s not including RPGs which can consume 50-70 hours, or your whole life if it’s an MMO. Having to cram all that story into an hour and a half can be a bit daunting. Thankfully director Stewart Hendler and writers Todd Helbing and Aaron Helbing have been doing a weekly webseries that uses the Halo universe but tells a story we haven’t seen yet…