Kristin Cofer - Design That Kills

♥ drooling over new york fashion week images of the new marc by marc jacobs collection-

♥ living the vampire lifestyle, much like the kids in my favorite film, the lost boys, complete with 80s soundtrack- in which i am up until four or five in the morning photo editing, designing- and then sleep until noon or later, work and repeat.

♥ yesterday i photographed my first real agency model at a catalog photo shoot that i was hired to shoot! i am beyond ecstatic and in post production land right now- sharpen, levels, tweak, save as .tif and repeat repeat repeat.

♥ life feels amazing, and there is just so much to create and do, obsessed with designing a photography book from blurb.com

♥ tomorrow i fly east to visit my honeys and the pennsylvania countryside! i look forward to spooky east coast trees, the andy warhol museum, and taking a vacation from real life, california.

♥ came across an amazing english photographer, ren rox by chance. it’s been a while since i’ve been photography inspired and her images are worth an eyeball peak or ten.

♥ still obsessed with LouLou’s gigantic bows, the madonna inn, studying photography lighting, jessica-m’s illustrations, finding the perfect red soled high heels, johnny thunders, and daydreaming about chihuahuas, scarves and pumpkin weather.

i have a new favorite electronic shop lou lou loves you a sweet heart filled lingerie and bow emporium out of the UK. today i purchased my first hair/brooch bow and am excited to receive and adorn it! also expect an interview with loulou, a crimson haired beauty and mastermind behind the emporium soon!

found this etsy seller, the black apple from another dear one, am in lust with this image-

i would do anything to hug a giant bunny rabbit! the latest issue of N.E.E.T. magazine is here again and like always, someday i hope to be able to photograph anything for my favorite electronic fashion rag.

in honor of my grandmother’s passing, i am listening to flamingo’s radio on pandora radio, currently frank sinatra is spinning, which makes me think of her in the kitchen, singing, “i left my heart in san francisco-” which was her favorite old blue eyes tune-

since i am the graphic design girl in the family, i was given the job of creating her funeral program- which is both an honor and difficult- but it did allow me to scan a bunch of old grandma photographs, see below what a glamour darling she was and you can see where i get my tastes!

in the world of flickr, motionid inspires me daily- in which this week i photographed christopher salon with nothing but my 50mm lens and available light!

and in daydream photography land, check out canon’s new creation, EOS Canon 50D, which someday will be mine.

i am so ecstatic for future photographic projects, including a new photo shoot with my old friends the agent ribbons girls, who contacted me again and are currently on tour in the UK, in which i hope they can meet the darling loulou-

my honey is on a creative roll and drew this adorable mustache graphic, in which we went and designed 4X6 postcards, i can’t wait to see them!

i miss my grandma, but i am happy that she can be in peace now, and i like to imagine death is like the end of the movie, “the big fish” and she can be young again, somewhere beautiful with my grandfather and all their friends, dancing to swing music, smoking a cigarette and wearing high heels. i will always love you grandma, you influenced me so much, every day when i get dressed i look at a photo i have of you as a young woman and try to emulate your style- thank you for giving me a love for all things classic and pretty.

i hope everyone is enjoying their monday off and being productive, i am living in photo edit land, i have the hair salon shoot to finish, a wedding i photographed last weekend to look at, go go girls to do final tweaks to, and a jazz singer’s album design to finish, busy lady! (but that is how i like it) looking forward to a week of beginnings and new clarity. it’s time to live and create all these things i dream about.

xo.

in my 9-5 world we are deep in holiday wonderland, so i have been more than a busy design doll- but i have not forgotten about you, electronic darlings-

photo by parker day

i have recently found myself meeting and working with some really talented san francisco musicians. currently my ears can’t stop listening to veil veil vanish, all six songs on their album just flow together like one long beautiful storybook.

last week i designed a poster for a small san francisco independent label, tricycle records and my friend alex’s band, the red verse, who soon will be releasing a new piece of musical art. i am excited for this event.

jessica-m is just an amazing artist and inspires me every day, italian vogue is my new favorite eye candy, a friend showed me that the cure greatest hits dvd has SECRET videos, including this one, which is one of my favorite cure videos ever- robert smith, palm trees, polar bears, and snow?  love.

i decided to invest love in san francisco, i think it needs me. the sun has been shining, the moon full, i have been wearing little scarves, designing, plotting photo shoots, wearing high heels, dancing, meeting new fantastic faces, and being happy.  how are you?

current adorations:

cut + copy’s new song, “hearts on fire”- which i’ve been listening to on repeat for the last three days- beautiful layered synth and reminiscent of good new order to my earbuds.

new shoes from modcloth

the free people girls

heather’s weekend fun mix tape

the dresses at luckykat

beauty and the blog

urban decay’s 50% off spring cleaning sale!

fashion photographer simón pais-thomas who inspires me daily.

other internal goodies: walking down market street and making eye contact, waiting for the mailman to bring my new brooklyn ork poster, doing well at my new job, fixing broken heartstrings, and continuing to move forward as an independent woman, photographer, graphic designer, and dreamer.

“I told you once that my goal was to shed corporate ties. I still feel strongly about this. And maybe its not so much about “the corporation” necessarily, but our ties to money. We have so much power. We all have a story to tell and a life to lead. I just feel like humanity is in hibernation or something, and its up to us to change all this. Following your dreams is not a stupid idea.”

he’s always got me thinking. i heart vinny.

betsey johnson’s two-bedroom, one-bath greenwich village penthouse, is for sale!
her tastes are exquisite- look at the image she has hanging in the bedroom!

oh dream! oh lust!