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Muse Boards, as they are known on Minnie Muse, have been intrinsic to the website’s DNA since launching in November 2017. As such, the Muse Board concept was one of the first categories I developed when outlining the content framework of Minnie Muse, over two years ago – a website, I envisioned, built on curation and contextualization.


Posted May 27th, 2019 By Colby Mugrabi

Every Monday we highlight one runway collection throughout history, paying homage by publishing a carefully composed assemblage of reference images for said show, based on my personal interpretation and understanding of the collection in focus.

Now, 19 months in and nearly sixty Muse Boards later, it occurred to me that after subjectively decoding the collections of countless brands and designers, I have never turned the tables and utilized this format to visually illustrate the Minnie Muse brand. With the launch of Minnie Muse Merch, it felt only natural to employ this framework to delineate the countless ideas and pictorial references that have had a hand in defining who and what is Minnie Muse.

In college I read a book titled ‘Pirates and Farmers’ by culture critic Dave Hickey. Put simply, Hickey argues that throughout history, creatives are either categorized as farmers or pirates. Farmers cultivate new ideas through innovative means of thinking and creating, ultimately releasing their teachings into the world only to be appropriated – for lack of a better term, i.e. ‘stolen’ – by pirates. An important takeaway from Hickey’s argument being that he refrains from contending one side over the other. Both pirates and farmers are essential to the progression of culture, while the world would be remiss without the perpetual creative tension ignited by both groups.

Hickey’s philosophy has always stuck with me. Making me question and better understand both creative individuals and, ultimately, myself. As such, looking closely at the reference images that have collectively informed the genetic makeup of the Minnie Muse brand, it is all the more obvious that I am a true pirate. Sampling elements of 20th century art, decades of fashion, midcentury design, and modern and contemporary architecture, to make something entirely my own. The ‘pirate’ badge is one I hold with tremendous honor.

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Carlo Mollino

Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy

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Jean-Michel Basquiat

Portrait, 1980s

Thursday 2pm   jean michel wearing minnie muse red

Renzo Piano

The Maison Hermès, Tokyo, Japan, 1998-2001

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Naomi Campbell

Prada, Spring/Summer 1992

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Humberto and Fernando Campana

Bubble Wrap Chair, 1995

Campana bubblewrapchair

Alexander Calder

Silver Brooch

Silver brooch alexander calder

Andy Warhol

Portrait of Tina Chow

Tina chow

Miu Miu

Bubble Wrap Shopping Bag, 1990s

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Carlo Scarpa

Murrine Glass Plate, 1940

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Peggy Guggenheim

Venice, Italy

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Red Square Tile, Signature Branding of Structures

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Pierre Chareau

Maison de Verre, Paris, France, 1932

Bassamfellowsjournal glass blocks 9

Guy Bourdin

1970

Bourdin1

Helmut Lang

Bubble Wrap Jacket, S/S 2003 Menswear

Bubble wrap jacket  helmut lang s s 2003 menswear

Andy Warhol

Portrait of Gerard Malanga, Screen Test, 1966

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Slim Aarons

Hotel Il Pellicano, 1973

Hotel il pellicano slim aarons

Alexander Calder

Brooch for Mary Rower

Img 9651

Jean Prouve

Structure Nomade, 1957

Jean prouve structure nomade rouge web 01

John Lautner

The Elrod House, Palm Springs, 1968

Leland y lee 014

Jean Royère

Ondulation III Wall Light

Ondulation wall lamp1

Ed Ruscha

90 % Angel, 10 % Devil, 1982

Ruscha 1982 90 angel1

Miu Miu

Bubble Wrap Texture from Bag, 1990s

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Smiljan Radic

Habitación, Chiloé Island, 1992

Smiljan radic   habitacio  n  chiloe   island  1992

Farrah Fawcett Skateboarding

Charlie's Angels, 1976

Thursday am   farrahfawcett 1976
References
01 lede architect carlo molino film

Carlo Mollino

Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy

1 of 24

Thursday 2pm   jean michel wearing minnie muse red

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Portrait, 1980s

2 of 24

9be446551cef5a8c4e39fcad9d476104

Renzo Piano

The Maison Hermès, Tokyo, Japan, 1998-2001

3 of 24

Cq5dam 5.web.1280.1280

Naomi Campbell

Prada, Spring/Summer 1992

4 of 24

Campana bubblewrapchair

Humberto and Fernando Campana

Bubble Wrap Chair, 1995

5 of 24

Silver brooch alexander calder

Alexander Calder

Silver Brooch

6 of 24

Tina chow

Andy Warhol

Portrait of Tina Chow

7 of 24

3b9982f871a145fd725ee8657f9099db

Miu Miu

Bubble Wrap Shopping Bag, 1990s

8 of 24

0208lablck

Carlo Scarpa

Murrine Glass Plate, 1940

9 of 24

380549

Peggy Guggenheim

Venice, Italy

10 of 24

464637779 f32ce8e3a1 b

Frank Lloyd Wright

Red Square Tile, Signature Branding of Structures

11 of 24

Bassamfellowsjournal glass blocks 9

Pierre Chareau

Maison de Verre, Paris, France, 1932

12 of 24

Bourdin1

Guy Bourdin

1970

13 of 24

Bubble wrap jacket  helmut lang s s 2003 menswear

Helmut Lang

Bubble Wrap Jacket, S/S 2003 Menswear

14 of 24

Ee9e1800 2be5 477f bd26 570082dd7e3b 570

Andy Warhol

Portrait of Gerard Malanga, Screen Test, 1966

15 of 24

Hotel il pellicano slim aarons

Slim Aarons

Hotel Il Pellicano, 1973

16 of 24

Img 9651

Alexander Calder

Brooch for Mary Rower

17 of 24

Jean prouve structure nomade rouge web 01

Jean Prouve

Structure Nomade, 1957

18 of 24

Leland y lee 014

John Lautner

The Elrod House, Palm Springs, 1968

19 of 24

Ondulation wall lamp1

Jean Royère

Ondulation III Wall Light

20 of 24

Ruscha 1982 90 angel1

Ed Ruscha

90 % Angel, 10 % Devil, 1982

21 of 24

S 5a19ce589c6fcfeb43023860

Miu Miu

Bubble Wrap Texture from Bag, 1990s

22 of 24

Smiljan radic   habitacio  n  chiloe   island  1992

Smiljan Radic

Habitación, Chiloé Island, 1992

23 of 24

Thursday am   farrahfawcett 1976

Farrah Fawcett Skateboarding

Charlie's Angels, 1976

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