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07 feb 10

Tahiti, French Polynesia…

Dakota Rico Travel and Culture is a new segment here at the journal where I will be chronicling travel and culture intertwined with design through photography and a bit of writing. My first post stop...

23 sep 09

Sourires de Polynésie française…

23 sep 09

Le Marché Municipal…

Le Marché Municipal, in downtown Papeete is an outdoor shopping market that you have to see if you visit Tahiti. It's not only a place to buy things such as jewelry, fashion accesories, couture and e...

23 sep 09

Le Marché Municipal…

23 sep 09

Tahiti, French Polynesia…

A couple of months ago I found my self in Tahiti, French Polynesia, an island in the French Polynesian Pacific, only a few hours away from New Zealand. Culturally, I was in a place beyond divine, bey...

23 sep 09

Dakota in Hanoi, Vietnam…

Today an avid Dakota Rico reader named Jun from Singapore sent me a message from Hanoi, Vietnam... She said that she was in a market, browsing things for sale, and amidst a stall of shoes she spotted...

21 sep 09

Moulin Rouge…

- Title: ‘Moulin Rouge’. Medium: Black ink and colored pencil. - Dakota 21.9.09 'Moulin Rouge: A cabaret in Montmatre, Paris, a favorite resort of poets and artists around the end of the 19th century...

21 sep 09

Weekend highlights from the West Coast…

Weekend highlights... Well, the highlight of this weekend was spending time with Rey and Irene, and second to note, was the little house come villa where we stayed over the weekend. Midge House, to b...

21 sep 09

Design interview with Sophia of Modediktat…

When did you start drawing – and can you remember the moment in your life when you recognized: That’s what I want to do! I started to draw when I was five years old and I was nine when my family noti...

17 sep 09

Perles de champagne…

Remember how I said I was working on a  collection for a boutique specializing in vintage artwork and couture in my post featuring the Milano Droplets? Well, here is what I have been working on most ...

10 sep 09

Esotico By Dakota Rico…

“Dakota Rico was thinking to him self… Qajar Dynasty head dresses… Pearls of the Orient… Italian refinery... And, Aqua Chalcedony of Afghanistan, the land of the Pashtuns and the enigmatic Persian Gy...

09 sep 09

Bohémien…

- Title: ‘Bohémien’. Medium: Black ink and pencil. - Dakota 7.9.09

07 sep 09

This is Milan…

"Dakota Rico was thinking to him self... Boudoir at Della Galleria... Monochrome color tones... Milano, from Milan, Italy... And, Swarovski. From Austria." Yesterday I designed 'This is Milan'... As ...

05 sep 09

Milano, from Milan…

Having recently received faceted Milano from Milan, Italy, I’ve been at a papers length, designing. It’s all very inspiring… Working in monochromatic tone. Finally, I have the first few designs compl...

04 sep 09

Introducing: The Dakota Rico Collection…

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03 sep 09

Introducing: The Dakota Rico Collection…

After many months of design, re-design and aspiring to inspire, finally, I am at the stage of introducing to you, designers, lifestyle enthusiast, travelers, and readers alike, of the Dakota Rico jou...

02 sep 09

The first day of spring…

01 sep 09

T’s snippet on the journal…

Today my sister was over at the apartment to have coffee, talk about the collaboration and look at my new 'side project', which I have yet to post. That little number is on the way, just to note. Any...

31 aug 09

Forever and always…

- Title: ‘Forever and always’. Medium: Black ink and pencil. - Dakota 28.8.09 Dedicated to the admirable, Modediktat.

28 aug 09

Incorporating design into material…

- Title: ‘Delmy Rivera’. Medium: Black ink / Pencils on paper. - Dakota 28.8.09 ~ Collier, Yet to be completed. Ruby, Chalcedony and white pearl. Destinations: India, Cambodia and Afghanistan.   Dako...

28 aug 09

Dakota Rico - Aviators…

27 aug 09

Florence Broadhurst body art…

Following my last post about the inspirational Florence Broadhurst... I found these incredible body art photographs courtesy of the talented and admirable Emma Hack and David Solm of Adelaide, Austra...

27 aug 09

The many lives of Florence Broadhurst…

Inspired: I have just finished watching a film about the alluring life of Florence Broadhurst, internationally acclaimed wallpaper designer, come flamboyant entrepreneur and lifestyle extraordinaire....

27 aug 09

Occidental Expressionism…

- Title: ‘Occidental expressionism’. Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas. - Dakota 25.8.09 "Those whom enter his apartment would be overwhelmed by the presence of his paintings, one might even be incline...

25 aug 09

The vintage escapade…

My sister and her husband have recently purchased a vintage house... It is fit with vintage panels, vintage interior and exterior features, with overtly Victorian bay windows, stained glass, high cei...

23 aug 09

This is Shin…

- Title: ‘This is Shin’. Medium: Black ink / Pencil on paper. - Dakota 23.8.09 ~ Thank you Shin for the 'I love Dakota' sign. It made my day!   - P.s Thank you guys for all of the mail, feedback, art...

23 aug 09

This is Camille…

- Title: ‘This is Camille’. Medium: Black ink / Pencil on paper. - Dakota 21.8.09

21 aug 09

This is swank…

- Title: ‘This is swank’. Medium: Black ink on paper. - Dakota 20.8.09 - Title: ‘This is swank’. Medium: Black ink on paper. - Dakota 20.8.09

20 aug 09

Magnolia’s on Thursday…

20 aug 09

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