Archive | January, 2009
· CULTURE, MUSIC ·
Song of the Day: [2/1]I just saw Kings of Leon play at Madison Square Garden this past weekend. As always, they were great live. But every time I see them play, I observe this fact: the song “Knocked Up” is absolutely epic live. Its an epic song all around. I mean every time he sings the line “people call us renegades, we like livin crazy”, with that sharp guitar noise accompanying it, I get the chills! So no surprise…
· FASHION, STORE, TRENDS ·
EDIT’ CONCESSION AT TOPSHOPLet the countdown begin…Im giving you 15 days to get a trip to London organized, get in touch with your peeps in London to handle business for you or just enter it into your agenda if you are London…
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Launching at the beginning of February TOPSHOP’s Oxford Circus store will host ‘EDIT’ a pop-up boutique showcasing a collective of young…
· CULTURE, HEARSAY ·
Sharky Tea InfuserA pretty cool design by Pablo Matteoda the Sharky tea infuser.
The Designer Words : ‘INFUSION means to extract certain properties from an soluble ingredient such as tea leaves [...]
· ART, VIDEO ·
Shepard Fairey about the Obama PosterA little interview of L.A. artist Shepard Fairey ( aka Obey ) about the Barack Obama “Hope” poster, The Poster is hang in the U.S. National Portrait Gallery since January 20th, 2009
· ART, PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Christophe Huet – The Master of RetouchingFrench retoucher Christophe Huet is a true photoshop Master! His work is fascinating. He is the one who creates the famous advertising for Playstation, but also some for Nike, Motorola, Surfrider Foundation…. I spend an hour on his site looking all of his work, and the Best of all is [...]
· CULTURE, MUSIC ·
Song of the Day: [1/29]Beirut released its third album this week, a double EP split between ‘March of the Zapotech’, which follows the orchestral band’s traditional sound as it mixes with Latin – in particular, Oaxacan – influences. But its the second half, the ‘Holland EP,’ where things get interesting. Recording under the name “RealPeople”, Zach Condon’s band …
· ART, EDITORIAL, PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Magritte Fashion EditorialCould you believe that photographer Andrew Matusik used Rene Magritte as inspiration for his photoshoot!? For Genlux magazine winter issue, Andrew created an Amazing editorial called ‘ Sir Realist ‘ – A beautiful work, really well executed, and you can see that Andrew spends a lot on photoshop compare to Magritte who was painting – Technology Vs. Art[...]
· PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Hartland Villa AgencyHartland Villa is a French Production Agency, who is representing photographer and Art Director, like Elen Usdin who made this beautiful lookbook for Lanvin SS08 inspired by Pacman/Lego…
· CULTURE, TRENDS ·
Swedes a la ModeRefinery 29 delivered s with a bit of Swedish Goodness this morning upon their return from Sweden’s fashion week. Their short lived trip to see the Acne, Whyred, 5th Ave Shoe Repair shows, among a few others was full of excitement and photos, capturing a lot of the street style of Sweden’s fashionistas.
· CULTURE, MUSIC ·
Song of the Day : [1/28]
He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, a space-folk collective from Echo Park, was formed by siblings Rachel and Rob Kolar, featuring Lauren Brown as a tap dancing percussionist and Molly Collins on backup vocals. Lauren and Rachel are a performance team- their play “NEW”, an avant hardist portrait of socialites in a post-apocalyptic world, recently had several sold-out runs in L.A. and will soon be touring on the East Coast.
· ART, ILLUSTRATION ·
Lina BodénLina Bodén is a Swedish Illustrator, just graduated of advertising & graphic design at Beckman’s Design college in Stockholm, She already work with H&M, Weekday and few other trendy Swedish brands…Really like her style and how she draws feathers.
· DESIGNERS, FASHION, TRENDS ·
Opening Ceremony x Pendeltonveryone is talking about the brilliant collab between Opening Ceremony and Pendleton. I mean how could this combination go wrong, one of the best stores in the US and one of the staples of American dress. For their 100th anniversary Pendleton worked with Opening Ceremony to create a full collection, including bags of mouthwatering designs…