Archive | May, 2010
· ART, FEATURED, SCULPTURE ·
Willy Verginer Wooden SculpturesItalian woodcarvers Willy Verginer creates simply awesome artistic wooden sculptures. His art pieces are basically real sized and painted with a cool vibrant colors.
· FEATURED, PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Bruno Cals : HorizonsBrazilian photographer Bruno Cals is known for his fashion and advertising photography but his Horizon series, currently exhibiting at 1500 Gallery in New York City, shows a completely different perspective of his work. In this personal project he has been working on since 2008, Cals captures frames of buildings in Sao Paulo, Tokyo and Buenos [...]
· DESIGN, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, TRENDS ·
Yii, Traditional Craft meets New DesignYii was started by the Taiwan Craft Research Institute to stimulate a more creative conversation between Taiwanese designers and traditional craftsmen. The collection revolves around 3 main themes, Inspired by Nature, Cultivation and Sustainability. It’s the result of 15 designers working together with 20 master craftsmen and went on show at the salone di mobile [...]
· MUSIC ·
DOM : Burn BridgesDOM is a trio from Worcester, Massachussets. The band is named after its leader, Dom, who is quite a character himself. He refuses to release his last name because he “owes money” and he is obsessed with his cat, Bochicha. Not only is his cat’s picture on the album cover of their EP, but he [...]
· ARCHITECTURE ·
NYC RooftopsNowadays, Cyril and I, find ourselves walking the streets of NYC and staring up at all the rooftops, dreaming about our very own New York City rooftop atrium, merging architectural sculpture and botanical madness. Jwilly tapped into that fantasy with his collection of NYC rooftop photos.
· FASHION ·
Levi’s Lefty 3rd JacketI want, I want! It’s like Martin Margiela did a collection with Levi’s (instead of Diesel). But no, this time its Japanese designers Kazuki Kuraishi and Takahiro Miyashita that happened to designed the Levi’s Lefty 3rd Jacket. The jacket was available yesterday at the Levi’s e-shop but it is already sold out .
· EDITORIAL, HEARSAY ·
Karl Lagerfeld for Les 3 SuissesBeing French and growing up reading trough this famous French mail-order catalog: Les 3 Suisses, you can imagine that it is a funny news to me, reading that Chanel and Fendi Creative Director, Karl Lagerfeld shot some pages for this mass business catalog (prices range from $18 to $220.)! From luxury to mass market, the [...]
· ILLUSTRATION ·
Noumeda Carbone IllustrationsIllustrator and painter, born in Paris and based in Florence, Noumeda Carbone makes wonderful work with ink, pigment liner, felt-tip pen and mixes hand drawing with digital instruments.
· PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Matthew Donaldson President SeriesI love the humor of still life photographer Matthew Donaldson’s president series. Its really graphic and super visually stimulating.
· MUSIC ·
Toro Y Moi : Miss YaToro Y Moi is the recording name of Chaz Bundick from South Carolina and this isn’t the first time I have written about him. Earlier this year Bundick released Causers of This, a record that not only received great press but also set the bar high for the large group of artist trying to do [...]
· DESIGNERS, HEARSAY ·
Jean Paul Gaultier Leaves HermèsAfter 7 years of collaboration, Jean Paul Gaultier stepped down from Hermès and pays tribute to Jean Louis Dumas, deceased recently. He left the famous saddler in good terms and says that he “shared a lot of emotions” and that he “learned a real know how”.
· DESIGNERS ·
Risto F/W 2010Last week I visited Nouveau-PR and discovered Risto, a great upcoming label by Macedonian designer Risto Bimbiloski. Former assistant to Thierry Mugler and knitwear design consultant to Louis Vuitton are just a few of of the rich experiences that have lead designer Bimbiloski into running his own label, produced in a facility he opened in [...]