"An object which is both simultaneously perfect and imperfect. A series of handmade plates some made with magnets others with elastic to create the illusion of reversing in real life. A way of seeing perfection in an ordinary object, through comparison with its destructed state."
Click HERE to go to carmen's site to see the rest of her work
Untitled from Carmen Mueck on Vimeo.
Mountain Style Parka. Bellowed lower pockets with angled hand pockets above. Inserted box cut sleeve construction. Double storm front cover. Large internal safe pockets. Leather original style pullers. Nylon Hood linings. -Explanation off the Garbstore site.
k-dieeshhhh BOOSH BOOSH! - Trevor sent me a copy of his Skateboarding Mythologies. The bestest. The book is a series of illustrations based around the skateboarding myths he heard when growing up.
Click HERE to go to Trevor's site.
Issue 9 of Kilimanjaro came out on Friday, entitled 'I Love We' - Apparently this is going to be the last issue of the magazine, which if true, seems a real shame. The new issue comes in a black and white printed cardboard box and there is really something great about the photo printed on the back, it seems to help make the issue into more of an object. Definitely have a look through the new issue if you see it about. Kilimanjaro is art directed by Olu Michael Odukoya, and this issue was designed by Hannes Gloor & Stefan Jandi
Click HERE to go to the Kilimanjaro site.
Fantastic Man put up their new website today, in time with the release of their new issue which came out on Monday. The new site has introduced sections including The Forum, The Look and the Daily Recommendation, which gives something more than the magazine, allowing interaction. There are some real nice stories in the new issue: There's great photography in the City Suits article, and there's also something real nice about the story on Steak. The new issue also showcases a pre-introduction to the anticipated 2010 release of the publication 'the gentlewomen'.
As part of his world tour, titled "More Than A Game", 2009 NBA MVP LeBron James was recently in Paris for the conclusion of a youth basketball camp which took the form of a tournament and dunk contest in Le Grand Palais. The building—originally meant to serve as a temporary exhibiton space for the Exposition Universelle of 1900 (a World's Fair)—still exists after a century of sporadic use(s), obligatory renovations, and demolition plans (RE: Le Corbusier). Since its construction, the interior has seen various exhibitions which act as showcases of static objects and new technologies; from artworks to automobiles to aircrafts and agriculture—though, from what it seems, the space has rarely allowed a sport to frame its architectural program. In this way, the structure—frequently used for salons of mundane, pedestrian inventions and presentations of bourgeois, cultural products—finds an new, active/animated purpose. Coincidentally, basketball was invented the same decade that Le Grand Palais was constructed, and one could even say that the performance of this distinctly American act in this iconic French space culturally links these two countries in the same manner the Exposition Universelle of 1900 had originally aimed to. For more information about Le Grand Palais, click HERE. And for more information about LeBron's tour, click HERE.
Crooks and Castles was once the must have street wear brand, however slowly becoming more mainstream and easy to 'cop' its kinda lost its appeal! Buuuuuut i personally think they've smacked it on this one. This simple monotone silhouette like shoe hits the nail on the head. It feels like a cross between a vans chukka and a desert boot. This specific model is named the Chukka, there are four being released all look fresh!
Really like this seasons Folk shirts, I've seen the one with the three colour collar buttons, but not the others. With the shirts especially this season, Folk seem to be very consistent. The shoe style seems to have carried over from last season, but the tweaks are real nice!
So they're a girl group from Tokyo who sound a bit like a tense, poppy Battles? And they're touring when? Guess I'll keep an eye on their myspace to find out, and listen to this until their album arrives in the post from Small Town Super Sound.
MP3: Nisennenmondai - Disco
(Photo from DazedDigital)
