The follow up to Grandmaster Flash’s seminal rap ‘The Message’ in 1980 was called ‘The Message Part 2 (Survival)’. If 2009 was about consumers ‘getting the message’, then the theme of Survival looks to be a key trend for the near future. Consumers today are concerned about surviving a range of different ‘onslaughts’ today: the financial [...]
If you still have some 3D glasses around, you should look at Baldovino Barani’s editorial, you will enjoy it to its full dimension! Since nowadays everything is 3D, why not have some 3D editorials as well. Only one little problem, if you don’t have the glasses, it is kind of annoying to look at…
Every season I try to redefine each fashion week by its strongest characteristics. The fashion weeks personalities rarely change but perhaps my perspective on them continues to evolve. Looking at Paris this season I would say that Paris’s personality is “Classic Remixed”. All silhouettes have a similar structural starting point but what makes the featured [...]
Speaking of the ‘Sheikh Trend’ with the Camo Collection, Art Director/Photographer Christopher Wilson shot Dubai in a very cliche way, but the result looks good…
Last night Gagosian Gallery hosted the opening of Damien Hirst’s latest work entitled End of an Era. His diamond world was star studded with icons in all genres of culture, from art to music to film to sports. At moments it was hard to gauge whether the bright lights were reflections of his entire diamond [...]
Milan Menswear fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2010 was very good. Looking at it all together even made sense in defining a general archetype of our modern man. He is soft but constructed, minimal but bold, nostalgic yet always looking to march into the future with an eager stride. In a nutshell that is what I [...]
I recently discovered the work of Alexi Lubomirski - shame on me for taking so long to find him. Pretty much every CondeNast publication, as well as every cool model and celebrity you can think of has been shot by Lubomirski… Born in England to a Peruvian mother and a Polish father, moved to Boswana at [...]
Hasted Hunt Kraeutler gallery is pleased to announce Hotel & Dawn/Dusk, new photographs and videos by Erwin Olaf. The exhibition runs from January 28 – March 20, 2010 with the opening Thursday, January 28th (6 to 8 PM). (you can be sure to see us there!) We have always really appreciated the work of Erwin Olaf on [...]
It comes as no surprise that Alexandre Herchcovitch drew the spotlight for Fall/Winter 2010 Sao Paulo Fashion Week, where he presented his mens and womenswear collections. What baffles me though, is how one mind can produce such contrasting thoughts simultaneously. Herchcovitch’s womenswear was beaming with cultural references of nomadic/gypsy lifestyles juxtaposed against a royal divinity of [...]
CEO of Etiqueta Negra Federico Alvarez Castillo was not kidding around when interviewed by JC Report last year, “These are difficult times, but as said before, Etiqueta Negra is a new brand to the US market. We have launched our brand in the middle of a deep economic crisis in America and don’t have a [...]
Added on 07 February 2010
After the great The Seed animation – Johnny Kelly directed this stop motion title sequence for Dutch science show “Het Klokhuis” (The Apple Core). It is Hollands oldest youth television show, covering everything from the history of dinosaurs to how an iPhone is made.