As a digital media artist based in Germany, the portfolio work of Jann de Vries is extensive, but it is his deconstructed collage works that particularly stand out. He takes existing photos from various fashion journals and magazines to create a new reality, hence the name Wirklichkeit, translated as Reality. This should entice you to check out the rest of his portfolio.

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Picked up this insane lookbook last year at Creatures of Comfort [and by insane that refers to the cover page photography, styling, and clothing alike]. With collections as ingenious as this, how could anyone ever be unimpressed with the German-born Bernhard Willhelm? He brings us dresses, coats, sweaters, and skirts with extreme volume and layering that manage to flatter with the addition of lines having obviously been lovingly placed with a woman’s body in mind. Bernhard Willhelm’s name is synonymous with the words quirky, adventurous, vibrant, and playful but what makes him so brilliant in his somewhat off-the-wall design aesthetic is the fact that every piece is still very much chic and wearable. It comes as no surprise that this now-Paris-local received the ANDAM Grand Prize as the most promising talent of the new creative scene.

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Michael Rother : Silberstreif

I know it may be a little too late to still be talking about New Years, but some things resonate for a bit longer. The only good part of my night was curling up in a fetal position on the floor next to the speaker at my friend Nat’s house listening to the soothing sounds of Sauerkraut, a compilation from Price Pearlman. Sauerkraut features a vast array of some of the finest Krautrock from the 70’s and 80’s. The contents include but are not limited to: Neu!, Can, Faust, Kraftwerk, Harmonium, Cluster, and various combinations of these bands members and solo projects. Check out Silberstreif, the first track on Vol. 3 by Michael Rother, which I consider to be my theme song for 2009 (despite the fact it was recorded in the early 80’s). Rother was a founding member of Kraftwerk and Neu! as well as performing with Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius (the duo also known as Cluster) under the name Harmonium. Some people like to say that you’ll spend the rest of your year like you spend NYE. Considering how much action Sauerkraut’s getting on my ipod, I’d say for the first time that sounds about right.

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