Since 2006 Elena Martin has been delivering consecutively progressive collections under the imaginary name of Martin Lamothe. Her aesthetic becomes refined in 2007 when she responds to the growing mens market and makes her collection unisex. I remember seeing her collection when I spoke with her in Barcelona 3 years ago, during her first presentation ever which was at Bread & Butter, but somehow in the mix of all that I took in that trip she slipped off my radar. Happily Neo2 has re-kindled my admiration for this fabulous young designer.

A recent trip to Texas and Nevada became a major influence to the direction of designer Elena Martin’s, Martin Lamothe Aw 09 Collection. She was inspired by the landscapes, colors, and the inhabitants of these places and translated that inspiration into something you would never literally associate with Texas or Nevada. The ability to find and create beauty from the abstractions of life is the true test of a creative mind.

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Madrid bases photographer, Paco Peregin has a lot of stories to tell in his pictures. Each story is carried out with a sense of drama and fantasy. Trendland referenced his work in, “In My Room“, when we first discovered him through NEO2. He works as a photographer and art director for clients like Nike, Diesel, Adidas, Lee, Mazda, Toyota, Levi’S, EMI Music, Cosmopolitan TV, AENA, etc. He publishes for recognized magazines as Glamour, Zink, Rolling Stone, Neo2, Eyemazing, Vision, Vanidad, Hint, Flux, DT, Tendencias or FHM.

He is one of the talents of the Spanish photography with major personality. His work is defined by a marked character of hybridization of styles where come together the latest fashion trends and the most personal conceptual reflections, always providing to his images with a sensual, elegant and mysterious, even perturbing character, trying to interrelate the point of view of the traditional spectator of works of art with the most generic public of the mass-media.

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Ipsum Planet is a Spanish studio of creators, graphic designers, art directors and writers. It was founded in 1994 by Ramón Fano, Javier Abio and Rubén Manrique. They are guilty of each issue of NEO2. Ipsum Planet has exhibited in Arco, Sonar, Art Futura and Palais de Tokyo. This is an editorial from the latest issue of NEO2, one of our favorite Spanish Magazines.

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