Friday, 30 March 2012

Marina & The Diamonds - Homewrecker : the acoustic video

Oh Marina, did the heartbreak finally turned you into a homewrecking desperate housewife?

Thank god for this great acoustic version that came right after the original -more Eurovision-styled- edit.

Like icing on a cake, but with a bitter aftertaste!

e n j o y

get the album and the remixes

here

Terra Nova by Ostwald Helgason - icelandic fashion in dazzling prints

While surfing and eyecandy-shopping I found this fashion-gem of an icelandic brand called :

Ostwald Helgason

This brand, born out of the collaboration of the German Susanne Ostwalk and Icelandic Ingvar Helgason, creates narrative collections with luxurious fabrics and stylish/fun prints.

Classic shaped sweaters combined with drapped skirts and unusual cut dresses who breathe the inspiration of vintage YSL Rive Gauche combined with some Celine-touches.

Dashing, young, cool and above all -wanna wear it all-!

thanks to itsnicethat

p.s.: Chloë Sevigny is a fan!

bright colored paper art by Lauren Clay

Enjoy spring even better with the colorful acrylic-on-papier-mâché sculptures

by Brooklyn artist Lauren Clay!

Out of a flat 2D paper sheet she creates layered structures that give it an overall organic grown textured look. Waterfalls, strange dreamcreatures...what you can imagine you can see in it!

Optical Seduction - Masunaga

Please seduce me wearing only these!

The Japanese MASUNAGA half/half colored glasses.

available at COLETTE.

thanks to r i v i e r a

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Architecture in Helsinki - Desert Island : the remixes by D Lissvik, Haima and YACHT !

The deluxe version of Architecture in Helsinki's latest album Moment Bends is about to be launched...and as the cherry on the dancy cake they will amuse you with some new remixes!

Here you can already stream the D Lissvik (ex-Studio), Haima and YACHT remixes for Desert Island!

have fun as the temperature rises!

Penelope Kenny and the evolution of graphic hybrid species

Let me introduce you to Miss Penelope Kenny!

This Australian born graphic/print artist, now lives and works in Brighton, U.K and makes very Darwin-esque inspired art to my opinion. In her work, where she likes to work with old drawings and prints, she studies and explores the world of hybrid animals and their relations with one another. We see butterflies with bird-heads, a badger wearing the shield of a turtle and even a rabbit climbing a tree like a koala. All made in a style like they came out of an ancient encyclopedia. So well done that you want to ask yourself...did these animals once really existed?

Check out her work or even buy the limited edition artwork for yourself at the Elphick's website!!!

one of my favorites : the Red Kangadeer!

check also the upcoming exhibitions on her work

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

handdrawn and animated gifs by Dain Fagerholm

Seattle based illustrator Dain Fagerholm must had a crazy Were the Wild Things Are dream before he came up with these scary and dark but at the same time tenderly funny hand-drawn animated gifs, which he gave the name "stereographic drawings". An old technique where 2 parallel captured images with a slightly different perspective are put one over the other to create an eye-tricking effect!

thanks to designboom I labyrinth bcn

Sunday, 25 March 2012

multi-colored-mobile by Clara von Zweigbergk

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This colorful mobile was created and designed by Stockholm based illustrator and graphic designer Clara von Zweigbergk for artecnica .

enjoy!

seasidesounds - a sunny and beachy EP with a dash of musical nostalgia

for the lovers of the beach, the sun, the waves and icecream;

here is this weekend's EP full of lovely songs that shine their

way into your head! Enjoy the sea side sounds!

Get tanned and salty on the sounds of savoir adore, she & him, sophia knapp, kisses, kings of convenience, mellow and helen shapiro!

ring of the day - Mr. Dandy- by Topshop

Just a funny acquisition from the female accessories department at TOPSHOP in London...fun and shiny!

Pure Instinct Collection S/S 2012 by Q Design & Play

Go urban hunting in style with the new Q Design and Play Pure Instinct Collection Spring/Summer 2012 Collection where survival of the fittest or more stylish is the only rule to play the game!

The collection is based on 3 concepts to explain the colors and the moods of the clothing :

the Hunter, the Victim and the Survivor. Going from strong earth colors, to soothing and smoothing protective tones to graphical elements that are the signature strength of this Thai brand.

Classical turned into survival modern, wearable cut into dandy-centric in high quality cotton, silk, linen and acrylic detailing!

Check out also their accessories going from rings, (the bear) necklaces, bags, amazing shoes and scarfs!

Monday, 19 March 2012

Play House with Afrobeta

Straight from Miami...here's the trance-y pounding Afrobeta song Play House...with a delightful old-skool 3D-inspired sci-fi video and ditto thumbing beats.

Makes me think of Dragonette meets The Asteroids Galaxy Tour...

Their Heart-layouted graphics for their EP may look

a bit out-dated...but there is some fun 90-00s inspired disco-noir to keep you shaking for a while!

Artist + Track: Afrobeta - Play House
Label: Do IT Music Group
Album name: Under the Streets
Director: Ruben van Leer, Westframe.com

Monsieur Lacenaire - sheep invader merino sweater!

Named after the rakish 19th century Parisian dandy-criminal Pierre Francois Lacenaire, this knitwear brand for men brings us high end clothing with a contemporary and often quirky touch!

Founded by Garance Broca, after working at the world's high end maisons as Hermès, Joseph & Balmain, she creates her collection out of the finest Peruvian (baby) alpaca and Italian merino...