If I were stuck on a desert island, here are a few things I might bring...
Mear One is a visionary graffiti artist from LA who’s psychedelic murals and canvases have been blowing minds since as far back as I can remember. The vid is an interesting snapshot into the life of the artist, featuring I Against I by Massive Attack …
I got this cd in the mail today. It’s origins are almost as mysterious as the North Pole must have been to Swedish national hero/explorer S.A. Andrée (great wiki article btw), who perished in a ballooning attempt to chart the region in the late 1800s. …
Looks like Babu is doing some press to promote his new mix coming out ‘The Beat Tape Vol.2’
“There was no holding back with this album, I wanted to get the beats out no matter what. I wanted to give my fans a fresh body of music” Explains DJ Babu. “My mission with these instrumentals are to put some doubters to rest.” For having 10+ years of production experience under his belt, most people know Babu as the World Renown / Champion DJ. “I want people to know my sound, all my beats come from a DJ mentality, so The Beat Tape Vol. 2 is a great outlet for me to showcase my production.”
Bonobo – The Keeper featuring Andreya Triana from Ninja Tune on Vimeo. Promo for the new Bonobo album ‘Eyes Down’ is stepping into high-gear with a free track download. See above for a vid of the first single, ‘The Keeper’. Most of the album has …
I’ve always loved the Team Canada DJs logo. I love that they finally made a version for the internet that is larger than 16×16 pixels. It’s also great to see that they’re DJing at the Olympics, but, this new logo skin is really just….great. Like, …
FAIL @ 3 mn mark. I looove me some fresh textbook smell Mr Mcgraw-Hill Chairman.
Loving this version of ‘The Coronation of the Virgin’, by Wolfgang Sangmeister aka Nicotine, original by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, 1645. (Found via The Cartoonist)
Barbara Hulanicki was a 60s fashion design icon. Known for her ultra-revealing party girl dresses, and unisex rockstar velvet suits which she developed for her deco-themed, Biba line, the monochromatic minx worked with high-end design houses like Cacharel and Fiorucci after the demise of Biba in 1976.
Having given up on design houses in the early 90s, the designer has turned to designing actual houses, clubs, and hotels. And she’s actually quite good at it. Mostly based out of Miami, the best advice she had to offer during her talk at the IDS 2010 was that “when designing beds for hotels in Miami, they have to be able to support at least six people.” Also insightful was her correlation between fashion design and interior design, “well, yes, I think they are very connected, they both have to do with the use of fabric and colour.”
Barbara’s interiors are available to the masses via projects with Habitat, (a bit like Ikea, but mostly in Europe), and Graham & Brown’s almost psychedelic, deco-themed wallpaper series featured a few posts below.
Oh wow, an augmented reality themed sneaker set so I can spend even more time in the webcam (?!) checking myself out. “Adidas Originals is launching the first Augmented Reality experience in footwear. The adidas Originals AR Game Pack is a set of 5 shoes, …
