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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
MUTO Wall painted animation by BLU
"Stop-motion meets street art and a strange child is born to Italian street artist Blu."
All I can say is this is insane and so is the mind behind it
the video is called MUTO it is a series of stills arranged from his paintings on the streets of Buenos Aires.
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
check out his blog
All I can say is this is insane and so is the mind behind it
the video is called MUTO it is a series of stills arranged from his paintings on the streets of Buenos Aires.
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
check out his blog
Sunday, September 7, 2008
bored?
ok so today i went to this amazing book store in newtown.. i actually got lost, i found this book called 1001 cool freaky facts and so ive decided to blog some....
1. Loud, fast music makes termites chew faster
2. many species of reptiles have two penises
3. spider silk, by weight, is stronger than steel
4. anemophobia is the fear of wind
5. the longest nose was 19cm
6. the lightest person weighed 6 kg on her 20th birthday
7. the loudest burp was 112 decibels( jet aeroplane
8. the world youngest parents were 8 and 9
9. by raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink in quicksand
10. china has a beverage called white tea. it is simply boiled water
11. it takes 72 muscles to speak one word
12. 47 bibles are sold every minuite
13. macca's makes 40 % of profit from happy meals
14. on average, 18 acres of pizza are eaten in america every day
15. lightning is five times hotter than the sun
16. it takes 63 000 trees to make the new york times every sunday
(to be continued)
1. Loud, fast music makes termites chew faster
2. many species of reptiles have two penises
3. spider silk, by weight, is stronger than steel
4. anemophobia is the fear of wind
5. the longest nose was 19cm
6. the lightest person weighed 6 kg on her 20th birthday
7. the loudest burp was 112 decibels( jet aeroplane
8. the world youngest parents were 8 and 9
9. by raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink in quicksand
10. china has a beverage called white tea. it is simply boiled water
11. it takes 72 muscles to speak one word
12. 47 bibles are sold every minuite
13. macca's makes 40 % of profit from happy meals
14. on average, 18 acres of pizza are eaten in america every day
15. lightning is five times hotter than the sun
16. it takes 63 000 trees to make the new york times every sunday
(to be continued)
ILOVEFAKEmagazine
online magazine
ILOVEFAKE magazine, est. in 2004 brings its readers fashion, art and style online. say what?! online?
The bi-monthly magazine targeted at the kids with good taste, more than usual the readers are style leaders.
"Our goal is to be an inspiration guide worldwide in the fashion and culture industry."
WEBSITE
your name and people behind the mag:
i am jolijn snijders, founder & editor in chief of ilovefake magazine, and jordy huinder is the fashion editor of the magazine. we're based in amsterdam, netherlands. we're currently with 2 people, everything else is contributed by freelancers / artists / photographers from all over the world.
a little bit about the magazine:
ILOVEFAKE Magazine is an online magazine about fashion, art & style. We are independent artist / publishers who are looking beyond a conventional method of distribution and production, hence the online format. We work with upcoming as well as accomplished artists and photographers from all over the globe. Our goal is to be an inspiration guide worldwide in the fashion and culture industry.
what makes you different from all the other:
GREAT TALENT SCOUTING!
MYSPACE 'EM
quirky cool portraitist on the streets of chicago.
portraitist/nanny.
Alice Lancaster, 22 years old, Chicago
what you do?
i'm a nanny full-time and I draw portraits
a little bit about yourself:
i grew up in st. louis and moved to chicago a couple years ago to study illustration at columbia college but hated school so i dropped out after a year. i am obsessed with faces and always on the search to discover new ones to draw.
a little bit about your art:
i (almost exclusively) draw portraits. i like the subjects to be easily recognized but at the same time appear a bit distorted.
what makes your art different from all the others?
it's personal.
who do you look up to?
as far as artists go i think alice neel was incredible. i love diane arbus and john deakin's photography. but there isn't one particular artist who has influenced my work. i do look up to amy sedaris though. do i really need to say why?
coolest word?
cumberbund
WAIT...THERES MORE. check out her flickr
Saturday, September 6, 2008
#3 is up fella'zz
XRAYSPEX UNDER 18 GIG HAS NOW TWO EVENTS UNDER THEIR BELT AND AREN’T PLANING ON STOPPING JUST YET.
OXFORD ARTS FACTORY’S XRAYSPEX HAS BROUGHT SYDNEY’S UNDER 18s ACTS SUCH AS
- CUT OFF YOUR HANDS
- AJAX
- THE HOLIDAYS
- BAG RAIDERS
- CRAFTON PROMARY
-TH JEZABELS
-AND MORE,
AND NOW, IT’S ON AGAIN.
THIS TIME WITH,
-YOUNG AND RESTLESS,
-CASSETTE KIDS,
-DJ KATO
-AND MANY MORE.
CLICKME...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
XRAYSPEX
XRAYSPEX
XRAYSPEX UNDER 18 MONTHLY EVENT.
"a new, monthly event being held for under 18s at the Oxford Art Factory, showcasing some of the greatest acts from Sydney and beyond to an audience who often miss out."
31 AUGUST,
call your brothers, sisters, cousins, friends........... coz this is going to be crazeh!
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE
wana know more? check out their myspace, click here
XRAYSPEX UNDER 18 MONTHLY EVENT.
"a new, monthly event being held for under 18s at the Oxford Art Factory, showcasing some of the greatest acts from Sydney and beyond to an audience who often miss out."
31 AUGUST,
call your brothers, sisters, cousins, friends........... coz this is going to be crazeh!
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE
wana know more? check out their myspace, click here
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
FASHIONS ORG.
online community.
fashions org is a new, fast growing online community for professionals in the fashion industry.
Fashions. Org
Co-Founders: Karl Wischnofske and Andrew Ferlitsch
Vancouver, WA - Fashions. Org is a community themed professional networking site for professionals and business in the fashion industry. The organization promotes sustainability in the apparel industry through local job growth. The founders and principals of the organization believe there is significant opportunity for growth in the local apparel industry. A growing number of consumers today are looking for goods that are manufactured and sold locally in their communities. But, many consumers still are not aware that within the United States and many western countries, there is a vibrant cottage apparel industry.
Fashions. Org launched its website in January 2008 with a three phase plan. During the first phase, the site has focused on building a professional networking community for professionals and businesses to both promote themselves and locate other professionals and businesses. The site
provides an International Fashion Registry for professional business listings, a fashion classified ad/job section, a quick find seamstress directory for locating local seamstresses who can do small commercial runs, a calendar of fashion shows around the world, private hosting of resumes and tear sheets, and tools/gadgets to aid in managing their web sites and social pages.
Fashions. Org is currently transistioning into its second phase, where the site will focus on introducing the fashion public to the site. Currently, the site overs a showcase section where professionals and showcase a portfolio and obtain a rating feedback from the public. The site will be launching a variety of fashion news and information. Content will be a mix of professionally edited articles (eFashion) and on-the-street fashion news and articles by the visiting public (iFashion).
During the third phase, projected for late fall, the site will launch online stores for local apparel manufacturers and fashion designers. These stores will allow the fashion public to find and purchase clothing apparel and fashion related products which are manufactured and sold in their community, either online or at local boutiques.
Our goal is to convince the consumer to spend 5% or more of their clothing purchases on locally manufactured and distributed clothing apparel.
Staff,
Fashions. Org - "The Community"
sign up or just take a peek
Austin Nicolai
Singer/Songwriter.
wow, all i can say is talent, talent, talent....gimme some more baby!
Austin Nicolai, 20 years old
San Diego, California
Singer/Songwriter.
a little bit about yourself?
I grew up in southern California.
Started writing songs about a year ago for a band that never worked out so in January i started making songs of my own the sing and perform.
a little bit about your music?
I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel or anything like that, i just want to draw feeling,emotion and honesty from the listener. i pretty much just want to make everyone feel like my best friend. i write pop songs inspired by harry nilison, lennon, mccartney, ray davis and some others.
what makes your music and you different from all the others?
Well for one thing i play all the instruments on my recordings, so hopefully that adds to me sticking out (hopefully not in a sore thumb sort of way)
I'm not sure if there is a difference I'm just trying to be as honest and sincere as i can in a 3 min song.
what is your inspiration?
i would say everything but id be lying so id have to say any song,film, painting etc. that makes me feel insecure and excited at the same time. so then i want to prove to myself that i can reach that point if i push myself to grasp that feeling.
what is your motivation?living in New York city or Europe someday.
if you could be anyone in the world who would it be?
Its a tie.
id say Mark Ronson or Gael Garcia
myspace him!
SASHA
guitar/vocalist/songwriter
CHECK HER OUT!
name: sasha
style: acoustic, soul, indie.
MYSPACE HER TUNES.
VINTAGE CLOTHING.
Claire Inc provides hard to find crème de la crème vintage items handpicked from around the world!. The store is crammed with jaw dropping, orignal items.
what else do they do? designer vintage, one-off treasures, buying, trend forecasting, fashion styling and garment sourcing.
name? Claire Inc
location Based in Adelaide but trades to the globe
where can we buy your clothes?
ebay and their site (coming soon)
what inspires you? pretty stuff....mountains and cold nights, vintage melodramas, Barry Lyndon, Charles Jourdan shoes, old Italian Vogues, snuggling on the couch in Winter
what do you love at the moment? novelty cat tees, oversized and ridiculous jewels by Karl Lagerfeld, vintage Halston bags & Lavin frocks (it's love..)
coolest word? chokito
myspace them.
Monday, June 30, 2008
GIRLS FROM OMSK
fashion label
This phenomenal little label GIRLS FROM OMSK is to be smitten about.. its fun, crazy designs make you scream for more! if your a rebellious trendsetter, this is for you.
brand:GIRLS FROM OMSK
your names: VALERIA SINIOUCHKINA AND PHILIPPE KEOUNE
ages:NAH
location: BRUSSELS BELGIUM
A little bit about yourself:
1)Valeria: a russian born designer finished the la Cambre fashion school of Brussels in 2002. Fashion designer and artistic director of GIRLS FROM OMSK.
2)Philippe:otherwise known as "Monsieur le Directeur". Graphic designer and illustrator. Manager of GIRLS FROM OMSK
3)The invisible army of GIRLS FROM OMSK
A little bit about what your doing
a clothing brand for 16-30 created 2 years ago. Streetwear with a feminine touch and bold prints. At the moment finishing up the bags for the worldwide collaboration with KIPLING and preparing the spring/summer 09 collection for Bread and Butter Barcelona 2-4 july.
what makes this different from all the others?
Valeria's russian roots give the west based collections an estern heart!
what inspires you?
Philippe Koeune's drawings, russianhood, music, virtual and reallife travelling...
fave movie?
a soviet film from the 80s called "A dog's heart". A strong depressing story about a stray dog gone man gone back to dog .
PAY a visit to their online shop
AIRY ERII
freelance illustrator
eri displays a fresh, distinct approach to art.
your name: ERII (prounounced air + y)
age: 21
location: CA/NYC
what you do?
I'm a fashion student at Parsons School of Design. I never sleep during school. I'm also a freelance illustrator.
your style?
my illustrations are a mix of egon schiele + audrey kawasaki. simple and complex all at the same time. i hope i can have a fashion designing career after college though. i love designers like rick owens, yohji yamamoto, and berhnard willhelm.
a little bit about yourself:
i'm very contradicting. i'm shy/wild, quiet/loud, childish/serious, lazy/productive, dont care/passionate. i do believe cats have nine lives. i do believe in spirits. i hate scary movies. i am birthday twins with yoko ono. i remember my dreams almost every night. my wardrobe is 90% black and white. drawing in pencil is much more successful than micron pens.
what makes you different from everyone else:
trends suck. i am in my own world and believe in it.
who do you look up to?
john lennon / yoko ono during the revolution. oh and peter pan because he's forever young (and he can fly)
click here to SEE MORE of erii
Also she just did a tshirt collaboration with audrey kitching and rony (ronys photobooth). you should CHECK IT OUT and buy a tshirt!!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
OLD YOUNG
This fresh new talent has hit 'what's going on' I'm calling him Terry Richardson form of a singer.
"Old Young is a poet, producer, emcee, visual artist and a lover. Born and raised in Los Angeles California. He comes from the streets of beats and raps to the dance floor to make that booty clap. From rocking crowds in the underground Hip Hop scene to getting dance floors hot and sticky in the underground club scene. Old Young is in the musical duo The Keyishe with the one and only Vally Girl. Old Young is also a designer for the L.A. clothing line Street Hearts. You will be hearing more about Old Young and his collaborations very soon."
Name:Old Young
Age:ageless
Location:HollyHood
Genre: Pimp Hop,Ghetto Poetry.
A little bit about yourself and your music: Born and Raised in L.A. I am an Emcee/Producer and Artist. My music is about making people have fun and enjoying themselves.
what makes you different from all the others?
Well i freestyle on most of my beats. I do like to write lyrics but there is something about raw expression that I love.
why did you start making music?
I started rapping in high school at the age of 15 with alot of other kids, it kinda just went from there, to making beats and now making songs.
what are you influences?
My influences are mostly Old School Hip Hop/Rap Electro funk and Freestyle/Miami Bass
who inspires you?Bjork.
what makes you laugh? I laugh at myself alot
lamest pick up line you have used? I dont use pick up lines
LISTEN TO OLD YOUNG!
THAT GHOST
what do you do when you have no friend's and nothing to do? durrh.. you sing!
That Ghost is the name of an astounding singer, and at the young age of 18!.
If you've heard 8MTS in my post below... This style is the complete opposite. It's something you want to listen to when you wake up on a saturday morning, hair looking like einstein and mascara down your face with a massive hangover. Or if your just looking for some calm music to forget all your troubles and start the day fresh.
His music is like chocolate, once you have a little bit you must have more, and more, and more.. until you swell up like a balloon and your about to pop!.... except for the swelling and popping part. LISTEN!
name:Ryan Thomas Schmale
age:18
location:Sonoma County, CA
genre:anything i feel like making
what made you become interested in making music?
not having friends or anything to do let me to start trying to record and write songs in my room and i never stopped. also the loads of shitty music being made in my area/everywhere.
what's different about your style?
i dont know if there is anything different. maybe the fact that i record in my room/dont use a computer and try to keep things simple and lo-fi.
embarrassing moment:
making and releasing my first couple of releases. very embarrassing stuff. and making/listening to tons of horrible music.
who do you look up to:
billie holiday, elliott smith.
a quote:
"next please."-huey lewis in back to the future, 1985.
check him out.
BACK SEAT BINGO-(THE NEW 'IT' BRAND)
Back Seat Bingo is brand spankin' new label by two fun, artsy girls. I am in love with their unique style making these fabulous handmade tee's. I'm sorry to say that they don't have a store yet but i'll keep you all posted!
name of clothing brand: Back Seat Bingo
genius behind the brand:
dolls, bicycle rides, fingerpaints and tap dancing chewing gum, ice cream,soda pop and suckers perfume bottles, hip shakers,tight jeans and knickers playing a good game of Back Seat Bingo and wearing some good tee's
age: the age of inosence
location: toronto, ontario
a little bit about yourself and the brand:
well, we are Petra Collins and Gaby Lo. We have been drawing and painting since we were wee little children. One magical day we found each other and our art has since been displayed on colorful t-shirts. It took us a while deciding on what to name our t-shirts, we didn't have a brand name. So we decided it would be cute if we used 50's teen slang. We looked it up, and we found back seat bingo (kissing at the back of a car). It was perfect, it was childish and cheeky.
who and what has inspired you to do this:
Our art and really cool kids who wear interesting tee's.
what makes you different from all the other labels:
every shirt that we make is handmade, with heart in our art.
lamest pick up line?
I'm fighting the urge to make you the happiest lady on earth tonight..
though we would love to be picked up with that.
see more of their tee's!
8MTS
Right now I am obsessed with this man. i saw him when he added me on my myspace. my first thought was 'this is fucking amazing, gods gift to the world.' Then the next few days at school i had his myspace up,...secretly of course I didnt want my laptop taken away from me, just nodding my head away to the tunes. nicely enough he have me some info about him.
style:Ghetto-tech, indien and electro-8MTS
The one behind 8MTS is Lex, no last name, 23 years old and living in Miami, Florida. He mixes up old school tunes and turns it into something you can't resist. IT IS AMAZING!
LISTEN HERE!
THE WAFFLE+FALAFEL GIRLS!
your names: (there's a bunch of these girls but this is the main group):
sky ferreira - age 15
lovisa the intern - age 19
mf britt - age 19
cassie f baby - age 22
tine dream - age 20
simp - age 19
sarah morrison - forever 21
location:
the waffle house in Vancouver is our main spot... but we're all over- l.a., n.y., charlotte, toronto,sweden!..
a little bit about waffles+falafels:
waffles+falafels is our clothing line / street gang
lamest pick up line ever used:
"i'd like to eat me some waffles" - ew!! haha
lamest joke:
miley cyrus' fame
best joke:
hanna montana's fame
the best part of being a w&f girl:
we do whatever the hell we want. and we look however we want. we eat during photoshoots and people still book us. oh, and have make your-own-pizza nights at the waffle house every other monday and sometimes get free green tea at starbucks for being internet famous lolz
There are many stories floating around about how waffles+falafels was started. This is the real story.
wana find out more about the waffle+falafel gang?click here
Theodosius Ng.
Name: Theodosius "Theodopolous" Ng.
Age: 16 on the 4th July.
Location: Born in Singapore and then moved to Sydney, Australia in 2003.
Style of art?
Hmmm, it's quite broad I guess. Ranging from literate to visual arts.
Visually, it's mostly vibrant and contemporary alongside a generous splash of abstract complexity. I aim for a contrasting, bold and fresh new look in every artwork I create, using ambiguous angles and perspectives in my photography and robust brushstrokes in my paintings.
What made you interested in becoming an artist?
My mother; she's my sole inspiration. I remember the first time she taught me to paint. That was also the first time I was introduced to art. I was 3 years old and she wanted me to enter an art competition, painting the local trains and the environment. I subsequently won $2000 for coming in second place. And from that day, I vowed to become an artist.
What makes you laugh?
Basically anything random. I have the strangest sense of humour. I could sit there, and start laughing for no particular reason. :D
Who do you look up to?
As mentioned, my mother, alongside mother nature. I'm absolutely in love with nature. It's probably the main inspiration for all my art. Call me a hippy, but we're all apart of it. ;)
wana see more? click here
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Stefanie Haslberger/casiegraphics
Name: Stefanie Haslberger alias casiegraphics
Age: 28
Location: currently now in Munich, Germany, but soon again in London
Style of Art:
Contemporary Illustraton with influences of Graffiti, Nature, and Art.
Everything is handrawn and with pen and ink, or collages with collected oldmaterials and papercut.
Why you started?
I Started with drawing in my early childhood because I had a lot of influences in my family, as a teenager I started with graffiti and i am doing graffiti still but later during my study I discovered my love for illustration and specally I love to draw animals, cause I am really fascinated about them, how they look and how they are.
SEE MORE OF CASIEGRAPHICS
Philippe-Alain Gilleron
Born 08/06/76 in Evry, France.
Lives in saint pierre du perray
Contemporary artist and acrylic painter
He was was always an artist, He started with making drawings to tell stories. When Two years ago he wanted to make something more personal and visual : The paintings.
He works with colors that he likes on themes of non politics.
Most of his paintings are decorative, 'i have decorator's formation', he told me, and another part is dedicated to his flying flowers, these flowers evolve in fantastic and oniric landscapes, they reflect his love for nature and the journeys and also the peace through our world.
To see more of his art VIST PHILIPPE ALAIN HERE!
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