Thoughts
Upcoming work, news, inspiration, randomness — all that we do and all that is us.
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FLOWER MAN
August 11, 2014Photographer Ken Hermann’s latest project documents the variety of characters in the Mallick Ghat flower market of Calcutta, India, creating an intriguing portrait book of some of the hundreds of flower vendors at the marketplace, which has been in operation for more than a century. Flowers are used in temple offerings and Hindu weddings […]
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TOGETHER
August 7, 2014The World Cup may be over but this collaboration between adidas and performance artist Marina Abramović is timeless in its message about teamwork and togetherness. The project is the first ever re-staging of Abramović’s 1970’s performance, ‘Work Relation’, and finds interesting parallels between the artist’s work and team sports. Watch the video here.
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MUTUAL BENEFIT
August 4, 2014If any misconceptions remain about eco-fashion—for example, that it only comes in earthy tones, in basic silhouettes, and is too expensive despite all its good intentions—New Zealand clothing label Kowtow is set to change all that. Priding itself as using 100% certified fair trade organic cotton for their sophisticated, minimalist designs, at prices that […]
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SLOW AND STEADY
July 31, 2014In an era where everything is digital and instant is king, photographers such as Sean Lynch are a dying breed. With an uncommon combination of exceptional patience, talent, and perhaps sheer stubbornness, Lynch works solely with film photography, experimenting with rare and expired films, with hauntingly beautiful, surrealistic results. See more of his work here.
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Tomorrow’s Fashion Troop
July 7, 2014It was a haunting carnival celebrating the future of sartorial ideologies, with ingenious craftsmanship trumpeting what is to come in fashion’s realm. The finale of London College of Fashion’s graduate show presented 26 collections, with several collaborations that fused the talents of contour fashion, womenswear, embroidery, and millinery. These graduating classes of 2014 show how […]
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Going Back to Your Roots
June 30, 2014Comfortably nestled in the heart of Northern Sweden foliage is a quiet visual cacophony of breathtaking tree houses, designed by Scandinavia’s leading architects to incorporate beautiful contemporary design with untouched woodland. Suspended half a meter above ground, the concept of Treehotel took a leaf from Swedish direct-actor Jonas Selberg Augustsén’s film “The Tree Lover”, a […]