October 26, 2006 | New Art | by Zolton |
Best known for his colourful Element skateboard decks, Don Pendleton is an artist whose work is so distinct and creative it kinda makes you want to curl up into a ball and pretend you never saw it. Before making the transition to the ‘other side’ of the deck, he was a quality skater in his own right, as he told the Crownfarmer website: ‘I was sponsored by Steadham when I was in high school. And I went on to have some pretty respectable sponsors. My last board sponsor was Acme, and a lot of rad ams came off of that team. I never got any editorial coverage but I had a small but fun run at it back in the day’. [see also Zsolt Gyarmati]
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October 26, 2006 | New Fashion | by Andy |
Hand-crafted in New Zealand, WAS Bags are made from ‘recycled billboards that would ordinarily be destined for the dump‘. The materials are individually selected from chosen billboards before being cut, washed, pressed and sewn to create durable and hard wearing bags, each one unique in its own little way. [see also Jeremyville Sketchels]
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October 25, 2006 | New Illustration | by Zolton |
Having worked out of Antwerp, Belgium for some time now, Swedish illustrator Jenny Mortsell has just moved back to Stockholm where her trademark pencil portraits are in demand for use in ads and magazine editorial. She received an MA in Graphic Design & Illustration from Konstfack University in 2004. [see also Momoko Hatano]
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October 25, 2006 | New Fashion | by Andy |
Depending on the mood of the girl on the check-in counter, by flashing a Tinymeat passport holder you could: a) score an upgrade and fly upstairs in style, b) secure a date, c) cop some extra attention from security, or d) achieve nothing but the feeling of being cooler than the rest of the crowd. If b) is your prefered outcome, go with the ‘Bears are Smelly’ design. If you dig attention and suspicious glances the ‘Thrifty Cuts’ design might lead to option c). Either way you’ll guarantee an interesting experience. [see also Dynomighty Design]
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October 24, 2006 | New Products | by Zolton |
The new Michael Lau NY Fat figures come in a 14-inch high metal ‘Crylon Tin’ and were recently launched at his gallery in Hong Kong. They are ‘clad in a maharishi or mhi camouflage print jacket, all of which are direct copies of existing 1:1 scale jackets’. [see also Dalek; Tristan Eaton]
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October 24, 2006 | New Photography | by Zolton |
I love the work of Swedish photographer Max Berggren. It seems very raw and honest; as if there are few windows beneath what’s captured in the frame. [see also Peter Franc]
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October 24, 2006 | New Photography | by Zolton |
Hailing from Toulouse, France, Alain Astruc shoots only film, ‘negative and instant, in medium and large format. My style has grown out of the desire to escape the kind of intellectualism I had to deal with when I studied literature’. [see also Libby Clark]
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October 24, 2006 | New Illustration | by Zolton |
Melbourne-based designer, Simone Jessup, specialises in creating illustrations for the fashion industry. She graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and spent some time working out of Spain before returning to Australia. [see also Deanne Cheuk]
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October 23, 2006 | New Fashion | by Andy |
Innovating ‘a new way to look at time’, Matthew Waldman founded Nooka watches after a long fascination with how few options there were for time display. Contrary to more traditional displays, ‘the visual mass increases as time passes, giving weight to an ephemeral and abstract concept’. Nooka timepieces are available with leather and metal mesh bands and the inspiring displays are housed in stainless steel casings. [see also Bleu Limited]
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October 21, 2006 | New Products | by Zolton |
These bears remind me of my childhood. They take me back to a sweet place where trading cards were currency and sherbert was the best damn thing since sliced bread (white, with hundreds and thousands on top). Ok, time for a nap. [see also Beck Wheeler]
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October 21, 2006 | New Art | by Zolton |
New York artist Reed Anderson studied printmaking and art at the San Francisco Art Institute before staging solo exhibitions at a number of prominent American venues including The Clementine Gallery and Brooklyn’s Pierogi Gallery. [see also Leandro Sanchez]
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October 20, 2006 | New Illustration | by Zolton |
So I have this recurring dream. Well, not really a dream as such. More a footnote on the thesis on life; a ‘mental meandering’ where my mind flows to a secret place which only I and Paul McCartney can access. Read more
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October 20, 2006 | New Products | by Zolton |
Issue three of my favourite Aussie zine – Hungry – is out and is packed with all sorts of illustrative goodness based around the theme of Space, which is kinda ambitious given that there’s so damn much of it out there. There’s only 300 copies available, so you better get in quick. Special features this issue include ‘a hot sticker sheet, to cut and stick where ya want, and a ‘poster to put on your bedroom ceiling and dream of the stars’. Nice. They’re having a launch party at Little Rebel in Fitzroy, Melbourne on Friday October 27. [see also Hungry Zine two]
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October 20, 2006 | New Art | by Zolton |
Young Sydney artist, Fleur Childs, was ’staying at Arugam Bay, a remote beach community on the east coast of Sri Lanka, when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck. With the works that make up Boxing Day, Childs relives and reimagines her experience of riding the wave that killed over 200,000 people‘. Childs is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts. Her exhibition, Boxing Day, is on at Sydney’s Blank Space Gallery between October 26 and November 1. [see also Lyndel Yeo]
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October 19, 2006 | New Products | by Zolton |
Spanish designer Marta Sanchez Oms studied at jewellery at the Massona School before specialising in gemology at the University of Barcelona. For the past five years she has created her own intricate pieces from her workshop in Barcelona.
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Born in a sub-provincial city of China, and raised in the suburbs of Northern California, Brooklyn-based artist Jing Wei attended the Rhode Island School of Design where she ‘developed a great affinity for printmaking, snow, and pizza’.
Hello, my name is Zolton and I’m a non-dancer. That’s right, a non-dancer. I choose not to dance for the mental welfare of others, though my inability to shake and roll with the best of them can probably be traced back to the Id, the Ego; that darn voice that sits somewhere at the back of my head and reminds me that any inclination to hurl myself about the dancefloor will not go down well in public. So I choose not to. Heck … it’s my party and I’ll sit quietly and observe if I want to. Read more
Woohoo! Another flash game that actually tests your cognitive abilities. LightBot is a difficult, but satisfying game in which you direct a little robot using a system of simple commands in order to light up various squares on a grid. The first few levels guide you through the seemingly easy process, but when there are multiple sets of directions requiring you to write what are essentially codes, it can get pretty hairy.
When you first hear William Elliot Whitmore’s voice, it’s hard to believe he isn’t a grizzled old man. The baritone-voiced one-man-band does rousing bar room ballads on the banjo and guitar that are sure to send shivers down your spine. On closer listen, Whitmore’s voice does seem slightly affected. But like Tom Waits before him, his voice is likely to age like a good scotch.
Listen to the William Wlliot Whitemore track, Dry.
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A project that has been a pioneer of the revitalization of downtown Kansas City, this building’s goal was to promote the Central Library as well as represent the city itself. Read more
In my next life, I want to sing like Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison. Oh, and grow a lush beard, so I can play in their band. Better start cracking.
We love the range of prints created by graphic-tee fashion label, the-affair. Each limited edition print is produced on beautifully soft American Apparel t-shirts, which is why we’re stocking a selection of their t-shirts in the Lost At E Minor online store. Read more
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Wheeeeee! This game is so freaking fun! You move your cursor over each dot to make them split into four smaller dots ad infinitum.
Oslo artist Gry E.Pedersen blends digital artwork and photos, but her generally experimental artwork also includes more traditional forms of paintings. Read more
Italian-born, New York City-based photographer Paolo Ventura creates fairy-tale like pictures out of amazingly constructed, miniature dioramas that almost trick the eye into thinking he’s a tilt-shift photographer. Read more
Damn hipster dogs coming in here with their parents’ money, acting like they own the place, not respecting us real dogs who know what real culture and art are. We were here first and we knew about all those bands before they did. Read more
Scanners’ new single Salvation
I love this track by London based rock group, Scanners, which is off their latest album, Submarine. Having toured with acts such as The Horrors, The Wedding Present, The Charlatans, Electric Six, and Juliette & The Licks, Scanners could well blow up in 2010. Figuratively speaking, not literally. No, that wouldn’t be fun.
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