May 6, 2008 | Places | by Andy |
Dubbed as a ‘lifestyle project’ drawing influences from Californian street culture, the store recently opened by LA-based The Hundreds in San Francisco has, hands down, the coolest fit-out I’ve ever seen. Read more
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April 25, 2008 | Events | by Andy |
The Advertising or Design exhibition at The Eisner, the American Museum of Advertising and Design, was one of the highlights of my recent stay in Milwaukee. Read more
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March 30, 2008 | Design | by Andy |
A minimalist design hotel parked on Thailand’s Koh Samui island, The Library stole my attention as I wandered down Chewang Beach at sunset. Read more
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March 27, 2008 | Places | by Andy |
Late on a Tuesday night, it’s hard to know what to expect arriving at a new destination. While other cities were sleepily shutting the doors and awaiting the new day, Nashville, Tennessee was just coming into full swing. Stages in bars along Broadway were being rocked by blues, rockabilly, country and rock ‘n’ roll bands, and the standard of live music was true to its pedigree. Read more
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March 10, 2008 | Places | by Andy |
A minimalist design hotel parked on Thailand’s Koh Samui island, The Library stole my attention as I wandered down Chewang Beach at sunset. Read more
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February 18, 2008 | Art | by Andy |
We love how the masters of typography at Underware still take their work head on with fearless enthusiasm after ten years of collaborating and creating; ‘We just jump into a project, and then see where the rocket ends up; like untrained astronauts pressing the start button’. Read more at MyFonts.
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February 16, 2008 | Websites | by Andy |
We’re a little amused at the disarray caused by a toppling cup in the Hema online store. This is either extreme coincidence or brilliant creative storytelling, but either way - and despite not understanding Dutch - we’re digging it.
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January 24, 2008 | Photography | by Andy |
Providing glimpses into Cuba’s capital is Havanascity, a photoblog published presumably with difficulty from the heart of Havana. Read more
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January 19, 2008 | Places | by Andy |
We’ve been enjoying Whats Up Buenos Aires for a little while now. Read more
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January 12, 2008 | Websites | by Andy |
Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? A similar concept is incorporated into Protagonize, an online writer’s community dedicated to the collaborative, fictitious art of ‘addventure’. Writers can add to the stories of others, creating multiple branches and collaboratively developing a fictitious tale with a number of different paths. [see also A Million Penguins]
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January 10, 2008 | Websites | by Andy |
The Magazineer is ‘a blog about magazine design and print culture, written by people who love, and make, magazines’. Read more
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January 4, 2008 | Music | by Andy |
Trust the kids at Hobo Gestapo to snap some of the best pics we’ve seen from the whirlwind Australian tour by Parisian house duo Daft Punk. The shows look rad. So tell us: was it rocking? Read more
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December 29, 2007 | Places | by Andy |
We dig travel, and we certainly talk about it enough. Unfortunately, it’s a matter of more talking than doing. But next time we’re ready for some airtime, we might see if we can line up the odd rendezvous using Dopplr. It’s pretty nifty — you add your itinerary and share it with your fellow globetrotters, and Dopplr lets you know when you’ll be in the same place as your friends. It’s undoubtedly simpler than tracking those ‘two weeks in Havana, a week in Buenos Aires, then over to Santiago’ email threads. And the tool is very nicely designed.
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December 14, 2007 | Fashion | by Andy |
Hand printed and painted by Portland’s db clay, Puzzle is a unique collection of 500 wallets guaranteed to start conversations in bars. They’re individually numbered, lined with orange nylon, come gift boxed and will keep your precious greenbacks nice and crisp. Fresh huh?
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December 6, 2007 | Fashion | by Andy |
No, you’re not tripping out. Last night wasn’t that crazy. Your mind is spinning courtesy of some serious 3D handiwork by our friends from Limedrop. The ‘All 3 Dimensions’ collection incorporates a colour palette of white, grey and black, with highlights of red, blue, and silver, and graphics reminiscent of the golden age of 3D. Think big dinosaurs at the cinema. Remember those days? This is it … but, done with fashion. Sorta. Whatever it is, we’re enjoying it.
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We featured red hot Brooklyn band Yeasayer on Lost At E Minor a few months back, so we thought it was time we checked in with keyboardist-sampler, Chris Keating. Read more
I tossed and turned through three chapters of an epic Russian novel last night. Or so it felt as a constant stream of characters made their way past the stringent casting couch and into the deepest reaches of my dreams. Read more
This water theatre by the British architect, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw of Grimshaw Architects, takes the form of a vertical seawater greenhouse, with the evaporators and condensers stacked vertically to maximise yield. The structure is not only a visible engine of sustainability but is also a large theatre auditorium. Read more
The indie, electronic pop duo Plastic Operator paired up whilst studying audio production at London’s Westminster University. In 2004, they released their first three track EP. Their music reminds me of bands like The Fashion, Crystal Castles and Cut Copy.
The very talented Jess Snow, the first video artist to be featured by Female Persuasion — the original site for provocative and political female artists — has created this ethereal short video for Lost At E Minor. We feel it. We love it. [see also the promo video Lifelongfriendshipsociety created for us]
Cheap Monday are arguably one of the biggest revolutions in denim since Levi’s. They’re pretty much the uniform second skin for the music totin’, cons scuffin’ youth of today. Read more
George Lois is the god of good ideas, or at least one of them. When I am stuck on ideas, I pray to George the God, or look through his works in hope of doing something one hundredth as good as his work. Read more
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I’ve known Tiffany Bozic’s work for years, but I think her paintings are now looking better than ever. Read more
I love the nostalgic overtones in Peter Drake’s artwork. His new series is based on a collection of lead soldiers his father assembled over the years. Read more
Italian illustrator and designer Massimiliano creates vivid, dynamic and richly textured work. We caught up with him recently and asked him what had been keeping him busy of late. Read more
Taking a cue from Trevor Brown, Mainland Chinese artist Zhang Peng creates highly stylized photographs of women, whom he tweaks, with deft usage of the liquify function in Photoshop, to look like dolls. Read more
For the rest of this week, we have eight copies of the Anton Corbijn directed DVD, Control — the story of UK band, Joy Division — to give away to randomly selected new Australian-based Lost At E Minor subscribers. Read more
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