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March 21, 2008 | Art | by Deanne Cheuk |

Lu Hao is an incredible Chinese artist who paints meticulous and insanely detailed depictions of organized everyday collections in China, like shelves of CDRs, all painted with ink on silk. You won’t believe it even when you see it! Read more

January 15, 2008 | Design | by Deanne Cheuk |

One of the hardest working typographers I know, Mike Perry is currently working on his second book. Read more

December 30, 2007 | Design | by Deanne Cheuk |

Bernard Maisner is a wonderful typographer. I love his custom envelope addressing. What a treat to receive!

December 21, 2007 | Illustration | by Deanne Cheuk |

I’ve always loved Stephane Manel’s drawings. They have a sense of freedom and romanticism about them. Read more

December 14, 2007 | Illustration | by Deanne Cheuk |

Steven Wilson just did the latest cover for The Fader magazine which really caught my eye. Fader’s art director — and occasional Lost At E Minor contributor — Phil Bicker led me to Wilson’s website. I’m really impressed with how prolific he is and how he’s created his own style that looks a bit 70s mixed with right now. [see also the illustration work of Barcelona-based artist, Alex Trochut]

September 20, 2007 | Illustration | by Deanne Cheuk |

I came across Charley Harper on Ebay a few years ago, I bought a signed book and was immediately hooked. His work is so modern for its time. It’s all handmade, but it looks like it could have been created on a computer. He’s had a prolific career, and when you scroll through the entire book and see all of his work together, it really is mind-blowing. [see also Other Design]

September 13, 2007 | Design | by Deanne Cheuk |

The work on the Buero NY website is amazing — it’s my art direction obsession! So much work, so many cool clients … what a fantasy.

September 13, 2007 | Websites | by Deanne Cheuk |

With their daily (and obscure) free music downloads, Bumrocks was the first music blog of its type. Like other great ideas, it’s spawned a bunch of rip-off sites, but Bumrocks is still the best.

September 5, 2007 | Websites | by Deanne Cheuk |

The Sartorialist is my street fashion inspiration. It’s so interesting to see how people are dressing and putting looks together in all the different cities it covers.

September 4, 2007 | Art | by Deanne Cheuk |

Brian Bress is my art obsession at the moment. I recently saw his show at the LFL gallery in New York, and his collages and photographs were so striking, modern and funny that I couldn’t stop staring at them.

August 30, 2007 | Websites | by Deanne Cheuk |

Featuring music, sport and graphs, the Emo + Beer blog is a classic. It always makes me laugh! Read more

August 29, 2007 | Art | by Deanne Cheuk |

I’ve been a big fan of Babak Radboy’s designs for a while now. I love how complex and time consuming some of his pieces look and how fresh and original they are.

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August 27, 2007 | Illustration | by Deanne Cheuk |

This piece from illustrator Hiro Kurata comes from a children’s book called Will that he’s been working on since 2003. [see also Dioni Pinilla]

August 27, 2007 | Fashion | by Deanne Cheuk |

I’ve been collaborating with Sue Stemp on prints for a few seasons now. Her dresses are gorgeous. I particularly love how she uses color and detail.

 

‘Some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the gangster of love, some people call me Maurice, cause I speak with the pompetus of love’. The pompetus of love?! Really. I don’t know what the heck Steve Miller was on the day he wrote that, but I could sure do with some now. Read more

Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee recently contributed some posts to Lost At E Minor on some of his favourite cultural things and people. We checked in with him to see what sort of head-space he’s been in the time since the release of his latest album, Ripe. Read more

Given the amount of talent he has, it’s a mystery why German producer Pantha Du Prince not received more attention than he has. His minimal tech soundscapes are surprisingly melodic and moody, as reflected on his epic track, Asha, as good a starting point to the music of this German electro whiz as any.

You don’t have to venture far in Bangladesh to encounter a rickshaw, the nation’s most popular means of transport. Read more

Andrew Fagan, lead singer of The Mockers, the poppiest New Zealand band of the 80s, came around to my place once when I was an impressionable 10-year old with stars in my eyes and a head full of shiny, shiny melodies. Read more

Ninety percent of the time, you can pick a Scandinavian brand from a metric mile away, which is not necessarily a bad thing considering that the Scands have such a refined, clean approach to thinking about clothes. Read more

There are few more joys an artist has in life than coming across great resources for inspiration. Lately I’ve been studying typography, the meaning of words, and then something as simple as trying to find all the ‘7 letter words’ I can so that it might fit into my latest musings. Read more


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Monika Tywanek and Ingrid Verner are the Melbourne-based designers behind T-V’s boutique label. Read more

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Tiffany Bozic’s paintings

I’ve known Tiffany Bozic’s work for years, but I think her paintings are now looking better than ever. Read more

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Robin Rhode

There’s a lot I could say about South African artist Robin Rhode, whose work is currently part of Street Level, a traveling group exhibition now at the ICA, Boston. Read more

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Things are happening almost too quickly for Sally Seltmann, the bashful Melbourne balladeer who plays under the guise of New Buffalo and who wrote Feist’s 2007 hit single, 1,2,3,4. Read more

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Maki Kawakita’s fashion photography

If I was a fashion photographer instead of an illustrator, I would probably be Maki Kawakita, or at least be like her. Read more

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