November 15, 2011 | Video | 
by Greta Hoffman |
We’re in danger of being a little obsessed with this sort of thing at the moment, but this Earth time-lapse video is just too beautiful not to be shared. Be warned, the shots of the Aurora together with the ambient music track are fairly trance-inducing. We take no responsibility for loss of work hours.
September 14, 2011 | Video | by Greta Hoffman |
Watch some of fashion’s most beautiful women squirm. On the back of a Vogue shoot in 2002, fashion photographer Nick Knight asked his models to stand in front of the camera undirected for two minutes. The results are awkward, very awkward in fact, but highly addictive and show a different side to these famed beauties we see so often.
June 23, 2011 | New Events | by Greta Hoffman |
The world of advertising creatives can be split into two groups: those who Cannes, and those who Cannt. The Cannt festival is in the midst of it’s inaugural year in sunny East London. Read more
May 9, 2011 | New Trends | by Greta Hoffman |
Who doesn’t love a good sausage? Certainly not the members of the recently revived Buticlub, a society brought together by their love and appreciate of the butifarra sausage. Read more
May 2, 2011 | New Photography | by Greta Hoffman |
The name pretty much says it all. Frédéric Chaubin’s recently published collection of photographs from the late Soviet-era is truly cosmic. The photographs pop with a surreal grandeur, made more fascinating by the stark contrast of these extraordinary buildings and their very ordinary purposes. Read more
April 20, 2011 | New Trends | by Greta Hoffman |
From the man who once sold his body in a boxing match as the Brawling Billboard, now comes something even better… his head. Matt Stafford, aka the Balding Billboard turns his somewhat unusual bald patch into prime advertising space.
March 1, 2011 | Cool Websites | by Greta Hoffman |
Whether it’s Surry Hills, Williamsburg or Shoreditch, one of the downsides of living in the world of the hip is the eternal difficulty in finding the necessary. Normal in Shoreditch provides an invaluable service to those in need of general, good value necessities. Be it toilet paper, a toothbrush, or an old man pint (not a trendy old man pint, a normal one), this is the place to look.
February 28, 2011 | New Fashion | by Greta Hoffman |
Sustainable. Ethical. Unique. London-based jewelery designer Emma Ware is ticking all the boxes with her latest Re:Cycle collection. Read more
February 12, 2011 | Cool Websites | by Greta Hoffman 
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Nerd Valentine has a lovely collection of gift ideas for the nerd in your life. Strangely, the Revenge of the Nerds box set hasn’t made the cut. Now, if that’s not the making of a romantic night in, I don’t know what is.
February 3, 2011 | New Trends | by Greta Hoffman |
Drawing it’s name from the Japanese sound of the term for ‘chit-chat’, PechaKucha is a new format of presentation taking the design world by storm. Or perhaps, not so new. Founded in 2003 at Super Deluxe, a basement bar in Tokyo, it is now celebrated in 382 cities worldwide and growing. Read more
December 11, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Greta Hoffman |
I suppose it should come as no surprise that Stefan Sagmeister, renowned graphic designer, has done something new and brilliant. But that should almost go without saying. The new Sagmeister website features a live webcam streaming footage of the New York studio from above, with the menu literally printed on vinyl and stuck to the floor. Read more
December 10, 2010 | New Trends | by Greta Hoffman 
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I’m about to reveal my true, nerdy colours to you all. The recently released Google Zeitgeist 2010 gives a fascinating overview of what the world was thinking this year by showing us what it searched. Oh World, Justin Bieber? What were you thinking?
December 2, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Greta Hoffman |
Jon Rafman’s much talked about Google Street View’s project brings together accidental moments, beautifully captured at random by the unknowing Google street cars as they document our big, old world house by house, bared bum by bared bum. The photos capture rare snippets of everyday life in an eye opening, beautiful, sometimes disturbing, often hilarious way. Read more
November 3, 2010 | New Trends | by Greta Hoffman |
A pop-up train tray, swing chair, footie smoothie, pencil shelf and 26 other random projects are all in a months work for Dominic Wilcox. Speed Creating is a month-long creative project in which Wilcox will make something new everyday. Sound exhausting? That’s okay. When the going gets too tough, he can just lay back on his beach ball chair and eat one of his bread lamps. Read more
October 14, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Greta Hoffman |
This global collective art project asks users to show their take on the man in black in a hauntingly beautiful interactive project. By re-drawing single frames from Johnny Cash’s Ain’t No Grave, the site then rebuilds the video frame-by-frame, creating a unique perspective of the music legend and a stunning video piece.
Jing Wei is a Chinese-born illustrator. Her drawings are so fresh and strong that you hardly can get them out of your head. This mixture of naive and pastel colours is really fascinating. Read more
David Mack is one of those rare comic book creators who has mastered both writing and art. Mack’s art isn’t what you will typically find in a comic book. He uses a mix of collage, pencil, ink and varied mediums to form his intricate and unique fine art style. His latest graphic novel, Kabuki the Alchemy, may be his best work yet.
The Liars were in the Netherlands recently and we came across some kids doing this dance. It’s really bizarre to watch. Read more
Having lived in New York for over two years now, transplanted from the sunny beachside landscape of Sydney, Australia, I appreciate the gritty realism, yet positiveness and vibrancy in the photographic series on Manhattan locals by British writer and photographer, Ian Woolverton. In addition to his talents with the lense, Woolverton also has two humanitarian awards: one for the Australian Red Cross Service Medal for his achievements in the Bali bomb response and the other, Australian Government’s Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal, for covering the tsunami in Aceh. Read more
Since they blew up with the release of their debut album, All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer have become the hottest thing to come out of Brooklyn since the $2.25 pizza slice from Luigi’s on Dekalb. We checked in with bassist Ira Wolf Tuton and asked him for a list of songs that are rocking his world right now. Read more
Our friends at Ghostly International are releasing Matthew Dear’s Black City album as a limited edition ‘totem’. A what? A totem – a limited edition metal bar used to access a private music chamber. Cool! Read more
Very Cheap Bag totes are eco-friendly and made from 100 percent unbleached cotton. They’re sturdy, yet lightweight. We love them, and think you will too. So we have them for sale in our online store for less than nine dollars.
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How ’bout this Jose Manuel Hortelano-Pi guy, huh? Quite the illustrator, yessiree Bob. From Spain, too. Spain is great! Read more
Get lost in a daydream or a craving for something sweet while gazing at these cool sculptures by Brooklyn-based WiNK WiNK PONY. Made using clay, tree bark, wood, and mossy moss.
It’s refreshing to see artists like Joe Kievitt who are contented to explore the beauty in simple forms and asymmetrical patterns. Read more
Mathematics? Leave me out. Fashematics? Now you’re talking! This gem of a site is a runway equation that adds up to a whole lot of wonderful.
Here are a couple awesome pieces by Matt Leines that were recently on display in the Doubting Thomases exhibit at Nudashank gallery in Baltimore. Gives me ideas for Halloween. Read more
This Powder Necklace features a pearlized Turbo Cinereus shell with tiny holes drilled into the bottom, filled with a sparkling silver-colored powder that when gently tapped, sprinkles a light dusting on the wearer’s chest. Designed by Stephanie Simek. Read more
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