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.
October 6, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Greta Hoffman 
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A stupidly addictive site that tracks who’s doing the business in your area, I Just Made Love comes complete with positions, comments and a postcode search. Yes, this site takes voyeurism to the next level. After spotting quite a few pins floating in the ocean, I now have mental images of retirees on cruise ships that I could definitely have done without. Enjoy.
October 5, 2010 | New Photography | by Greta Hoffman |
What do you do when you happen upon 100,000 negatives at a furniture and antiques auction? You blog about them, of course. John Maloof stumbled upon the photography of Vivian Maier at an auction in Chicago. Vivian, an unknown photographic gem, documented the streets of Chicago from 1950-1990 purely for her own enjoyment. With an awe-inspiring eye for the camera, her photos feel like the kind you should see mass produced, laminated and sold along tourist strips next to vintage French posters and pictures of Marylin. Read more
August 28, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Greta Hoffman |
He feeds bacon to pigs, ignores homeless people, denies the holocaust, and puts kittens in the microwave. Yes, he’s a jerk, but what an entertaining jerk he is. Check out C. W. Moss’s aptly named Unicorn Being A Jerk for some not-so-wholesome tales of its unlikely hero and his daily antics.
August 12, 2010 | Video | by Greta Hoffman |
Raising awareness for Aids in France, this gorgeous animation tells the story of a lonely doodle (in more ways than one!) and his plight to find friends amongst the graffiti on a bathroom wall. It’ll change the way you view public loos forever.
August 9, 2010 | Cool Travel | by Greta Hoffman |
Disguised in the streets of Lisbon as just another old relic lies the latest work from Faile, the Brooklyn based street art collective. The newly constructed Faile Temple transforms modern typography, stencils and print into mosaics, carvings, and ruin in one of the largest modern art projects ever to take place in Portugal. Bringing together young and old (some rather cautiously), the piece is a worthy comment on religion as a social artifact, and a reflection of the times.
August 9, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Greta Hoffman |
Somewhere between the likes of Ffffound and your own personal blog lives the beautiful new visual and social bookmarking site, Pinterest. A great tool for healthy procrastination, the site allows you to collect and collate inspiration found on that world wide interweb thing we’ve come to love so much.
August 7, 2010 | New Art | by Greta Hoffman |
I’m only 5’1 in height, so have a special affinity with ‘little people’. But the works of Slinkachu are so creative and endearing that it would be hard for even the tallest of you to resist their charms. The British artist takes hand-painted train model characters and places them in somewhat familiar, yet always slightly disrupted, scenarios that are cute, clever, funny, and intriguing, all at once. Read more
July 29, 2010 | New & Cool Architecture | by Greta Hoffman |
Next time you feel like you need to get away from it all, disappear into Sweden’s new Tree Hotel. That’s right, literally disappear, into an invisible mirror cube hung from a tree trunk that only birds can see. The quirky eco-hotel launched this month with six rooms designed by five different architects, transforming the idea of a Tree House into a unique traveling experience. Each room has taken incredible measures not to impact the surrounding environment, with the mirror room being coated in an infrared film visible only to birds — to stop them from crashing into it.
July 19, 2010 | New Trends | by Greta Hoffman |
SodaStream, a status symbol amongst children of the seventies and eighties, is making a comeback. Environmentally-friendly, economical, and fun(ish), these home carbonation contraptions have had a complete overhaul. Read more
July 19, 2010 | New Design | by Greta Hoffman |
Patrick Molnar’s personal and extensive collection of consols ‘through the ages’ make up this nerdy and nostalgic gold mine. Check out the summary pages for details and if you’re lucky, photos of the original retro packaging.
July 15, 2010 | New Trends | by Greta Hoffman |
Waste hours of your precious time watching these ads featured in the awesome Wieden + Kennedy Old Spice revival. What’s more, from today, if you tweet a question to @Oldspice, you’ll get a personalised response from sexy beast and former NFL athlete, Isaiah Mustafa. It’s social media advertising at its best. Read more
June 21, 2010 | New Film | by Greta Hoffman |
Well, it looks like she may well have done it again. Music? Check. Location? Check. Once loved actor makes a comeback? Check. Sofia Coppola’s upcoming film, Somewhere, has all the ingredients for a hit. After watching the trailer ten times now, the December release date couldn’t seem further away. But then, good things do come to those who wait.
I’ve never seen romantic love used as a theme in high concept street art as effectively as with the work of Brusse. I love the specificity of this mode of communication and the array of cliches and one-liners inherent in it.
A bunch of British researchers with time and money on their hands have created a printer that prints 3D designs in chocolate.
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
We love the look of new, free Montreal-based street magazine, SNAP!, an arts and lifestyle publication which focuses on all that exciting work that is conceived, created and marketed in Montreal by artists, creative minds and young entrepreneurs. Read more
Grinning Cat is a beautiful electronic album from prodigious Japanese producer, Susumu Yokota. It borrows liberally from the melodic melancholy of classical music and features subtle drum loops throughout. We interviewed him about the artwork that he creates for each release. 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
We have a Contribute Section through which you can post onto LAEM under your name about your favourite pop culture discoveries. So help spread the good word about those talented peeps doing talented things. They win. You win. We win!
French unisex customized army jackets, each one is slightly different and unique. Embroidered by hand in Berlin with hands and microphone lead logo. As worn by Pixie Geldof. Yup! It is. Read more
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