November 6, 2007 | New Events | by Nathalie Fausty |
Takashi Murakami has landed in Los Angeles. His latest exhibition opened at the Geffen Contemporary at the Moca where close to 100 pieces are in display, representing the versatility of his ’superflat’ style of art. Read more
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October 16, 2007 | New Events | by Nathalie Fausty |
Barry McGee’s exhibition at the Red Dot Gallery in downtown Los Angeles features his super cool geometrics all pixelized as early 80s games — Space Invaders, Pacman, Mario Bros and more. Now if only he could’ve worked Punky Brewster in there somewhere. [read more 80s nostalgia]
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April 26, 2007 | New Fashion | by Nathalie Fausty |
After strolling through The Fillmore in San Francisco, you may end up at the bottom of the Golden Gate Bridge, which is where you can check out an exhibition of Vivienne Westwood clothing being held at the De Young center. It encompasses 30 years of her designs including the infamous The Queen With Safety Pins t-shirt as worn by The Sex Pistols. Also featured is a history of corsets, part of a dialogue between the innerwear coming out and turning outerwear. Ah, the mysteries and vagaries of fashion. This is all a very interesting and revealing exhibition.
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April 14, 2007 | New Art | by Nathalie Fausty |
Andrea Zittel has several installations featured at the MOCA in downtown Los Angeles at the moment. Her thematic artwork is particularly relevant for our times, running a concurrent dialog with the fashion industry and embracing the notion of modular living. Keep an eye out for the pop up structures. It’s all very inspiring.
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March 22, 2007 | New Art | by Nathalie Fausty |
The Merry Karndowsky Gallery in Los Angeles is currently exhibiting a series of works by Miss Vann, Junko Mizuno and Aiko Nakagawa. The art is beautiful, evocative and fun. Kinda like snowflakes on a sunny day. [left painting by Junko Mizuno; right painting by Miss Van]
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March 11, 2007 | New Products | by Nathalie Fausty |
One of the best kept secrets in Los Angeles is HaHaSoSo, a woodworking company that gives you a craftmans feel upon entry. It’s like stepping into another age, as Tim Howell and his team create slabs of furniture out of predominantly recycled wood.
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March 9, 2007 | New Fashion | by Nathalie Fausty |
By now, every fashionista knows about Isabella Fiore handbags, the notorious Los Angeles based design company. They are launching a new footwear line and one of Promostyl’s illustrators landed the gig of Design director. Leave it up to Jerome Chouinard-Rousseau to propel the line to new highs. Available in July in stores, this is the best collection seen at the WSA show in Vegas, with a lot of thumbs up from the various editors in attendance. Very concise, and pulled together with an art deco mood, the detailing is exquisite. It’s a must have for 07.
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March 4, 2007 | New Fashion | by Nathalie Fausty |
Viva Margiela, viva Balenciaga. Margiela delivered with a true sensual feel, so discrete, an intimacy to the body clashing with overpowering shoulders – beautiful constructions reminiscent of Pierre Cardin. Meanwhile Balenciaga brought back an ethnic feel. I saw the che che scarves of Morocco, as well as some beautiful indigo pared with bright yellow. Bringing home a combination of modern Africa, even the pants were mystically inspired. Very nice. Beautiful deliveries of different inspirations.
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January 23, 2007 | New Music | by Nathalie Fausty |
Move.meant is a true Cali hip-hop group. Composed of three members from Sonoma State University, we are in California country. They bring a fresh breeze to this gender of music. Their single Higher is an amazing source of inspiration with a laid back feel, in tune with California lifestyle. On a musical level, it is well recorded and mastered with a cool undertone. We should all take note and spread the video. The art director Todd Angkasuwan delivers. The video is clean, CRISP, showing ’style’ in Los Angeles. Colours are saturated and real. Inline with a new elegance that is key to upcoming trends. All waiting for upcoming releases. This is a must have.
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January 21, 2007 | New Events | by Nathalie Fausty |
Don’t forget to drop by the Moca in downtown Los Angeles for the Skin + Bones exhibit. It explores parallel practices in fashion and architecture. You will have a chance to view some interesting pieces of couture as well as architectural models. The convertible skirt/table from Hussein Chalayan is there, as are some Victor and Rolf, Margiela, McQueen, Yohji, and Isabel Toledo creations just to name a few as well as architectural representations from Zaha Hadid, Diller, Scofidio and Renfr, Toyo Ito, and models of the upcoming Olympic National Stadium in Beijing. There is a nice balance between deconstruction, minimalism and organic designs. There is a special feature on humanitarian design which is a growing trend and addresses the nomadic aspect of architecture and fashion as represented in the work of artists such as Andrea Zittel and Shigeru Ban. A video of the Blur building closes the exhibit and should not be missed. If you can’t get there, the exhibit catalog is available online at the Moca store. It’s a great resource book for everyone’s shelf.
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January 18, 2007 | Cool Travel | by Nathalie Fausty |
Living in Los Angeles and having access to the best dining experience is a luxury. To take a stroll upon the old neighborhoods and realizing the abundance of food from mother nature in Los Angeles is amazing and accessible. Fallen Fruit is a site that maps it all out. With great walks which are much better than shopping, you can hit the avocado tree instead of the Prada store.
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We asked New York-based photographer Baldomero Fernandez about his Cuba series and whether there was a particular mood that he was looking to capture: ‘Usually I tend to photograph quiet scenes that are empty and have a feeling of solitude. The surreal part that comes through is usually more because of anachronisms, or maybe something is just out of place. It’s not straightforward surrealism. Reality usually tends to be far stranger than fiction’. There’s an exclusive interview with Baldomero Fernandez on the Feature Shoot website.
In Los Angeles, in the gas guzzling centre of the Universe, BP has enlisted Office dA to embrace the paradoxical task of creating a green petrol station. Read more
Too sweet for words, these beautiful hoop earrings by Sydney-based designer Carmel Taylor are a real touch of origami for your ears.
Artist C.D. Richardson uses some pretty amazing collage techniques to create terrifying, cryptozoological illustrations of monsters and freaks out of old medical and scientific photographs. Read more
From the cutting rooms of Dior through to the backstages of the Babyshambles, and even These New Puritans, it seems former Dior designer Hedi Slimane has seen it all. But his newly published photography concept book — Rock Diary — leaves me asking many questions about the symbiosis of fashion and music, especially the glorification of renowned drug addict Pete Doherty. Read more
Heavy metal and hip-hop are perhaps the most popular forms of rebellion for kids the world over. In Malaysia, metal — particularly black metal — has taken such a strong hold that the Fatwa Council there banned it, fearing that the music would compel listeners to rebel against religion. Contrary to the council’s intentions, black metal is as popular as ever in Malaysia, and is a recognizable cultural touchstone there, as indicated by the above clip from the 2005 film Filem Rock.
The latest project of former punk rock drummer Andreas Asingh from Copenhagen, I literally stumbled across Small through my participation at the By:Larm music conference in Oslo. As one of the many up-and-coming bands in Denmark, their sound is a cross between M83, Remote, and Giorgio Moroder; captivating and adventurous, and full of strong melodies.
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Hong Kong-based illustrator Man-Tsun draws dark and beautiful painterly images that look like they are straight off a high-end Japanese animated film. Read more
Amazing cake designs by Charm City Cakes
Baltimore company Charm City Cakes produces the most innovative wedding and party cakes on the market. Inspiration for these creative bakers comes from everywhere: art, fabric, furniture, architecture, landscapes, science, and music, and each cake is individually designed to match your personality, and the theme of the occasion you are celebrating. Don’t miss these cakey engineering masterpieces. Read more
Wheeeeee! This game is so freaking fun! You move your cursor over each dot to make them split into four smaller dots ad infinitum.
Forget battery powered vehicles. Cars made from ice are the future of transportation: no pollution, no honking horns, no painful rap music blasting out of souped up stereos. And if they melt, they melt. You just swim the rest of the way down the slipstream.
With the recession still biting, it may be time to whip out the glue and the cardboard and make your next pair of cool kicks. Don’t know how they’d manage in the rain though? Read more
Thanks to Sony Australia, four Lost At E Minor readers will win personal audio prizes, including the new 8GB Walkman S series video MP3 player and the MDRXB500 Extra Bass headphones. Read more
In Wish Upon a Star, this giclee print on archival paper, Yuta Onoda gives us his take on the Mario Bros for the fourth installment of the I Am 8-bit exhibition. This print comes in a limited edition run of just 30. Read more
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