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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I love the sense of escapism and richness of colour that seeps through the work of Shintaro Marky, an Australian-based artist who resides somewhere deep within Braidwood, in remote Southern New South Wales. Read more
It goes without saying that Hip Hop has taken a few very low hits in the past decade. Thanks to the likes of 50 Cent and company, it accounts for around 40% of all music sold in America. It’s a huge industry. So where does that leave Hip Hop artists doing something a bit different? Lord T and Eloise wear wacky outfits, make crazy music and bring a whole lot of fun back into Hip Hop. What’s more, they’ve started a new genre called ‘Aristocrunk’. Watch out!
Don’t Shoot the Puppy is one of the more difficult flash games out there, sure to engage you for hours. Strategy is the key, but quick reflexes and a photographic memory don’t hurt either. It’s rare that a computer game challenges the intellect and hand-eye coordination to this extent.
Too beautiful to simply pass by, this is the Ring House by young Japanese architectural firm, TNA. Read more
This clip had such an impact on me when it first came out, back in the day. There’s just something so poignant about the idea that some people you pass on the street everyday have a little bit more insight into their world — our world — than we could ever imagine. It’s beautiful and confronting, and it’s all set to the most wonderfully evocative music.
Aussie streetwear label Zanerobe create the most wearable t-shirts around. Not only are they soft like the fur off a particularly smooth peach, they look mighty sharp too. 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
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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.
Italian-born, New York City-based photographer Paolo Ventura creates fairy-tale like pictures out of amazingly constructed, miniature dioramas that almost trick the eye into thinking he’s a tilt-shift photographer. Read more
T-post: the world’s first wearable magazine
So here’s the scoop. Every six weeks, T-post subscribers get a new t shirt issue in the mail, with a news story on the inside and an artist interpretation of that story on the front. Yes, we agree. It’s clever, clever. Read more
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
Charlie Immer’s pastel-pallete sometimes obfuscates the gory violence in his surreal images. At other times, it heightens the gut-wrenching and visceral effect of his work. Read more
Wolfmother. Rock n roll. Mystical lyrics. Heavy riffs. They have a new album out, Cosmic Egg, and we have five copies to giveaway, along with their debut album. To enter, tell us your favorite Wolfmother song and the city you live in. Yo! Two fingered salute. Read more
Lads, this is one to keep your girl smiling. Made from a sterling silver band, with 18K yellow gold and a 0.07 carat ruby, this ring by Satomi Kawakita is absolutely stunning. We have it for sale in the Lost At E Minor online store. Read more
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