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May 8, 2008 | Products | by Stacey Howard |

Eik Ottosen, the hot Danish model has created Rubber Duck shoes. His Los Drillos come in just about every color and are super comfy and affordable. Read more

May 5, 2008 | Fashion | by Stacey Howard |

Diva Pittala is the designer of edgy and glamorous fashion label, Pleasure Principle. Read more

May 3, 2008 | Fashion | by Stacey Howard |

Clara Kraetsch and Doreen Schulz are the designers behind the hot Berlin design label C-Neeon, which hit hard onto the fashion radar after winning the Young Designers competition at the Hyeres Festival. Read more

May 2, 2008 | Fashion | by Stacey Howard |

Rick Owen’s spring collection uses monochrome patterns to create a classic and chic silhouette. The layering, and oversized look, is perfectly tailored: big around the neck and tighter in the leg. Read more

April 30, 2008 | Events | by Stacey Howard |

Eli Klein Fine Art Gallery in Soho is exhibiting Zhang Hui’s first showing in New York. Read more

April 29, 2008 | Fashion | by Stacey Howard |

Born and raised in New York, the boys of Pegleg have been designing their collection out of their downtown apartment since their freshman year of college. Read more

April 27, 2008 | Products | by Stacey Howard |

Jules Kim is the designer behind the jewelery label Bijules, which is based out of New York. Read more

April 26, 2008 | Music | by Stacey Howard |

The indie, electronic pop duo Plastic Operator paired up whilst studying audio production at London’s Westminster University. In 2004, they released their first three track EP. Their music reminds me of bands like The Fashion, Crystal Castles and Cut Copy.

April 26, 2008 | Fashion | by Stacey Howard |

It looks like the New Rave movement is making a big comeback thanks to Carrie Mundane, designer of the UK-based fashion label, Cassette Playa. Read more

April 5, 2008 | Fashion | by Stacey Howard |

Australian designer Mic Eaton has created an innovative line called Material Boy which specializes in over-sized shirts and funky trackpants. Read more

April 5, 2008 | Video | by Stacey Howard |

Run Wrake is an illustrator and animator based in London whose recent short animation Rabbit has turned him into an underground hero. Read more

April 4, 2008 | Music | by Stacey Howard |

Several years after they disbanded, one of indie rock’s brightest sparks — Ambulance Ltd — are back. Read more

March 22, 2008 | Music | by Stacey Howard |

The New York based band, French Kicks, have gotten me really hyped about their new album, which is being released on April 1. If you’re in the New York area, they will also be performing that day at the Mercury Lounge.

March 6, 2008 | Fashion | by Stacey Howard |

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

March 5, 2008 | Products | by Stacey Howard |

How to Wrap Five More Eggs: Traditional Japanese Packaging by Hideyuki Oka is an easy read with the story told primarily through the book’s pictures. As the title suggests, it’s all about a traditional form of Japanese packaging, which mostly incorporates food. The idea behind it is that when you present someone with a cake, for instance, and it’s nicely packaged, that they get a feeling that you want them to enjoy the cake. The five eggs of the title are bound with straw and woven in an indigenous way. Read more

 

George Lois is the god of good ideas, or at least one of them. When I am stuck on ideas, I pray to George the God, or look through his works in hope of doing something one hundredth as good as his work. Read more

We spoke with Patience, lead singer of Australian band The Grates, about the new album the group are in the process of writing. Read more

Dear Miss Helena, one time host of children’s show Romper Room, you have a lot to answer for. Yes, squeaky clean Miss Helena of wholesome blouse and values, I have not forgotten those childhood years spent patiently glued to the television waiting for you to call out my name through the magic ‘looking glass’ — that portal to ‘good’ children everywhere. Read more

A project of my producer and drummer, Tucker Martine, Mount Analog’s soundscapes are gorgeous, melty mixes of organic and processed sounds. Martine brings the best musicians together to create strange and beautiful music.

This awesome promo video for the Lost At E Minor site was created by our friends over at New York-based design studio, Lifelongfriendshipsociety. Read more

Cheap Monday are arguably one of the biggest revolutions in denim since Levi’s. They’re pretty much the uniform second skin for the music totin’, cons scuffin’ youth of today. Read more

Maverick artist come architect, Michael Jantzen, has created this fantastic experiment as a design study for a modular prefabricated eco-friendly house. Read more


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Ben Sollee

Cellist Ben Sollee is like Andrew Bird with a little more soul, or Arthur Russell with a bit more bounce. Read more

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Zhang Peng

Taking a cue from Trevor Brown, Mainland Chinese artist Zhang Peng creates highly stylized photographs of women, whom he tweaks, with deft usage of the liquify function in Photoshop, to look like dolls. Read more

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William Fitzsimmons

His name echoes those of colonels and soldiers who fought in the American civil war. But far from that, William Fitzsimmons is actually an obscure songwriter from Jackson, Illinois. Read more

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Brigitte Sire

We are constantly surrounded by photography, but do we ever really stop to look? To be honest, I never paid much attention in the past. But I’ve now turned over a new leaf, and my ignorance has turned to obsession. Read more

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Massimiliano

Italian illustrator and designer Massimiliano creates vivid, dynamic and richly textured work. We caught up with him recently and asked him what had been keeping him busy of late. Read more

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For the rest of this week, we have eight copies of the Anton Corbijn directed DVD, Control — the story of UK band, Joy Division — to give away to randomly selected new Australian-based Lost At E Minor subscribers. Read more

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