15/12/2008 Leica D-Lux 4 Titan
One says that a picture is worth a thousand words. Leica enables us to accomplish this saying with style already for ages. But these days the German-based camera producer outgunned themselves again while presenting a super hot special edition of the Leica D-Lux 4 – definitely a...
11/12/2008 Freitag’s F22 iPhone Sleeve
Zurich-based bag manufacture Freitag was founded back in the early 90s by the Freitag brothers. They were pretty successful as their messenger bags reached must-have state a couple of years ago. But recently it was just not as cool as it used to be, running around with truck tarpaulins and car...
08/12/2008 Wood Wood ties
Wood Wood recently had some pretty interesting collaborations – think up to this nice bags they made for Acycle by Medicom or the monochrome lavender Chuck they designed for All Star’s (RED) line. However, this time the Danish store teamed up with old-established German tie com...
05/12/2008 Peter Jensen for Fred Perry
As the lat two collaborations between London-based Danish designer Peter Jensen and the British ueber-label Fred Perry had been huge successes (do you remember these amazing yellow polo-shirts with the according bow ties from the A/W 06-07 collection? ...nice!) they are teaming up again for th...
04/12/2008 Exclusive 'Vortex Cookies' boxes available
The bassheavy and futuristic album 'Vortex Cookies' is the result of a collaboration between Berlin based producer Robot Koch and hip hop experimenter Cerebral Vortex aka Shamon Cassette from Texas. To promote the release, the label UpMyAlley prepared these magnificent boxes: For petty EUR 45...
27/11/2008 Matthew Williamson in charge of H&M's spring 09 collection
Desperate fashion victims are still trying to get one of the already out of stock Comme des Garcons pieces, while H&M announces the next big deal: they signed Matthew Williamson for the upcoming spring collection. Matthew Williamson was born and raised in Chorlton, Mancheste...
26/11/2008 Obey's new collection in store now
The American fashion label Obey Clothing is providing street wear loving fashionitas with pieces-to-love since 2001. The man behind the label is street art pioneer Shepard Fairey. You might not know his name, but you’ve probably seen one of his stencils, stickers or posters around your corner....
24/11/2008 Kick&Cake – Cologne’s first sneaker market
Shoes and pastries. Humh, sounds like the title of a 'Sex and the City' episode. But, it’s actually not! The lifestyle blog ahjaa.de and the sneaker shop THE GOOD WILL OUT are about to set up Cologne’s first sneaker market called 'Kick&Cake'. Forgotten treasures, lost loves,...
24/11/2008 Street Art Locator
Street art became much more popular, present and acknowledged over the past few years. It is not anymore just seen as vandalism or youthful escapades. Nowadays it is accepted as a kind of art and even gained a lot of attention in the art scene or made it into galleries etc. - rightly of cours...
11/11/2008 Uniform experiment - a preppy collaboration between SOPH. and fragment design
When two Japanese style icons work together, great results can be expected. In this case, it is streetwear designer Hiroshi Fujiwara (fragment design) who joint forces with Hirofumi Kiyonaga, the head behind the label SOPH. You are not this much into fashion and you don’t know fragmen...
04/11/2008 Geoff Barrow opens gallery
Trip Hop pioneer and Portishead frontman Geoff Barrow recently opened a super tiny gallery in Bristol’s Gloucester Road called Friend & Co. The gallery focuses on ‘outsider art’ and sets value on showing and selling no mainstream creations. Prints are available in small, str...
03/11/2008 Exhibition for one of illustration's great minds
Psychedelic graphics, surreal, flashy and subtle at the same time – the work of the “Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes” is as broad as it is innovative. Alan Aldridge has designed album artwork for musicians such as the Beatles, Elton John, the Rolling Stones or the Who and can be considered one o...
24/10/2008 Are you a loser too?
As street and art is entering the galleries and designers are getting their inspiration from alternative and street culture, why not have a look at where it all started? The street art documentary Beautiful Losers directed by Aaron Rose takes us back to the beginning of the 1990's, when a loos...
22/10/2008 Jason Jägel - 73 Funshine
Already well known for his collaborations with Stones Throw Records and producing artwork for artists such as Madlib, MF Doom and Dudley Perkins, Jason Jägel creates colourful and finely detailed works of art. His latest book "73 Funshine" brings together the best of his album artwork...