27.5.12

keep on turnin'



Listening to Vinyl is a way of life: the gentle lowering of the needle, the uniform rotation of the plate, the characteristic crackling during the playback, the celebration of music. 
The all-in-one system combines analog and digital music and creates a harmony between the past and the present. Besides it has a playful character with its slide function to cover the Vinyl plate and the IPod Docking station.
Camera shots by Shawn Bu

26.5.12

Inside Our World presented by DITA

For the past 17 years, DITA cofounders Jeff Solorio and John Juniper have attracted a cult following among the most influential tastemakers, stylists and celebrities in the world. Today, they put the lens on DITA insider, tattooist and son of a rocket scientist, Dr. Woo. The LA-based apprentice-turned-renowned inkist takes us inside his world as a self-taught artist who has learned from the best, Mark Mahoney, tattoo legend and proprietor of Shamrock Social Club.
FEATURING:
Dr. Woo of Shamrock Social Club, Mark Mahoney and Hanni El Khatib
Location:
Shamrock Social Club - Hollywood, CA

HOMOPHOBIA



An adolescent boy, who serves the Austrian Military Forces, experiences homosexual feelings towards one of his comrades. It's their last night at the Austrian-Hungarian border, socially isolated and armed with loaded weapons.

written, directed and edited by Gregor Schmidinger

25.5.12

Moby Talks LA Architecture

While Moby may be first and foremost best known for his work in the music industry, his latest venture sees him dipping into a whole different territory.

The GREATest

Directed by francesco brigida / michele brandstetter de bellesini
shot and cut by michele brandstetter de bellesini
fashion editor matteo greco
music composer guido smider
starring tomek @ l'uomo elite
white man giovanni melocchi
make up erica vellini @ greenapple
hair kiril vasilev @ greenapple
stylist assistant simona dell'unto
assistant vincenzo vona spartano
all clothes are by z zegna ss12

la danse du carré

Hermès Swinging Silk
Event & digital film, Paris 2012
Hermès "Swinging Silk" party coming soon to a ballroom near you !
Directed by Rosario
Art direction: Nadège Winter (NWA)
Choreography & casting: I COULD NEVER BE A DANCER

24.5.12

WRONG



the story of a man searching for his dog
written, shot, directed & edited by Quentin Dupieux.
produced by Gregory Bernard.
cast with Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena, Steve Little, William Fichtner
music by Mr. Oizo and Tahiti Boy

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012

FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 brings together more than 100 promising talents from 20 countries from all over the world to present you with their creations. FASHIONCLASH Maastricht is a unique platform for 'young' and talented designers/artists to present their works in front of a diverse, international audience.

female form




by Banksy

Faster, Higher, Stronger


Sprint


Honja Low


Honja High


Boxing

 A Y3 collection in honor of the upcoming games in London.

23.5.12

Marie Madeleine - The Nihilist Song

Parisian Disco Wave. 
The second realease on Ekler’o’shock Records is out on May 28th with remixes by Populette, Rubinskee and Petits Frères de l’Océan Indien.

Pleats Please


For two decades, Issey Miyake's Pleats Please has artfully fused together the worlds of high-tech science and avant-garde Japanese design. In the late 80s, a beautifully creased handkerchief caught Miyake's eye, inspiring a new way of conceptualising the pleat – once thought of as the preserve of Mariano Fortuny's opulent Grecian gowns – by democratising the folds for everyday wear. Miyake tested his hypothesis on William Forsythe's Frankfurt Ballet, officially launching Pleats Please in 1993 after witnessing the freedom of expression and movement the garments afforded each individual dancer.
Equal parts art and alchemy, the lightweight architectural accordion-folds mold naturally to the body; they also scrunch up in a suitcase without losing shape, a feature that's made Miyake's lower-priced line synonymous with wanderlust travellers.
As Pleats Please reaches its 20th year, Dazed took a journey through the collection archives, as seen by Alex Sainsbury and senior fashion editor Robbie Spencer. A book about the line will be published by Taschen, this July.

CREDITS
Photography Alex Sainsbury
Styling Robbie Spencer
Hair Alex Brownsell at D + V for Bleach London
Make-up Georgina Graham at Management + Artists using M.A.C
Model Karolina Waz at Elite
Photographic assistant Hugo Yanguela
Styling assistants Elizabeth Fraser-Bell, Cara Peeney
Post-production Studio Private
Casting Shelley Durkan

The Dark Knight Rises – Two New TV Spots



Bugatti Veyron vs Lamborghini Aventador vs Lexus LFA vs McLaren MP4-12C

On this special episode of Head 2 Head, Automobile Magazine's Jason Cammisa pits the world's most exclusive super cars against each other in a no-holds-barred drag race battle! Do the carbon fiber-bodied Aventador, LFA, and MP4-12C have what it takes to take on the king of the super car realm - the Bugatti Veyron?

22.5.12

PRADA presents "A THERAPY"

Directed by Roman Polanski

Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Kingsley

Screenplay Roman Polanski and Ronald Harwood
Music Alexandre Desplat
Production Designer Dean Tavoularis
Director of Photography Eduardo Serra
Editor Hervé de Luze
Executive Producer Max Brun
Produced by Hi! Production and R.P. Productions

Bill Murray Hosted Tour of Moonrise Kingdom

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, MOONRISE KINGDOM tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore -- and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle. Bruce Willis plays the local sheriff. Edward Norton is a Khaki Scout troop leader. Bill Murray and Frances McDormand portray the young girl's parents. The cast also includes Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, and Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward as the boy and girl.

21.5.12

Woodkid - Run Boy Run

Woodkid first album "The Golden Age" coming fall 2012. The “Run Boy Run” EP is out now, backed with remixes by SebastiAn, Tepr, and Ostend. Video directed by Yoann Lemoine / Iconoclast

Hot Chip - Night & Day ft. Reggie Watts

Super first single from their upcoming album “In Our Heads” released on Domino on June 11th.

20.5.12

One year of turning the world inside out

Street artist JR made a wish in 2011: Join me in a worldwide photo project to show the world its true face. Now, a year after his TED Prize wish, he shows how giant posters of human faces, pasted in public, are connecting communities, making change, and turning the world inside out.

A Brief History of John Baldessari

The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes.
 Narrated by Tom Waits.

19.5.12

Short interview with Olof Boman, the conductor in the production 'L'Ofreo', featuring Peaches.

On May 1st, Peaches, alongside six Opera singers and the Kaleidoscope Soloists, will go forth to conquer the Underworld and the Opera genre itself in "L'Orfeo", composed by Monteverdi at the beginning of the 17th Century.

Filmed during rehearsals at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin.
Camera & Edit by Robin Thomson

Icon Bronco

Short documentary showcasing Icon 4x4's new Bronco project.

18.5.12

Peggy Moffitt: The Total Look



The 60s Fashion Icon Invites NOWNESS into Her Pop-Infused Los Angeles home
Still rocking her signature Vidal Sassoon five-point cut, Peggy Moffitt chats about being muse and model to designer Rudi Gernreich and her husband, photographer William Claxton, in director Phil Pinto’s new short filmed at Moffitt's colorful home in Los Angeles. Immortalized in Claxton’s 1964 photograph of her wearing Gernreich’s rule-smashing topless monokini bathing suit, Moffitt defined the look of the swinging 60s with her exaggerated dress sense, asymmetric bowl cut, and heavy, kabuki-inspired makeup. “Peggy is a true innovator, an extension of the pop art aesthetic,” says Museum of Contemporary Art Director Jeffrey Deitch. “She invented a new approach to modeling; she brought to it her background in modern dance, and her understanding of and connections to the art world.” The trio’s collaboration is celebrated in The Total Look exhibit at MOCA's Pacific Design Center, which closes this weekend. Curated by Cameron Silver and co-curated by Jhordan Dahl and Ethel Seno, the show features 55 head-to-toe ensembles by Gernreich, culled from Moffitt’s personal collection of 400 pieces, alongside Claxton’s era-epitomizing photos and his 1967 short Basic Black, starring Moffitt and widely considered to be the first fashion film.

Rick Owens x Zebra Katz

Tilda Swinton for Candy


Tilda Swinton shot by Xevi Muntané for Candy magazine.
Creative Direction an styling by Jerry Stafford.

15.5.12

CHANEL Cruise 2012/13 Fashion Show

THE FOOTBAGGER

A film by Ferrater Studio
Directed by JM Ferrater, Jotaeme, Antonina Obrador
Starring Sebastian Sauvé at View
Styling by Ana De Gregorio
Art direction by Jotaeme
Hair & Make up by Daniel Rull using Chanel
Produced by Daniel Rull
Studio manager Alejandra Rivera
Artist management Karina Fernández
Camera & Editor Antonina Obrador
Color grading Custom Efects
Light technician Ane Yarza, Jose A. Lopez

FADED LADY - LF/LB


CAST
FADED LADY: Jonny Woo
FADED GENT: Chris Miller
CREW
WRITER / DIRECTOR: Konstantinos Menelaou
PRODUCER : Philippos Nikiforakis
D.O.P.: Jacob Love
CAMERA: Colin Rothbart, Paul Bryan, Shaun Prickimage
EDITOR: Lexi Kiddo
CHOREOGRAPHER: Nathaniel Parchment
WARDROBE ASSISTANT: Sophia Plessas
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Konstantina Visviropoulou & Sebastian Eckhard
MOTION GRAPHICS: Michael Marczewski
PRODUCTION STILLS: Darrell Berry
Special thanks to Brent Martin, Jim English, Pieter Brand, Lyall Harakaia, Vogue Fabrics, Matt Tucker, Dan Beaumont, Dalston Superstore,Tanya @ Tin Cafe (Haggerston)
"LF/LB - Faded Lady (Video edit)"
Written & Produced by Lee Fraged & Linny Berret, Remixed by Linny Berret
Mastered by Dimitri Barnias @ Diapason Studios, Greece.
FRS002 © 2010 Freshit recordings
LF/LB - Faded Lady is now available iTunes

Once you come close

"Once you come close" is the new short film - and last project - born from the collaboration between photographer/videomaker Jonas Lindström and Costume National. Starring a boy and set in the surroundings of a big, hectic city, Lindström's film is a journey through the concept of one's perception of him/herself and the world. A voice-over accompanies the protagonist, speaking an intimate poetic monologue, unclear if it is revealing the boy's own emotions or just citing someone else's. Sound and surrounding and noise play along with the boy, interacting with his moves and thoughts on an abstract, somehow dreamlike level. This work comes as the final stage of Lindström's creative project, as a sum and evolution of the previous photographic contributes, where, through the lenses of his camera, he looked into the relationship between fashion, beauty and the idea of perfection.

MAN ABOUT TOWN #10 Barking Mad—The Dog Issue

featuring azzedine alaïa, pierre bergé, benjamin bruno, cédric buchet, julie burchill, colin field, samuel françois, erwan frotin, katy england, christian ferretti, haidee findlay-levin, paul gilligan, anthony haden-guest, jamie hawkesworth, stella mccartney, alasdair mclellan, niall o'brien, grayson perry, stephen rose, olivier rizzo, paolo roversi, dries van noten, willy vanderperre, philippe venet, donatella versace, bruce weber, william wegman …and art by m/m (paris)

14.5.12

The HTC One Freefall Fashion Shoot

The Experiment: We chucked a photography student out of a plane to see if he could take the perfect fashion photo. We gave him a model, lighting guys, a makeup artist and smoke machines. The only thing we didn't give him was a camera. We gave him a phone.

12.5.12

ZeroN - Levitated Interaction Element

What if materials could defy gravity, so that we could leave them suspended in mid-air? ZeroN is a physical and digital interaction element that floats and moves in space by computer-controlled magnetic levitation.

Mr. Div



Matthew DiVito AKA Mr. Div

11.5.12

FAILE Art Talk


VICE and 42Below recently had the opportunity to collaborate with Brooklyn-based artists FAILE on their permanent installation, The 104 North 7th Project. The piece consists of thousands of handmade tiles designed by the artists, each individually pressed and painted, and then fired in a wood-burning kiln and shipped to the installation site. The tiles were then applied to the surface of the building by the artists and a team of helpers over several days. Well known for their explorations of duality through a fragmented style of appropriation and collage, as well as their use of unique materials, FAILE have created a beautiful tapestry of color, giving life and personality to a very plain structure.

A



 via gusto1

10.5.12

Mon 6 Mai

The victory of François Hollande by Maria de Medeiros.

Walt Disney's Taxi Driver

Walt Disney's re-imagineering of Martin Scorsese's classic film "Taxi Driver" follows Mickey Mouse-obsessed Travis Bickle as he looks for love in a rapidly transforming New York City. 
A "Fair Use" parody by Bryan Boyce

DARKSIDE - A1

Directed by Ryan Staake (Pomp&Clout)
Director of Photography: T.S. Pfeffer
Co-Producers: Robert McHugh & Ryan Staake
Label: Clown & Sunset Films
Production Companies: Pomp&Clout LLC & Pier Pictures
Costumes: Rachel Dainer-Best
Timelapse: Peter Corina Pyramid: Santa Monica Plastics
Production Assistants: Jamin Mandel & Ian Kaye
Transportation: Rudy Schaefer
Thanks to Nicolas Jaar and Noah Kraft

Shot in Arizona and California.

9.5.12

Tokyo Hotaru Festival

100,000 LEDs float down Tokyo river to mark the opening of the Tokyo Hotaru arts festival.

Henrique Oliveira







"...no other artist working today seems in possession of quite the same ease and fluidity at transforming the boundaries of the one medium into the other..." - Dan Cameron

8.5.12

Gallery Gebr Lehmann EBERHARD HAVEKOST, KONRAD WYREBEK, TATJANA DOLL, FRANK NITSCHE, BJARNE MELGAARD, MARIA BRUNNER, JOHN ISAACS


This four minute video was filmed by MatthewMilesVideo.com at the opening night of the contemporary art exhibition FACE/OFF.
FACE/OFF is the current group show at Galerie Gebr. Lehmann - one of Berlin's foremost contemporary art spaces.
Exploring new ground in portraiture, FACE/OFF features the artists: KONRAD WYREBEK, EBERHARD HAVEKOST, TATJANA DOLL, FRANK NITSCHE, BJARNE MELGAARD, MARIA BRUNNER, JOHN ISAACS.
Konrad wyrebek, Gebr Lehmann, KONRAD WYREBEK, EBERHARD HAVEKOST, TATJANA DOLL, FRANK NITSCHE, BJARNE MELGAARD, MARIA BRUNNER, JOHN ISAACS, Wilhelm Sasnal, Gallery Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, Gebr. Lehmann, FACE/OFF show, FACE/OFF exhibition, Eva and Adele, Ralf Lehmann, Frank Lehmann, Gerhard Richter, Luc Tuymans, Avner Ben-Gal, Tomoo Gokita, gary hume, Slawomir Elsner, Rafal Bujnowski, konrad wyrebek

6.5.12

Life is a Killer


The White Briefs and Fantastic Men




The White Briefs and Fantastic Man magazine, the bi-annual gentleman's style journal, have collaborated to create a set of seasonal mesh underwear, such as these fly-fronted briefs. Patterned on the classic cotton brief, the cut has been modified to create a modern fit that accommodates the dynamic nature of the organic mesh cotton. Structural ribbing has been covered for comfort, and a double layer of mesh in the crotch keeps gents modest.

KAFKA

A film by Joseph Lally. The camera follows, probes, focuses intensely the subject Patrick Kafka to the point of obsession. Fashion editor Kithe Brewster.

5.5.12

Alexander McQueen A/W12 film

The 65th Cannes Film Festival





from 16th to 27th May 2012

This year, probably, the most important film festival in the world pays tribute to Marilyn Monroe. Fifty years after her death, Marilyn is still a major figure in world cinema, an eternal icon, whose grace, mystery and power of seduction remain resolutely contemporary. 
 

Cosmopolis by David Cronenberg

On the Road by Walter Salles

Like Someone in Love by Abbas Kiarostami

DO-NUI MAT (The Taste of Money) by Im Sang-soo

The Angels Share by Ken Loach

DA-REUN NA-RA-E-SUH (In Another Country) by Hong Sangsoo

Zagreb

A short film made of thousands of photos, timelapse and video sequences fulfilled with special visual effects and custom composed music. The goal of this film was to capture positive energy of the city of Zagreb, Croatia. The film also shows Zagreb's rich street and nightlife, culture and sacral heritage together with internationally known attractions, events and many more. Material for this film was filmed during the period 2010-2012, postproduction and special effects were made by Dražen Zeljković while music and sound effects were made by Zvonko Tešić.

3.5.12

Aspects of A Perfume - Second Skin

Second Skin
By VPL / VICTORIA BARTLETTE & MARYPIERRE JULIEN
Six Scents 
Characters Profile: Appearance (Top Note): An Ephemeral: An intangible beauty with a presence like a mist that envelopes whatever it touches. 
Personality (Heart Note): She is never misunderstood. A seducer inspired and submerged in a hedonistic world. Greek ideology is her life. She is sensual and persuasive, a tantric that finds pleasure in caressing and sharing

life is fun

2.5.12

Swim
















Code Red

On August 27, 2011, the Billabong Pro Tahiti event on surfing's World Tour was placed on hold due to a massive swell bearing down on the famed big-wave spot, Teahupoo. With forecasts calling for unprecedented surf, some of the greatest surfers in the world descended on the island to be in the water, despite a "Code Red" called by the Tahitian Coast Guard, which sought to keep everyone on shore. See the historic day through the eyes of two surfers -- the young gun Laurie Towner and the veteran Dylan Longbottom -- as they catch some of the biggest, most dangerous surf ever recorded, much of it captured with the super slow motion Phantom Camera for never-before-seen imagery.

Days Out with the Phantom Miro M120


I was lucky enough to be the first person to shoot with the new Vision Research Phantom M120 camera systems. This is just a sample of a project I have had in my head for a while. With help from Abel Cine I was able to test out the camera's before they shipped and put this little edit together. Being able to have a small form factor high speed camera like this for my projects is a long time wish.

Spotify iPad app

a tour of the new iPad App.