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Monthly Archives: July 2014

LIFE 1964: “New York’s Negro Ghetto Erupts”

Thursday, July 17, 2014

50 years back, on July 16 fifteen year old James Powell was shot and killed by Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan. It happened on a hot thursday.
Life magazine reports on page 14: “The Harlem Riots: New York’s Negro Ghetto Erupts”.
Buy a copy now for only US $7.95

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EYE TO I

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

The song is good, but the video is wonderful. Fueling the beats and lyrics with Parallax-inspired stop motion, Nelson de Castro’s take on Digitalism’s Wolves is insanely addictive, and rather than sapping the viewer’s interest, the cinematic trope increases the hallucinatory momentum of the visuals, culminating in a cryptic Pop Rocks stare-off. How I’d like to [...]

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BOFILLTOPIAS #03: LA MURALLA ROJA

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

La Muralla Roja – The Red Wall – is an apartment building by Ricardo Bofill constructed in 1973 on the Mediterranean coast near Alicante in Spain, and in vicinity of La Manzanera, an equally odd if aesthetically quite different Bofill landmark building. La Muralla Roja reads like an intellectual exercise gone havoc: drawing inspiration from [...]

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THE GARDEN EDIT

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Founded by English gardener John Tebbs, The Garden Edit redraws the traditional boundaries associated with shopping and the garden by bringing together a modern collection of products that embody functionality, timelessness and beauty. The collection reflects John’s personal aesthetic – minimal, well-designed products from craftspeople, artists, publishing houses and family run businesses. It is really very beautiful!

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HAPPY END

Monday, July 14, 2014

This was a long night full of rain and chatter, queueing up in front of the bar of your choice (or setting an edge on
your couch at home if you didn´t want to get soaked), jumpiness, cheer and watery eyes. The game has ended,
the dice is cast now. Thanks to the probably most charismatic team [...]

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Image of the Day: Thank Heavens

Saturday, July 12, 2014

‘Tis Saturday, so let’s thank the Gods, for they (or someone else) gave Johann König a kid that’s into skateboarding, a fact which probably helped when it came to deciding whether or not to have his (indeed: his) incredible St. Agnes church in Kreuzberg turned into a temporary skate spot earlier this week. Anyway, thanks, [...]

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TRUISM OF THE DAY 29: WILL SELF

Thursday, July 10, 2014

The aging enfant terrible of British literature, Will Self, in a rather great essay on Chernobyl for Port.

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FOOTBALL CULTURE 03

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

When Brazil was talking about vengeance for the Maracanaço, when Brazil lost the world cup final against Uruguay in 1950 in Rio de Janeiro, little did they (or anyone else, for that matter) know that the curse would only be replaced by the ‘massacre of Belo Horizonte’. Oh dear. We’re really sorry guys… We do [...]

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TUESDAY MUSIC: LAKE CITY

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

In case you didn’t know, we’re all muscle-packed, steroid-obsessed studs at the studio, so this video by Sebastian Vargas for Lake City’s first single, well, it just tickles our abs.

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TEAPOTS

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

This teapot has been on my wish list of cosy things for some time now. The teapot is available at finnish Marimekko and this particular pattern goes under Oiva Räsymatto- finnish for rye rug, its white equivalent is simply Oiva- both designed by Maija Louekari and Sami Routsalainen. Marimekko have worked with many designers since [...]

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