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SOME WORLD AFTER ALL

Remember when Banksy was actually a guerrilla street artist? Last week the artist debuted his “bemusement park” Dismaland in Weston-super-Mare, England. And no, it’s not a ripoff of Paul McCarthy’s WS show. The park features collaborations with 58 artists including Damien Hirst and Jimmy Cauty, and sets with Banksy’s trademark satire. Cinderella’s carriage crash sprawls [...]

EMPATHY WITH THINGS

Mark Leckey, Circa 87, 2014 (Courtesy: Galerie Buchholz)
Although his oeuvre spans little more than 15 years, British artist Mark Leckey (born in 1964) is already considered a reference for a young generation of artists. After his studies he withdrew from the art world for nearly a decade. In 1999, with the video Fiorucci Made Me [...]

Wishful Thinking

So apparently not one but two wishes came true last week: the amazing Dot Willow shooting a selfie campaign (including that video below), and Fog’s Andrew Broder returning to life with his wicked, weird take on “Wishes”, that song you’ve been watching the whole time earlier last year.

ANT HEATER

It’s getting quite hot, and mugginess slow cooks the brain. Times like these call for pop-silly-coolness (aka pop-si-cles) to afford our neurons some soothing entertainment. So: if you think you’re hot, check out these fire ants.
With a disclaimer for creature un-friendly behavior and oblivious kitsch.  An Only in America production.

STORE OF THE MONTH: TRIPLE MAJOR / BEIJING & SHANGHAI

Concept store might be a tired old word by now, but the concept of a selection of brands and items guided by personal taste and convictions rather than trends remains just as relevant as ever – especially when it comes to China, that coveted ‘future market’ where new shopping malls and luxury flagship stores seem [...]

THE CHANEL KETCHUP

After his first time in a supermarket, Karl seems to like the atmosphere. The show of the new collection of Chanel took place in Grand Palais, where transformed to an idiosyncratic supermarket.

The Secret Lives of Mr. Smith and Ms. Tapner

Before you’re heading off tonight, two things, two secrets: Mr. Stan Smith stole a piece of the Brooklyn Bridge banks (for a reason), and Ms. Rosie Tapner ain’t no up-and-coming model, but a runner and rider and racer and drinker of copious cups of tea. Now you know.

SHRIGLEY ME DIGGLEY

Pringle of Scotland – Animation by David Shrigley from NeutralZurich on Vimeo.
Everyone loves David Shrigley drawings.  At least a lot of people do.  I really like this one (which by complete coincidence can be bought in various forms through mono.konsum).  If you like David Shrigely drawings, you’ll really really like David Shrigley animations; even [...]

NOT THAT KIND OF PRINT

1 R.I.P. Alexander Mcqueen.
2 Democratically or not, today’s sartorial companies increasingly busy themselves with producing competent chic for the lowest common denominator leaving the modern modester to angst over the fate of haute couture.
Never fear: Iris van Herpen will provide your inner sartorialist ample relief.
Though the Dutch designer is just 29 years old and her house only 6, [...]

ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: SYSTEM

System magazine is a little bit like a super group in terms of fashion magazine publishing; art director Thomas Lenthal (founder of Numéro and Paradis, art director for Dior and many other brands), Jonathan Wingfield (editor at Numéro), as well as Alexia Niedzielski and Elizabeth von Guttmann (both of the fashion insider magazine Industrie) have [...]