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Lucia — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:20:32 +0000

New magazine project, ‘Blood, Sweat and Fears’, is the brainchild of Central St.Martin’s students, Chelsea Campbell and Richard Danks. Head down to Broadwick Street this week and you’ll get the chance to help create their publication through a series of live events that includes interviews, music videos, musical instrument-making and fashion shoots by 17-year-old Twin Talent Watch star, Grant Thomas. This pop-up will also have a shop selling the works of featured artists and designers (and the finished magazine). All proceeds are in aid of Art Against Knives.

Blood, Sweat & Fears runs Wed 19th-Sunday 21st. 65-67 Broadwick Street, W1.

http://www.bloodsweatandfears.co.uk

Top image by Grant Thomas.

We Make T-Shirts.

Oliver Hemsley.

The Female of the Species

Lucia — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:26:31 +0000

In a photographic world that’s dominated by the Testinos and Tellers, women’s contribution to the oeuvre often gets overlooked. Now a new exhibition at Galleria Carla Sozzani entitled, ‘Women Photographers’, helps to redress the balance.

Alongside the beautiful, exotic imagery of Louise Dahl-Wolfe (a big influence on Irving Penn and Richard Avedon), are Sarah Moon’s painterly, dream-like works and images by Sheila Metzner, Francesca Woodman and the brilliant Deborah Turbeville – all of whom continue to discreetly inspire fashion photography today.

Galleria Carla Sozzani, Corso Como 10 – 20154 Milano, Italia, the show runs until the 3rd April.

Top image: Frauke Eigen, Mädchen am Strand, 2000.

Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Liz Gibbons as photographer, 1938.

Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Cappello di piume, 1952.

Sarah Moon, Un Iger Handicap 3, 1999.

Lillian Bassman, Untitled, 1955.

Pattinson does it better

Lucia — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:57:41 +0000

What better way to spend a Sunday night than at Let Loose. Twin’s surprise highlight was the understated presence of R-Patz who caused a certain hot hot heat amongst the female contingent of Bush Hall.

Printed Matter

boudicca — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:20:34 +0000

Design blog It’s Nice That is a daily fix for discovering new talent and inspiring ideas from across the creative industry.

In their biannual printed magazine the team bring together the best online posts from the past six months for us to physically thumb our way through, as well as treating us to some specially written interviews and features from top creative figures.

Check out April’s issue for interviews featuring the likes of graphic design legend Milton Glaser, fashion designer Sir Paul Smith and artist Maisie Broadhead amongst others. Designer Ken Garland rifts on his love of rust, while artist Johan Lofgren’s expounds on his impressive collection of vintage board games.

It’s Nice That Issue #3 with Parra print is available to pre-order only from the It’s Nice That Shop – www.itsnicethat.com/shop for £10.

Here they go again

Lucia — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:21 +0000

American rock band, OK Go, are in danger of becoming better-known for their videos than for their songs. The latest, This Too Shall Pass, took several months, around 60 people and more than 60 takes to realise. The result is an insanely good chain reaction filmed in a single shot. Put together in a two storey warehouse in Echo Park, L.A, the chain reaction machine was designed and built by the band, with the help of members of Syyn Labs.

Geek facts: The wooden tracks that guide the metal balls at the beginning of the video had to be waxed after each take to prevent dust from slowing them down, and the angle of the board had to be at a precise incline of 3.4 degrees.

The video has already had over 2 million hits on YouTube.

See it for yourself here.

Pringle 195

Lucia — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:51:00 +0000

We’re excited about the latest creative foray from Pringle. To celebrate its 195 birthday, Pringle of Scotland have teamed up with The Serpentine Gallery (a comparatively youthful 40 years-old), and invited their favourite creative minds to re-interpret iconic Pringle products – from the twinset, to the argyle pattern.

And after his Pringle film with Tilda Swinton, featured in issue one of Twin, the lovely Ryan McGinley is back on board. The photographer has designed the “John”(McGinley) – a jumper with a seagull on the right shoulder to represent freedom and named after his boyfriend, whilst Tilda creates “The Twinset of my Dreams”, with her designer friend Waris.

The only downside is that we’ll have to wait until September for these innovative goodies from artists Douglas Gordon, David Shrigley, and Luke Fowler hit stores.

Let Loose

Lucia — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:20:13 +0000

Illustrator Poppy Chancellor reprises ‘Let Loose’ this Sunday. A late night fete with magnificent music and poetry, visitors will be treated to the sweet sounds of Eliza Doolittle, Plaster of Paris and more (a secret special guest is lined up). Last year Paloma Faith performed, and stretched atop a grand piano with a rose in her mouth!

The WORK IT! team will be selling vintage clothes, and there’s a chance to buy accessories and cakes – as well as the wares of up and coming artists who will host their own stalls. Sweet. All proceeds go to The Keith Mason memorial fund. Feel-good fun or what?

Let Loose, is at Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road, W12 7lJ 7th March at 7.30pm, £8.

www.bushhallmusic.co.uk

Katie Eary Redux

Celestine — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:35:58 +0000

Twin catches up with mad real London designer, Katie Eary…..

When did you finish RCA?
July 2008.

Where are you from?
Stevenage.

Where do you live?
Great Eastern Street, Old Street.

What was the inspiration behind these boys in your recent A/W show?
The book Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh. I really want everyone to read it. As soon as you read it you will see. Hunting the evil bird in the desert with his friend Sandy…The Marabou is the evil part of him. But I won’t tell you anything else, as I don’t want to ruin the end.

The teef grills were genius where did you get the grills from?
Why not! For those who really want to know – the Bling King is where I purchased them. Swarovski was added at my gaff.

Have you seen lil Waynes teef grills? into them in real life?
Nah, I used them in a different context. I wouldnt be a fan of any one with a name starting with lil, unless its Lil Kim- <3 her!

If you were an animal what would you be?
An Egyptian cat, obvs.

Who made the trainers for this show?
Me and my boyfriend Steve Smith. Vis-à-vis VANS.

As a kid what did you want to be when you grew up?
An artist.

Describe this collection in 5 words.
HELLA MAD DECENT- In Technicolor. Ha.

What would your death row meal be? You’re allowed a starter, main course, dessert and drink.
Soft shell crab, roast goose with all the trimmings, Victoria sponge with custard and a Vanilla Screw..

If you could do a collaboration collection with someone who would it be?
Riccardo Tisci.

Favourite Colour?
Aubergine, mmmmmmm

Book?
Filth by Irvine welsh.

Movie?
American Psycho.

Song?
Black hearted by PJ Harvey.

[Image credits: Kinga Burza, all others Catwalk]

Fashion Face book: Robin

Lucia — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:11:53 +0000

Who: Robin Faulkner, 18.

Born: Alabama.

Inspiration: Nature.

Obsessions: Robert Pattinson.

Favourite designer: “It’s my first season, so I’m quite new to this. But I love Roksanda Ilincic.”

Ambitions: “To be happy and successful.”

Not many people know: “My hometown only has a population of 12,000”

If you had one wish: “To work with Mario Testino”

www.unionmodels.com

Alice in Wonderland

boudicca — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:35:34 +0000

Artist Alice Anderson has filled the Riflemaker gallery with thousands of metres of hair as part of her ongoing fascination with time and memory. Reams of red locks stream out of the window above the gallery’s entrance, threading their way back through the first floor window before plunging down the building’s chimney to create a Rapunzel circular loop running between the two floors. For auburn headed Anderson the work is part of her obsession with the fictionalisation of childhood, and follows a trio of exhibitions at the Picasso Museum in Paris, the Frac Paca and at the Marc Chagall National Museum. At Riflemaker, through film, sculpture and photography Alice continues to consider the way time shapes itself and how memories are distorted into fairy tale fictions.Artist Alice Anderson has filled the Riflemaker gallery with thousands of metres of hair as part of her ongoing fascination with time and memory. Reams of red locks stream out of the window above the gallery’s entrance, threading their way back through the first floor window before plunging down the building’s chimney to create a Rapunzel circular loop running between the two floors. For auburn headed Anderson the work is part of her obsession with the fictionalisation of childhood, and follows a trio of exhibitions at the Picasso Museum in Paris, the Frac Paca and at the Marc Chagall National Museum. At Riflemaker, through film, sculpture and photography Alice continues to consider the way time shapes itself and how memories are distorted into fairy tale fictions.

Alice Anderson’s Time Reversal, Riflemaker 79 Beak Street, Soho, London W1. 2 March – 24 April 2010