Archive for November, 2009

A sonic collaboration between Perspektif and the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped, Cityscapes is an audio journal series that explores and offers fresh insight into the influence of sound on perception, behaviour, orientation, technology, space, time and movement. Its debut edition, Design by Sound, is brilliantly designed by Belgian designer Tom Merckx and features [...]

There’s some dark and heavy business going down at Hooked Clothings this season. The label’s newest collection of shirts, tees and jackets, dubbed Bizarre Love Triangle, puts the focus on some sinister graphics and muted tones, and is simply summed up by its tagline: “My Evil Is Alive & Well”. Oh yes, it is!
Hooked Clothings [...]

This season, it’s all academia at S2A. The French label is taking lessons from student life, and has pinned together a collection that reflects a casual and conservative preppiness. Things like corduroy, selvage tape, graphic tees and duffle jackets make for highlights, while the tailoring has been cleanly and simply developed. What a way to [...]

Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones and their new thang.

Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, comes home to us on his first full-length LP in over four years. This fifth outing, entitled There Is Love In You, will be collecting yet more clever electronic gems, with the smooth and silky “Love Cry” already doing its rounds. Get ready for the floor.

Four Tet’s There Is Love [...]

To conclude his highly sexy Varsity Bones series (which celebrated misfits, punks and the like), SBTG will be dropping two last pairs, The Black Mamba and Sable AF1, in a continuation of his love-in for Nike Dunks. The Black Mamba is a tribute to Kobe Bryant (for whom the one-off custom, the Black Mamba Dunk [...]

Vodka imps, Absolut has recently commissioned five local artists to craft word art installations that capture and personify the brand’s slogan, “In An Absolut World, Doing Things Differently Leads To Something Exceptional”. fFurious, H55, Kuanth, Sokkuan are involved, and their final pieces will incorporate the Absolut Vodka bottle, as well as each of their individual [...]

Vampire Weekend do their bit for Brazilian punk.

Just in time for your year-end hols, adidas SLVR has released it Travel Pack Capsule Collection, offering a sleek, smart and contemporary solution to all your travelling needs. Within the Men’s range, find things like a waterproof black blazer, fitted shirts and twill pants; while the Women’s stuff consists of a black placket nylon dress, [...]

Hansen and Gainsbourg join hands to bring us the coolest and hippest thing ever.