Nice kicks!

Ian Kafoury // Designer via Luke / Mallory

Elegance is a discipline of life.-Oscar de la Renta

Locust Industrial Storage Rack

H&M Studio Collection - Source

Singer/songwriter and friend Lykke Li teamed up with us to create a Co-Lab collection inspired by nomads and her desire for a versatile wardrobe to suit her travelling lifestyle.

Work by Land

Miu Miu has teamed up with artist and filmmaker Miranda July to create a new app, Somebody, which allows you to send messages to friends and have them delivered, verbally, by a stranger nearby (who also has the app). I know, I know... you're thinking 'but when would I actually use that in the real world?' I was too, but then I watched July's quirky film to go with the app and suddenly this seems the way forward for all communication...

Perhaps wisely, the app comes with a series of 'official hotspots', where users are particularly encouraged to use it. These are mostly galleries so far (including Los Angeles Museum of Art, Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and The New Museum in New York), where one might expect something a bit unexpected to happen anyway or, if it's an opening, you might be a little bit drunk. Here's July's film though, which brings the app to life in entertaining fashion:(via)

somebodyapp.com

La Meme Histoire | We're all in the dance | FEIST

AW14 sneak peak …

The clients are in a different space today. They don’t want to take risks. They want to see the advertising campaign before it is shot. It’s not like 10 years ago. That’s finished. You have to bring the clients so many references. So everyone’s work is referenced. There is not one picture that is new, let me tell you this. And the clients don’t want a new picture.

When you go into a meeting and people put millions of dollars on the table, they want to know what they’re getting. The lighting, the color of the carpeting. The one who wins is the one who executes those boards to perfection.

-Fabien Baron, one of the most successful art directors, with clients that include Calvin Klein, Dior and Chloé summing up the state of affairs in fashion advertising today. (via)

The Encounter Collection by Stephen Kenn explores the significant act of passing an object on from one generation to the next. It is in this exchange, accompanied by words of wisdom, that a boy is often called to a life of courage. While aware that everyone's life experience is unique, and often painful, this film focuses on the experience of a boy losing his father and yet retaining the love and passion that was intended for him.

Talking Watches with John Mayer