I guess you all know Paris' hippest fashion store Colette. I recently checked out their website and I'm very enthusiastic about their cute robots...they turn their head, they get up and sit down again....just imagine if they were also able to talk!
By the way if you get the chance to go to Paris check out Coletts dance classes-!! Hosted every first Monday of the month at Le Paris Paris, 5 avenue de l'Opéra, Paris 1er. A new form of clubbing created entirely for the purpose of expression and dance appreciation.
www.colette.fr
Patagonia unveiled their blog “The Cleanest Line” this week. One of my favorite artists, Geoff McFetridge contributed some killer art for the banner.
The blog is for the employees, friends and customers of the outdoor clothing company and covers subjects such as :
* Environmental Activism
* Innovative Design
* Soul of the Sport
* Uncommon Culture
http://www.cleanestline.com/
Surfing the internet late a night I came across the SWSU project, StyleWillSaveUs is an independent digital magazine (no paper here, they’re saving trees) that loves all things super-stylish, organic, eco-friendly, vintage, recycled and sustainable.
"It’s easy to get freaked out in our current climate of global warming and toxic overload, especially when hair shirted eco-warriors (or indeed eco-worriers) are continually telling us to give up the little luxuries that make life worth living. Quite frankly, we’d rather not live in a tipi. In fact we don’t think there’s any need – by making a few smart choices we can live lovely lives safe in the knowledge that what’s good for us can also be good for the environment.
Small things make a big difference when we do them together – all we need to do is stop for a moment, think about things and change a habit or two. That’s where StyleWillSaveUs comes in. We’re desperate to tell you about all the cool things you can do and buy so your hard earned cash goes on something you truly believe in."
It time to start thinking about these issues in the glorious world of style and fashion (and child labour). I like their approach. On the site you can find lot of interesting articles and products, there is even an Eco Dictionary!
www.stylewillsaveus.com
Another website I came across is WorldChanging.
"WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together."
The site is full of very interesting articles and ideas on making the world a better palace.
There is a whole section on urban living and cities:
"We live on an urban planet. For the first time in history, a majority of us live in cities. How we grow those cities, how we build neighborhoods, how we provide housing, how we choose to get around, how well we incorporate nature into the places we live - these are the challenges that will largely determine our future.
And with millions and millions of people moving every year from the countryside to the city, all of these difficulties seem even more insurmountable. Appearances, however, can be deceiving. For, along with the boom in urbanization, we're seeing a boom in urban innovation. Simply put, we're getting better at building better cities."
www.worldchanging.com
Es ist faszinierend, japanische Zeitschriften durchzublättern und die Strassenbilder zu studieren:
Eine Ansammlung verschiedenster Styles, getragen von der Jugend in Japans Hauptstadt. Sie ist führend im kreativen und kontrastreichen "mixing and matching"; "eclectic styles", welche weitgehend im Westen kopiert werden. Diese Jugendlichen wiederum liessen sich von uns inspirieren und verbinden traditionelle Elemente mit westlichen Stilen, imitieren, absorbieren, verwandeln und durchbrechen jeden existierenden Style:
From Jungle to Fetish, Acid Jazz to Techno, Hip Hop to Punk.....sie kreieren eine neue unabhängige und individuelle Mode. Eine Welt ohne historische und geografische Grenzen, wo alles möglich ist und nichts ist, so wie es scheint zu sein.
Hier zwei links mit Bildern von den Strassen Tokyos:
Style-Arena
www.kyoritsu-wu.ac.jp
Der Fotograf Mark Wigan beschreibt Tokyo wiefolgt:
"The Style Surfing capital of the world:
the Club Kids come out to play dressed in clothes that come from Britain, the USA and Europe (as well as from their own designers). In a virtual encyclopedia of the entire history of Western streetstyle, these Tokyo Clubbers cruise both history and geography recreating the Mod look of Swinging London circa 1964, in one club, the latest Techno styles from northern Europe in another. "
Bild aus dem Buch "Style Surfing" von Ted Polhemus.
Walks are podcast audio guides to Dublin from Dublin Tourism.
These convenient guides tell the story of Dublin as spoken by their author, historian and artist, Pat Liddy. There are eleven themes covering many fascinating aspects of the city. You can download the guides and use them as free walking tour guides to the city, or you can just listen to them to discover the fascinating story of Dublin.
www.visitdublin.com/multimedia/DublinPodcast.aspx?id=275
eye candy for the style hungry.
My favorite Internet discovery is a Blog called Face Hunter.
The Idea is very simple, a very good photographer, I don't know if he is a professional, is taking very nice street pictures of good styled people.
In his words: a man out and about in paris: eye candy for the style hungry.
Go check it out it's very inspiring.
facehunter.blogspot.com
Launched in October with little fanfare, The Sartorialist combines Schuman’s street photography of fashionable New Yorkers with his detailed style commentary.
An other Fashion Blog I do really like is the Satorialist. The Satorialist is a man on the street and behind the fashion shows taking pictures. He takes really interesting pictures and the discussions that evolve in the comments to the pictures can be very interesting.
Refreshing!
Read more about the Satorialist here:
thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
Für alle, die es noch nicht wussten: Das beste Online-Radio für Anhänger der zeitgenössischen Black Music heisst «One Extra».
Für alle, die es noch nicht wussten: Das beste Online-Radio für Anhänger der zeitgenössischen Black Music heisst «One Extra». Da gibts Musik zu hören, die hierzulande erst Monate später im Plattenladen steht. Kein Mainstream, sondern nur das Feinste aus Hip Hop, R&B, UK Garage, Dancehall und Drum & Bass.
Jeweils am Montag von 19.00 bis 22.00 Uhr (UK time) wird «Original Fever» ausgestrahlt, die Show der lokalen Rap-Helden Rodney P und DJ Skitz - ein absolutes Muss für Freunde des britischen Hip Hop! Ferner haben Künstler wie Sean B, Semtex und Bobbo Ranx eigene Shows auf «One Extra».
Die Site bietet selbstverständlich eine Trackliste, so dass man jederzeit checken kann, was gerade gespielt wird.
www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra
Availabot is a physical representation of presence in Instant Messenger applications. Availabot plugs into your computer by USB, stands to attention when your chat buddy comes online, and falls down when they go away.
It's a presence-aware, peripheral-vision USB toy... and because the puppets are made in small numbers on a rapid-prototyping machine, it can look just like you.
What Availabot does
Availabot makes it easy to see when a particular friend of yours is available for instant messaging, even when you're not sitting in-front of your computer. Rather than showing up on your screen, it shows availability as a physical object in the world. That means that you can move the puppet out of view when you don't want to be distracted, watch out for it when you're working on other tasks, and have a background awareness of your friends from the corner of your eye.
Because Availabot works entirely over USB, you can plug in as many puppets as you have USB ports (or friends on your IM buddylist). There are no extra leads for power, and no hidden boxes. Currently, Availabot works with iChat on Mac OS X 10.4 -but they are looking to extend it to other similar apps on the Mac (like Skype) and, in the future, to Windows.
schulzeandwebb.com/2006/availabot/
