2:12

2:12 is an amazing street artist from Houston with a passion for urban decay, as he says in his bio. He has the gift to give life and colour to underground, abandonded places with a spray can and an x-acto knife creating beautiful images of mysterious heroines in the form of a stencil. He usually uses his stencils on the streets before painting them in limited editions for galleries, using special techniques and textures that make each piece look as if it was cut from the wall.

Below you can enjoy a short video about the painting process of his works and don't miss to visit his blog for more exciting pieces:

Lupe timelapse from two twelve on Vimeo.

Irving Penn & Issey Miyake: A Visual Dialogue

After the succesful exhibition for Shiro Kuramata's and Ettore Sottsass' work, 21_21 Design Sight museum in Tokyo is dynamically entering the new season with an exciting new exhibition, featuring two of the biggest names in the history of fashion, Irving Penn and Issey Miyake, opening to the public on September 16th, 2011.The exhibition will focus to the close collaborative work of the two legendary artists that lasted many years.


(Image above: From the original cartoons created for the animated film by Michael Crawford)

Exhibition Poster. Design: Taku Satoh.
Photo top: Irving Penn. Poppy: Glowing Embers, New York, 1968.
Photo bottom: Flower Pleats (Issey Miyake Design), New York, 1990

Issey Miyake's first encounter with Irving Penn was in 1983, when the second photographed his clothes for an editorial feature for American Vogue. Since then, the two men worked closely, with Penn shooting exclusively all Miyake's collections, until 1999. Miyake never attended the photo sessions, deeply trusting Penn's vision, offering him complete freedom for the final visual result. In the end, Penn made over 250 photographs of Miyake’s designs, many of which appear in collection posters, were published in art books, or exhibited in museums and cultural institutions.

Irving Penn, Vegetable Face (B), New York 1995

Issey Miyake himself says about this great collaboration: “I was looking for the one person who could look at my clothing, hear my voice, and answer me back through his own creation. I searched long for such a person and found in Penn-san. […] Through his eyes Penn-san reinterprets the clothes, gives them new breath, and presents them to me from a new vantage point — one that I may not have been aware of, but had been subconsciously trying to capture. Without Penn-san’s guidance, I probably could not have continued to find new themes with which to challenge myself, nor could I have arrived at new solutions.”(From Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1997).

Irving Penn, Issey Miyake Staircase Dress, New York 1994

Book Jacket. Irving Penn regards the work of Issey Miyake.
Photograph, jacket design, and typography by Irving Penn

Among the individual and collaborative work of Irving Penn and Issey Miyake, the exhibition also features an animated film by Pascal Roulin with original drawings by Michael Crawford, Miyake's collection posters exhibited for the first time, original fine art prints by Penn, as well as his preliminary drawings for photographing Miyake's designs.

Installation image by Shigeru Ban

The exhibition will last until April 8th, 2012.

All images courtesy of 21_21 Design Sight

                                                             Installation images by Shigeru Ban

UMASAN

Berlin-based fashion label UMASAN explores the poetry and evolution of human form and movement with this beautiful short fashion film. An excellent piece of art.

Enjoy:

UMASAN - IN TRANSITION 2012 from UMASAN on Vimeo.

Thakoon Masai Scarf

Thakoon is launching the limited-edition Masai scarf to support the relief efforts for the famine and devastation in the Horn of Africa. 100% of the proceeds are being donated to an international children's relief organization working in the Horn of Africa. For this special project, Thakoon worked with Ruby Aldridge who models the scarf in images and the following video. You can purchase the scarf online here.


Enjoy:

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Prada Candy Backstage

A short film about the making of the Prada Candy commercial, giving interesting information about the featured Apache Dance of Lea Seydoux.

Directed by Jean Paul Goude.

Enjoy:

Prada Candy - The Making of the Commercial from Know Wear on Vimeo.

Patchwork Family by I Like Bunnies

A new hot project combining fashion with art is taking over Berlin. Alternative fashion label I Like Bunnies presents its F/W 2011 collection titled Patchwork Family in collaboration with lightwriting artist Tofa in an extravagant photo installation.

The collection is a happy mixture of traditionally patchworked pieces like sweater fabric cardigans, unisex trousers, sweater blazers and hooded or tube scarves transformed into showpieces, all handcrafted in Berlin.

Berlin-based artist and photographer Tofa aka Chris Noelle started his practice in lightwriting in 2003 and since then has worked with numerous brands and editions like Sony, Carlsberg, Lacoste, Red Bull, Page Magazine, Art Magazine and many more.

Emma Eddy Andersson

Emma Eddy Andersson's debut collection is called How to Find Yourself by an e-How Contributor, giving her the award Best in Show for her graduate collection at Ravensbourne college in London. The line is based around teenagers failed attempts to re-find themselves after gone lost between childhood and adultness. The Swedish young designer emphasizes on couture patterns mixed with sportswear to give a unique result on gothic style, with extra-puffy jackets, lots of lace and super-height platforms, all strictly in black. Emma has interned in Houses like Meedham Kirchhoff and Lina Österman, also blogging for online Swedish magazines.

Christian Louboutin Atelier

A rare documentary film about the famous shoemaker's atelier in Paris.

Directed by Claudio Conti

Enjoy:


Christian Louboutin- Paris Atelier from Claudio Conti on Vimeo.

Vanessa Bruno F/W 2011 Campaign

After the succesful collaboration with Lou Doillon, French label Vanessa Bruno is teaming up with actress Kate Bosworth for its F/W 2011 campaign. The label's Nordic inspiration is reflected in a beautiful, feminine collection with multiple layers, well-made pleats and frills and a basic, pale winter palette. The campaign is complimented with the following, very interesting video.

Enjoy:

LØV from Vanessa Bruno on Vimeo.