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SEPHORA + PANTONE UNIVERSE™ POP-UP COLOR SHOP
Sephora, the leading beauty specialty retailer, has partnered with Pantone LLC, the global color authority, to present the first SEPHORA + PANTONE UNIVERSE beauty collection, featuring the 2012 Color of the Year PANTONE® 17-1463 Tangerine Tango. To celebrate the launch, Sephora envisioned a mobile pop-up shop shaped as the iconic PANTONE Color Guide for clients to experience the assortment of makeup and accessories in the iconic color. To bring their vision to life, Sephora commissioned Neverstop to create the unexpected retail environment, which will have two limited engagements in Manhattan and Los Angeles this spring.
Designed and executed by Neverstop (us!), the aluminum skin structure, which stands 23 feet tall by 43 feet long, is equipped with a fully functioning mechanized door that fans out, featuring the Color of the Year and harmonized tones, just like the iconic PANTONE Color Guide. The interior boasts sleek, minimalist fixtures showcasing the SEPHORA + PANTONE UNIVERSE Color of the Year products, designed with ease of makeup application in mind. The southern exterior wall (if facing the front of the structure) hosts a digital screen featuring real-time feeds via #sephorapantone.
Here’s a video of the door opening and closing:
photos by: Kyle Johnson
“The biggest shift in my opinion is who/what is considered the hero. The consumers are now the heroes. They are what makes a brand live or die. They are the ones that will promote a great ad and evangelize on their behalf. They will tell their friends on Facebook that the brand’s product is amazing. Consumers are now on center stage while we all sit and watch their actions.”
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- Andre Woolery (Digital Synthesis Director) of Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners on what he thinks is the most significant difference between the industry then (1960s) compared to now
Meet New York’s Real Mad Men and Mad Women via @papermagazine
February 2012
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December 2011
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Clemens Behr
German artist Clemens Behr uses the simplest materials to create complex ephemeral architectures, which fill gallery spaces with origami-like structures. Working with recycled materials and basic geometric forms, Behr dreams up installations that result in subtle confusions between 2D painting and 3D objects. Not content with the confines of gallery spaces, Behr has taken his work into the public sphere, building peculiar appendages in metro cars and erecting detailed miniature cities on street corners. At their best, his installations are feats of optical trickery, disorienting architectures reminiscent of German expressionist film sets. At their worst, they look like a creative kid ran amok with a bunch of moving boxes and a vat of paint. Behr belongs to a crop of artists, who take inspiration from childlike forms of expression, a naive, innocent aesthetic befitting a generation of Peter Pans…
Trending: "stealing" art
As seen in campaigns, such as JONDO’s “Art Heist” in Los Angeles, and Art Series Hotel Group’s “Steal Banksy” in Australia - it seems to be a new trend among art conscious companies. These campaigns promote a notion of “art for all” via a fun scavenger hunt within the art community.
JONDO - Art Heist, Los Angeles from JONDO on Vimeo.
Steal Banksy from Art Series Hotels on Vimeo.
November 2011
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ACE HOTEL Rm. 1121
Our friend @kalgrande did a piece for @TheAceHotel NYC:
Been meaning to post this for almost a year now. But here’s a piece I did up at the Ace earlier this year. – kalanifujimori
September 2011
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Impossible Project x Ace Hotel
For the month of September, guests staying at the Ace Hotel can get a refurbished Polaroid camera and limited edition, custom packs of “Impossible x Ace Hotel” PX 600 Silver Shade instant black & white film in the mini–bar. In conjunction with the stocked polaroids, from September 12th - October 14th, a gallery show called “24 hours at the Ace” will be on view in the lobby. A follow–up show in August 2012 will feature works submitted by fans of Ace and Impossible online at acehotel.com/impossible.
August 2011
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i-D Magazine Pop-Up
The Red Gallery, London, September 1st-18th, 2011.
Marking over three decades at the forefront of style and culture, i-D will be ‘popping- up’ at London’s Red Gallery this September, showcasing 30 years of historic covers and laying on a feast of interactive events including acoustic performances, fashion shoots, book swaps, dance classes, coffee mornings and more in celebration of i-D NOW.
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.
– Steve Jobs” —
– Steve Jobs” —
Tacos and Denim.
The Gap’s Taco Truck, “Pico de Gap” is driving around San Francisco. Eat some tacos by chef Ryan Scott (of “Top Chef”), receive a discount coupon for clothes, and some lucky taco-eaters will win a free pair of 1969 jeans.
click here for: more info on menu and locations of truck
July 2011
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June 2011
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W+K Attack Presents SHOP
Wieden+Kennedy NY / Attack presents SHOP, a five-day retail event in celebration of NYC’s fashion culture. Participating brands will be offering pieces at sample sale pricing, full retail, selective discounts, and as individual/custom orders at their own discretion.
Some of the vendors include: Dossier Journal, Loomstate, Malin + Goetz, Nicholas K, Rogan, Saturdays NYC, Steven Alan, United Bamboo + more.
DJ sets curated by Fool’s Gold Records.
June 16th - June 20th @ the W+K NY office.
MoMA PS1 Warm Up x Ace Hotel New York
Our friends at MoMA PS1 just announced their summer lineup for the annual Warm Up music series out in Long Island City, taking place every Saturday between July 4 and Labor Day. We’re lending a hand by acting as a homebase to some of their visiting performers from far-flung corners of the earth, and we’ll be giving away a handful of tickets to Warm Up events each week to blog readers so stay tuned here for updates on how to get yours. Find the lineup below — get here by plane, train, automobile, unicycle, skateboard or magic carpet. And keep an eye out for this year’s hard-to-miss YAP installation by Interboro Partners + WHATAMI by stARTT.
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KIDULT: vandal or genius?
French street artist, Kidult has been making news the past couple months, due to his tagging of prominent stores that include colette, Agnés b., and Supreme. All brands which have exploited graffiti/street art.
Not only has he tagged over stores, but even over a Mr. Brainwash piece - someone who really capitalized on street art/graffiti (have you seen Exit Through The Gift Shop??).
What do you think? A statement of commercialization? or just straight up vandalism?
Comme des Garçons x Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons)
Head designer, Rei Kawakubo and Simpsons creator,Matt Groening conceived, Binky and Sheba PLAY a marriage between Kawakubo’s cult-loved line and the sketches of two characters from Groening’s 1977 comic Life in Hell.
While they operate in different realms, the two aren’t as different as one may think.
“Their worlds are very different, but Rei and Matt share this disdain for rules and a certain iconoclasm. No collaboration can really ring true or have a meaning unless there is this kind of unexpected synergy and intuitive trust” says Adrian Joffe (president of Comme des Garçons, as well as Rei’s husband). The range includes variations on canvas tote bags, a selection of black and white cotton tees, as well as a graffiti-adorned nautical striped long-sleeved tee.
But at the heart of the collaboration is one unified view – a shared vision between both Kawakubo and Groening: “The only mission for Comme des Garcons is to always seek to do something new, to achieve the very purpose of creation,” states Joffe. “And this case is no exception”.
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Ace Hotel: INTERVIEW : COSMO BAKER →
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via @theacehotel:
Cosmo Baker is a producer and DJ based in NYC. He recently shared the decks with our friend DJ Day at his weekly hell-raiser ¡Reunión! at Ace Hotel Palm Springs. Cosmo’s playing tonight in New York at Switchboard. Next month and months thereafter it will be at Ace NYC, but for this month it’s happening at Tammany Hall.
Cosmo’s been a champion of New Jack Swing, obscure, special and rad music for a long ass time. He talked with us about some of his projects past and present, and a banana he met this morning. I heard you have a CD buried in a time capsule in Hawaii. Do tell… Several years ago me and a buddy Scott Melker did a CD called “Live At The Spotlite” which was the labor of love homage to one of our favorite music genres, New Jack Swing. All that late 80s and early 90s stuff that sounds so dated yet at the same time is still incredible music, production values and songwriting. It’s definitely a guilty pleasure of mine and my knowledge of it runs pretty deep. This was back when it was still possible to sell physical product in healthy numbers as opposed to just putting things up online for download. So the reception for the CD was pretty fantastic, shipping around the globe. I know that we had some on sale in retail outlets out there on the islands, but as to how it got in someone’s hands and why they decided it was appropriate to put in a time capsule I will never know. But it’s pretty cool if you think about it, and when they open it up who knows when in the future, you’ll have an artifact that will represent two separate periods of time. Now whether or not they will actually have CD players in the future is another question. What’s your history in Hawaii — do you have family there? I’ve only been to Hawaii once, spending a few days on Kauai with some friends of mine. No question that once you’re out there, you feel the magic and the pull of that place. It’s a very powerful spot on this planet. And I was totally fine with just sitting in a hammock on the beach, beer in hand, doing nothing for 5 days straight. Life sucks! Tell me about The Rub. The Rub is a Brooklyn based DJ collective that consists of myself, DJ Ayres and DJ Eleven. We’ve been friends for years and Ayres started the party at Southpaw in Brooklyn in 2002 and I came up and did a few guest spots during the first year. Then in 2003 I moved to Brooklyn, at which point the three of us guys decided to solidify the partnership and we’ve been rocking ever since. We’ve taken the show all around the globe but always continue to rock the first Saturday of every month back in Brooklyn. Musically it’s incredibly diverse and also gives us a place to really open up artistically as DJs, and over the years the crowd that we’ve cultivated definitely have learned that it’s a completely different and unique thing from your standard club night in NY. And we’re stronger than ever, and I’m super grateful that we kind of captured lightning in a bottle with this. Switchboard is based around the idea of “telephoning music” — the transportation that occurs when an artist interprets a piece of music. What do you have planned and what’s inspiring you as you get ready for the party? I totally trust Sammy when it comes to his ear and artistic vision so when he approached me to do this I jumped at the chance. In my very humble opinion, the thing about art, or the creative process in general to me is that it’s a deeply personal thing. You put all this energy from your soul into creating something. It belongs to you and only you. But once you release it and let it out in the world, you relinquish ownership of it in a sense, and it ends up belonging to everyone else except you. So when a song is created, and when someone covers it or remixes it, it’s kind of like this cycle that continues on and on. Even as a DJ, the way one manipulates and edits the sounds, using layering or other techniques, you’re doing your own interpretation of prerecorded music. As for how I’m prepping, I’m just trying to pull some really fun, cool groovy shit that people will dig! What project are you most excited about at the moment? All the production that I’m working on and collaborating with others for a side project called Sheen Brothers, which is me and my homie 4th Pyramid. We’re looking a a few releases this year for that and I’m very excited about the initial response that we’ve been getting. Other than that, I’m writing a lot, and I’m traveling a hell of a lot. That’s tiring, but it’s still very exciting. What’d you do this morning? The first thing was drink some coffee. Then worked on the 4th Pyramid project that he’s putting out for SXSW. Then I ate a banana. Favorite music right now? Two things that come to mind — The Miracles Club which is a house music group out of Portland, and Frank Ocean who is an R&B singer from Los Angeles via Atlanta. Both of them are really fucking amazing. But there’s always so much music out there, both new and old, that inspire me. Every month I do a Monthly Top Ten Mix with some of my most favorite music at that moment. It’s kind of across the board but really representative of where I’m at in my head. But I don’t know, I just love music so fucking much it’s insane. I don’t know what i would do without it!
Currently listening to: Jamie XX mix on BBC 6 Music
One third of the Mercury Awards winners The XX and 2011’s most in-demand remix artist, Jamie XX, takes over the 6 Mix. Formed in London in 2005, the XX released their debut album in 2009, with its sparse, minimal production by Jamie pricking up the ears of scenesters and musicians alike. In 2010 his reworking of Florence And The Machine’s cover of ‘You Got The Love’ set the online world alight, and already this year his remix of Adele’s ‘Rolling In The Deep’ has become one of the most blogged tunes worldwide. As he prepares to release ‘We’re New Here’ - his dubstep and old skool house flavoured reworking of Gill Scott Heron’s 2010 album ‘I’m New Here’, Jamie takes over the 6 Mix to play a selection of the music which inspired his productions alongside some of his current favourites. Jamie also tells the story of how he came to remix the whole Gil Scott Heron album and the dance music influences which informed its radical reworking.
(taken from BBC)
Play Jamie xx, BBC 6 Mix:
Jamie xx & Gill Scott Heron — I’m New Here [XL]
Roll Deep feat. Dizzee Rascal — Stretch [White]
Indo — Are U Sleeping
Af-Ryth-Mix Sounds
Burial — Near Dark [Hyperdub]
Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford — Nobody [Mpingo]
Jessie Ware and Sampha — Valentine [Young Turks]
Yasmin & Jamie xx — Touch Me [White]
Jamie xx & Gill Scott Heron — UR Soul And Mine [XL]
Tanya Stephens — Can’t Touch Me No More [White]
Adele — Rolling In The Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle) [XL]
RJD2 — Final Frontier [Definitive Jux]
Drake — Over [Cash Money Records]
Mount Kimbie — Blind Night Errand [Hotflush]
The Jazz Crusaders — So Far Away [Live]
Yummy Bingham — Come And Get It [Motown]
Koreless — M.T.I [White]
Mister Adam — 3hree [White]
Jamie xx & Gill Scott Heron — The Crutch [XL]
Floating Points — Truly [Eglo]
Jamie xx — Far Nearer [Numbers]
Keith Mansfield — Morning Broadway [KPM Music]
Natural D — Gone Away [White]
Rylski — Ain’t Got You [White]
Tiyiselani Vomaseve — Vanghoma [Honest Jon’s Records]
Thomas Bjerring — 02:45 [Traum Schallplatten]
Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman[Epic]
Jamie xx & Gill Scott Heron — I’ll Take Care Of You[XL]
Jamie xx & Gill Scott Heron — New York Is Killing Me [XL]
Education First: Live the Language
“Live the Language” is a series of four beautifully art directed short films, that were shot in Paris, London, Barcelona, and Beijing. They were directed by Gustav Johansson, and produced by Camp David.
They will make you want to pack your bags and travel!
PARIS
LONDON
BARCELONA
BEIJING
EF - Live The Language - Beijing from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.
Directed by Gustav Johansson (gustavjohansson.com)
D.P: Niklas Johansson, fsf (niklasjohansson.com)
Typography: Albin Holmqvist (albinholmqvist.com)
Music: Magnus Lidehäll (twitter.com/magnusthemagnus)
Produced at Camp David (campdavidfilm.com)
Client: EF International Language Centers
Campaign site: ef.com/livethelanguage
Before The Sartorialist, there was the OG....
Street Style photographer, Bill Cunningham.
ABOUT THE FILM
“We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour.
The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller—who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace.
