philosophie de la vie Fifka

Antique Color Wheels.

2010-10-07T13:26:00.006+02:00

The story of the Color Wheel is a very interesting one which I would strongly suggest reading over at Imprint, for a full history class. But in the meantime here are visuals that are most appealing to me. All of these antique color wheels and color cards were hand made in the 16th, 17th and 18th Century. I would love one of these.

Paula Parrish Photography.

2010-10-07T13:18:00.006+02:00

Paula Parrish has remixed the basic images of her photography and experimented with some creative photoshop skills by coloring and adding textures to them. The New York-based photographer plays with projections. She prints and mounts then re-shoots or projects imagery and subject matter, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality in a complex system of layers and textures… Making the final image unique!

David Koma LFW S/S 2011

2010-09-25T12:29:00.007+02:00

David Koma‘s past collection’s have often embodied a powerful, confident woman through sculptural and heavily embellished designs. So his Spring/Summer 2011 show at London Fashion Week opened with a change of scene as feminine ‘ballerina inspired’ sugary pink dresses floated down the runway.
“challenging” himself “in every aspect of the design process.”

The tutu-esque designs soon developed into more of a Koma signature statement with bold graphic prints and geometric shapes. Flashes of yellow to add a summery palette and revealing linear neck lines for the flesh factor.

Yellow turned to gold lamé python print for a heavily adorned comeback of David’s embellishments. Almost bionic in print the final few designs show a diversity from the first. A contrast between organza and leather and pink and black, which shows the exploration in new designer Koma’s work with him pushing boundaries and “challenging” himself “in every aspect of the design process.”

JC/DC E-store Open

2010-09-25T12:19:00.001+02:00

French pop fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac just launch (finally) his online store. You can now shop his latest menswear, womenswear and accessories collection. ps: If you love South Park, you’ll probably have to buy half of the collection…

Simple Man - Adel Jord by Michael Munique

2010-09-19T13:10:00.004+02:00

Adel Jord stars in the new issue of FHM Collections with this fantastic editorial 'Simple Man' by Michael Munique.

Droog goes fashion.

2010-01-10T07:29:00.002+01:00

Droog, a Dutch Design collective based in Amsterdam and set up in 1993 as a statement on design, might be known for setting fashions in the world of product and furniture design. However, per this month creative laboratory Droog will also bring Dutch fashion items and accessories to the Droog collection in New York, including labels by Corné Gabriëls, Gluejeans, Orson + Bodil, Painted, and Jan Taminiau.

Since Viktor & Rolf seems to be the only Dutch fashion design you will find in New York, Droog wanted to tap these talents and broaden the range of products in the New York store with exclusive fashion, books and items connected to architecture like the Lace Fence by Demakersvan.

Illustrations by Jonathan Bartlett.

2010-01-10T07:17:00.017+01:00

Amazing and very creative illustrations by Jonathan Bartlett. John brought a cheeky eroticism to menswear when he launched his eponymous label in 1992, injecting sly accents like lace-up closures and hints of leather to an era characterized by minimalism. His success with the line earned him two CFDA awards and enabled him to expand into womenswear in 1997

IAIN CRAWFORD PHOTOGRAPHY.

2009-09-23T13:28:00.007+02:00

Andreas Gursky.

2009-07-13T11:29:00.003+02:00

Andreas Gursky is a German photographer best known for his massive architectural and perspective photographs. He uses extremely wide, panoramic-like angles to create an overwhelming sense of presence and space. He generally shoots subjects that bear some sort of repetition – people, windows, foodstuffs, you name it – and exploits their undiscovered beauty for the world to appreciate.

Bianco Footwear's Global Financial Crisis Solution

2009-03-07T09:14:00.004+01:00

Times are tough with the economy and what not. But Bianco Footwear has a strategy to keep selling shoes. Simply ignore the global financial crisis! See video below.

Speechless: Exact Pregnancy Test.

2009-03-07T01:11:00.005+01:00

New ad campaign for ‘Exact Pregnancy Test’ that promotes it as “The second best way to tell if you are pregnant.”

Agency: Lowe Bangkok, Thailand
Photographer: Basil Childers; Retoucher: Thanawat
Creative Director: Supon Khaotong, Kittinan Sawasdee, Piya Churakpong
Art Director: Anun Nunsai; Copywriter: Thanavate Siriwattanagul

The Future of Relaxing.

2009-02-11T17:44:00.004+01:00

The Surf Chair® has been developed in collaboration with fellow student Leif Sørensen for the 'Internet Collection' competition at the Scandinavian Furniture Fair 2000.
The sexy-looking Maya Single Chair is specially designed to relieve your body and mind when you have a hangover. Crammed with a geeky style, the reclining Maya chair combined with 26 or 32inch screen, a pair of powerful 60W speakers and a sub, offer you the best possible lounging relaxation and get you back to normal.
This upholstered sofa called the “Athena,” features an integrated computer. You can use all functions like the home computer and can connect it with the multi-room systems to take care of media applications from email to watching TV from the comfort of a chair.

Koons Invasion At Versailles.

2009-02-05T23:43:00.002+01:00

The exhibition of 17 Koons sculptures marks the first time that the chateau built by Louis XIV has organized so ambitious a retrospective of one contemporary artist. The exhibit, was held in December 08. Click HERE to view and read more at the source.

Artist: Jeff Koons.
Photography: Ed Alcock for The New York Times

Jessica Stam by Solve Sundsbo.

2009-02-02T02:17:00.005+01:00

Model: Jessica Stam
Magazine: Numero
Issue: 77
Photography by Solve Sundsbo
Supermodel Jessica Stam in a shoot by fashion photograper Solve Sundsbo, for Numero, which is currently celebrating its 100th issue.

Nathalie Rykiel ReDesigns Coca - Cola Light.

2009-01-14T13:59:00.005+01:00

Daughter of fashion icon Sonia Rykiel, and head of the Rykiel family fashion house, giving Coca-Cola bottle the famous Sonia Rykiel stripes. This limited series will be available in Monoprix and also in Bon Marché at the beginning of January 2009.

AD CAMPAIGNS S/S 09.

2009-01-12T17:58:00.005+01:00

DSquared2 S/S 09 / Naomi Campbell & Linda Evangelista by Steven Meisel
Dolce & Gabbana menswear S/S 09 / Julien Quevenne, David Gandy, Noah Mills by Steven Klein

Dolce & Gabbana S/S 09 / Mariacarla Boscono, Caroline Trentini and Karlie Kloss by Steven Klein

Balenciaga S/S 09 / Iris Strubegger by David Sims

This is really fantastic!

2009-01-10T06:06:00.011+01:00

“Batman Mourning.”
“Poison Ivy Pestering Batman Again.”

“Spiderman.”
“Catwoman”, is based on one of Salvador Dali’s many surrealist paintings.
“The Death of Kent” which is a digital reworking of David’s Death of Marat.
Next we have a representation called “Spiderman and Doc Oc” which was inspired by a painting from the irrepressibly impious Salvador Dali.
The Son Of Batman is a remake of Belgian surrealist master Rene Magritte’s “The Son on Man.”
“The Joker.” This representation was inspired by one of Rembrandt’s many self portraits.

“David X Men” which was, off course, was inspired by the world famous statue by Renaissance master Michelangelo.

Bondynka Olga Kurylenko na zdjęciach Ellen von Unwerth.

2009-01-08T11:39:00.008+01:00

Nam strzelać nie kazano. - Wstąpiłem na działo

I spojrzałem na pole; dwieście armat grzmiało.

Artyleryi ruskiej ciągną się szeregi,

Prosto, długo, daleko, jako morza brzegi;

I widziałem ich wodza: przybiegł, mieczem skinął

I jak ptak jedno skrzydło wojska swego zwinął;

Wylewa się spod skrzydła ściśniona piechota

Długą czarną kolumną, jako lawa błota,

Nasypana iskrami bagnetów. Jak sępy

Czarne chorągwie na śmierć prowadzą zastępy.

Przeciw nim sterczy biała, wąska, zaostrzona,

Jak głaz bodzący morze, reduta Ordona.

Sześć tylko miała armat; wciąż dymią i świecą;

I nie tyle prędkich słów gniewne usta miecą,

Nie tyle przejdzie uczuć przez duszę w rozpaczy,

Ile z tych dział leciało bomb, kul i kartaczy.

Patrz, tam granat w sam środek kolumny się nurza,

Jak w fale bryła lawy, pułk dymem zachmurza;

Pęka śród dymu granat, szyk pod niebo leci

I ogromna łysina śród kolumny świeci.

Tam kula, lecąc, z dala grozi, szumi, wyje.

Ryczy jak byk przed bitwą, miota się, grunt ryje; -

Już dopadła; jak boa śród kolumn się zwija,

Pali piersią, rwie zębem, oddechem zabija.

Najstraszniejszej nie widać, lecz słychać po dźwięku,

Po waleniu się trupów, po ranionych jęku:

Gdy kolumnę od końca do końca przewierci,

Jak gdyby środkiem wojska przeszedł anioł śmierci.

Gdzież jest król, co na rzezie tłumy te wyprawia?

Czy dzieli ich odwagę, czy pierś sam nadstawia?

Nie, on siedzi o pięćset mil na swej stolicy,

Król wielki, samowładnik świata połowicy;

Zmarszczył brwi, - i tysiące kibitek wnet leci;

Podpisał, - tysiąc matek opłakuje dzieci;

Skinął, - padają knuty od Niemna do Chiwy.

Mocarzu, jak Bóg silny, jak szatan złośliwy,

Gdy Turków za Bałkanem twoje straszą spiże,

Gdy poselstwo paryskie twoje stopy liże, -

Warszawa jedna twojej mocy się urąga,

Podnosi na cię rękę i koronę ściąga,

Koronę Kazimierzów, Chrobrych z twojej głowy,

Boś ją ukradł i skrwawił, synu Wasilowy!

Car dziwi się - ze strachu. drzą Petersburczany,

Car gniewa się - ze strachu mrą jego dworzany;

Ale sypią się wojska, których Bóg i wiara

Jest Car. - Car gniewny: umrzem, rozweselim Cara.

Posłany wódz kaukaski z siłami pół-świata,

Wierny, czynny i sprawny - jak knut w ręku kata.

Ura! ura! Patrz, blisko reduty, już w rowy

Walą się, na faszynę kładąc swe tułowy;

Już czernią się na białych palisadach wałów.

Jeszcze reduta w środku, jasna od wystrzałów,

Czerwieni się nad czernią: jak w środek mrowiaka

Wrzucony motyl błyska, - mrowie go naciska, -

Zgasł - tak zgasła reduta. Czyż ostatnie działo

Strącone z łoża w piasku paszczę zagrzebało?

Czy zapał krwią ostatni bombardyjer zalał?

Zgasnął ogień. - Już Moskal rogatki wywalał.

Gdzież ręczna broń? - Ach, dzisiaj pracowała więcej

Niż na wszystkich przeglądach za władzy książęcej;

Zgadłem, dlaczego milczy, - bo nieraz widziałem

Garstkę naszych walczącą z Moskali nawałem.

Gdy godzinę wołano dwa słowa: pal, nabij;

Gdy oddechy dym tłumi, trud ramiona słabi;

A wciąż grzmi rozkaz wodzów, wre żołnierza czynność;

Na koniec bez rozkazu pełnią swą powinność,

Na koniec bez rozwagi, bez czucia, pamięci,

Żołnierz jako młyn palny nabija - grzmi - kręci

Broń od oka do nogi, od nogi na oko:

Aż ręka w ładownicy długo i głęboko

Szukała, nie znalazła - i żołnierz pobladnął,

Nie znalazłszy ładunku, już bronią nie władnął;

I uczuł, że go pali strzelba rozogniona;

Upuścił ją i upadł; - nim dobiją, skona.

Takem myślił, - a w szaniec nieprzyjaciół kupa

Już łazła, jak robactwo na świeżego trupa.

Pociemniało mi w oczach - a gdym łzy ocierał,

Słyszałem, że coś do mnie mówił mój Jenerał.

On przez lunetę wspartą na moim ramieniu

Długo na szturm i szaniec poglądał w milczeniu.

Na koniec rzekł; "Stracona". - Spod lunety jego

Wymknęło się łez kilka, - rzekł do mnie: "Kolego,

Wzrok młody od szkieł lepszy; patrzaj, tam na wale,

Znasz Ordona, czy widzisz, gdzie jest?" - "Jenerale,

Czy go znam? - Tam stał zawsze, to działo kierował.

Nie widzę - znajdę - dojrzę! - śród dymu się schował:

Lecz śród najgęstszych kłębów dymu ileż razy

Widziałem rękę jego, dającą rozkazy. -

Widzę go znowu, - widzę rękę - błyskawicę,

Wywija, grozi wrogom, trzyma palną świécę,

Biorą go - zginął - o nie, - skoczył w dół, - do lochów"!

"Dobrze - rzecze Jenerał - nie odda im prochów".

Tu blask - dym - chwila cicho - i huk jak stu gromów.

Zaćmiło się powietrze od ziemi wyłomów,

Harmaty podskoczyły i jak wystrzelone

Toczyły się na kołach - lonty zapalone

Nie trafiły do swoich panew. I dym wionął

Prosto ku nam; i w gęstej chmurze nas ochłonął.

I nie było nic widać prócz granatów blasku,

I powoli dym rzedniał, opadał deszcz piasku.

Spojrzałem na redutę; - wały, palisady,

Działa i naszych garstka, i wrogów gromady;

Wszystko jako sen znikło. - Tylko czarna bryła

Ziemi niekształtnej leży - rozjemcza mogiła.

Tam i ci, co bronili, -i ci, co się wdarli,

Pierwszy raz pokój szczery i wieczny zawarli.

Choćby cesarz Moskalom kazał wstać, już dusza

Moskiewska. tam raz pierwszy, cesarza nie słusza.

Tam zagrzebane tylu set ciała, imiona:

Dusze gdzie? nie wiem; lecz wiem, gdzie dusza Ordona.

On będzie Patron szańców! - Bo dzieło zniszczenia

W dobrej sprawie jest święte, Jak dzieło tworzenia;

Bóg wyrzekł słowo stań się, Bóg i zgiń wyrzecze.

Kiedy od ludzi wiara i wolność uciecze,

Kiedy ziemię despotyzm i duma szalona

Obleją, jak Moskale redutę Ordona -

Karząc plemię zwycięzców zbrodniami zatrute,

Bóg wysadzi tę ziemię, jak on swą redutę.

Adam Mickiewicz

Mona Lisa sacrum - profanum?

2009-01-06T17:10:00.013+01:00

Wizerunek Mona Lisy o którym chciałoby się powiedzieć, że stary jak świat ciągle inspiruje malarzy, ilustratorów, grafficiarzy ba! zwykłych jajcarzy, którzy lubią choćby
pobabrać się w marmoladzie.

Body painting artist Emma Hack.

2009-01-06T11:30:00.009+01:00

Mistyfikacja, iluzja, artyzm. Określeń jest wiele.
Wrażenie jedno: Niebywałe.
Ciała spowite kaskadami różnobarwnych wzorów.

Paris, Paris....

2009-01-05T00:35:00.023+01:00

Paryskie ulice. Tak wspaniale inspirujące.
Pełne buciarskich rodzynków w nietuzinkowych stylizacjach. Można czerpać garściami i modyfikować według własnego gustu - podglądać licząc, że Warszawa też kiedyś obcasami zastuka. I to w liczbie znacznie większej , niźli parę obcasów na krzyż.

YSL
Louboutin
Givenchy
Prada & Louboutin
Gucci
YSL Trib Two Platform Pumps
Brian Atwood
Giuseppe Zanotti
Marni
Roger Vivier
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Slouchy
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Walter Steiger
Balenciaga
Martin Margiela
Balenciaga
Louboutin
Chloe
Azzedine Alaia
YSL
Nicholas Kirkwood

Rick Owens Boots

AD CAMPAIGNS S/S 09

2009-01-04T23:31:00.015+01:00

Prada S/S 09 : Nimue Smit, Giedre Dukauskaite, Sigrid Agren, Toni Garrn, Katrin Thormann, Viktoriya Sosonkina, Ymre by Steven Meisel
Valentino S/S 09 : Stephanie Seymour by Mert & Marcus

Chanel S/S 09 : Heidi Mount by Karl Lagerfeld
MaxMara S/S 09 : Lakshmi Menon and Eniko Mihalik by Craig McDean

Lanvin S/S 09 : Iselin Steiro by Steven Miesel

Versace S/S 09 : Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss by Mario Testino

Bally S/S 2009 : Christy Turlington and Oriol Elcacho by Mario Sorrenti

Beautiful Bondage.

2009-01-04T23:20:00.006+01:00

These Ilya bondage pieces, available from Coco De Mer, are beautiful. I like to say that just because something is beautfiul is doesn’t mean it can not hurt. Much like love. Love which tears us apart. Explains the tattoo.

Tim Burton And Helena Bonham Carter In Vogue UK December 2008.

2008-11-06T01:14:00.005+01:00

Now that’s a fierce fashion pictorial. Fierce and fantastic! It’s a Tim Burton story. Alongside his beautiful, brilliant wife, Helena Bonham Carter, he poses for Tim Walker in the December’s issue of Vogue UK.

Models in the CITY.

2008-11-04T02:54:00.007+01:00

Photography by: Zach Gold.
Models: Ibrahim Baaith, Salieu Jalloh, Dominique Hollington, Marcus Lloyd & Shawn Sutton

Kyle T Webster - The Daily Figure.

2008-10-30T11:38:00.003+01:00

The Daily Figure is a new project by Kyle T Webster to keep his drawing skills limber. He just launched the project but it looks to be an awesome source of inspiration for anyone who loves to draw.

2008-10-23T14:24:00.002+02:00

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you're riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality.
Wake Up and Live!"
Bob Marley

Carmen Kass by Yelena Yemchuk - Vogue Nippon October 2008.

2008-10-23T13:20:00.004+02:00

Sculptures by Heather Jansch.

2008-10-17T16:37:00.003+02:00

UK artist Heather Jansch creates life size sculptures of various animals.
She uses bronze and driftwood to create her pieces. Throughout the year guests can visit her studio in westcountry england to view how her pieces are made through bronze casting.

Nudibranchs photographed by David Doubilet for National Geographic.

2008-10-17T16:25:00.008+02:00

nembrotha kubaryana
hypselodoris
phyllidiella pustulosa
fabellina exoptata
chromodoris annae
cuthona

Last month the National Geographic featured an article about 'nudibranchs' by Jennifer s. Holland.
Entitled 'living color' the piece details the toxic underwater relatives of the slug family - and is accompanied by david doubilet's stunning photography which shows-off the creatures garish colors.

Wiesława Szymborska.

2008-10-16T05:45:00.001+02:00

Here is a poem by Wiesława Szymborska, the Polish Nobel-Prize-Winner:

No Title Required

It has come to this: I’m sitting under a tree
beside a river
on a sunny morning.
It’s an insignificant event
and won’t go down in history.
It’s not battles and pacts,
where motives are scrutinized,
or noteworthy tyrannicides.

And yet I’m sitting by this river, that’s a fact.
And since I’m here
I must have come from somewhere,
and before that
I must have turned up in many other places,
exactly like the conquerors of nations
before setting sail.

Even a passing moment has its fertile past,
its Friday before Saturday,
its May before June.
Its horizons are no less real
than those that a marshal’s field glasses might scan.

This tree is a poplar that’s been rooted here for years.
The river is the Raba; it didn’t spring up yesterday.
The path leading through the bushes
wasn’t beaten last week.
The wind had to blow the clouds here
before it could blow them away.

And though nothing much is going on nearby,
the world is no poorer in details for that.
It’s just as grounded, just as definite
as when migrating races held it captive.

Conspiracies aren’t the only things shrouded in silence.
Retinues of reasons don’t trail coronations alone.
Anniversaries of revolutions may roll around,
but so do oval pebbles encircling the bay.

The tapestry of circumstance is intricate and dense.
Ants stitching in the grass.
The grass sewn into the ground.
The pattern of a wave being needled by a twig.

So it happens that I am and look.
Above me a white butterfly is fluttering through the air
on wings that are its alone,
and a shadow skims through my hands
that is none other than itself, no one else’s but its own.

When I see such things, I’m no longer sure
that what’s important
is more important than what’s not.

Hermes Fall/Winter ‘09 ad campaign: Mariacarla Boscono.

2008-10-15T18:12:00.006+02:00

Walton Ford.

2008-10-14T23:45:00.003+02:00

Ford’s meticulous paintings satirize the history of colonialism and the continuing impact of slavery and other forms of political oppression on today’s social and environmental landscape.

Esquire cover versions unveiled in Milan.

2008-10-14T03:25:00.011+02:00

Esquire recently asked some of the world's most influential fashion designers to recreate some of the magazine's most iconic covers. The project was initiated to celebrate the magazine's 75 anniversary. All of the works, with the exception of one, are based of covers conceived by esquire's long time art director george lois. In his career with
the magazine, he helped create 92 covers. A show featuring highlights from his career is currently on show at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

The pink and blue project.

2008-10-13T20:55:00.005+02:00

Korean artist Jeongmee Yoon's 'pink and blue project' was inspired by her daughter. She would only wear pink and buy pink toys. She found this to be a common theme in korea, the us and around the world. When photographing girl's in their world of pink, she realized that boys shared the same phenomenon except in a different hue: blue.
The objects are arranged in the child's room and photographed in a square format. Jeongmee yoon was born in Seoul and lives in New York.

Cardboard life.

2008-10-13T19:15:00.001+02:00

Chris Gilmour creates amazingly intricate cardboard sculptures. he transforms the simple material into realistic reproductions of various objects. it is hard to believe that these life-size creations aren't real.

Eva Mendes - Harpers Bazaar - November 2008 - Australia .

2008-10-12T18:45:00.000+02:00

LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: Zoe Murphy Upcycled Furniture.

2008-10-11T15:15:00.000+02:00

Young British design graduate Zoe Murphy is a rising star we discovered at this month’s TENT London design exhibit. Inspired by her seaside home of Margate, Zoe has created a collection of fabulous bespoke furniture and textile pieces.

'Offal taste' series by photographer Stephanie Diani.

2008-10-11T14:04:00.004+02:00

Fashion by Stephanie Diani who evokes sensuality with a touch of creepiness in her photographic series, 'offal taste'. using sausages, pigs feet, ribs and other off-cuts which are normally part of the butcher's domain, she constructs works such as an a neck piece, armor, corset and head pieces. these raw works are then worn by individuals who adorn their bodies with the meat.

Sasha Pivovarova Vogue Italia October 2008.

2008-10-09T10:55:00.007+02:00

Photo: Paolo Roversi
“Singular Way”.

Moframes capturing motion.

2008-10-09T10:24:00.002+02:00

"He single frames of a pre-keyed film sequence are arranged one behind the other in a three-dimensional space.
In this way a complex movement is being captured in its whole length and turned into graphic information".

Martin Klimas.

2008-10-09T02:20:00.002+02:00

Martin Klimas photographs of ceramic figures at their
moment of destruction creates powerful images that
combine dynamism and an unnerving silent stillness to
bring a new meaning to the term 'still life'.
the technique is particularly effective at animating
inanimate martial arts poses.

Korean artist Gwon Osang.

2008-10-08T21:32:00.005+02:00

Artwork composed of error picture prints.

The Art of BMW Bikes.

2008-10-08T01:06:00.004+02:00

All connoisseurs of beautiful design and objects, be they motorcycle enthusiasts or not, will appreciate The Art of BMW: 85 Years of Motorcycling Excellence, just out from Motorbooks. There over 100 of them in the stunning volume, as lovingly photographed as any assemblage of supermodels by Henry Von Wartenberg. Though the book covers the whole of the marque's illustrious history - all 85 years - author Peter Gantriis focuses on BMW's incredibly gorgeous pre-World War II models, many from the incomparable Peter Nettesheim Collection, such as the awesome R32 from 1925 (above). These are bikes of almost sculptural beauty - but don't take our word for it, see for yourself in the gallery.

Pulse of the planet.

2008-10-07T16:46:00.000+02:00

Time zones influence the global rhythm of communications. Pulse of the Planet illustrates the volume of international calls between New York City and 255 countries over the twenty-four hours in a day. Areas of the world receiving and making fewer phone calls shrink while areas experiencing a greater amount of voice call activity expand. International cities with the most call activity to and from New York are highlighted according to time zone.

Pieter Hugo - The Hyena & Other Men.

2008-10-07T16:45:00.000+02:00

Pieter Hugo's photo series "The Hyena & Other Men" is somewhat terrifying. The hyena seems almost savage and brute in form, and I can't imagine how you could domesticate one. Pieter Hugo's artist's statement is fascinating:
These photographs came about after a friend emailed me an image taken on a cellphone through a car window in Lagos, Nigeria, which depicted a group of men walking down the street with a hyena in chains. A few days later I saw the image reproduced in a South African newspaper with the caption 'The Streets of Lagos'. Nigerian newspapers reported that these men were bank robbers, bodyguards, drug dealers, debt collectors. Myths surrounded them. The image captivated me.

Through a journalist friend I eventually tracked down a Nigerian reporter, Adetokunbo Abiola, who said that he knew the 'Gadawan Kura' as they are known in Hausa (a rough translation: 'hyena handlers/guides').

Harvey Nichols.

2008-10-05T22:54:00.002+02:00

See more of these cool Harvey Nichols Sale ad campaigns here

Love & Hate by Steven Klein.

2008-10-05T13:52:00.006+02:00

Eyepatches seem to be the favorite fashion accessory these days. At least that's what Steven Klein seems to think. Following his extraordinary Future Couture shoot for Vogue Italia (see it here) which incorporates blinged eyepatches, Klein has went all out in the Love/Hate editorial for the October issue of W Magazine. The shoot features models Linda Evangelista and Tyson Ballo.

Best looks for fall/winter: Numéro Tokyo October 2008 -Givenchy, Dior, Prada, Balenciaga, Hermes, Dolce&Gabbana, Valentino, Louis Vuitton, Chanel...

2008-10-03T01:23:00.005+02:00

...Gucci.

Ibride trays are très fantastique.

2008-10-01T20:03:00.003+02:00

From swan portraits to technicolor squirrels, i deeply dig the french design team of ibride (pronounced e-breed) for continuously creating amazing lines of intricate and gorgeously designed trays.

By using a century old technique, which applies high pressure laminate to a recycled wood core, Ibride produces picturesque platters that are sturdy enough for serving and divine enough for display.

Eco-friendly, functional, fanciful, and french.

Eva Herzigova - Karl Lagerfeld - Dom Perignon 2008

2008-09-30T21:11:00.008+02:00

Photo Journalism in LEGO - Mike Stimpson's.

2008-09-28T22:06:00.006+02:00

Mike Stimpson, a British photographer decided to reproduce famous journalism photos with Lego figurines. It is a beautiful project, but I have to wonder if it’s not too much to recreate a dramatic moment with kids toys.

Coco Rocha - Numéro Tokyo - October 2008.

2008-09-28T21:50:00.011+02:00

JWT India.

2008-09-27T13:57:00.004+02:00

Nice ads from the ad agency JWT India and art director Jeff Emmanuel.
The visuals are great.

Cast Your Memories in Precious Metal.

2008-09-26T14:11:00.010+02:00

Whether you're looking to preserve the memory of your new baby's tiny foot or your favorite pet's scruffy paw, Wrightson & Platt can help you lock those precious moments and keep them forever in the form of sculpture or jewelry. They use a fast setting jelly to take a cast of the desired body part (they can capture everything from a wiggly baby's fingers to a woman's pregnant belly) and then put that cast through what can only be described as a fascinating process to create the final product in your choice of materials including bronze, glass, platinum, and sterling silver. Prices start, for the smallest pieces like pins and cufflinks, at about £1200 and go up from there.
Via Lussorian

Martin Strmiska.

2008-09-25T20:25:00.006+02:00

Underwater photography by Martin Strmiska.

UFO Lamp by Nuno Teixeira.

2008-09-25T13:41:00.002+02:00

First impressions upon seeing the “UFO Lamp” design by Nuno Teixeira, is that the secret society of UFO alien spieces already being discovered by human. Actually the UFO lamp design is one of the cool design that I found so far. With an oval suspension/floor lamp made of high-density expanded polyurethane with car paint finish. This design had a strong visual impact through high-gloss colors and sculptural body.

With great idea of a suspended lamp that look like UFO spaceship make the design frozen in spaces - more over in your living room. A Colorful design, make the lamp more attractive.

Adam Spiżak.

2008-09-24T15:00:00.006+02:00

Absolutely spectacular new work from Polish designer and digital illustrator Adam Spizak. The new illustration is called "The Pathogen," and it is wonderful. It is so intricate in portions and that just pulls you into the illustration and makes you want to look and find out more about it. Check out all of Adam's work at his portfolio linked below.
http://www.spizak.com/

Natasha Poly Blumarine Fall/Winter 2008.

2008-09-23T13:35:00.011+02:00

Ph.Craig McDean

A Piece Of Paradise.

2008-09-20T23:02:00.005+02:00

These are the works of the Ukrainian Psyho studio made for "Madagascar" travel agency. The slogan of the agency was "Madagascar - a piece of the world", so Phyho literally cut the planet into pieces, each symbolizing a different kind of vacation. That's how the "pie concept" was born.
Good appetite everyone!

Natalia Vodianova "Handmade’s tale" US VOGUE October 2008.

2008-09-20T03:49:00.011+02:00

Ph. Patrick Demarchelier
Model: Natalia Vodianova
Fashion Editor: Grace Coddington

Money Shots of Celebrities ;-)

2008-09-19T22:17:00.009+02:00

Flair October 2008.

2008-09-18T23:39:00.010+02:00

GOTICO Photo: Jean-François
Campos Style: Akari Endo-Gaut

The Bean Sculpture.

2008-09-17T01:47:00.002+02:00

Project: The Bean Sculpture

Artist (Sculptor): by Anish Kapoor

I just really want one of these for every city around, or at least more of his mirror, sculptures, which the artist is famous for. Kapoor's pieces are frequently simple, curved forms, usually monochromatic and brightly coloured. Most often, the intention is to engage the viewer, evoking mystery through the works' dark cavities, awe through their size and simple beauty, tactility through their inviting surfaces and fascination through their reflective facades. His work is collected worldwide, notably by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, Fondazione Prada in Milan, the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the De Pont Foundation in the Netherlands and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan.

Agent Provocateur’s Season of the Witch Exclusive Images.

2008-09-16T13:35:00.012+02:00

The Fashion Time Magazine has obtained exclusive images of Agent Provocateur’s new Season of the Witch lingerie campaign. AP overwhelms one’s eyes with a smoldering depravity of forbidden fruit in a dark castle, dominant maidens and dusky halls, rich and ornate, strewn with pleasures past and present. Sultry and sensuous, Agent Provocateur’s Season of the Witch campaign cries out with the spell of steamy decadence. Wolf and whip, Sade and nature, merge into sweltering gothic sensibilities.

Designer Goldfish Bowls.

2008-09-15T21:06:00.003+02:00

A goldfish bowl is a goldfish bowl, pretty simple, right? Not to Roger Arquer, who looks at a bowl of water with a fish in it as a way to make significant statements about people and society. He has 15 different designs that cover all kinds of issues from finding privacy, playfulness, different fish living together, and even suicide. The fishbowls will be on display next month in London at the Noel Hennessey contemporary furniture showroom.

This design pictured here, Bottle Vase, speaks about how we often use objects for another purpose after the original one has ended.

Greg Kadel.

2008-09-14T19:15:00.000+02:00

Editorial: White Trash
Magazine: Numéro Homme No. 12
Models: Martin Cohn, James Neate, Bev Moore, Julian Feitsma, etc
Photographer: Greg Kadel

Hubert Dupras' little art workers.

2008-09-14T16:55:00.002+02:00

The images above illustrate the results of an unusual artistic collaboration between the French artist Hubert Duprat and a group of caddis fly larvae. A small winged insect belonging to the order Trichoptera and closely related to the butterfly, caddis flies live near streams and ponds and produce aquatic larvae that protect their developing bodies by manufacturing sheaths, or cases, spun from silk and incorporating substances—grains of sand, particles of mineral or plant material, bits of fish bone or crustacean shell—readily available in their benthic ecosystem. The larvae are remarkably adaptable: if other suitable materials are introduced into their environment, they will often incorporate those as well.

ADIDAS Modular Man by 1 stavemachine.

2008-09-13T15:42:00.003+02:00

Ad Campaign: Adidas

Design Studio: 1stavemachine

Website 1: 1stavemachine.com

Website: 2: adidas.com/football

New York City based 1st Avenue Machine is a design company with strong capabilities in live action and 3D animation integration. They service clients in the broadcast, music video, feature film and advertising arenas. This time their challenge was an ambitious ad campaign for Adidias, they joined forces with 180 Amsterdam agency, to conceive and create and ultramodern vision that is definitely more than the sum of its parts. "Assemble Your Boot" uses a futuristic 3D look to realise modular versions of some of soccer's greatest stars. These innovative and compelling images are being used in aggressive print and motion graphics campaigns all over the planet.

V Magazine September 2008 14 Model Covers by Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin.

2008-09-12T13:55:00.015+02:00

Magazine: V magazine
Issue: September 2008 - #55
14 model covers: Eniko Mihalik, Malgosia Bela, Anna Selezneva, Daria Werbowy, Frankie Rayder, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Sunniva Stordah, Christy Turlington, Agyness Deyn, Naomi Campbell, Lara Stone, Anja Rubik, Natasha Poly & Eva Herzigova
Photography by Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
V magazine is no stranger with multiple covers, most of the time they do them with photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, and for the fall issue, 14 covers have been shot, each with a different model. They did not leave us out of the SUPERMODELS we all love, 3 covers were taken by them, Naomi, Eva & Christy.
“Supermodels are our celebrities, so we’ve given the covers to a whole range of models,” said editor in chief and creative director Stephen Gan, who is also creative director of Harper’s Bazaar.

Mahir Ates.

2008-09-11T15:00:00.012+02:00

Da Vinci's Parachute - Field Tested 523 Years Later!

2008-09-11T01:56:00.002+02:00

The parachute that Renaissance-genius Leonardo Da Vinci drew is built and tested... after 523 years Parachutes have come a long way in the last few decades: They're easier to steer and a great deal less likely to go wrong. So it takes a certain amount of nerve to plunge 2,000ft relying on a "chute designed in an era when heretic astronomers were being burned at the stake."

Natalia Vodianova FAT Magazine Issue #1 by Helena Christensen.

2008-09-10T23:07:00.003+02:00

Model: Natalia Vodianova

Magazine: FAT

Issue: #1

Photography by Helena Christensen

FAT (Fashion, Art & Type) is a new international publication from Dyhr.Hagen, the design agency that launched DANSK magazine. Photographer is Helena Christensen - X supermodel, who became a serious photographer nowadays, its nice to see Helena getting covers, she has an impeccable approach to photography. Source TFS

Kate Moss " Vogue" UK October 2008.

2008-09-10T15:59:00.011+02:00

Coco Rocha UK "Glamour" September 2008.

2008-09-10T09:33:00.000+02:00

Large Hadron Collider.

2008-09-10T08:57:00.007+02:00

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France, is nearly set to begin its first particle beam tests. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is preparing for its first small tests in early August, leading to a planned full-track test in September - and the first planned particle collisions before the end of the year. The final step before starting is the chilling of the entire collider to -271.25 C (-456.25 F). Here is a collection of photographs from CERN, showing various stages of completion of the LHC and several of its larger experiments (some over seven stories tall), over the past several years.

"Marie Claire" September Korea 2008.

2008-09-09T20:05:00.008+02:00

Моd: Yoon Eun Hye
Ph: Louis Park

Richard Bailey.

2008-09-08T22:37:00.006+02:00

http://www.richardbailey.org/

Tadeusz Różewicz.

2008-09-08T03:40:00.002+02:00

A time ago I know not when

a time ago I thought I had the right the duty

to shout at the ploughman

look look listen you piece of wood

Icarus is falling

Icarus is drowning the son of a dream

let go of the plough

let go of the earth

open your eyes

there Icarus

drowns

or the shepherd here

turning his back to the tragedy

the wings the sun the flight

the fall

I would say you blind men

But now when now I know not

I know that the ploughman should plow the earth

the shepherd should watch the flock

Icarus’s adventure is not their own

this has to end that way

And there is nothing shocking

in the ship moving on

to the port of destination.

Brian Walker.

2008-09-07T17:08:00.012+02:00

Brian Walker, has a interesting portfolio, beautiful images that have all the convections of beauty yet that are surreal and weirdly unsettling.

Wiesława Szymborska.

2008-09-06T12:07:00.002+02:00

Here is a poem by Wieslawa Szymborska, the Polish Nobel-Prize-Winner:

No Title Required

It has come to this: I’m sitting under a tree
beside a river
on a sunny morning.
It’s an insignificant event
and won’t go down in history.
It’s not battles and pacts,
where motives are scrutinized,
or noteworthy tyrannicides.

And yet I’m sitting by this river, that’s a fact.
And since I’m here
I must have come from somewhere,
and before that
I must have turned up in many other places,
exactly like the conquerors of nations
before setting sail.

Even a passing moment has its fertile past,
its Friday before Saturday,
its May before June.
Its horizons are no less real
than those that a marshal’s field glasses might scan.

This tree is a poplar that’s been rooted here for years.
The river is the Raba; it didn’t spring up yesterday.
The path leading through the bushes
wasn’t beaten last week.
The wind had to blow the clouds here
before it could blow them away.

And though nothing much is going on nearby,
the world is no poorer in details for that.
It’s just as grounded, just as definite
as when migrating races held it captive.

Conspiracies aren’t the only things shrouded in silence.
Retinues of reasons don’t trail coronations alone.
Anniversaries of revolutions may roll around,
but so do oval pebbles encircling the bay.

The tapestry of circumstance is intricate and dense.
Ants stitching in the grass.
The grass sewn into the ground.
The pattern of a wave being needled by a twig.

So it happens that I am and look.
Above me a white butterfly is fluttering through the air
on wings that are its alone,
and a shadow skims through my hands
that is none other than itself, no one else’s but its own.

When I see such things, I’m no longer sure
that what’s important
is more important than what’s not.

Louis Vuitton & Comme des Garcons.

2008-09-05T13:35:00.002+02:00

The pics for the the Comme des Garcons and Louis Vuitton collaboration has just been released. Comme des Garcons' designer Rei Kawakubo has usually eschewed the masses and has been a leader of the avant-garde since landing in Paris from her native Japan.

Toys In The Attic.

2008-09-04T21:57:00.005+02:00

Steven Klein - Beth Ditto.

2008-09-04T09:33:00.014+02:00

Models: Beth Ditto and Blake Kuchta.

The Small World.

2008-09-03T13:44:00.012+02:00

Spam Architecture - Alex Dragulescu.

2008-09-03T00:45:00.005+02:00

Artwork: Spam Architecture.
Designed by Alex Dragulescu.
Website: www.sq.ro

Box Office Top 10.

2008-09-02T16:38:00.003+02:00

August 29-31.

1)Tropic Thunder 2008 R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, Danny R. McBride, Bill Hader, Brandon Soo Hoo, Reggie Lee, Tom Cruise, Matthew McConaughey, Trieu Tran, David Pressman

In this satire on Hollywood filmmaking, Oscar-winning actor Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) just doesn't fit in with the other actors–Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), and Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black)–on the set. Bickering fills the air, and after director Kamien Cockburn (Steve Coogan) is threatened with being fired by the film's producer Les Grossman (Tom Cruise), he sends the cast by helicopter to the jungles of Southeast Asia where filming is to be done by hidden cameras. Meanwhile, the film is axed, and the actors find themselves in a real war, lost in the jungle where they are hunted down by a Burmese drug ring, led by twelve-year-old Tran (Brandon Soo Hoo), that believes the actors are soldiers. Now, their acting skills really come into play.

2)Babylon A.D. 2008 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Gerard Depardieu, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Lambert Wilson, Jerome Le Banner, Joel Kirby, Souleymane Dicko, David Belle, Radek Bruna, Jan Unger, Abraham Belaga, Gary Cowan

It is the future, and Earth is a wasteland resulting from nuclear meltdowns. Former Russian mercenary Toorop (Vin Diesel) is assigned to smuggle a young woman, Aurora (Melanie Thierry), and her guardian Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh) across a 6,000 mile path from a convent in Kazakhstan to New York City. And off they go across Russia, the Bering Sea, Alaska, Canada, and on to New York. During the long trek, Toorop begins to realize that Aurora represents hope for the world and determines to reach their destination–no matter what the cost.

3)The Dark Knight 2008 PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Monique Curnen, Ron Dean, Cillian Murphy, Chin Han, Nestor Carbonell, Eric Roberts, Ritchie Coster, Anthony Michael Hall

In this sequel to "Batman Begins," millionaire Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is still leading his double life as the crusader Batman who is determined to rid Gotham City of organized crime. Batman and his ally, police Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman), work with District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), but the psychopathic "Joker" (Heath Ledger) is playing a deadly game with Batman through which he is throwing the city into chaos. The Joker excels at demolishing any and everything in his path and stops at nothing–including a hospital. Just how far will Batman go to stop this dangerous criminal, and how far will The Joker go in his efforts to get rid of Batman? Ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose before the film was released.

4)The House Bunny 2008 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred Wolf
Cast: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Owen Benjamin, Kat Dennings, Rumer Willis, Dana Goodman, Katherine McPhee, Julia Lea Wolov, Hugh M. Hefner, Christopher McDonald, Beverly D'Angelo, Leslie Del Rosario, Kiely Williams, Monet Mazur

On her 27th birthday, beautiful, sexy Playboy Bunny, Shelley Darlingson (Anna Faris) is kicked out of the Playboy Mansion because she is now too old to be a Bunny. Desperately needing a place to stay, Shelley finds her new home at the sorority house Zeta Alpha Zeta where she will serve as house mother. The Zeta house is in bad shape and in danger of losing its charter if it does not sign up 30 new members. Zeta sisters recognize that Shelley has the magnet through her looks to attract boys who, in turn, will attract girls to the sorority. Shelley decides to help the Zeta girls learn the skills to turn them into desirable women more than able to compete with other sororities–especially the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu sorority.

5)Traitor 2008 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Cast: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels, Said Taghmaoui, Neal McDonough, Aly Khan, Archie Panjabi, Raad Rawi, Hassam Ghancy, Mozhan Marno, Adeel Akhtar, Lorena Gale, Scali Delpeyrat, Mehdi Ortelsberg, Aizoun Abdelkader

At age 12, he saw his father killed in a car bombing in Sudan and then was raised by his mother in Chicago. Now, 30 years later, Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) is a Muslim jihad attempting to sell plastic explosives in Yemen. Samir is arrested and jailed where Omar (Said Taghmaoui) is also being held. Samir had served as a military advisor to Omar in the past. Now, Omar is part of an international terrorist ring recruiting young Muslims to fight a holy war against the West. FBI agents Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) and Max Archer (Neal McDonough) offer Samir his freedom if he will talk, but Samir refuses the deal. When Omar's cohorts break him out of jail, Samir joins them, but now Clayton and Archer are on Samir's trail hoping to prevent an attack on American soil.

6)Death Race 2008 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan, Jason Clarke, Frederick Koehler, Jacob Vargas, Justin Mader, Robert LaSardo, Robin Shou, Benz Antoine, Danny Blanco, Christian Paul

It is the future, and America's economy has collapsed. Prisons are now privatized, and Warden Hennessy (Joan Allen) at Terminal Island Penitentiary has come up with a scheme to raise funds for running the prison: a three day pay-per-view "Death Race" and promises that the winner of the race will be released from prison. Terminal Island prisoner Jenson Ames (Jason Stratham) had been a race car driver, and Hennessy forces him to don the mask of dead racing hero "Frankenstein" and enter the race. Ames is in prison wrongly accused of murdering his wife and, if released, could once again be with his baby daughter. And the race is on–a combination of NASCAR and demolition derby with prison drivers accompanied by navigators from a women's prison. Racers are armed with grenade launchers, machine guns, flame throwers, and napalm as Ames and his navigator Case (Natalie Martinez) set out against other prison drivers–along with their chief opponent Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson)–in what is truly a race to the death.

7)Disaster Movie 2008 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Cast: Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, G. Thang, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan, Carmen Electra, Kimberly Kardashian, Ike Baninholtz, Tony Cox, Tad Hilgenbrink, Nick Steele, John Di Domenico, Jason Boegh, Valerie Wildman, Abe Spigner

Will (Matt Lanter) has just broken up with Amy (Vanessa Minnillo) when asteroids, tornadoes, and earthquakes appear to be attacking Earth. The world is coming to an end if a stolen skull is not returned. Amy works at the Museum of Natural History, which holds the skull, and Will risks his life to rescue Amy who is now trapped in the museum and holds to key to survival for all.

8)Mama Mia! 2008 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Cast: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Nancy Baldwin, Colin Firth, Heather Emmanuel, Colin Davis, Rachel McDowall, Ashley Lilley, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Ricardo Montez, Mia Soteriou, Enzo Squillino Jr.

Donna (Meryl Streep) is a single mother who runs an inn on a Greek island. Her 20-year-old daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), is about to be married and wants the father she has never known to walk her down the aisle. Donna is not sure who the father is, but Sophie has found three names in Donna's old diary and has secretly invited Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan), Harry Bright (Colin Firth), and Bill Austin (Stellan Skarsgard) to the wedding. Meanwhile, Donna's friends from her 1970s' band "Donna and the Dynamos" Tanya (Christine Baranski) and Rosie (Julie Walters) have come to the island for the festivities. When Sam, Harry, and Bill arrive, they are told to not reveal themselves to Donna, and a comedy of errors ensues–amidst 22 ABBA songs.

9)Pineapple Express 2008 R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Kevin Corrigan, Craig Robinson, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Joe Lo Truglio, Ed Begley Jr., Noa Dunn, Amber Heard, Arthur Napiontek, Cleo King, Bill Hader

When lazy pothead Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) stops by the apartment of his dealer Saul Silver (James Franco), Saul offers him a rare strain of marijuana, Pineapple Express. Dale and Saul smoke for a few minutes, and then Dale, who is a process server, heads out to serve his subpoena on drug lord Ted Jones (Gary Cole). While waiting to approach Jones, Dale witnesses crooked cop Carol (Rosie Perez) and Jones kill a man. Dale panics and flees the scene, leaving behind his still-smoldering joint. Jones finds the joint, gets help from middle man Red (Danny McBride), and tracks it back to Saul and Dean. Now, hit men appear on the scene, and Dale and Saul try to escape while bullets and body parts fly through the air.

10)Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Christopher Evan Welch, Chris Messina, Kevin Dunn, Julio Perillan, Zak Orth, Pablo Schreiber, Josep Maria Domenech, Abel Folk, Carrie Preston, Manel Barcelo

Americans Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are best friends vacationing at the Barcelona home of Vicky's aunt, Judy (Patricia Clarkson), and her husband Mark (Kevin Dunn). Vicky is studious and engaged to level-headed Doug (Chris Messina). Cristina, on the other hand, is a free spirit in search of love. They meet an artist, Juan Antonio (Javier Barden) who invites them to join him for a menage a trois in the town of Oviedo. Christina thinks that is a great idea, moves in with Juan, but ends up in a messy situation when his ex-wife Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz) arrives on the scene and takes up residence with them because she needs Juan's company after a failed suicide attempt. Meanwhile, Vicky, who had gone along for the trip, ends up in a one-night stand with Juan after having a few drinks, and that one night might give Vicky second thoughts about her visiting fiance Doug. Good Woody Allen fare.

Max Ash.

2008-09-02T13:22:00.010+02:00

Kate Moss: platinum blonde hair yet again;)

2008-09-02T02:07:00.002+02:00

Almost a year ago, a platinum blonde Kate Moss was revealed on the cover of i-D magazine and it as one of 2008's hair colour trends for women. Well the hypermodel has done it again: will Kate Moss' peroxide blonde hair for her Interview photo shoot see peroxide blonde rank amongst other 2009 hair trends?

ELLE Hong Kong September 2008- Du Juan.

2008-09-01T21:51:00.002+02:00

Isa Rahman.

2008-09-01T15:04:00.007+02:00

Photography: Gregory Vaughan.

Karlie Kloss & Jourdan Dunn TopShop Fall/Winter 2008.09.

2008-09-01T14:39:00.004+02:00

Emma Watson Italian Vogue Photoshoot September 2008.

2008-09-01T02:52:00.008+02:00