Just incredible. My colleague at work put me on to photographer Romain Alary and Antoine Levi‘s project- Stenop.es. It’s done using a pinhole technique, a rather primitive technique that was once used by Renaissance painters back in the 14th century to project onto walls and paint over them. These guys simple utilise the technique to create a project from the outside on to the inside; with the two layers merging while the landscapes fill the interior’s intimacy to produce a fascinating end result that can brighten up any dull room. Beautiful, hop on after the cut to see more.
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Mike Posner, love him or hate him? I’ve been a fan for a while, in fact I randomly stumbled across his music a few years back when he was still in college (university to us!). I actually introduced him to Y&Y readers in our launch week back in November 2009 – click here. A few years on, Posner having now graduated and slowly taking over the music world – having worked with the likes of Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber and Timbaland in the past year. His hustle has to be respected, Reebok have teamed up with US maestro to launch the Reebok Classics‘ RealFlex campaign in London. He sits down with good folk at Vice to give insight into what it takes to make a classic and shares a little of his story. Hop on after the cut.
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You’ve already seen the impressive men’s & women’s AW lookbooks courtesy of DJB – well I was blown away too but not 100% convinced as the brand’s quality isn’t always the best. Yesterday I had the opportunity to have a closer inspection of the new menswear looks from Hennes at their Central London Showroom and it’s fair to say I have been won over. My initial thoughts of the collection is that they’ve upped their game to catch up with Topman in the tailoring department. It’s a bold and understandable move, it’s all about tailoring after all. The sharp-suited 60′s silhouette is the central focus of the collection; you know the slim lapels, slightly cropped trousers (I don’t do none of the crazy roll up business), sharp fit that is perfect for layering. More on the reverse.
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I didn’t know who he was till X-Men – incredible performance from him as Magneto. This month’s GQ features Irish-born actor Michael Fassbender (What a surname!). This has to be one of the best styled shoots I’ve seen in a long time – each and every look is layered and colour coordinated perfectly. Of course with a genius like Mario Testino behind the lens, it was bound to be a masterpiece. The great thing about GQ is they always give a back story to the creation and idea generation. More on the reverse and potentially a little NSFW – no nekkidness though.
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It’s fair to say that we’re renowned for rain all year around. Come on, where else do you get monsoon rain in the middle of Spring!? Londoner and photographer Gavin Hammond has made use of the city’s non-stop rainfall through photographing beautiful reflections from the puddles. Hammond’s series entitled London in Puddles almost looks like a painted series showcasing its citizens and architecture through the reflections. I’ll always post work that represents London in a beautiful light, especially since the Olympics are around the corner which most of us feel like it’s going to be shambolic. More on the reverse.
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Hawaiian designer Megan Matsuoka started up a passion project to boost her creativity, practice her design skills by keeping things simple. She tasked herself with the difficult task of creating 100 Posters in 100 Days, all of which will feature a dope quote-esque inspirational words of wisdom. The only way to develop your skills is by challenging yourself with tasks like this, I know LDN.365 forced me to grow. It was the only way and definitely grateful for it now. Her typography combinations are really slick and you can definitely see the growth through out the series. Oh to make things harder she’s set herself an hour limit per design, crazy. Peep them after the cut.
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Inside Euston Station, JWT have installed this interesting interactive campaign to raise awareness on how people can step in and help put a stop to domestic violence. A series of interactive billboards have been placed in and around the station with a big screen starting off with a video of a man shouting in the face of a woman. People are asked to interact with the billboard via a mobile site that gives them chance to control the characters and manually drag the man away from the woman. Interesting for sure, I’m not sure how effective it will be though. It’s a nice experiment for sure but think the execution could have been a little better and more noticeable. Think a plethora of people will walk past without even noticing it, perhaps more interactive adverts around the location?
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