Peter Root’s amazing Ephemicropolis; see more at PeterRoot.com
Peter Root’s amazing Ephemicropolis; see more at PeterRoot.com
On May 30th 1978, a company called Blue Ribbon Sports changed its name to NIKE Inc. and a legend was born.
This summer, celebrating the spirit of 78, Paul Jenkins, a graduate from the London College of Communication has launched the NIKE78 project. Creatives involved will receive a brand new pair of NIKE shoes and will [...]
In 1908, Henri L Joly published a book called Legend in Japanese art, a masterful survey of the legends, historical episodes, and folk tales often represented in Japanese prints, sword fittings, metalwork, netsuke, and other art objects.
It was reprinted in the 1960s, but has become extremely hard to find. Now out of copyright, we managed [...]
In the tradition of Tom Sachs Chanel guillotine, Japanese artist Tetsuya Noguchi has just published the first pictures of his Chanel samurai warrior outfit.
The 30 year old Tetsuya is rapidly carving out a specific niche for himself examining the history of Japan through contemporary symbols, of which the Chanel Samurai is just the most recent.
More [...]
Muji recently published a manifesto of its values which provides a powerful – even radical – point of view on consumer culture with specific relevance for luxury brands…
In launching its manifesto of ‘enough’, it steals the thunder of all luxury brands that are lost in a grammar of superlatives in their commnication claims…
From the Muji [...]
Last week, Interview magazine ran a comic strip meditation by Italian illustrator AleXsandro Palombo featuring Karl Lagerfeld being stalked and befriended by a pair of impeccably dressed extraterrestrials. The images are whimsical, and strangely moving.
“If you are feeling disappointed in the world and can no longer find the will to dream or unleash your imagination, [...]
So, Firma Design in Moscow seem like a cool agency, they really do; their clients include Denis Simachev, Mark Buxton, Terekhov and more. But their enthusiasm for China might not be best expressed through the images or copy on their website. Their love of pirates and of the “unity of the Chinese mafia” might not [...]