Spike Jonze: Mourir Auprès de Toi

Designer Olympia Le-Tan's embroidered clutch-bags spring to life in director Spike Jonze’s tragicomic stop-motion animation Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side). On a shelf in famed Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Company, the star-crossed love story of a klutzy skeleton and his flame-haired amour plays out amidst Le-Tan’s illustrations of iconic first-edition book covers. "It's such a beautiful and romantic place,” offers Le-Tan of the antiquarian bookstore. "The perfect setting for our story!” The project started after Jonze asked for a Catcher in the Rye embroidery to put on his wall and the plucky Le-Tan asked for a film in return. Enlisting French filmmaker Simon Cahn to co-direct, the team wrote the script between Los Angeles and Paris over a six month period, before working night and day animating the 3,000 pieces of felt Le-Tan had cut by hand. “I love getting performances from, telling stories about and humanizing things that aren’t human,” said Jonze of working with Le-Tan’s characters. After spending five years adapting Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, Jonze’s recent shorts include robot love story I’m Here and an inspired G.I. Joe-starring video for The Beastie Boys. “A short is like a sketch,” he says. “You can have an idea or a feeling and just go and do it.” Here the iconic director reveals his creative process to writer Maryam L'Ange.

Happy McQueen Halloween

HALLOWEEN WITH McQUEEN Autumn/Winter 2011/12 from V Magazine on Vimeo.

Is This a possible future for watch Technology? Possibly!

this is the new I'm Watch from the company which shares the same name. An innovatve peice of technology, maybe not highly inconceivable but, well thought out and highly designed to give an altogether aesthetic look feel and approach to something watch companies have struggled with throughout the recent years (making a smart watch with tech and form that stretches far beyond the pursuit of nerd appeal).
We're talking inbound phone calls when linked to your smartphone, text messaging, email, music, Facebook, Twitter, weather reports and a High Definition touchscreen "hell, they evan have their own version of the Itunes store called I'm Shop"!

Below are some images and a video if you want to learn more:

i'm watch – Enjoy The Future from im watch on Vimeo.

Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label

Def Jam Records has been responsible for some of the greatest musical moments in history in the arena of rock and rap music. To celebrate this 25 years on we present to you a new book out now titled "The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label" if you know your music you will know Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin and some of the history synonymous with these two names, check out the video below for a brief description of what this book is and means to the legendary label.

Frieze Sucker!!

On Sunday we made a trip to the Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park London courtesy of a Mulberry, Thanks Jo!
Below are a few of our choice favourites:

I Hate My Collection: Trailer for upcoming documentary

Central Saint Martins has always been the factory for churning out new fashion designers and many of our friends attended. Loved & hated by many in the the world of fashion, art and graphics Saint Martins will go down in history as one of the main schools of excellence in these categories and to celebrate that fact Oleg Mitrofanov has directed "I Hate My Collection" as a tribute to the old Saint Martins grounds in Central london ahead of a move to a purpose built development in King’s Cross London.


I Hate My Collection - 1st TEASER from Markus Nylaander on Vimeo.

Vintage Nas gets "Nasty" Music Video

Now this video reminds us of times in our lives when music sparks off thought processes and patterns with the will to get up and go do something creative.

Artist/Film Director Steve Mcqueen: On Sex Addiction

Cornered in his hotel room during the Toronto Film Festival, the ever-provocative Steve McQueen ruminates on free will, desire and his upcoming film Shame in Alison Chernick’s latest short. Recipient of the Camera d’Or and Fipresco prize for debut feature Hunger, McQueen has earned a reputation as one of our most prolific and challenging visual artists, winning The Turner Prize in 1999 for his short black and white film Deadpan, and representing Britain at the 2009 Venice Biennale. 

The Avengers: film trailer is here!

Yes, you heard us The Avengers film trailer is here!

We grew up reading comics and if you did too you will know what this means. Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye, Hulk, Black Widow and Captain America team up with the blessings of S.H.I.E.L.D to bring us the combination of some Marvel Comics greatness in the upcoming movie.......can you wait, we cant but well have to until May 2012!

Goodbye Mr Jobs, you will be missed

Its probably old news by now but, for those of you who haven't heard, the founder of Apple computers "Steve Jobs" passed away yesterday after a long forte battle with pancreatic cancer. He showed the world that computers don't necessarily have to be boring and thus the interest in computer aesthetics was born along with a resurgence in popularity for the Apple computer brand and even managed to patch things up with the Bill Gates.
RIP Steve, you will be missed

Common drops his second single: Blue Sky

Common has just dropped his second single from his forthcoming album "The Dreamer, The Believer" which will be out on November 20th
Check out a taste test of the track titled Blue Sky below.

Common- Blue Sky by Hypetrak