Bicycle Portraits. Everyday South Africans and their bikes.
Ian Lyons has pointed us in the direction of the the Bicycle Portraits project was initiated by Stan Engelbrecht (Cape Town, South Africa) and Nic Grobler (Johannesburg, South Africa) early in 2010. Whenever they can, together or separately, they’re on the lookout for fellow commuters, and people who use bicycles as part of their everyday work, to [...]
OHWOW Book Club Store in New York City
Thinking of starting a Book Club or opening a new book store. An interesting devlopment in the current age of the emergance of the e-book but Aaron Bondaroff unveils his latest project as an extension of his OHWOW art movement. The newly opened OHWOW Book Club Store houses a selection of OHWOW-published books and items [...]
Copenhagen | Youth In Revolt
The latest issue of VMAN is slated to hit newsstands on April 20th, with one of the issue’s highlights being a 14-page editorial by Hedi Slimane. The piece features inspiration from the cultural landscape in Copenhagen, narrowing in on several creatives to become a part of the shoot, with styling done by Clare Richardson. Images [...]
We think you should visit: Books in the age of the iPad by Craig Mod
This is a conversation for books-makers, web-heads, content-creators, authors and designers. For people who love beautifully made things. And for the storytellers who are willing to take risks and want to consider the most appropriate shape and media for their yarns. Craig Mod takes a look at where printed books stand in respect to digital [...]
McNally Jackson Books Cafe by Front Studio
There will be winners and losers in the changing publishing industry, the catalyst being the emerging world of, e-books. Books are recognised as big winners if they are large blockbusters. Therefore it is the humble independent bookstores that are precious sanctuaries playing an essential role. Independent bookstores nurturing unique personalities stringing community links are significantly responsible [...]
LINCHPIN :: Are you indispensable?
Seth Godin’s new book Linchpin comes out today and as with all books released by Seth, you will be inspired. Here is an extract from Seth’s blog in relation to why he wrote the book: The reason I wrote Linchpin: If you want to change people, you must create enough leverage to encourage the change to happen. Books [...]
THE BULL :: ARE YOU A CURIOUS PERSON?
Curious people are voracious readers and active learners. The great US President, Teddy Roosevelt, fitted this description perfectly. He didn’t just read books, he devoured them. While he was President he would read a book every day before breakfast. Depending on his schedule he would read another two or three books at night. He reads [...]
Actions Speak Loudest.
THE BOOK Every generation makes a commitment to see its children lead better lives than they have and to leave the world a better place than they have inherited. Today’s issues are combining to create the first generation of children expected to lead shorter, unhealthier and unhappier lives than their parents. Actions Speak Loudest is designed as [...]
Nirvana Release Anniversary Album: 12 new Tracks.
[THE COOL LIST] As we continue to provide grabs of cool things [under the COOL LIST section of this site] that can either relate to business, strategy, design, marketing or people, we continue to get unindated with amazing gadgets to share with you. We could not let this one go un-noticed. The 20th Anniversary of [...]
“GRUNGE” According to Thurston Moore
Renowned Sydney photographer Josh Evans dropped by on Saturday for a cold beer and the conversation quickly swung towards Sonic Youth. An era of rock which ruled the planet according to few. Photographer Michael Lavine has collaborated with author Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth) on their book ‘Grunge’ a an illustrated tell-all account of the [...]
Herbie Fletcher launches Chapter 38.
As true diehards to surf & street culture, when we were informed of the release of the new Herbie Fletcher book. We had no choice but to post it. Surf legend Herbie Fletcher has carved out an impressive reputation over the last half-century, ?honing his skills as a surfboard designer, filmmaker, business entrepreneur, artist, and [...]
