Daily Archives: June 2, 2008

Quiet Village- Silent Movie

By Chungaiz | Published: June 2, 2008

Once of the same stable as Map of Africa, on Whatever We Want records, Quiet Village have finally released their first proper album, through K7! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video (wait a while before the images kick in…) Here’s the blurb: “…borrowing their name from Martin Denny’s exotica [...]

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Dress for Less. Not Best.

By Chungaiz | Published: June 2, 2008

Interesting article at the New York Times that explores how “as luxury fashion has become more expensive, mainstream apparel has become markedly less so. Today, shoppers pay the same price for a basic Brooks Brothers men’s suit, $598, as they did in 1998. The suggested retail price of a pair of Levi’s 501 jeans, $46, [...]

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Free Range Exhibitions – London

By Andy | Published: June 2, 2008

Free Range – Europe’s largest showcase of graduate and & design is on now at the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London. The exhibitions change, so check the calendar. The picture above is Jez Burrows’ shortlisted entry for the Penguin design award, he is a part of the Evening tweed collective, and contributer to It’s nice that. He, along with the rest [...]

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David Carson lecture in London

By Andy | Published: June 2, 2008

David Carson will be talking at the Riverside studios in london on Wed 18 June. As one of the most important and influential graphic designers/art directors of our time, this not to be missed talk should sell out very quickly so book now. i will be.

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Fucking Hell – Chapman Brothers Return

By Chungaiz | Published: June 2, 2008

One of my favourite of the YBAs (Young British Artists) had always been the Chapman Brothers. Their work “Hell” was an astounding, horrific and incredible piece of sculpture – 9 fishtanks arranged in a swastica and giving vignettes of Hell – but it was destroyed in a fire four years ago, and left me thinking [...]

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