A lot of people, in Colombia, ask this question very frequently: Is this true or is it all an urban legend about the manager of Rolling Stones living in Bogota? But guess what? It’s not an urban legend! Read More
People
United for fashion
Carol | March 29th, 2012
Designer Layana Thomaz has conceived a very unique project: an itinerant pop-up store that travels through five different cities of Brazil (Rio, São Paulo, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre) presenting a different collection and an entirely new structure at each stop.
Cool coolness hunters
Jorge Pedro | March 29th, 2012
The people responsible for coolhuntermx.com have made a number of right calls. One of them was waiting the right amount of time before publishing their website.
The most entertaining band in the city
Jorge Pedro | March 29th, 2012
It’s not because they tell jokes or because their songs make you laugh, it’s just that their music and live presentations are just that, entertaining. I’m talking about a band that plays original Mexican rockabilly songs, they’re called Rebel Casts.
DJ for life
Robin | March 28th, 2012
He continues collecting vinyl and vintage synthesizers as in the old days, he even formed a group of friends who do the same to share their music! He plays hippie disco, krautrock, house and dance with elegance and respect, because seriously: he is the only DJ who never fails, who can save any drawback, he listens to the audience’s demand, he always brings excellent equipment and stays stirring and accommodating till the very end. He is DJ Charec.
Artemis is THE look
Robin | March 28th, 2012
Santiago Artemis is a very young fashion designer from Buenos Aires, who creates avant garde looks and unique pieces through his own formula and extreme costume ideology. Read More
This is Simes, This is Great
Robin | March 28th, 2012
This is Simes is a sincere, genuine and seriously successful fashion blog from Aldy and Anto Simes. Read More
Street modifiers
Igor | March 24th, 2012
‘Partizaning’ is a group of Moscow-based activists obsessed with the idea of improving urban environment. They hang out useful road signs, label incorrectly parked cars and ‘fine’ malicious intruders.
Let it grow
Milene | March 24th, 2012
Emma Arvida Byström is Sweden’s own adorable indie pixie teen version of Cindy Sherman. She has been photographing herself ever since she was 15 and it didn’t take long for everyone, from Teen Vogue to VICE, to pick up on her unusual talent.
Fredrik Söderberg’s occult art
Milene | March 24th, 2012
While most contemporary artists deal in either figurative or conceptual social commentary, Swedish artist Fredrik Söderberg explores the matters of the soul – the spiritual, the esoteric and the occult. His meticulously detailed, often large-scale, aquarelle paintings create a vibrant and fresh contemporary context for the classic themes of mysticism his work is based upon.
God is the individual, the individual is God
Milene | March 24th, 2012
Photo by Julia Hetta
Ann-Sofie Back is the grumpy, eccentric rebel girl of Swedish fashion, known for her tongue-in-cheek snappiness and for challenging jantelagen – the Swedish commonplace ‘who-do-you-think-you-are’ attitude.
La Makaroff
Paul | March 19th, 2012
To most people Miranda Makaroff is like the Spanish Corey Kennedy: a pretty socialite from a privileged background who lives a life of cocktails and fashion shows. That’s actually fairly accurate if it wasn’t for the fact that she’s pretty much the first ‘it girl’ that Spain has ever had.
The photo book scene
Andy | March 15th, 2012
Two of my friends have new books. Ben Rayner’s (UN)FAMILIAR came out a few weeks ago, the launch party ended with his band, Throwing Up, playing a gig at the pub next door to the HUH store where it took place.
Gary Taxali On Quarters
Erin | March 8th, 2012
Here in Canada we have a little fun when it comes to our money. One dollar coins are called a ‘loonie’ (it has a loon on it, duh) and obviously our two dollar coin is called a ‘toonie’. Following in this vein, Toronto illustrator Gary Taxali has joined up with The Royal Canadian Mint to issue a set of limited edition, commemorative coins in his signature style. Read More
Urban planning 2.0
Carol | March 8th, 2012
Tired of hearing complaints from friends that the São Paulo traffic is getting worse and that the city’s public transportation is not feasible, the journalist Natalia Garcia, 28, used the collaborative funding website Catarse to make a project viable: travelling to 12 cities around the world in search of ideas for urban planning. So far, she visited Copenhagen, London, Amsterdam, Sao Paulo and Curitiba.