Kate Moss photographed by Mert & Marcus and styled by Karl Templer for Interview magazine September 2008

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The Limited Art Edition of FREITAG bags are made from exhibition banners of the world’s most sizzling contemporary art museums, such as The Tate, Mori Art and MOCA. To create the Limited Art Edition, FREITAG has worked on luminous coloured mesh tarpaulins and exhibition banners decorated with oil paintings. The result is a vibrant collection with special graphic and haptic features. The bags are a “must” for all lovers of recycled art.

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British designer Tim Soar showcased his menswear collection entitled “Folding Diagrams for a Spread Squash”, further elaborating ,  ”A spread squash consist of pulling in (nearly) opposite directions to form a new shape within an existing base.” I love that metaphor for deconstruction, though I am not really seeing much of that in this collection. It feels like a serious throwback to something of eighties rockabilly inspired minimalism in conjunction with some novel detailing.  His years of moonlighting as a DJ and his desire to perfect the fit of menswear is displayed almost on a subconscious  level, all while exuding an effortlessly cool vibe.

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An air raid bunker in Berlin was constructed in reinforced concrete in 1942 during the second world war, for the German railway company. In 2003 Christain Boros bought the bunker and commissioned Realarchitektur to design a place for him and his family to live in and house his collection of contemporary art.  READ MORE

Mayer Hawthorne : Just Ain’t G

It is hard to differentiate him from the genre of artists Mayer Hawthorne draws his inspiration from, including music of Smokey Robinson, Curtis Mayfield, and the legendary songwriting and production trio of Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland Jr. I was shocked when I saw a picture of this dude and found out this music was contemporary, but apparently so was Peanut Butter Wolf, when Hawthorne brought him his music for consideration of representation under Wolf’s, Stones Throw Label. “He showed me two songs and I didn’t understand what I was listening to,” Wolf recalls. “I asked him if they were old songs that he did re-edits of – I couldn’t believe they were new songs and that he played all the instruments.” I had that same feeling, it’s shocking! Album hits this Fall so keep your ears open.

Listen to “Just Ain’t G” Here

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Drew Barrymore photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and styled by Katie Grand for Pop Magazine #10 READ MORE