I just discovered The Bootstrap Project, a sustainable platform to promote and retain centuries-old crafts and customs. The site features work of local artisans from third world countries. It has always been one of my deepest passions to travel the world and get to the source – the artisan behind native folklore. No matter what happens with technology and the new world there will always be a place for objects made with love.

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Listen to “Make Some Noise” here

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Guess who’s back on the music scene with a brand new single? None other than, the Beastie Boys! “Make Some Noise” is off there forthcoming album Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 and it undoubtedly READ MORE

I titled the work of Marie Taillefer “Trend Photography” for a few reasons. Firstly Taillefer is regularly contributor to Bloom Magazine, which is one of the best trend publication available right now. Secondly, all of her final images look like moodboards, either the image is drawn over, cut, torn or retouched in a way that all her images seem to be part of a trend book. No series looks like another. There is so much imagination and beauty in her work, I love it all!

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Here is a look at Rad Hourani’s Collection #7 for Fall/Winter 2011/12. The collection features 6 transformable unisex garments, from which he creates 22 looks. Continue below to see how these looks transform.
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Swedish fashion designer, stylist, set-designer and illustrator, Martin Bergström is a multidisciplinary artist that has applied his imagination to hotel interiors, furniture, print, theater, uniforms, stage clothing, illustrations, styling and commercial work, but it is the clothes which are at the center of his creative life. Bergström regards the collections as a READ MORE

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MNDR is an electronic duo based in NY. It’s components, the self proclaimed “mega-nerd” Amanda Warner and side-kick producer Peter Wade. Warner apparently came up actively participating in Portland’s underground READ MORE