This project series entitled ‘Foreign Bodies’ by Jonathan Mist are clothes from the bloom of nature of the English countryside: lost shoe, torn jeans, ripped gloves and jackets consumed by damp. By using scanning technique, Mist tries to READ MORE

Lithuanian-born London-based knitwear designer Laura Theiss blown us away with her resent SS11 collection. The designs combine traditional hand-knitting and crochet techniques inspired by Far East costumes with metallic embellishment, unusual color combinations  and futuristic, feminine vision in the forms. The inspiration behind collection was Chinese ancient legend about Dropa Discs and their owners “visitors from the sky” whom originates from 10.000 B.C.  We really love this balance between amazing showpieces and wearable, every-day clothes.

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Another great black & white editorial, this time for Flair Magazine’s April 2011 issue.  The monochromatic spread called “Nero Nudo”  was shoot by fashion photographer Jean-François Campos and styled by fashion editor Vittoria Cerciello. Model Denisa Dvorakova looks stunning in black gowns and skin-tight swimwear. Makeup by Ralph Sicliano highlights model’s features and give a dramatic look to the eyes.

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This June Taschen will release the Helmut Newton Polaroids Book. Newton saved his test Polaroids, allowing a privileged and rare chance to see the tests from a selection of his greatest shoots over a period of decades. Put together by his widow, June Newton, his collection captures the magic of Helmut Newton photo shoots as only Polaroids can. READ MORE

Last week I featured one of the design contestants of the Hyeres Festival (see here), and today I would like to highlight one of the photography contestants I found to be very interesting. Ina Jang is a Korean photographer whose photographs are often figurative and unidentified, casting a suspicion upon the photograph’s agenda. “I allow the viewers to question READ MORE

A great photographic project by Los Angeles based artist Matthew Brandt. For his “Lakes and Reservoirs” series Brandt’s shoots the lakes and reservoirs and after developing them he soaks each image in the specific lake or reservoir water that they represent. Great colorful result. READ MORE