12 Months Under Heavy Manners
Posted on
August 13, 2020
A recent find – Temporary Hoarding issue 3 from 1977 (according to Syd Shelton who along with Ruth Gregory were the designers of the Rock Against Racism’s fanzine).
Earth Day 2020
Posted on
April 22, 2020
Today, Wednesday 22nd of April 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! The monstrous photomontage of gas mask and globe below is from the original Earth Day, of a world suffocating from pollution, is if anything more relevant today than it was 50 years ago.
Jun Fujita
Posted on
February 21, 2020
Introducing photographer, poet and artist Jun Fujita. Fujita was an Issei, a term used by Japanese Americans referring to the first generation to migrate from Japan. Born on December 13, 1888 in Hiroshima prefecture, he migrated to Canada as a teenager, before finally settling in Chicago in 1909.
MEMORY OF A FREE FESTIVAL
Posted on
September 11, 2017
If you’re not already familiar with Sam Knee’s other books, such as “The Scene In Between” or “The Bag I’m In”, you should really check his latest offering out.
RECOMMENDED READING: SPAIN 1969
Posted on
March 10, 2017
“In the spring of 1969 on the outskirts of Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol in Spain, a young photographer, Paul Carter, came across a small blue van. It was home to the Whitfield family who were passing through on their journey around Europe. Over a few days he took photos of the family, the local people living and working around them, the tourists and the new high rise apartments.”
JEAN CLAUDE VANNIER / YVES SAINT LAURENT
Posted on
April 4, 2014
To coincide with the release of the new Yves Saint Laurent bio-pic, we thought we’d give an illustration of just one of many of Saint Laurent’s creative collaborations.
RECOMMENDED VIEWING : CHARLOTTE PERRIAND IN JAPAN
Posted on
June 12, 2012
Not only known for her tubular steel furniture, but Charlotte Perriand’s work also took a defining Eastern lean when she visited Japan in 1940-42. A trip whose influences permeated the rest of her design career, and one which is concisely curated and illustrated at this retrospective exhibition currently on at the Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo.