Aurelie Bidermann, Spring/Summer 2011

French designer Aurélie Bidermann @ opening ceremony, shop here.

Deerhoof: Jeff Tweedy (and Sons) Collaboration, Milk Man Reissue, Documentary Film, Tour

via Pitchfork.com

Tonight in London, San Francisco art rockers Deerhoof will take the stage at Alexandra Palace to play Milk Man, their 2004 album, in its entirety for the first time ever. (They're in good company, sharing the stage with the Flaming Lips performing The Soft Bulletin and Dinosaur Jr. performing Bug.) And to celebrate the occasion, Polyvinyl will reissue Milk Man on 180-gram strawberry vinyl, on July 5. Also on July 5, Polyvinyl will release the band's collaborative WOOM on Hoof single, the newest in a series of singles that puts different vocalists over Deerhoof instrumental tracks. This one features the Ba Da Bing records duo WOOM, with WOOM singing over Deerhoof's "Must Fight Current" on the A-side and Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier remixing WOOM's "Quetzalcoatl's Ship" on the flip. A future installment of the series will include a real out-of-nowhere collaboration, with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his sons Spencer and Sam.

Right now, all the members of Deerhoof are on the Congotronics Vs. Rockers tour, inspired by the Tradi-Mods Vs. Rockers: Alternative Takes on Congotronics compilation. The tour links various indie rock entities (Deerhoof as well as Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Juana Molina, and Skeleton' Matt Mehlan) with members of Konono N°1 and Kasai Allstars, the bands of Congolese street musicians who have released records as part of Crammed Discs' Congotronics series. The tour is hitting venues across the world this summer, and it'll also be the subject of a currently in-production documentary called Kinshasa Superband. Below, we've a clip from the documentary (get ready for some untranslated French!), as well as footage of the entire crew performing "Ambulayi Tshaniye" at the first Congotronics Vs. Rockers show in Brussels.

human afterall

Lady Gaga does NORMAL in the summer 2011 issue of i-D Magazine ... and she's absolutely stunning.

lost and found

The Brazilian born, now London-based artist Rodrigo Souto may be known as the co-founder of the acclaimed Black Garden Tattoo Studio on London’s Drury Lane but recently it’s been his historical collage art, created from antique, lost and found items that has put Souto into the spotlight. With over 15 exhibitions in his native Brazil, Souto’s first solo exhibition in London was presented earlier this year by Mas Civiles and Upper Playground at the FIFTY24 gallery.

Text by Terence Teh

Oppressive light

‘La Fabrique’ is a new installation by The Cloud Collective for the 22^nd International Post and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont. The installation fills a small room in La Fabrique, a former textile printing factory, with a soft landscape of projected letters forming the poem “Oppressive Light” by Robert Walser.

A small pathway cuts through the murmuring wave, allowing visitors to “explore the landscape, read the poem in full and immerse themselves in the new connotations that arise between text and form.”

The collective are a collaborative of freelance architects and graphic designers who describe themselves as a “social, open and creative party that measures, explores, experiments, creates, produces and does research.”

The poem, in full:

“Oppressive light”
Robert Walser

Two trees stand in the snow
tired of the light the sky
Heads home nothing nearby
Where the gloom makes its abode

And behind the trees houses
Tower in the dark
Now you hear someone speak
The dogs begin to bark

The round beloved moonlight
Lamp appears in the house
But when the light goes out
A gaping wound stays in sight

What a small life to know
And much nothingness nearby
Tired of the light the sky
Has given all to the snow

The two trees dance with grace
Bend their heads and nod
Clouds race across the sod
Of the worlds silent face

H&M’s versace Collaboration - first look

Three years after saying that a Versace collaboration with H&M "would confuse the brand," Donatella Versace has announced that (psych!) she'll be designing for the Swedish retailer after all.

The legendary blonde will be following in Lanvin's footsteps by designing both a Fall 2011 line (launching November 17) as well as an online-only pre-Spring 2012 collection arriving January 19. (Side note: How's that U.S. e-commerce coming along, H&M?)

Promising a milieu of "leather, print, color, and exuberance," the lines will include menswear, womenswear, and items for the home.

"I respect everyone who does it," she said "during a New York Times' TimesTalk session. "But the reason I didn't do it is because I work very hard to put the Versace line in the luxury section. I think to put the Versace line in H&M would confuse the brand."

Needle & Thread.

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Vivienne Westwood 2012 Menswear

The London 2012 Olympics provided inspiration for the British brand, where sporty symbols and logos were introduced in gold, red and blues

we are all connected.

From Jen Renniger's Etsy shop Please Be Still:

Poster Cabaret

Poster Cabaret is the online poster design shop of Sebastian Foster. The physical studio is located in downtown Austin, Tx.

About Poster Cabaret
Poster Cabaret began selling underground gig posters on its first website in 2002. Originally inspired by a love of music and modern gig poster art, the website has grown to become a leader among modern poster and print businesses.

The online gallery, international in scope, includes over 2000 different posters and prints from over 75 artists. The web gallery is organized by artist, not band, concert venue, or color. The site is intentionally void of extra content. Poster Cabaret is simple by design; the focus remains on posters, prints and artists.

I'm LOVING the artist Blanca Gomez, her prints are below.

contain yourselves

miu miu spring 2010

whimsical, unique, lovely!

From Toronto, Canada, Cocoa Chu Chu is inspired by France, flowers, nature, vintage toys, Europe, music, and more. I love the delicate and romantic charms, for such a reasonable price.
Shop Cocoa Chu Chu here

modern cleopatra necklace $19.00

french garden, violet rose $22.00

fluer de lis $12.00 (!)

oui $23