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David Beckham Plays Beethoven with Footballs
London Olympics adverts are coming quick and fast, now Samsung, one of the games official sponsors has teamed up with David Beckham for their Galaxy Note smartphone. Beckham plays Beethoven’s classic ‘Ode To Joy’, so often used by commercials and broadcasters ahead of Olympic coverage, by kicking footballs against a 15-foot wall of differently sized … Read more
Amnesty International – Ink
The latest film directed by Danakil for Amnesty International, entitled ‘Ink’, is a visually compelling story symbolising the power of signatures as a weapon to protect victims. The film highlights this by making pen ink a torturer’s nightmare. Cyrille de Vignemont and Wanda Productions send the message that a pen can be stronger than a … Read more
Phillip Phillips wins American Idol
21 year old Phillip Phillips has beaten Filipina-Mexican Jessica Sanchez to be crowned the winner of American Idol 2012 amid a record breaking 132 million votes cast. In its eleventh season, Idol shows that despite X Factor and Simon Cowell’s jumping ship, the multi-million dollar franchise is still top of the pops. The much expected … Read more
Takeshi Miyakawa Arrested in New York
Brooklyn-based designer Takeshi Miyakawa was arrested this weekend while installing an ‘I (Heart) New York’ lighting project in the city, for allegedly ‘planting false bombs’ in Manhattan and Williamsburg. In celebration of NY Design Week, ‘I (Heart) New York’ was intended to show Miyakawa’s love for the city, where he has lived for 23 years … Read more
When Politics and Football Meet
As this has been going crazy on our Facebook Page (PS. you should be ‘Liking’), thought it was about time we put it on the site. Interpretation is yours, the scene is the world’s G8 leaders watching the final moments of Chelsea F.C.’s win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final. Create your own … Read more
Yasuaki Onishi – ‘Reverse of Volume RG’
Yasuaki Onishi installation, ‘Reverse of Volume RG’, uses plastic sheeting and black hot glue to create a monumental, mountainous form that appears to float inside of Rice University Art Gallery. The installation is on show now until June 13. The process that he calls casting the invisible, involves draping the plastic sheeting over stacked cardboard … Read more
Antony Gormley – Facts and Systems
British artist Antony Gormley, famous for his huge steel-based sculptures, is exhibiting a special project entitled, ‘Facts and Systems’ (Fatos e Sistemãs) at a temporary White Cube Gallery space in São Paulo, Brazil. The ‘Facts and Systems’ installation is comprised of two new series by the Angel of the North sculptor and is on now … Read more
Brussels Express
Belgium filmmaker, Sander Vandenbroucke has produced a stunning short documentary ‘Brussels Express’ telling the tale of bike messengers in Brussels. Despite being the home to the European Parliament and forward-thinking legislation, the city remains somewhat in the dark ages and is the most congested city in Europe with only 4% cycling traffic. ‘Brussels Express’ is … Read more
Inside the New York Times ‘Lively Morgue’
As today’s media has turned more and more focused on digital content, it is good to hark back to the good old days of ink all over your fingers and treating a print newspaper with the respect it deserved, unless you are reading the Daily Star, of course. Print archives that were once the heart … Read more
Kate Upton x Terry Richardson
This year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover star and Culture and Life favourite Kate Upton has succumb to the Terry Richardson treatment. A series of shots of the Michigan born busty model have appeared on the photographer’s site following a shoot that he took of her for Harper’s Bazaar. As well as stripped back shots … Read more
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