Remaking Film for Vintage Polaroid Cameras

I covered some wild Japanese barcodes a few years ago. The Dieline has a nice roundup of some new ones I’ve never seen before. Awesome!

Call them boats or yachts, these are mega machines on the waterways. Yatzer gets deep into the Frauscher family of watercrafts and for good reason!  ”Engelbert Frauscher quickly gained an excellent reputation and in the 1930s crafted O-Yawls for the Olympic Games. Nevertheless, war broke through and things froze for a while to restart in 1945 in Gmunden, where tradition went on and on.  In the...

Recently posted in the blog section by resident Ray (of Mighty Healthy) is this unique video, created by DVS. The video represents their entry to the Transworld Skateboarding ‘Skate & Create’ competition 2009. Directed by Colin Kennedy, the video displays powerful imagery, generated mainly by the extensive use of symmetrical-skating shown in both realtime and slo-mo. The video took over a week...

She should join the band

Once upon a time, we all worshipped printed magazines. Those glossy bibles that guided us through our search for inspiration, knowledge, and artistic enlightenment. But we all know where this story is headed. And, given print's dismal future, a number of virtual 'zines are rising up to fill in the gaps many of our fave titles are leaving behind—and several are pushing boundaries that print...

Photographer Michael Lavine has collaborated with author Thurston Moore (of grunge band Sonic Youth) on their book ‘Grunge’ a an illustrated tell-all account of the life and death of the Grunge movement – which emerged in late – 1980s Seattle before taking over pop culture proper for the better half of the 1990s. Moore writes about the discovery of Seattle punk youth; the seminal bands that...

As various retailers begin to focus on higher end contemporary styles, Topman expand its designs with a new LTD Collection. Best stated by its Design Director, “With a simple paired down aesthetic these are familiar pieces within main range but have a more discreet style and subsequent fashion longevity… designed as complete collections with distinct themes throughout the season…”, the collection...

Give him some recycled cardboard, paper bag, along with some glue and acrylic paint, and artist Mike Leavitt could create just about anything, including the replica sneakers above. You can pop by the Fuse Gallery at 93 Second Avenue in NYC to see them. Via Arrested Motion (with an interview with Mike there as well)… Hat Tip to Amber!

Lodown Magazine presents its 68th issue, this time featuring an exclusive cover and interview by prolific American artist Tom Sachs. Along with the feature on Sachs, this new issue contains a variety of other subjects, including pieces on: Anti Pop Consortium, Mungolian Jet Set, Kling/Zero 7, Lusine, Canyons, Leon Lace, Andrew Weatherall, Fenech-Soler, Sterling Laurence, Moon by Duncan Jones, Laurie...

Looking back to the club scene of the late '80s and early '90s, Diesel's new Flash for Fun collection uses a bright mix of specially coated denim designed to dazzle under black lights. The party pants look completely normal during daylight hours, making the transition to late nights a cinch. Created for both guys and girls, the full collection not only includes denim but shirts, underwear and sneakers...

Not many bands are as intimately and directly tied to their graphics, stage performances, and visual presences as the Velvet Underground. David Bowie comes to mind, sure, but he was such a showman; old SoCal punk bands certainly were eye-catching, but not in a curated way. The V.U. stands out FROM our seizable trope of pop music as having one of the most thoughtfully and consciously created visual...