London saw a new store opening with the introduction of Tokyo Fixed Gear in the Soho district. The retail shop offers another hub for everything fixed gear to a city rich in biking culture, especially now with the explosion of the fixed gear bike scene throughout various spectrums of the industry. Images of the opening festivities can be seen below. See more at Tokyo Fixed Gear Store Opening © L....

"Most of the emergency telephone boxes you see on the side of a U.S. highway (top) are sad little metal contraptions. The UK's Thompson Technik, on the other hand, has designed a prettier line of callboxes (bottom) using rotation molding. You may be wondering "Why rotation molding, isn't that expensive?" As Thompson Technik explains, "The requirement for the cabinet in a range of colours means that...

‘nature v2.01’ ‘draw me a sheep’ is the collective design studio of boyoung jung and emmanuel wolfs, who met a the royal college of art in london. their studio is based in belgium and they design a diverse range of products and installations which border on art. one of their limited edition pieces takes inspiration from trees. ‘nature v2.01’ is a chair that appears to be a seat shapes...

A blog compiling images of London Shop Fronts. Beautiful. (thank you emily)

so i should throw out a little disclaimer here.   i support independent, trying, musicians with all of my heart.  To compose a melody and sing overtop boggles my mind an i respect anyone who can accomplish such a feat.  Ive seen good musicians and horrible musicians, both of which i have respect for! great respect.   i remember playing the saxophone when i was young in front of...

Get your Muxtape to Tape: Russell Says it best so, here:muxtape to tape We all love Muxtape don't we? (Though we're all slightly worried that some lawyers must step in and end it soon). But, in the continuing spirit of slowing the web down a bit, I thought it might be nice if you could get your muxtape on an actual physical cassette tape. So, I've set up the complicated studio arrangement shown above...

The retail concept initiated by COMME des GARCONS founder Rei Kawakubo, Dover Street Market presents itself as a coming together of numerous brands to offer a strong juxtaposition among different directions, themes and aesthetics. In an upcoming exhibition at Dover Street Market, nearly 40 years of CdG imagery will be presented over the six floors that comprise DSM. With focuses including not only...

Urban Garden came to be when London-based Artwise commissioned Amsterdam-based TJEP to design an iconic object to be used in a lounge area during events around the world. The object is part of Tribe Art, a series of international contemporary art commissions and projects developed in partnership with the Lucky Strike B·A·R Honda Formula One racing team. Artwise has worked with Tribe...

The next ikea!

This is Current Television's exclusive airing of Radiohead's "Scotch Mist." In this hour long private taping, Radiohead performs all of the tracks from its newest album, In Rainbows. Other elements include poetry readings and diverse imagery created or selected by the band.