Pilot is in London! I arrived a couple of hours ago, it’s Friday morning UK time. I’m here courtesy of The British Council to help foster closer relationships between British creative culture and NZ. Had a very smooth trip over via British Airways Business Class – The British Council connection meant that I got upgraded [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Mr West is in the building…
Kanye West transcended hip-hop some time ago and has since become a pop fashion icon. He gets a lot of flak for his big mouth and flamboyant style but that’s kind of the point I think, in the celebrity game you gotta be out there making noise and Kanye is always making noise. Plus, he’s [...]
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Before the Penguin paddles out for good…
In the challenging local fashion retail market, it makes sense to join forces with other designers in a temporary retail space or POP-UP store. You’ve probably heard about Macaroni Penguin – a POP-UP store at 9 Teed St, Newmarket. The store has been open since 1st May and they finish up their run this Saturday [...]
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“And Now,” cried Max, “Let The Wild Rumpus Start!”
One of the most exciting upcoming films this year is the Spike Jonze adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. In the new issue of Pilot we have an exclusive interview with Spike Jonze by Film writer Drew McWeeny. Drew talks to director Spike Jonze about the challenges of working with men in [...]
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Design Geek
If you’re a design geek or at least aspire to becoming a design geek one day, DINZ (Designers Institute New Zealand) are hosting an evening of talks next week on Collaborative Design Projects. The intention of the event is to show design collaboration on projects, and give different design disciplines some insight into the way other [...]
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Advance Copy
<updated> Pilot issue #2 will be in stores around the country this Monday. If you can’t wait that long and you’re in Auckland – pop into Mag Nation Ponsonby, Fabric on High Street or Keith Matheson on High Street - these stores will have Pilot issue #2 some time Thursday afternoon… <updated> Just got the [...]
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Press Pass
Pilot issue #2 is printed now, most of it anyway. The final section to print is the cover, which prints tomorrow. Once the cover section is dry and bound to the rest of the magazine it will be rushed into stores… We spent some time out at Mccollams Print last week to press-pass key sections [...]
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Pilot issue #2 is getting closer, very closer….
Half of Pilot issue #2 went off to the printers on Friday and the remainder will go tomorrow (Monday). For those of you unfamiliar with the process of publishing a 256-page magazine – the magazine is broken up into 16-page sections. The printer then prints a section at a time and then binds all [...]
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