PILOT issue #1 featured Parroquet by Norwegian born fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø. Sundsbø is regarded as one of the primary innovators in contemporary image making and is the protégé of Nick Knight. The slender, long-tailed parroquet is a natural subject for Sundsbø, whose striking fashion photography has helped define the current fashion Zeitgeist. In contrast to the [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
PILOT issue #3 / Michael Whittaker
Michael Whittaker throws-up “P” for PILOT at the Christian Audigier campaign shoot…
PILOT issue #3 / Update
One of the downsides in publishing a magazine and a blog is that all the amazing content goes into the magazine and it’s very hard to talk about any of this before the magazine is published. We work hard, trying [...]
Geek Alert / Tron Legacy / Daft Punk
Super nice Tron Legacy wallpaper by Simon Page. Tron Legacy is a sequel to the classic 80s film Tron and is set for release in 2010.
“Tron Legacy is a 3D adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin [...]
Semblance / HelloVon
Semblance / HelloVon
Cerasoli Gallery, LA September 19 – October 14
cerasoligallery.com
hellovon.com
Michael Bay shoots Victoria’s Secret
Michael Bay on set shooting a new TVC for Victoria’s Secret… helicopters and pyrotechnics IS A MUST…
Moon
Sam Rockwell stars in Moon, the debut film by David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones.
Cadbury Bow to Consumer Pressure (too little too late)
After weeks of very bad press, Cadbury has bowed to consumer pressure and decided to stop using palm oil in its chocolate. You can read the details here. This is a major consumer victory, especially for people concerned about the relationship between palm oil production, global warming and habitat destruction leading to the deaths of [...]
The Swine Flu Blues
The one American I dislike more than Dick Cheney is Sean Hannity, Fox News faaar-right-wing attack-dog No #1. Sean Hannity can be relied onto provide cheerleading services for Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney as and when is required, just as he makes it his business to stoke Anti-Obama rhetoric whenever he sees an opportunity, which [...]
TopShop / Now Shipping
TopShop, that bastion of what Gok calls, “The great British High Street!”, have just expanded their international shipping destinations to include New Zealand. Apparently Topshop get loads of NZ Internet traffic so naturally they are responding to this demand. TopShop.com includes every single look from the flagship store with a high turnover that offers a [...]
We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all…
Every generation has its cultural touchstones; shared experiences and memories that eventually come to define the generation. Music and film are some of the most easily recognised signposts, and for those of us lucky enough to be children of the 80s, while the Star Wars trilogy will always define our childhood, our teenage years are [...]
Where The Wild Things Are
Anticipation for the upcoming Spike Jonze directed Where The Wild Things Are film continues to build. In this nice little featurette, original author Maurice Sendak gives some background on the initial response to his book and his thoughts about Spike Jonze’s vision. It’s very interesting to hear Maurice talk about the terrible reviews that greeted [...]
Semi Permanent 2009 / James Jean
American artist James Jean re-imagines the iconography and narratives of fairytales and folklore, bringing life to fantastical new worlds rich in magic, menace and seductive sensuality. James Jean was born in Taiwan, raised in New Jersey, and educated at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. After graduating in 2001, Jean became an [...]

