The Tattooed Heart present the Love Hurts exhibition, a tribute to tattoo art. Artists include Adam Croft, Tom Mcmillan, Misery and our favourite Welli home-girl Kelly Thompson. The piece below is a new work by Kelly, of Halina from Red-11 models. The exhibition opens Nov 12th at the Tattooed Heart, 202 K Road.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Mark Ronson X Gucci
Gucci have just launched the Gucci App for iPhone, a colab with Mark Ronson. “Apps are the new virtual accessory, so I approached the design of Gucci’s first app in the same way I do a fashion collection,” says Frida Giannini, Gucci’s Creative Director. “I looked to provide the essence of the Gucci lifestyle experience [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
Florence Broadhurst / NZ POP-UP STORE
POP-UP stores continue to sprout here, there and everywhere. We’re surprised and delighted to learn that legendary Australian businesswoman, artist and designer Florence Broadhurst, will hold a POP-UP store in Auckland in December. Florence Broadhurst was a one-woman force of nature; she performed in Shanghai music halls in the 1920s, owned a dress salon on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized 4 Comments
Earthrace joins the hunt / Whale Wars
Earlier this year I started watching Whale Wars on Sky’s Animal Planet. The show follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and captain of the Steve Irwin, an anti-whaling boat. Paul and his crew follow and harass the Japanese whaling fleet around the southern oceans. Hardcore environmental activism in other words. They [...]
Posted in Uncategorized 8 Comments
PILOT wins GOLD at BeST Design Awards
The 2009 DINZ BeST Awards were held on Friday night at the Auckland Museum. We are delighted to announce that PILOT won the prestigious GOLD Award in the Graphic Design for Editorial category. Congratulations to Arch, Jason and the team at InHouse for their fantastic work on PILOT. Arch and Jason are now working on the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized 6 Comments
Auckland Architecture Awards
This year’s Auckland Architecture Award winners include Karangahape Rd’s Ironbank building (above) and the Yellow Pages Treehouse restaurant (below). The seven-level Ironbank structure designed by RTA Studios won four awards including commercial and sustainable architecture categories, as well as the urban design award and the Resene colour award. Pacific Environments Architects NZ won for its design [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
Neville Brody Art Directs Arena Homme +
Legendary UK graphic designer Neville Brody has returned to magazine design as Art Director of the new issue of Arena Homme +. Brody is best known for his hugely influential work as Art Director of The Face and Arena during the 80s. You might say he invented the style magazine template. Arena Homme + Edition 32 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment
PILOT is a finalist for 2009 BeST Awards
The BeST Design Awards are a national award programme overseen by the Designers Institute of New Zealand, recognising New Zealand’s best graphic, product and spatial design. This year PILOT is a finalist in the Graphic Design For Editorial & Books category. Congratulations to Arch, Jason and the team at InHouse Design for their superb work [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
Frank Lloyd Wright / Fallingwater
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic building, the Fallingwater house, a seamless blend of man, water and nature, is now available to select groups of overnight guests who will be given an exclusive, extensive tour of the home with the premises entirely to themselves. In the decades since the opening of Fallingwater, the home has been [...]
Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment
Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2010
Very strong show by Marc Jacobs with his Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2010 show at Paris Fashion Week. The models wore oversized Afro wigs finished with satin bows. The fashion deftly mixed ethnic references with a futuristic sci-fi feel in a collection that Jacobs described as “street, with a look embracing the hippie-cyber, tribal-punk world.” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
Where The Wild Things Are / FASHION
Spike Jonze has collaborated with Opening Ceremony to create a pretty amazing collection of fashion pieces inspired by the world of Where the Wild Things Are. The collection is not cheap, but looks very good, and even includes a Max jump-suit as below. Available now from Opening Ceremony.
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
Where The Wild Things Are / Monster Suits
As a tribute to the fast approaching Where the Wild Things Are, Christian Joy—best-known as the designer of Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ crazy stage outfits— has created five monster suits based on the Wild Things and Max. The costumes will be on display and for sale at Space 15 Twenty. Click on the images to read more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
Lily Allen For Chanel
Lily Allen is the face of Chanel’s new handbag line Chanel Coco Cocoon. The above campaign images were shot by Karl Lagerfeld who said, “Lily looks a lot like Gabrielle Chanel and she is a self-made woman. She is cool, young and extremely witty. She is extremely inspiring and is completely taken with the bags – with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment
NEWWORK Magazine
NEWWORK magazine is a large-format arts publication for connoisseurs of fresh ideas. Designed and published biannually by Studio Newwork, each issue features new work from a wide range of artists and creators in the worlds of fine art, design, high fashion, culture, and politics. The fourth issue of NEWWORK magazine finds a range of artists and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment
