KAREN MILLEN JORDAN OPEN

New KM store opened in Jordan last week.

Transitions

Down at the Truman Brewery right next door to LBI's front door there is a temporary lighting exhibit (very temp- 2 days long!)
which is showcasing 8 containers filled with lighting concepts by celebrated world designers. I popped along last night and it is really interesting, especially the LED technology involved. It is open for today only and is worth a look and you can also pop your head in the LBI reception and take a look at that too.

Enjoy. Beam me up. Scottie

A Cultural Guide to the United Kingdom

http://www.vimeo.com/956494



A Cultural Guide to the United Kingdom from James Houston on Vimeo.

The House of Viktor and Rolf

The House of Viktor & Rolf
Dutch fashion design arrives at the Barbican
18 June 2008 - 21 September 2008
Barbican Art Gallery

London Festival of Architecture

See here for listings: www.lfa2008.org

Friend of the family

Backhand - lovely clothes for and from lovely people. (our words, not theirs!)

Have a local field day

One day outdoor indie plus extravaganza with Dirty Projectors, The Mae Shi, The Notwist, Modeselektor, Richie Hawtin, Les Savy Fav, Dan Deacon, Efterklang and more. London Victoria Park, 9 August, £26.50
see more : www.fielddayfestivals.com

USB Mix tape

www.suck.uk.com

CONCRETE HERMIT

Concrete Hermit's updated website:

Remix of Radiohead's Nude.......

...........using old computer parts. Phenomenal.



Big Ideas (don't get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.

Full Album Stream: The Unpronounceable New Sigur Ros Album

Sigur Ros abandons the its purely ethereal, glacially-paced aesthetic for more uptempo fare on its upcoming album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust.

Last.fm has all twelve songs available for free streaming (available here), and they're also available via Sigur Ros' own embedded player, below:-

sigurros.com

♥ this too.

love diggers, me.

found at It's Nice That and c/o Proteinos

Psycho Buildings @ The Hayward

Looks like there will be some interesting interpretations here!

Eye test

Coolhunter

www.thecoolhunter.co.uk

Worth a look this week!

MEGA MINI BUS

Italiano snack vans.

SILENT DISCO WITH MASSIVE ATTACK'S DADDY G

The unique experience that is Silent Disco comes back to Southbank Centre for Massive Attack's Meltdown with guest DJ Massive Attack's Daddy G.

♥ this.

a minimalist installation by realities:united that acts as a light sign, an information carrier, and a light source at the same time. 2 digits of 7-segment display, formed using industrial fluorescent tubes, are suspended from the ceiling. as a "display", the installation is used to show the current time in minutes.

Rain Shadow

You probably couldn't make this happen if you tried...

Ping Pong's Toronto snaps

Some photos from downtown Toronto. see my flickr link for more.....

More at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamflan/

Trick Flat Bed Chevy

Spent the day at the Enfield Motoring Pageant - this was just one of many...and there were lots!

Brick Lane Grill (not Hoxton)

The (in)famous grill work that you may (or may not) have seen, but in either case is very sweet. Looks folded, but in fact is flat panels spot welded together, and hinged for the door panels. Only thing that lets it down is the door furniture, but other than that, lovely.

sustainability x kicks.....

..............two brinkworth favorites rolled into one:

Addias Grün - a collection that aims to better the environment by efficiently utilizing the natural resources of the world.  With three guiding elements of “Made From”, “Recycled” and “Reground”, adidas Grün offers a range of products, including classic silhouettes like the Forum basketball sneaker and the ZX 500 runner, all made from recycled and natural materials.

KM AZERBAIJAN OPEN

Karen Millen Azerbaijan opened this week

Not great photos but there are a few more on the server

KM St Petersburg 4 and Bucharest also opened this week..

Posters From the Weekends Torch Fiasco

Not much needed to be said really.

Patterned Metal Panels in Moscow

It says Agent Provocateur but that is down the alleyway to the left... Found this unnamed clothes store just around the corner from Red Square. The whole building is clad with printed metal panels..

brinkworth in china

Photo record of top level meeting between brinkworth supremo Adam Brinkworth and local fashion retail experts in advance of designing Karen Millen's new store in Shanghai.

Happy Easter brinkworth

Happy Easter brinkworth

(just testing how to use the blog - howard)

Virtual Sculpture

Dutch Group Studio Roosegaarde make cool interactive installations. This one reacts to human sounds and motion, using an array of LEDs, sensors and electronics. They have done some interesting things with electric fans as well. Take a look here

NYC Chopper

This just had to go in because it's sweeet....

The New Museum of Contemporary Art - New York

We went to visit this in the Bowery last week when we were at the Karen Millen opening. It's an amazing and beautiful building, designed by Tokyo architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.

You can see how the building was assembled in the video here, and get some background to the architects here.