CALENDAR:
(‘Short Messages’ from the cover of www.fashionoffice.org)
MUSIC The Holy Kings in a contemporary music-clip The video ‚The Wanderer’ for the first official track of the French folk musician Jil aka
‘Jil is Lucky’ shows the Holy Kings (a very international group) riding after
the star. The single for the debut album premiered in March 2009 and was soon
discovered by the fashion and beauty world. The Japanese label Kenzo uses
‘The Wanderer’ for the new spot ‘Flower by Kenzo’ (released 1st Dec 2009): a
woman lands on a roof (over Paris ?)… You can watch it on flowerbykenzo.com.
MUSIC "I got it all.
Yes it’s true…So why don’t I get you…" sings Chris Keating on the Simian
Mobile Disco album“ "…the dat-player minidisc cd-rom. Book
collection with an autographed James Joyce. Bio-diesel dirigible, ba-baby
it’s choice. Double Dutch dinosaur duplex in Dubai. I’ll be there with my
friend the Sultan of Brunei. I got it all. Yes it’s true. So why don’t I have
you…" run the words of the track ‘Audacity Huge’, lyrics by James Ford and
Jas Shaw, the men behind the English dance production and remix team Simian
Mobile Disco. They have worked already with musicians such as Peaches. For
the album Temporary Pleasure, the two musicians have teamed up with Beth
Ditto from Gossip and Chris Keating from Yeasayer, to name only two. For the
release, SMD collaborated with American Apparel. From 24 September
on, a limited edition CD (featuring two exclusive bonus tracks) was available
in stores and online, alongside an exclusive T-shirt designed by the British
artist Kate Moross. She is the art director of the video ‘Audacity Huge’.
MUSIC Another look on the
pioneers of today’s society 60 or 70
years are not a long time for a movement in society. How long has it taken
that racism or gender discrimination could be diminished? Watch the music
clip from The Zimmers (the British band ages between 70 and 90 years)
covering The Who-song from 1965 ‘My Generation’: “People
try to put us d-down. Just because we g-g-get around. Things they do look
awful c-c-cold. I hope I die before I get old.” You can buy the album (as
X-Mas present for your grandparents?) and support the charity work of The
Zimmers for 'Age Concern' or 'Little Havens Childrens Hospice' on thezimmersonline.com.
Children’s room as art space - wooden toys for the rebellious
youth by Keith Haring or Yoshitomo Nara The French wooden toy
producer Vilac presents on his
online catalogue bright colored chairs by US graffiti-artist Keith Haring or
a brave looking dog by the Japanese punk-pop-artist Yoshitomo Nara, who is
known to create violent child sculptures and images.
Sunglasses inspired by the traditional burqa On the video Khulood Al Atiyat is speaking about the inspiration for the
sunglasses, why the burqa becomes tradition at nomadic
cultures in the south (protection from the sun to keep the skin healthy!) and
how women handle the protective shield today in the United Arab Emirates. Khulood Al Atiyat is PR & Event Director of the Sheik Mohammed Centre for
Cultural Understanding. By the way: the sunglasses ‘bq’ (Burqa Project www.bq.ae) were seen on www.designspotter.com where over 8500
products from more than 3100 designers can be viewed.
GREEN FASHION Experimental
program for thinking design new The Parsons The New
School for Design (New York) invites on 14 Dec to an information session of
its new Fashion Programs that will be launched in fall 2010. One of them is “MFA Transdisciplinary Design - In this
experimental graduate program innovative thinkers from the world of design
are brought together with professionals from other fields to find
design-based solutions to the complexities of life in the 21st century”.
GREEN FASHION New ways
of living against climate change The Danish art
community Wooloo.org holds an experimental art festival under the title ‘New
Life in Copenhagen – Participate or Die’ in
thousands of private homes of families during the conference in Copenhagen
from 7-18 December. Wooloo.org believes that the environment can only be saved by a new way of living practised by all
of us.
GREEN FASHION “Don’t tell us it can’t
be done” is the
name of Timberland’s campaign on occasion of the United Nation’s Conference
on Climate Change (COP15) in Copenhagen from 7 - 18 Dec where the standards
for emissions will be set. The campaign’s aim is to make the public aware
that they have voices that can be heard. Sign a petition, learn about other
ways to address climate change or stay up-to-date with news from the
conference on www.donttellusitcantbedone.com. “It’s
time for companies to look at the effect their business has on the
environment and do something about it,” said Jeffrey Swartz, Timberland’s
President and CEO. “If world leaders set the standards, businesses will find
a way to innovate and make environmentally conscious products and profits at
the same time. It can be done.”
GREEN FASHION Artists and thinkers on an
interconnected world, borders, identity, and the replacement of the
localisation of birth The Fondation Cartier
exhibition ‘Terre Natale’ (Native Land) by French philosopher Paul Virilio
and photographer/director Raymond Depardon resides with new videos on
occasion of the major UN conference on climate in Copenhagen. Paul Virilio
has much influence on the work of designers, artists because of his philosophical
view on aesthetics. Movement is a central theme in his work; even in his
texts about aesthetic. The exhibition ‘Native Land, Stop Eject ‘ runs from 5
Dec 2009 until 21 Feb 2010 at the Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Since 24 Nov, the website nativeland-stopeject.com is online!
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