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July 2011 - I: Media and hightech/nature inspire everday objects; outdoor lifestyle...

Media and hightech/nature inspire everday objects Web/Mobile
Fashionoffice collected pieces that show the integration of media (TV, online video) and hightech/nature into everyday objects - like the underwear by Bruno Banani...

Outdoor lifestyle becomes urban Web/Mobile
Vaude's new collection SS2012 shows a stronger integration of mountain and bike styles into urban life outfits...

Outdoor and re-constructive design Web/Mobile
...extending the functionality of everyday objects such as seen at the 'Radio Flyer Table' by Tim Parsons...

The glamorous side of research Web/Mobile
Céline Cousteau represents a new style of research with a touch of adventure and the glam of the beauty world...

Bio-organic mutation of motorbikes Web/Mobile
Patricia Piccinini's bio-organic mutated bike-couple is visibly in love. They are on show at Arter in Istanbul...

Summer in the city; Vienna Inside by Karin Sawetz Web/Mobile
The island 'Donauinsel' is more than 21 km long and runs through the city of Vienna. It is used by bikers, swimmers...

Red head, the wolf and adventurous dreams Web/Mobile
...are the ingredients of the collections by the German/French design duo Augustin Teboul...

SHORT MESSAGES (from the FashionFeeds):

1 July 2011 - 'Too Much Midi (Please Forgive Me)' by the US electronic musicians Ford & Lopatin
...consisting of Joel Ford and Daniel Lopatin who are working with music instruments of the 80s - analogue synthesizers and drum machines which were used before the first computers arrived in the studios and became 'instruments' of musicians. Lopatin is cited by Andy Battaglia on 'The National': "We've always wanted to experiment in this way, to cut up music that doesn't want to be cut up." Andy Battaglia explains in his very elaborated review Ford & Labotin's style: "...the way they take sounds, tones, and timbres so recognisably rooted in a certain time - in this case the 1980s of new-wave designs and synth-pop dreams - and recast them, by way of contemporary computer tools and holistic ways of thinking common among young artists for whom computers themselves are tools, as something new." thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/ford-lopatin-the-old-new-wave?pageCount=0.

1 July 2011 - Legendary scene from the movie 'Performance' (1970) with Mick Jagger
...where he sings 'Memo from Turner' - Mick Jagger plays rock-superstar Turner who meets a psychotic gangster world and begins to identify with them. Several sources are referring the movie's cutting style 'cut-up-technique' as well as parts of the songtext of 'Memo from Turner' to the American novelist William S. Burroughs (he has developed the technique with newspaper texts which he brought as cut pieces into another context/meaning). The movie is even legendary because of a new style of music movies where the 'superstar' appears quasi as himself. An interesting promotional video with behind-the-scene footage is online which was shown to the Warner Bros execs and the worldwide distributors before the movie was released youtu.be/f3pFhLPXNM0. BTW: the movie tip was found at kinowienochnie.at in Vienna where delicacies of film can be viewed 'Open Air' since yesterday until 14 August.

30 June 2011 - Music-video: 'Do You' by Portugal The Man
The four members' band from Alaska, now based in Portland (US), will open the Poolbar Festival on 1 July in Feldkirch (AT). The artwork of the albums and website is made by the members of Portugal The Man: rich colored pencil art fantasy-creatures - one is spitting out a smaller one, make the first impression of the psychedelic scenery on portugaltheman.com. The creatures are looking like mutated teletubbies! On the album cover of the new 2-tracks release 'In The Mountain In The Cloud' (comes out on 19 July), the fantasy-figures are mixed with photos of the members of Portugal The Man.

30 June 2011 - Fashion video from the Berlin underground
The video shows scenes from the (5th) 'Underground Catwalk 2010' in Berlin. During the Berlin Fashion Week on 6 July, street/sport/urban labels and gothic/punk/pinup couture will travel again - this time in two different trains from the Alexanderplatz; warm-up starts at 7 pm (street)/9 pm (couture), boarding at 7.30 (street)/9.30 (couture) pm; aftershow party at the Sage Club. Details on underground-catwalk.com.

28 June 2011 - 'West African Strut' by Dr. Michael White
...from the new album 'Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 1', released on 21 June 2011 (Basin Street Records). It is announced that the 2nd part of the album will come out in early 2012. The traditional New Orleans Jazz musician Dr. Michael White has collaborated for record projects of Eric Clapton and Marianne Faithfull. On his new album, he mixes jazz with African, Caribbean and 60s/70s pop music.

28 June 2011 - Catwalk-video: Prada men's wear spring/summer 2012
The collection was created out of the idea of something designer Miuccia Prada doesn't like: 'I hate Golf' was the lading theme of the rich pattern-colored vintage Golf-inspired Mariachi, Western cowboy outfits. Style.com publishes a special editorial video-report with catwalk scenes and interviews with show guests about the collection on youtu.be/CdU2L23AsqE.

28 June 2011 - Mysterious vintage-SciFi movie around pictures captured on a film format developed in the 1960s
The trailer shows some scenes from the new movie 'Super 8' - entitled after the 8mm film format that was used by families for their holiday movies from the 60s on and beginners of film making such as the group of friends in the Steven Spielberg production, directed by J.J. Abrams, who are shooting an emotional, romantic scene at a railway station in Ohio in the late 70s as a car crashes into the train. The Super 8-camera captures pictures of a mysterious scenery which will later never had happened... The movie 'Super 8' comes into theatres in countries worldwide from June on; FR, DE, AT, ES, UK... in August.

27 June 2011 - A multi-format fashion magazine's web video teaser
The web video is made for the launch of the new issue of the extraordinary multi-format fashion/art magazine Visionaire (since 1991) - it is released 3 times a year in a (very) limited edition and different formats like packed into an orange bag. The 60th issue under the title 'Religion' is out now. It is edited by Givenchy's artistic director Riccardo Tisci, who collaborated for this issue with prominent artists and couturiers like Marina Abramovic and Karl Lagerfeld. Susannah Frankel publishes on 'The Independent' an interview with Riccardo Tisci and reports about the format of the 60th issue: "True to Visionaire's history, the format is unorthodox – a wooden box carved out of antique doors and based on an alter-piece splits open to reveal a leather-bound hardbacked book inside." independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/holy-chic-christina-ricci-and-friends-get-a-divine-new-look-2270373.html.

27 June 2011 - Awarded web documentary
...with interactive features like online debates or email exchange with the presented people. The web features extend the chronology of the film. The web documentary 'Prison Valley' received in 2010 the 'France 24-RFI Web Documentary Award' which is organised by international news TV and radio stations at the Visa pour l'Image - Perpignan photojournalism festival. The award honours not only the theme and the approach to it, but also the innovative use of new multimedia tools. Entries must be sent on 20 July 2011 at the latest visapourlimage.com/news/5103.do.

27 June 2011 - Music-video: 'Return of the Tres' by Delinquent Habits
The Latin-hip-hop three members band Delinquent Habits from Los Angeles performed last Friday at the Donauinsel Festival in Vienna. Los Tres Delinquentes announce on their website live performances on 7 July in Budapest (HU), 8 July in Linz (AT) thedelinquenthabits.com.

27 June 2011 - Fashionoffice installed the 'User interests'-gadget
By using Google site search, the gadget automatically displays content that matches the interests expressed by Fashionoffice's visitors. Find it on the right bottom of the magazine's cover.

27 June 2011 - Music video: 'Breathe' Blue Cantrell and Sean Paul (2003)
Just searched online for Blue Cantrell and her new projects - seems as if the latest entries (or search results) for the Grammy Award nominated R&B and soul singer are from 2008.