Make Her Say
Loving the art direction for the Kid Cudi song “Make Her Say” featuring Kanye and Common– retro and spare with a seriously consistent color palette. I would love to see what the barcode would look like for the colors in this!
It’s really no surprise that this video would be cool, he’s got style.
Also, related but unrelated, I’m obsessed with Vidque, and I think you should know about it. I tweeted about it couple of weeks ago, but in case you missed it, it’s like youtube or vimeo, but with a focus on users curating the content for a focus on really quality video.
All of the content is actually from youtube and vimeo, but videos are only pulled over to vidque if they’re quality (ie, not home videos). You can save videos you like (really useful if you’re researching for a video project!) and follow users you like to see what videos they’re saving. I love trailers, short films and music videos, so it’s sort of my new addiction.
I’m going to stop myself after this, because this is sort of a ridiculously long endorsement, but I also love the interface– you can watch videos right in the search results or “news feed” that you see when you login– it doesn’t take you to a separate page like youtube does.
You can follow me (see the videos I’ve saved) on Vidque here.
Here’s another one from Vidque I liked. I’m all about these conceptual products and technologies!
Serengeti Under Canvas
As if the dreaminess of a canvas safari tent weren’t enough reason on it’s own, Serengeti Under Canvas, a part of &Beyond Africa, explains an additional motivation for their mobile camps:
“Carefully planned to bring guests as close as possible to the magnificent natural spectacle of the Great Migration, the two Serengeti Under Canvas camps are situated at a variety of private campsites throughout the national park and move according to the path of the migratory herds. A comfortable drive brings guests into the midst of moving masses of wildebeest and zebra, ready to witness the natural drama as herds brave obstacles and predators to reach rich grasslands.”
Sign. Me. Up.
It’s All in the Wrist
Newsflash: if you want to be cool in S/S ’11, you better not be neglecting your wrists. Wrists are where it’s at.
It’s a chicken and egg scenario. Which came first: the trend of crisping out your wrists– bracelets of almost any style (“tribal,” friendship, chain, leather, cuff), watches (it’s cool to wear more than one at a time), along with a purse strap draped over the forearm (optional but encouraged), and the street style photographers just picked up on it and starting snapping away, OR, did the fashion elite start noticing that street-style photogs love the up-close wrist-centric tableau shots and they starting adding more and more to their wrists, creating complete outfits solely on the wrists, to compete for some lens loving?
We may never know, but if you want Jak and Jil to look your away, start giving your wrists a little love.
Filippo Minelli “Shapes”
Loving this serious of mysterious photographs by Filippo Minelli, who has also done some very provocative street art of a very different nature.
Also, doesn’t it remind you of this photo for Lola by Marc Jacobs?
via automatism
A Former Oil Mill Near Nimes
The title says it all, no? Read: airy converted space + south of France. What more do you need? I love the subdued palette, mix of materials– stone, concrete, wood, iron, linen– and those amazing huge iron windows!!
I’m high on French daydreams right now…
Designed by Marie-Laure Helmkampf, via Cote Maison
The Camera of the Future
Don’t start drooling yet. It’s still only a concept. Unfortunately. How amazing looking is that thing?
It’s the Wireless Viewfinder Interchangable Lens — WVIL — concept camera by Artefact Group, and it’s basically smartphone-meets-SLR. Some day, smartphones and cameras are going to merge all their best attributes completely, and so far, it seems as if smartphones have done all the work towards meeting in the middle, while cameras– SLRs in particular– have been sitting idly by not bothering to do much in the way of integrating wireless technology.
The WVIL would change all of that. Check out the video for a demo of how it would work, it will blow your mind. The lens wouldn’t even need to be connected to the “phone”-looking part to work, it can work as a remote control…
SF Mirrors Project
Artist Akin Bilgic is on a mission to add a little inspiration to the streets of San Francisco by pasting these mirrors inscribed with motivating, hopeful, and/or cheeky messages all over the city.
He wants to put up as many as possible, so he’s set up a Kickstarter page with a video about the project to raise the money to make more of them, and so far he’s raised almost $900. Isn’t Kickstarter brilliant? I love thinking about all the passion projects that will be funded because of Kickstarter.
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Street Art
Labels:
installation, random acts of creativity
Outlier Outfitters
Their name is actually just Outlier, but isn’t the alliteration of Outlier Outfitters just irresistible? And it makes sense too– Outlier makes “performance” clothing that is meant to transition from commuting to everyday activities to outdoorsy pursuits without batting an eyelash (yes, I just anthropomorphized clothing, they don’t have eyelashes). And, they’re really 
good-looking.
I’m basically obsessed. If I were a guy, I think I could wear only Outlier clothing every single day and be happy. It’s stylish but not precious. They basically took all the kind of stuff that REI sells and re-designed it to also look good so you don’t look like you’re always wearing athletic clothes. Classic styles (they even have collared shirts and chinos), basic solids, and quality materials (reimagine the possibilities of merino, forget dri-fit).
They now have this women’s bicycle riding pant, and you better bet I’m all over that. I had a nasty accident on my bike a month or so ago and now refuse to bike in anything other than biking pants (they made it so that my leg only bruised rather than bruising and also being slashed up) and apparently these are made to not tear in an accident (in addition to being water-resistant, breathable, etc.). I hope they expand their women’s line soon!
Check out their website for more great photography that will really make you want the Outlier lifestyle and to read all about their clever products.
PS – I swear I wasn’t paid to endorse this brand. I just think they make great stuff and filled a hole in the market! PPS – Outlier, if you want someone to consult on your growing women’s line… wink wink… just saying.
The Minister’s Treehouse
One day in 1993, Horace Burgess, a minister in Crossville, TN, received a message from God that if he built Him a treehouse, he would never run out of materials.
So Burgess started building a treehouse that almost twenty years later would end up ten stories tall and only cost him around $12,000. All of the wood was salvaged, and the structure is built around 7 trees that act as supports. Burgess worked on it as he found materials, stopping and starting as supplies or time allowed.
Visitors report that the rambling structure reflects this stop-and-go construction method, with hallways ending in sheer drop-offs because there aren’t walls at the end, or floors ending suddenly at ladders, which leads me to wonder how on earth this thing was built, and is operated (about 500 tourists a week), without being anywhere near up to code, but honestly that’s got to make visiting it a whole lot more fun.
Check out the gallery for more pictures of this insane structure.
