Riccardo Tisci continues with the dark, romantic, Latin aesthetic on the slim, robotic silhouettes of avant garde London.  My fav:

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Yesterday, Said the Gramophone featured the A-Trak remix of the Kanye ft. Common track “Get ‘Em High.”  It’s part of DJ Benzi’s Sky High, Current TV’s mixtape of 2008.  You can/should get it here.

Here’s A-Trak playing it at a Good Magazine/Minna Gallery Block Party in San Francisco, summer of 2007:

Kanye West ft. Common & the Knife – “Get ‘Em High (A-Trak Remix)”

These super great bloggers wrote about From, and I wanna send a big thanks to everyone!  It’s always a big deal for me to see that people I respect and follow mention my stuff.  Sorry it’s taken me so long to “”"inaugurate”"” a thank you!

Does anyone do scrolling bonuses anymore?  Here’s mine: a preview/leak of a new new song from Fair Isle.  Don’t know how long I’m keeping it at this link, either, so scroll away and download now.  “Pack the Suitcase, Write the Postcard, Take the Photo” has disjointed pianos and a nutty percussion arrangement.  Very excited about it.

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From – “Pack the Suitcase, Write the Postcard, Take the Photo”

download: www.thebandfrom.com/leak

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London-based designer Orla Kiely‘s collection for Target will be hitting stores the first week of February.  Printed with her signature mid-century-looking patterns, the range features dinner + serving-ware, storage + closet organization pieces, and table + kitchen linens.

This stuff reminds me of Sweden!  The housewares there are typically simple and have great, modern patterns.  Even basic stuff you find at big department stores (then again, most stores sell basically the same items by the same brands).

I am into trays and boxes but actually do need mugs.  Target’s fashion collaborations suffer from poor fabric choices, and the clothes I tried didn’t fit me.  But the housewares look great!

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American menswear designer Thom Browne just showed his fall winter 09 collection in Florence.  Instead of staging a traditional fashion show, Browne presented his collection in an office set in Florence’s Istituto di Scienze Militari Aeronatiche.  In the 1938 building, the streamlined details played off the cast of 40 men in identical slicked hair and a uniform of sharp Thom Browne tailored suits.

The models all wore the same camel coats and carried the same briefcases as they walked into an office set of 1950s desks and typewriters.  A boss character rung a bell to cue the removal of coats and suit jackets (both with striped linings) and the start of the typing.

The taut presentation gave the audience ample opportunity to appreciate both the small design details and the bigger overall spirit of the collection.  This is how a designer can break free from the runway show!  Definitely not the usual self-indulgent gimmickry of film shorts or party presentations.  Plus it reminds me of Vanessa Beecroft‘s work.

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Here are 3 fun, old favs.  They helped me understand that basically all Swedish pop is great.  Conclude what you will.

Peter Bjorn and John – “It Beats Me Everytime”

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Wallpaper* mag just announced the 2009 winners for its design awards, and Paris won for best city.  The judges were into how the city evolves while mainting ties to its history.  The city charmed them with hotel renovations, the new bike share scheme, river bus service, and the museums’ longer hours + Nuit Blanche (all night, city-wide culture party).

Runners up were Chicago, Beijing, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv (my hometown, yallz!).  I love this design/culture competition for cities, since I don’t get into the civic pride from following sports.  The other categories are fun/important as well –

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Alas, John Nouanesing’s drip table is merely a concept now, so don’t count on having it home for the next dinner party/round of Clue.  I’d love to see a series of these pieces.  The form makes the color very evocative — the table would look like melted vanilla ice cream in white but certainly doesn’t look very pure in red.

The premise reminds me of John Brauer‘s Grand Illusion table:

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