Wowzer ch-check these snazzy hats out!
Wowzer ch-check these snazzy hats out! I just love the new, brilliantly executed Flat Fitty Summer 2010 video lookbook. Shot on location in Hong Kong at the famous Big Buddha statue, the lookbook follows two travelers as they visit the statue and surrounding area, all while wearing some of Flat Fitty’s signature styles and collaborations with brands big and small. Flat Fitty aims to out-service, out-innovate, out-deliver, and out-price the competition. Flat Fitty–Always on Top.
Independent DIY artists all over the show!
Here is something epic by someone following their passion and adding real value to all those involved.
From The Wilde attests to be an eclectic collection of some of Britain’s most exciting and contemporary designer makers, artists and illustrators. Whether you’re after Textiles, Homewares, Ceramics, Jewellery, Fashion, Paintings, Prints, Stationery or Greeting Cards it has something awesome for you.
The site boasts over 20 independent artists, and you can purchase any individual item knowing that it’s 100% handmade with carefully sourced materials. Smashing!
Here are some of our favourite picks from the site.
Pavo Cristatus by Sally Boyle
The Wol Egg Cosie by Chain of Daisies
Emaki by Fay Martin
Garden - Hares by Beansquare Extraordinaire
We here at Always Thinkin’ always totally admire the work ethic of people who bring a community together, particularly when it’s to promote such brilliant work. So, we caught up with Helen Wilde the founder of From The Wilde, to ask her a few words about the brand.
Where did the idea come from to create From The Wilde?
I wanted to create a gallery of beautiful things that reflected my two main passions in life, the coast and the country. These collections are for people with a love of the country and the coast, for all of us who aren’t lucky enough to live there but are lucky enough to own a piece “From the Wilde”…
What do you look for when you choose the artists on the site?
I choose those most passionate about their work and what they make, the emphasis is placed on British designers and the quality of their products.
What’s in the pipeline for the brand? I'm awaiting work from several artists this week and will update the gallery on a weekly basis, we're always looking for new exciting talent! Plus, I'm currently negotiating contracts with two very exciting British artists, all I can say at this point is... watch this space!
So get buying some top quality stuff from the From The Wilde Shop and if you’re a designer or craftmaker, get in touch and you might find yourself on there in the future.
Feast your eyes on this fantastical typography and book art.
Many who know me personally know I’m a fan of good food and naturally, a fan of Heston Blumenthal and his creative concoctions. I was thrilled to hear that one of UK’s most talented Typographer/Illustrators Tom Lane was drafted in to bring Heston’s book to life. Tom brings an outrageous amount of detail to the pages with his intricate swirling gothic florals, ornamental border art and jaw-dropping drop caps.
Take a look yourself and basque in the glory of some fresh yet traditional book illustration.
For more information about the project visit Tom Lane’s Site
Like spanish football? Like tees? Go crazy and get 25% off LadyUmbrella gear quick!
Ok, so England, France, USA and Italy are all out of the world cup. But there’s still reason to be happy, because Lady Umbrella are supporting their spanish roots by giving you a massive 25% discount and free shipping on their awesome gear as long as spain as stay in the world cup! How epic is that?
Just enter the code fiesta25 at checkout on the Lady Umbrella Shop and the discount is yours.
Happy days all round.
The results are in… did you get lucky?
After some fantasticly creative and interesting entries to our Bitten book competiton we are happy to announce that Jenny Robins won the competition with her contribution…
“I deserve to win a copy of Bitten because I already died a little bit inside when i saw it and new i couldn’t afford it. Also, when i win the lottery, i will stock all of Tigz’s books in my gallerycafenightclubworkshopstudiobookshop. which will be called Unlikely.
Classic! Nice one Jenny. An electronic mail will be sent to you directly from Tigz Rice herself and you’ll receive a lovely copy of the book.
Bad luck to those who missed out. More competitions soon… we promise!
Of course EVERYONE can be a winner and grab a copy of “Bitten” by visiting Tigz Rice’s website. So go and buy it. After all you’re supporting a hard working killer photographer and getting an awesome book of imagery. Win. Win.
Feast your eyes and ears on this simple catchy summer tune!
I was on holiday recently and came across this fantastic engaging yet simple video. It’s the promo for latest track called “Help Myself (Nous Ne Faisons Que Passer)” by French artistGaetan Roussel. It’s a seriously catchy number and I just love the simplicity of the video and I can imagine it’s sure to be a great summer tune! Check it below…
Some kids got lucky. Was it you?
So we’ve had a few competitions on the site recently so we’d thought we’d announce the winners together and rejoice in a triple celebration of super goodness.
So say congratulations to these lucky lucky people who have won some fabulous prizes.
2 X RELENTLESS NASS FESTIVAL TICKETS
Leah Thomas
2 X UNDER THE RADAR SUMMER BREAK TICKETS
Martin Kochanski
WHAT UP GANGSTAS TEES / BADGES / STICKERS
Ade
Bad luck to those who entered, keep an eye out for more Competitions and we’ll be in contact with the winners by email immediately. Check your spam box people!
Adios!
An awesome argentine x Japanese art fashion combo!
Now this is a nice brand. Two hard working guys putting their elbow grease into an art project they love. The outcome is an explosion of multicultural graphic beauty. We got a few words from the Eduardo and Roji themselves to tell us more…
GUCHAGUCHA.COM was started by our interest of merging all we love and catch our attention, taking the diversity and cultural richness we can find in all social and artistic expressions from around the world.
Using mainly t-shirts, a universal and everyday object, as a medium of expression.
Our company’s purpose is to create special products, limited edition but accessible to everyone.
GUCHAGUCHA is a Japanese word that refers to a confusion state and disorder. Chaotic and incoherent mix. It also means full of thoughts.
GUCHAGUCHA.COM is a project created by two visual artists based in Madrid: Eduardo Bertone (Argentina) and Michiyo a.k.a ROJI (Japan). GUCHAGUCHA is interested in the cultural fusion, mixture of styles and artistic expressions to show you something different and personal.
Eduardo Bertone: multidisciplinary artist born in Rosario, Argentina (1977), although he has been living in Madrid since 2000, working as an illustrator, art director and designer for big international projects. It has also shown his work in exhibitions, books and magazines worldwide. www.bertoneeduardo.com
ROJI: after graduating in fine arts in Kyoto, Japan, she moved to Madrid in 2002 where she specializes his career at the Fine Arts University UCM. She made several solo and group exhibitions of art prints and paintings, she is lately focused on graphic design and illustration.
For more info and to stock up your wardrobe visit the Gucha Gucha Website
Design a little character for charity!
Well there’s not many art projects where you can design Toe Fluff! Even more so when lots and lots of designed Toe Fluffs form an exhibition. Did I mention it’s for charity too? Read more below!
Steve Rack is an artist. He designed a character called www.toefluff.co.uk, which he thought would be great toy. In fact, he liked Toe Fluff so much that he decided to base an exhibition on it. To shake things up he asked his friends to customize Toe Fluff as part of the show. Well, since Steve’s ‘call for submissions’, things kind of snowballed! The project is now open to all artists.
All you have to do is download the template and get creative! Already over 100 submissions have arrived from the likes of Jam Factory, Cool Surface, Podgypanda, Bubi Au Yeung, 64Colors, Alex Raveland and many, many more amazing artists. All proceeds from printed art files will be donated to The Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the exhibition itself is sponsored by the great guys at Ripe Digital.
Deadline is July 15th, so there is still time to submit! More details at www.toefluff.co.uk.
These pictures are worth a million words.
“Following the success of ‘Wonderland’, which was released in 2009, this August sees the release of ‘Bitten’, a new picture book for adults. Adapted from the well-known classic ‘Snow White’, the book follows the story of a mistress so desperate to keep her beauty she will do anything to save them, including harming her own family. But is she really the one to blame?
The book features an all star cast including cabaret star Joe Black, actress and New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts’ student Emily Marshall, fahion model Daniel Dewhirst, burlesque performer Lily Belle, Spirit Model Management’s Kristina Frenchum and alternative model Sally Parkinson. There will also be a launch exhibition at Iksentrik in Bath on Saturday 7th August which will run throughout the month of August.
The book retails at £18, however for a limited time only, you can pre-order the book at a sale price of £15 from Tigz Rice’s website
You can win an exclusive copy of Bitten by just leaving a short comment below stating why you deserve to win and Tigz Rice will herself will choose her favourite.
The closing date for entries is Midnight GMT Monday 21st June, so get creative! Good luck!
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