Mock Rock: When Actors Play Pop Stars
We know that pop stars want to be actors – and vice versa. But as the new Sean Penn movie proves, actors playing pop stars can be a bad look indeed.
Cheyenne, Sean Penn
“Cheyenne”. Or should we say “Robert Smith”? Or, maybe, should we say “Robert Smith thinking about a crippled kitten?” Continue reading »
Phil Fisk: Everyday People
Phil Fisk’s portraits, commissioned to support the month long Circusfest 2012 at the Roundhouse, play the unorthodox and the mundane against each other to arresting effect. The staid and slightly drab “Britishness” of the settings – a windy beach, team building exercise, a council estate – is skewed by the unsettling physicality and slanted grace of his subjects. A contortionist emerges spider-like from a washing machine in a Brixton launderette; in a nursing home an elderly man’s body is borne skyward by some unknown force.
“I’ve done behind the tent, make-up stuff,” explains Fisk, “but contemporary circus performers are much more open to being given a role, so I tried to work with that.”
Photographer’s assistant: Rory Mulvey
Inspired by news stories about stowaways, trapeze artists swing freely through a storage container depot in Dagenham. Continue reading »
The ‘We’re All Eating This Together’ Campaign
Shaun Ryder of the Happy Mondays has been appointed a special advisor on social class by David Cameron. Ryder’s first initiative was to launch this T-shirt campaign with the help of his celebrity friends.
David Walliams Continue reading »
Dutch Sculptor Nikolaus Gerhaert van Leyden at the Notre-Dame Museum
A man looks at sculptures made by the Dutch sculptor Nikolaus Gerhaert van Leyden (1420 – 1473) at the Notre-Dame museum in Strasbourg, eastern France, as part of an exhibition dedicated to his work. Gerhaert is considered the most influential northern European sculptor of the 15th century. (AFP)
“Extavium” Museum in Potsdam, Germany
Floris, 8, inspects a mirror cube at the “Extavium” museum in Potsdam, eastern Germany. The new interactive museum, formerly known as “Exploratorium Potsdam”, re-opened with much more space for its 130 exhibits and interactive offers for children and their parents. (AFP)
Taj Miami: How to Live Like a Boss for $4,199,000
One of Miami’s most unique properties, this three-story glass house, perched atop the Palace Condominium on Brickell Avenue, has a quirky cultural history. In 1981, Leona and Harry Helmsley were about to call this their sky residence when Saudi Sheik Saoud Al-Shaalan purchased the property and converted the already stunning structure to a Mughal Palace.
Unfortunately, the Sheik rarely visited this work of art he could have called home, but in 1999 international real estate developer antique weapons expert Anthony Tirri purchased the glass house, adorning it with Muslim weapons, furniture and art. Mr. Tirri has since moved on to Paris, where he has remodeled an 1135 chateau named after renowned French author Alexander Dumas.
For sale now for $4,199,000. Continue reading »
Keira Knightley for GQ UK, March 2012
Keira Knightley for GQ UK, March 2012 in photographs by Norman Jean Roy. Continue reading »
Mexican Pointy Boots: Las Botas Picudas
Photographers Alex Troesch and Aline Paley first saw the long, pointy Mexican boots on a video through Facebook. Inspired by the video they saw, the Brooklyn-based duo, who have known each other three years, traveled to Matehuala, Mexico in late January to see the boots with their own eyes.
In northern Mexico, the pointy boots trend is more about flash than fashion. “They’re worn by people who want to impress other people,” Troesch says. In fact, one boot maker they met had transformed a regular pair of shoes into pointy boots for a client who wanted to impress the jury of a dance contest. That’s how the fervor started—but not everyone is a fan. Continue reading »
Ubi-Camera Let’s You Take Photos With Your Hands
Researchers at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences are working on a device that allows you to take pictures using your hands. The small camera is attached to your thumb and let’s you frame shots using your fingers in the shape of a rectangle.
“When you draw a picture or take a photo, you sometimes form a rectangle with your hands to decide the composition. With this camera, you can take a photo using the exact same motion. You attach this device to your index finger, and form a rectangle with your finger like this. You take the photo by using the rectangle as the viewfinder, like this. When you push hard with your thumb, the shutter is pressed.”
Camera users fit the tiny square camera unit over a finger, then ‘frame’ shots using their fingers. Continue reading »
Modern Church in Linz, Austria
Amazing modern church in Linz, Austria, created by X Architecten, the architecture company from Wien. Continue reading »
Kate Moss for Vogue US, April 2012
In photographs by Tim Walker. Continue reading »
Furniture Design by Kenyon Yeh
Kenyon Yeh, a creative product and furniture designer based in London. Born in 1983, Studied Master of Arts in Design at Kingston University, London, under Colin Holden and Simon Hasan and graduated in 2009. He continues to produce his design project, including collaboration with manufacturers across Europe and Asia. Brings more diversity, potential and attitude to keep moving forward. Continue reading »
Kids vs Superheroes
“I am a Superhero” is a name of the contest that Marvel Comics and Disney held together in Russia. A contest is timed to release “The Avengers” movie. The purpose of the contest is to ask kids and their parents to create a costume based on a Marvel comics character. Here are some crazy-ass costumes. Continue reading »
Pesticides Causing Havoc to Beehives
Beehives across the world have drastically declined and researchers cite the main culprit as neonicotinoid pesticides. Researchers from the University of Stirling have found that bees exposed to the pesticides have trouble locating their hives. Researchers conducted an experiment on a swarm of bees by tagging them with tiny microchips attached to their neck which tracked their movement. Continue reading »
Most Beautiful and Stunning Louis Vuitton Bags of All Times
If it is a bag, it has to be Louis Vuitton. Continue reading »
Kate Hudson For Ann Taylor 2012 Summer Campaign
Golden Globe winner Kate Hudson looked stunning at the second installment of the fashion campaign for luxury American brand Ann Taylor. This is the second Ann Taylor campaign featuring the 32-year-old actress, following the success of the earlier Spring 2012 campaign.
Shot by famed photographer, Tom Munro on location in Pasadena, Calif., the campaign features Kate lounging in bright vibrant shades from the collection. The collection includes soft, romantic dresses accessorized with bold belts, while vibrant, colorful summer tops and skirts are paired with brilliant statement accessories. Continue reading »
King Of Wasp Discovered In Indonesia
A new species of wasp has been discovered in Indonesia. University of California Researchers discovered the new wasp during a scientific expedition in the Mekongga Mountains in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. The wasp is two-and-a-half-inches long and has a huge jaw. The weirdest thing about the wasp is its jaw is actually larger than its legs.
The new species of wasp belongs to the genus Dalara and family Crabronidae. The researchers have named the species Garuda, after the national symbol of Indonesia.
Researchers believe that the large jaws could probably play a major role in defence and reproduction. They found that in another species in the genus the males hang out at the nest entrance. This serves to protect the nest from parasites and nest robbing and for this he exacts payment from the female by mating with her every time she returns to the nest. So it is a way of guaranteeing paternity, researchers says. Additionally, the jaws are big enough to wrap around the female’s thorax and hold her during mating.
Richard’s Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Launches ‘Upper Class Red’ Lipstick
To match the red cabin crew uniforms, Virgin Atlantic is launching its first lip colour, the “Upper Class Red,” in collaboration with bareMinerals.
The debut of this lip shade will mark the launch of Virgin Atlantic’s redesigned Upper Class cabin. It will be sold exclusively at the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse Spa at Heathrow, Gatwick and New York JFK before it is made more widely available later this year at selected bareMinerals stockists. Apart from this, it will also be made available for pre-order on board Virgin Atlantic flights through the airline’s inflight shopping guide, Retail Therapy.
The female cabin crew will reportedly wear the shade onboard the A330 flight from London to New York, which features the inaugural Upper Class Cabin. Apart from this, passengers who have a hot ticket for that flight will also be presented a sample of the lipstick.
Fisherman: For Fish & For Man
Amazing package for watrproof boots for the fishermen, designed by Good creative boutique from Kazakhstan. Continue reading »
7th Annual Focus on Nature Photo Contest Winners
The Palm Beach Post, and its multimedia site CLIK/HEAR, are honored to present the winners of the 7th Annual Focus on Nature Photo Contest. More than 1,600 entries were received during the contest’s 3-week period. They were judged by educator and award-winning nature photographer John J. Lopinot, and Jennifer Podis, Greg Lovett and Joe Forzano of the Post’s Multimedia Department.
GRAND PRIZE. “Attempted Escape Grassy Waters,” by STEVEN SCHERER. “The image was taken at Grassy Waters Preserve in West Palm Beach, with a Nikon D300 and Nikon 70-300mm lens. There were three baby gators right by the dock, then I saw an adult floating toward them. The adult grabbed a baby, went under water and I started shooting. Suddenly it came up and this was one of the images. Like many things it was just being at the right place at the right time.” Continue reading »
USA Architecture: From Ziggurat to Diners
The “California Modern” Bethlehem Baptist Church, built in 1944 in the Compton area of Los Angeles, is Vienna-born architect R.M. Schlindler’s only church. Schlindler, who trained under Frank Lloyd Wright, designed building throughout his adopted city. Continue reading »
How to Cook DIY Sous-vide Steak
You don’t need thousands of pounds worth of equipment to cook sous-vide, says Tim Hayward. With a cool-box and a thermometer, you’re away. Continue reading »
