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Author Archives: Luke Norris
Forest House by Chris Tate Architecture
The ‘Forest house’ is a project of studio Chris Tate Architecture, located in Auckland New Zealand. The residence that Tate himself uses on the weekend has very little site impact. It sits on 16 poles drilled into the ground, allowing trees to grow from under the house. The structure was also designed to point at the arch of a giant Puriri tree, which frames the rear entrance.
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BOOM! Sculpture by HandMadeFont
This original sculpture is a statement piece that gives an industrial touch to the interior design or adds an unusual twist to the garden. It is available in natural concrete gray colour. Boom! is made out of concrete and contains a steel frame. Size: h20 w40 p8 Weight: 8 kg. Price: 250 euro (315$) + delivery
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Vans Off The Wall Spring Classic 2013 Recap
Over the weekend of May 3rd – 5th, thousands of skaters, rock fans and spectators flocked to the small town of Varazze on the Ligurian coast for a taste of the Californian lifestyle, as the Vans Off The Wall Spring Classic celebrated its 5th year anniversary.
Already infamous for some of the best miniramp skating that Europe has to offer, great music and good times, not to mention the stunning beachside setting, this years Off The Wall Spring Classic promised to be epic.
With the cities of Milan, Genoa and Nice all nearby, skaters, press and visitors flew in from all over the Europe to be greeted by the Fiat Freestyle Team cars, who brought them right to the beach in time for a warm up on the ramp before the accolade of ‘Best Miniramp Trick’ was dealt out. With some great riding going down already, it was a hotly contested event. One of the first arrivals, Denmark’s Dannie Carlsen took to the ramp quickly, and it paid off as his half cab blunt 360 kickflip out saw him walk away with a 250EUR cheque. As newly crowned Dutch Champ, Daan Vanderlinden’s frontside nosegrind down the spine feature was another winner, as was Chris Gregson’s frontside flip disaster backside revert and a frontside noseblunt backside revert from Mason Merlino saw all four win cash prizes.
Results:
1st Place – Dannie Carlson
2nd Place – Aurelian Giraud
3rd Place Ivan Federico
4th Place – Mason Merlino
5th Place – Chris Gregson
6th Place Vanderlinden
7th Place – Trevor Johnson
8th Place Ross McGouran
9th Place – Danny Leon
10th Place Josh Young
11th Place – Ewen Bower
12th Place – Juan Antonio Centenro
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Stussy x Plan Check: Revenge of the Burger Culture Clash Event
Photographer: Brandon Shigeta/Hypebeast
“Revenge of the Burger Culture Clash” the seminal streetwear brand teamed up with Los Angeles gastro-pub Plan Check to produce a mouth-watering combo dubbed the SS PCB — Smoky Spicy Plan Check Burger. Here, Wagyu beef patties are layered with two thick strips of smoked bacon and smothered with melted habañero cheese. Garnished with onions and thin pickles,the burger is accompanied with fries, a house-made cruller donut and a pint of beer. The appetizing burger will be available throughout May, so pass on through if you’re in the area, you might even get yourself a limited edition T-shirt.
Plan Check Bar
1800 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
United States
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The Hood Internet: The Mixtape Volume Seven
Tracklist –
01 – King Louie x Divine Fits Val Get Worse
02 – A$AP Rocky x Purity Ring Pesobedear
03 – Azealia Banks x YACHT 212-PARADISE
04 – Future x Van She x Robotaki Turn On The Happiness
05 – Trinidad James x Madeon All Gold Shuriken
06 – Ca$h Out x Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Cashin’ Goods
07 – Juicy J x Black Moth Super Rainbow Gangz A Make Her Dance
08 – B.o.B x T.I. x Juicy J x Crystal Castles Still In These Eyes
09 – Katie Got Bandz x Santigold x The 2 Bears Disparate Bandz
10 – Chance The Rapper x Girl Unit Double Talm
11 – Big KRIT x Juvenile x Passion Pit I’ll Be Country
12 – BBU x Annie Hart x Clams Casino Won’t Fuck Us Over 2.0
13 – Future x T.I. x Clicks & Whistles Magic Adventure
14 – Usher x Rick Ross x Santigold See Youth
15 – Jay-Z x Kanye West x TNGHT Goooo In Paris
16 – Waka Flocka Flame x Twin Shadow Five Seconds Don’t Care
17 – Action Bronson x Tame Impala Get Off The Zeppelin
18 – Mobb Deep x Mele Shook Bolts Pt. II
19 – 2 Chainz x STRFKR While I’m Different
20 – Danny Brown x Dirty Projectors Grown Up Has No Trigger
21 – Aesop Rock x Ohama x J.Rocc Zero Drum Thirty
22 – Drake x Lil Wayne x Kavinsky Mottovision
23 – Justin Timberlake x Jay-Z x Daft Punk Lucky Suit
24 – Purity Ring x Frank Ocean Pyramidspeak
25 – Robyn x Frank Ocean Dancing On My Pyramids
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THIS IS WATER (Very Inspiring)
Get your daily dose of inspiration via The Glossary’s visual interpretation of David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College.
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Trooper by Renato Gonzalez
This animation is by Renato Gonzalez. A student from chile, this character is from a new short film, Model inspired in an artwork by Josh Nizzi. Modeled in Maya, rendered with MentalRay. Post production done in Photoshop.
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What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
Most of us are on the Internet on a daily basis and whether we like it or not, the Internet is affecting us. It changes how we think, how we work, and it even changes our brains.
We interviewed Nicholas Carr, the author of, “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains,” about how the Internet is influencing us, our creativity, our thought processes, our ideas, and how we think.
CHECK OUT THE BOOK
“The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains,” by Nicholas Carr
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Hong Kong is Home: by Javin Lau
Hong Kong is Home.
From Javin Lau –
“I remember when I first arrived in Hong Kong almost a decade ago, I felt like I had walked into an actual movie set. It was a place that I had only seen on TV as a kid, with its strange red taxi’s, odd stop lights and driving on the other side of the road.
My intent with this project was to illustrate the grandeur of Hong Kong that most people would never get to see. When I had recently watched the movie Oblivion, it had somehow starkly reminded me of Hong Kong, with the feeling of being so insignificantly small — almost irrelevant to my surroundings. Hong Kong is an unbelievably dense city, where much of the world can be accessed at your fingertips. But in a city where you can access the material world in a matter of seconds, it also has the ability to isolate you from the 8 million people around you as well.
With this piece, I hope that you are able to engage in this contradiction.”
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Track: M83 – Waking Up
Inspiration: Oblivion Movie
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Conference of Cool.
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Begin Again: Staring John John Florence
BEGIN AGAIN from John John Florence on Vimeo.
A short featuring John John Florence and friends titled “Begin Again” on the North Shore of Oahu and Maui.
Directed by Blake Vincent Kueny & John John Florence
Surfing by John John Florence, Nathan Florence, Ivan Florence, Kiron Jabour, Koa Rothman, and Eli Olson.
Filmed by Damien Robertson, Daren Crawford, and John John Florence
Phantom Footage by Chris Bryan
Edited by Blake Vincent Kueny
Colored by Marshall Plante
Special Thanks to RED Digital Cinema
Music
“I’ve Got A Crush On You” by New York Philharmonic & Zubin Mehta
“Feel It” by Wake Up Lucid
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Riptide
While the surfing community nursed their hangovers the day after this year’s Quicky Pro, Matt Lackey revelled in some of the best Kirra in years. Straight out of the overflowing pages of Riptide #193, you can plant this Marc Ashdown Photography wallpaper on your desktop.
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The Best of Talib Kweli (Mixed by Mick)
The Best of Talib Kweli featuring 29 tracks spanning his 15+ year career, including singles from his upcoming album ‘Prisoner of Conscious’ dropping May 7th. Mixed by Mick (formally Mick Boogie).
Tracklist:
01) Intro
02) Gutter Rainbows
03) Beautiful (Remix) Ft. Mos Def & Mary J. Blige
04) Upper Echelon
05) Move Somethin’
06) Chain Heavy Ft. Kanye West, Consequence
07) Get By
08) The Blast Ft. Hi-Tek
09) Go Brooklyn Ft. Graph Nobel
10) Chaos Ft. Bahamadia
11) Hot Thing Ft. will.i.am
12) Too Late
13) Manifesto
14) Lightworks
15) Never Been in Love
16) Thieves in the Night Ft. Mos Def
17) Astronomy Ft. Mos Def
18) Little Brother Ft. Mos Def
19) History Ft. Mos Def
20) Definition Ft. Mos Def
21) Re-Definition Ft. Mos Def
22) Respiration Ft. Mos Def
23) Push Thru Ft. Curren$y, Kendrick Lamar
24) Outstanding Ft. Ryan Leslie
25) Let it Go (Remix)
26) Get Em High Ft. Kanye West, Common
27) Good to You
28) Fortified
29) Just Begun Ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole, Mos Def
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