Category Archives: TRAVEL

OneSize Office in Amsterdam by Origins Architects.

This office was designed by Dutch firm Origins Architecture for a creative studio OneSize. In order to keep the project cost under control, the designers chose to construct the freestanding structure out of an inexpensive ply material typically used underneath floor coverings. Love the space!

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Next stop Bali

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Darcel Disappoints 150/15 Exhibition at colette Paris

150/15 from Darcel Disappoints on Vimeo.

NYC-based Aussie designer, Craig Redman, did a very special exhibition over at Paris’s colette store, called 150/15. The exhibition features 150 re-designs of his Darcel character, reincarnated as friends of colette (including Kanye, Anna Wintour, Nicki Minaj, Pharrel, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Daft Punk to name a few), to celebrate the boutique’s 15th birthday. See them in the video above and check the gallery for more.

colette Paris
213 rue Saint Honoré,
75001 Paris,
France

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Vans Sk85ive2 Indoor Skatepark Hong Kong


Vans SK85ive2, the first indoor skatepark in Hong Kong, was opened on February 18th, 2012 in an industrial building in Kwun Tong, Kowloon. SK85ive2 is a collaboration between sneaker brand Vans, and the popular skate shop 85ive2, that has its main store in Causeway Bay. SK85ive2 consists of numerous ramps, transitions and ledges, as well as a pro shop selling skate gear.

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Fincube By Studio Aisslinger

It is a nomadic home that an easily be dismantled and rebuilt on a new site. The prototype of this small and transportable house is located in Ritten, South Tyrol, Italy.

Natural high-techì is the concept of this new modular, sustainable & transportable low-energy house. Made entirely of local wood, the building provides 47 m≤ of living space with a minimal CO2 footprint: local suppliers and local crafts using local long-lasting and recyclable materials manufactured with the precision and care of tyrolese handwork. The Fincube is a materialized vision of a small housing unit with a long lifecycle. It can easily be dismantled and rebuilt on a new site, and even more important for nature hideaways: it requires minimum soil sealing – just 2 m≤ that are easily renatured after the Fincube is moved to another location.

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The New York Times: A Week with Pharrell Williams

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15 In Miami, it’s usually warm, but I’m mostly indoors. I started off my day wearing a Billionaire Boys Club white crew neck T-shirt, blue denim jeans and SpongeBob SquarePants toe socks. I love SpongeBob; I just think he’s funny. Squidward is my favorite, though. If he was a human, I would hang out with him. I had a photo shoot scheduled with my good friend Nigo for his brand Human Made and we decided to have the shoot at my apartment. I modeled a lot of the clothes, which pay homage to the very early Levi’s cuts, and ended up really loving these striped shorts. They were simple but the fit was awesome. I tried to take it from Nigo, but he said he needed it.

After the shoot, I headed to the studio to meet up with Diplo. Kept on the jeans and changed into a blue flannel shirt, black N.E.R.D. logo skullcap and my custom Timberland six-inch black leather boots. I drew on the boots with white and red Sharpie paint pens. It’s a bit American mall rat- and punk-influenced: some cartoon graphics and a small Chanel CC logo. After, I stopped by one of my favorite stores in Miami, the Webster. The owners have great taste and they carry Chanel. I’m a really big fan.

THURSDAY, FEB. 16 A very rare day off. Aside from a few conference calls, I spent it at home with my family, so just put on a Gap white V-neck T-shirt, gray sweat pants and my oversized Mickey Mouse yellow slippers.

FRIDAY, FEB. 17 Off to New York for a photo shoot. I wore my black leather jacket: a biker style and a collaboration between Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons and Vanson. Nigo introduced me to Junya Watanabe’s designs a few years ago and I’ve liked Junya’s sensibility ever since: out of the box, but not trying too hard. I added a blue and red flannel shirt and a black skullcap. Our next destination was L.A. To prevent myself from getting sick on the plane, I wrapped a Junya plaid and camouflage print scarf around my neck.

SATURDAY, FEB. 18 First session of rehearsals for the Oscars today. The weather was beautiful and sunny so I wore a Human Made logo T-shirt, RRL blue selvedge denim jeans and my black Lanvin sunglasses. On my feet were the six-inch Timbs. I’m a creature of habit. You can always expect the temperature to drop at night here in L.A., so I brought my blue Mark McNairy workman’s jacket with me.

SUNDAY, FEB. 19 Day 2 of rehearsals at Capitol Records. Still can’t believe that I have the opportunity to be involved. Hans and I collaborated, but it’s mainly his world, which is like a university. I’m just lucky that I got a full scholarship. Wore my default outfit: a Billionaire Boys Club white V-neck shirt, blue jeans, black N.E.R.D. logo skullcap, Junya Watanabe black leather jacket and the Timbs with red laces. Tied a gray and red flannel shirt around my waist. Grunge, baby!

MONDAY, FEB. 20 Presidents’ Day. Worked with Corinne Bailey Rae in one room and my new hip-hop artist Buddy in another room. I decided to wear a gray V-neck shirt, navy hoodie, black RRL jeans and black low-cut Chuck Taylor sneakers. I also brought along an Hermès Haut à Courroies bag in camel. I use it for my computer.

TUESDAY, FEB. 21 Another session today with Corinne. We spoke yesterday on doing another track together. I went to the studio wearing an olive Billionaire Boys Club V-neck T-shirt in this super soft pima cotton, jeans and tan Timberland chukka boots. (I also drew a small Chanel CC logo on this pair.) After, I had to attend a dinner party at the Chateau Marmont. I wore a white V-neck shirt and dark blue Ralph Lauren denim jeans. Over that was a gray Junya blazer in this wool sweater material. It also had brown suede front pockets and elbow patches. On my feet, I had on black wingtip boots, a classic style but bright yellow soles. Lastly, I put on this white gold and diamond ring, superoversized — you know, for the sake of fashion.

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NEIGHBORHOOD + Carhartt WIP 2012 Capsule Collection

Carhartt – Work In Progress collab with NEIGHBORHOOD came about with Carhartt’s new store opening in Shoreditch of London. The pieces will be available from March 1st in London/Shoreditch, U.S.A./New York City, Australia/Sydney Carhartt Stores, and Hong Kong/EXI.T.-Honk Kong. I just want the umbrella.

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Take me to a calm place…

Kyoto, Japan.

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Baker D Chirico by March Studio

Australian practice March Studio conceived this Melbourne bakery as an oversized breadbasket. The undulating wooden slats that cover the rear wall and ceiling of the shop function as shelves for storing and displaying breads of different shapes and sizes. A wooden chopping board spans the length of the bakery to create a countertop with integrated pockets for scales, knives, crumb-catchers and checkouts. March Studio were also the designers for a series of unusual shops for skincare brand Aesop.

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HK War Games REMATCH

Just finished designing the poster for our next HK WAR GAMES session. After the positive feedback from the last game I organised the boys are itching to get back on the battlefield and word has spread so I’m expecting a big turn out for the next come. Hoorah!!!

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Vans OTW: The Blackouts in Jamaica

OTW-Blackouts-Jamaica from Off The Wall TV on Vimeo.

Vans OTW and The Blackouts, Ako and Atiba Jefferson, set out to create a free reggae compilation featuring music from VP Record’s vast catalog of artists. VP Records houses the best in reggae and dance hall music and Ako and Atiba spent weeks carefully selecting each artist for this vinyl compilation.

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Starbucks Interior by Kengo Kuma

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has designed the interior of a Starbucks in Fukuoka, Japan.

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HK Hussle

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Belt Knife

This is badass and practical.

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Experience Freedom

Experience Freedom from Betty Wants In on Vimeo.


I can’t get enough of wingsuit and base jumping videos right now. Here’s a great one called ‘Experience Freedom’.

We are very proud to be working with the some of the worlds most talented Skydive, Base Jumping and Wingsuit athletes. Our aim through this video is to showcase their work and open the doors for other athletes and filmmakers and provide opportunities for greater exposure. This is The INFINITY LIST Mission and we do it in eight adventure sports categories. It’s what we do.

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Anamorphic Illusions

The illusions of the Swiss artist Felice Varini . An artist since 1979 uses the technique of trompe l’oeil. What is also called anamorphosis that requires the viewer to occupy a perspective specific to reconstruct the image.

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“Hello Kitty” Air Jet by EVA Airways

EVA Airways, a Taiwan based airlines wanted to pay tribute to Hello Kitty with an entire plane. EVA launched a campaign together with Sanrio to create the “Hello Kitty Jet”. They painted the exterior of an Airbus A330-200 with both the interior and the exterior having the Hello Kitty motif.

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Vans OTW: Eric Elms (Wish You Were Here)


Shot and edited by renowned photographer Peter Sutherland, this mini-documentary from Offthewall.tvfollows Vans OTW Advocate Eric Elms through Tokyo for his “Wish You Were Here” exhibition at Common Gallery last fall.

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Google and Facebook accused of bypassing iPhone’s privacy settings to spy on owners to build advertising profiles

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Google and Facebook may have used a computer ‘trick’ that allows them to monitor web browsing via Apple’s Safari browser to build up advertising ‘profiles’ – circumventing Apple’s safety measures. The search giant bypassed privacy settings built into Apple’s Safari web browser on iPhones, PCs and Macs, according to a recent report. Other advertising companies, and Facebook, reportedly used a similar method. Safari is the most popular mobile web browser, used in all models of Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Google allegedly circumvented the protection to build up profiles of web users, using a ‘cookie’ that collected advertising information. The move has caused outcry among privacy advocates. It comes shortly after EU privacy groups wrote to the search giant to ask it to ‘halt’ a new privacy policy that would allow it to ‘share’ customer data between services such as Search, Gmail and YouTube. Google allegedly used a ‘trick’ which sends a blank message to the browser to make it accept unauthorised ‘cookies’. Apple says it is ‘working to put a stop’ to the practice. The code was uncovered by a Stanford University researcher Jonathan Mayer and was reported in the Wall Street Journal. Google has since disabled the code, and claims that the report is in error, and that its cookies only collected anonymous information. The revelation caused outcry among online privacy advocates.
San Francisco’s Electronic Frontier Foundation says, ‘Coming on the heels of Google’s controversial decision to tear down the privacy-protective walls between some of its other services, this is bad news for the company.

By ROB WAUGH

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Apple MAC OS X Mountain Lion Sneak Peek

Main improvements include iCloud, allowing you to store all your documents in the cloud and use them on all your devices. Messages allows you to keep the conversation going no matter where and when. Reminders is a new program making sure that nothing slips your mind. You can tick off things that are done from any one of your devices at home or on the go. Same is true with the newly improved Notes application. The new Notification Center will remind you of all things happening on your computer. A new Share Sheets function lets you share anything from anywhere with a new ‘Share’ button. Twitter is build right into many apps of the new operating system. Apple also introduces AirPlay Mirroring – this new feature in Mountain Lion is made for an audience. With AirPlay Mirroring, you can stream what’s on your Mac to your HDTV via Apple TV. And the list just goes on.

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