A glowing cathedral like structure — dubbed the Luminarie De Cagna, was display at the 2012 Light Festival in Ghent, Belgium. “Soaring above the street at 91 feet high and using 55,000 LEDs to light up the night sky. The canopies and columns are created out of wood and the lights, and despite the jaw dropping light and color, the whole shebang only uses 20 kilowatts per hour of energy.”
Get ready for an all new season of “Eastbound & Down”, premiering Sunday, February 19.
The time is ripe as Facebook announces a massive $5 billion USD IPO. There was little surprise as to if but rather when the most revolutionary start-up of our generation would make the leap into the public domain. The S-1 filing will as you imagine make many people extremely wealthy with founder Mark Zuckerberg leading the charge with his 28.2% stake, which based on a suggested $100 billion USD valuation by many accounts puts Zuckerberg’s wealth at over $28 billion. Other groups and personalities involved with large stakes include early 2005 investors Accel and partner Jim Breyer (11.4%), co-founder Dustin Moskovitz (7.6%), DST (5.4%) and Facebook’s first investor, Peter Thiel (2.5%). The 200-some page S-1 can be seen here. A point worth noting is that 12% of Facebook’s current revenues revolve around the juggernaut online gaming platform Zynga and much of their immediate business hinges on that relationship.
A lot of my girl mates that go to the gym will love these. The Nike Free Gym+ fits and feels like second-skin, but provides protection, additional cushioning, enhanced traction and complete natural flexibility. Ideal for the likes of yoga or training classes, the shoe features a split toe construction with extra traction on the big toe to allow stable barefoot-like gripping during even the most challenging single-leg moves and balances. It also uses instant comfort heel pads and arch support, and boasts an odor-absorbing lining derived from volcanic rock fibers. Worn barefoot, the Nike Free Gym weighs a minimal 5 oz., and is designed to provide comfort, traction, and a secure fit for maximum speed and reactivity.
Last weekend I organised for 16 of the boys from HK to do a day session of War Games in Sai Kung. For those who don’t know what War Games is – it’s like skirmish but you use high powered BB-Guns. That includes pistols, machine-guns, sniper rifles. Pretty much any real gun they use in the army you can get the replica in BB (airsoft) form. The majority of guys had never done it before so they were blown away by how real it feels being out on the different maps some more jungle style and other close quarters urban layouts. And let me tell you when you cop one of the BB pellets to the body. It bloody hurts! There were some serious war wounds by the end of the 5 hour session and a few games got personal between mates. But all in good fun. After the positive feedback from the day I’m currently organising another day out in a few weeks time. Here’s a group photo we took of the group that I retouched to look more like an old war photo.
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I’ve been a long time fan of your work and the message behind your artwork for a long time. So I look forward to many more years of your work and collaborations to come.
Have a great day.
Regards,
Luke Norris
NYC MAGIC: SUPRA IN THE CITY from SUPRA Footwear on Vimeo.
Send Ellington, Greco, Neen, Muska, Keelan Dadd, Spencer Hamilton, and the rest of the Supra squad out to NYC to stay in a loft right in the heart of the city for an entire month you just know with a skate crew like that. It’s like making magic in a cauldron.
This is a great watch for anyone in the design or advertising industry. And it’s also kinda cute to hear her responses as well.
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Jerry Seinfeld is so excited about the new Acura NSX that he will stop at nothing to acquire the very first one.
Space Invaders: Extreme to the Max – by Tom Carruthers. Imagine if they brought out a new version of the game where they looked like this! Ugly m#therf*ckers.
The Sartorialist: Lunch for 25 from The Sartorialist on Vimeo.
I absolutely love this idea that Scott Schuman, otherwise known as The Sartorialist, has started as a “Lunch for 25″ series. Here’s what he had to say –
About a year ago, Scott and I were sitting at a small Trattoria in Florence. The place looked amazing– not only the simple and traditional decor, but also the irreproducible Italian atmosphere and overall elegance of the gentlemen.
“Doesn’t this place look like the best fashion story ever?” I asked Scott.
“Yes!” He said, “Real, cool, diverse– It’s like if all the best dressed guys I know got together for lunch….. We should just do that! Get my favorite guys together in one room, it would be so much fun. These guys have so much in common and yet, for most of them, their paths never cross. Just imagine, someone like Gianluca, with his dreadlocks and modern-minimalist aesthetic sitting next to Lino, with his old-school Italian charm…. Mr. Kurino and Simone Righi discussing their first suit, Kanye and Terron talking about whatever it is those two super funny characters could dream up… I’m just guessing, but I bet these guys would really hit it off. What a great way to forge new friendships.”
“Scott… You should do it!!!” the idea sounded fantastic to me.
And that’s what Scott did. I can tell you, I was so jealous not to be in Florence for The Inaugural Sartorialist Lunch. But, here are a few photographs and a video to let you share the first of what we hope will become a biannual event that grows every year through a continually increasing diversity of style and deepening camaraderie between friends.
Hope you enjoy,
Garance & Scott
*We would like to thank Simone and Guido in Florence for their helping to make this event happen, it would not have been the same without you.
Nike Air Force 1 will enjoy its 30th birthday this year. The shoe was created by designer Bruce Kilgore and introduced as the first Nike basketball shoe to feature Air technology. I’ll take one of each please.
A few of my favourites from the campaign so far.
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