It`s hairy. It`s entertaining. It`s intelligent. It`s Hair’em Scare’em, a new book by Gestalten presenting hairy works in the context of contemporary art, design and fashion by featuring artists such as Levi van Veluw, Julian Wolkenstein and Nick Cave.

“Hair’em Scare’em presents an extraordinary exploration through the fascinating beauty and inventive possibilities of hair as a medium for artistic expression in contemporary art and design.
The book documents this palpable trend into a visual sourcebook that presents a captivating collection of hairy works in graphic design, photography, illustration and art as well as interior design, fashion and jewelry design. The extraordinary works featured in this book are the best indication of trends in hair outside the mainstream.” (more…)

Some days ago, i was talking to a friend about how Patrik Budenz impressed me by visually broaching the issue of death. This friend didn`t even have a look at the photos. Instead, he gave me the feeling to be morbid while saying he doesn`t want to talk about death and no matter how interesting the photo documentation might be, he will not like it. Today, this friend mourns because a loved one died one year ago and he fears with some buddy who might have a serious disease because of unhealthy lifestyle. This all came up today. While i was able to understand the ritus of  “drinking a shot together” to remind the death friend, i didn`t understand at all the “making-the-others-pre-griefing” words by this sick friend who is pretty alive at the moment.  At least so alive that he could write pathetic emails which provoce pathetic reactions. (Read on) (more…)

Some of you might know it: Missy Magazine, Germanys first pop-feminism magazine, runned by Sonja Eismann, Chris Köver and Steffi Lohaus. With its launch, the unconventional print-newcomer caused quite a buzz one year ago. Now, its time to ask how things are going. The interview has been published there.

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From Missy Mag to Italian Vogue. What a funny step from pop-feminism to high-class fashion. Thanks to Jessie, who called my attention to Diane Pernet and the Italian Vogue, where my little Zoo is mentioned next to some of my most favorite fashion sites. What a sweet surprise. THX. (more…)

Missy Magazine 03/09 just landed.  Zoo is in. I like. (more…)

If design could heal the world, Mike and Maaike, we already know from stolen jewels,  would be some saviours. The designer duo brought together the world´s most influential religious texts and presented them on the same level on one single bookshelf. There´s no better metaphore for acknowledging and celebrating the religious diversity we have on our planet instead of fighting others for the “wrong” set of beliefs. (more…)

“Thank You” booklet available at thankyoutoo. (more…)

For Lula Magazine Leith Clark quit her job at Vogue and instead of playing the pretentious and offish, she gets young creative talents on board while making a magazine youngsters actually WANT to read.

The current issue is featuring great Swedish illustrator Jonas Löfgren who manages  to draw a fashion feature that makes us not miss the photos. Great work.

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