To all street based fixed riders: Mash TV, now on Vimeo.
Also check MASHSF.

Forget the grey offices, Carpets for Buildings by Marcel Kronenburg creates fantastic colourful carpets. ‘With the use of computer-controlled carpet printing machines it is possible to create special visual and spheric effects for the building in combination with a carefully executed carpeting plan.’
Thanks t&t for sharing.

We are honored to have Niels Shoe Meulman exhibiting in Tenue de Nîmes with his newest calligraffiti, Le Miroir Vivant. Shoe’s art and design shows us that words are images. His Calligraffiti pieces are as much about the form as the meaning of the words he chooses. They can be categorized as names, titles, short poems or objects. Along with the exhibited work, Shoe will paint the Tenue de Nîmes shop window and a special range of eight printed Denim Demon sweaters will be available for the happy few.

Le Miroir Vivant
May 9th / the end of June
Tenue de Nîmes, Elandsgracht 60 in Amsterdam.

More information can be found here.

You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

— William S. Burroughs

Beckel Canvas reminds me on the summer-camps I did for years, and it makes me feel nostalgic. They make really beautiful bags and tents with with high quality canvas, all handcrafted one at a time. And basically you can create your own tent, just the way you want it. “They are meant to be used and keep you or your gear well protected.”
A moment of Saudade.

Via ACL

Acne Paper 8, the Eroticism issue, is out now with a great article by Carine Roitfeld illustrated by Mario Testino. Get it here.

Beautiful abstract and graphical aerial photography by Murakami Masakuni. It feels like strange stills of unknown and undiscovered lands… love it.

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again, you can look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.

— Joan Miró

A beautiful series of pictures by Phil Poynter at Art Department for GQ Style. Via Coûte Que Coûte.

Beautiful new works by Ian Davis! ‘…It forms an absurdist theater in which little mysteries are enacted by large groups of men against the backdrops of anonymous institutions and forbidding landscapes…’

If you are in NY, you’ll have one week to visit Leslie Tonkonow Artworks & Projects at 535 west 22nd street to see this amazing work.

‘Artists create to bring something into the world that couldn’t exist without them.’

Gino Orlandi contacted me to tell about his recently published eBook Fuel for Art. It counts 78 pages and it’s quite an interesting handbook about how to start a business with your creativity using the web. It’s a useful guide for designers, illustrators, photographers and any visual artist and it’s full of tips about branding yourself, setting goals for your art career and become a little more commercially minded without selling your soul…

I have the privilege to give away two eBooks (worth $37). If you want to get your hands on it, twitter me @Anothercompany with your best tip on selling your art online.

Whoever comes are the right people.
Whatever happens is the only thing that could have.
Whenever it starts is the right time.
When it’s over, it’s over.

— The 4 Open Space Rules of Transport Hero Camp. found at ffffound!

Some nice illustrations by Virginie Garnier.

We were already a fan of Etsy but now we can even get our hands on the delicious hand made things by small passionate food producers. Buy directly from artisanal producers and growers at Foodoro and Foodzie. Via PSFK.

Our favorites: Mendocino Coast Kombu, Somebody’s Mother’s Chocolat, Chocolate Mexicano, Basil Truffle Oil and the Reserve California Estate Osetra Caviar. But actually we’d like to taste almost everything!

A lovely video by Cool Hunting. They asked a little printing studio in São Paulo to make a poster for their 99% conference. Fantastic to see this craftsmanship and the love for the work on a 1929 German letterpress.

Yesterday I came back from the New Talent Portfolio night and I was so happy to see so much new talent! It was a great mix of people with a huge amount of potential. They varied from being completely at the beginning of their career and creatives who already earned their spurs but just needed a little mentorship. Thank you Blend & Streetlab for this great opportunity for new talent! Looking forward to the next one.

Above illustrations of Assa Ariyoshi, photographs by May Heek, still photography by Kasia Gatkowska and (photo)graphics by Veronique de Koning.

— When in doubt: a white oxford shirt. —

The (new) laws of casual style by Esquire are funny, neat and most of the time undoubted. For-instance in point 18: ‘Denim is the center of the casual universe.’ And you’d better combine it with a cotton button-down or T-shirt, brown loafers, navy-blue blazer or a cashmere sweater. Read all the 69 tips here.

The beautiful new commercial Flora by Guccy.
Directed by Chris Cunningham.

Apartamento nr. 3 is comming! It counts 200 pages and features the latest Bless Look Book plus a special project they created for Apartamento. I’m very curious to the new travel supplement with work by Geoff McFetridge, Ari Marcopoulos, Lele Saveri and Jason Nocito… Apartamento issue 3 will be launched in Milan the 20th April with an everyday life object shop.

A beautiful solid oak storage system with high-quality leather bags to store your treasures. One of the new designs by Belgium designer Casimir. Thank you MoCo Loco for sharing.