Defringe

The Mountain

This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. The goal was to capture the beautiful Milky Way galaxy along with one of the most amazing mountains I know El Teide. I have to say this was one of the most exhausting trips I have done. There was a lot of hiking at high altitudes and probably less than 10 hours of sleep in total for the whole week. Having been here 10-11 times before I had a long list of must-see locations I wanted to capture for this movie, but I am still not 100% used to carrying around so much gear required for time-lapse movies.

Illustration

Iconic Music Outfits

Like their music, outfits from music stars can be quite iconic. In the following illustrations, the viewer will see more than just the outfit. It's about an era in music and fashion, about outfits worn by some of the more extravagant people the musicworld has seen. The text in the illustration states where (and when) these outfits have been worn.

Illustration

Stanley Chow

Stanley Chow was born and raised in Manchester, England. He began his career in 1997, mainly as a fashion illustrator and storyboard artist, and has become a highly respected and established artists in the UK and USA, working across a platform of media in advertising, design, publishing, packaging, gaming, animation and interactive.

Video

L’odyssée de Cartier

The new Cartier film, a journey between dream and reality. For the very first time, Cartier has decided to create a cinema epic focusing on its history, its values and inspiration, its artistic and universal scope

Photography

Ecce Homo

In the photo series Ecce Homo Berlin-based photographer Evelyn Bencicova shot naked bodies in a quite artistic way. Ecce Homo, Latin for “behold the man”, is a common artistic motif with Biblical origins that has since been expanded to include depictions of violence and war.

Fashion

Cos x nendo

Japanese design studio nendo found a one time partner in Cos, the Swedish minimal fashion brand. For an installation in Milan, they brought their best assets. The smartly ordered Cos shirts are crisp, classic white until they fall inside the steel cube frames, at which point they take on colour as thought the space itself has dyed them. This simple yet effective framing strengthens viewers’ awareness of the space.

Photography

Stasi Gefängnis

The photography by Philipp Lohöfener has a somewhat awkward silence over it. The images are so still, that it looks as if the scene hasn't been touched for years.

Architecture

AUDI haus

Chinese architecture firm atelier FCJZ has created 'AUDI haus', an installation consisting of glass partitions encompassing an AUDI vehicle inside. The glass panels are arranged to produce multiple reflections of the car, eventually blending into each other, creating the illusion of movement and rotation as the viewer walks around the display. The slices disperse from the corner, resulting in different intensities of light refraction. A diagonal pathway allows users to enter the pavilion and see the car from up close. While inside, the fragmented reflections are transfered onto the surrounding city, creating an obscure atmosphere and an intimate experience with the Audi.

Architecture

Casa Sulla Morella

To the borders of the country of Castelnovo Sotto, beetween the stream Morella and a roman road, in a landscape context characterized from channels, ditches, rows, shrubby stains, gardens, villas and agricultural houses it places the "House on the Morella".

Video

Bottled History

Ray Gascoigne has been around boats his whole life, as a shipwright, a merchant sailor, and now as a ship builder on the smallest dry dock there is: a bottle. This short film, by Smith Journal and Melbourne-based production studio Commoner, picks through the wood chips to tell the story of a craft honed over 60 years, and the man behind it.

Music

Baths – Lovely Bloodflow

Some people die in a very theatrical way. The samurai in the video for ‘Lovely Bloodflow’ from Baths is a perfect example. The music goes so well with the video, it’s almost as if it’s written for it. It also gives you the feeling like you’re watching a part from a movie, doesn’t it? Let us know what you think on our Facebook-page. Directed and produced by L.A. based Young Replicant agency, ‘Lovely Bloodflow’ made it onto Pitchfork's Top Music Videos of 2010.

Photography

Steam

Steam is a photography project from British David Ryle. You may know him from the previously featured Space Project. His quiet, minimalistic and surreal style can very much be recognized in the Steam series. The portraits look slightly surreal because of the colours and steam effect.