When Zaha Hadid won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, her body of work was relatively small but showed great promise. Today, she has designed monumental buildings all over the world from Dubai to Guangzhou. Book publisher Taschen documents it all in Hadid, an impressive 150 page tome dedicated to the complete works of Hadid from 1979-2009.
For the first page of the book, Henry Bourne’s portrait of Hadid was chosen to grace the first plate. Bourne’s other portrait commissions include Richard Prince, Elisabeth Peyton, Sir Terrence Conran, Tom Dixon, Marc Newson, Katzuo Ishiguro, Matthew Williamson, Patrick Caulfield, Philippe Starck, and Vanessa Redgrave.
Fashion impresario Diane Pernet presents the second annual ASVFF 2009, A Shaded View on Fashion Film. The festival features work by Erwin Olaf, Steven Klein, Chris Cunningham, and more. Making its debut at the festival, Olaf’s film Dusk shows a tableaux vivant of an African American Family set within the background of the city of New York. Originally pursuing a career in journalism, Olaf has always been interested in exploring issues of gender, sensuality, humour, despair and grace.
Screenings will run at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris on September 25, 26, and 27, 2009. The final awards ceremony will be held at the Centre Pompidou on October 8, 2009 with special guest fashion designer Rick Owens.
Old pals and long time collaborators Tristan Eaton & Lucas FILTH Irwin have come together to create the latest and greatest installment in the THUNDERMUTT vinyl toy series. THUNDERMUTT 3.0 features FILTH’s signature design aesthetic while incorporating Tristan’s iconography on it’s surface, all concealing a special FILTH design deep under it’s head.
Tristan and FILTH will be at the following release and signing parties at these two Kidrobot locations:
Monday, September 21st. 6-8pm
7972 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA
Thursday, October 8th. 6-8pm
118 Prince St., Soho, NYC
If you can’t get to one of the coasts, never fear! THUNDERMUTT 3.0 will also be available on the Thunderdog web-store Sept. 22nd. Or bug your local toy store to order them for you from DKE Toys.
Only the most serious players wear Nike Pro Combat – athletic wear featuring lightweight hexagonal foam padding woven intricately into Dri-Fit short and shirts. For Nike’s Pro Combat print campaign, Seventh Art Group digitally mapped a matching hexagon pattern in 3d onto the bodies of famous football players such as Adrian Peterson, Steve Jackson, Justin Tuck and Brian Urlacher. The print ads appear in billboards nationally.
Get ready for a new round of Divas on VH1′s exciting television music special. This year they’ve reinvented themselves with a new logo by Mogollon and a new crop of Divas including Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus, and Leona Lewis.
Watch VH1 Divas live tonight, September 17th, 2009 at 9/8c.
We would be delighted if you could join us on:
Thursday 17 September 6.30pm – 8.30pm
RSVP: alyson@alyson-jones.com
The exhibition featuring the work of George Logan and Phil Fisk will run from Tuesday 15 September until Saturday 19 September 2009.
AOP Gallery, 81 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4QS
Tube Old Street (exit 4)
Gallery open Monday – Friday 10am – 6pm, Saturday 12am – 4pm
George Logan captured gorillas, chimpanzees, and mandrills at the Limbe Wildlife Center in Cameroon. To see more of George Logan’s work, click here.
After three years of the current S-Class, Mercedes-Benz recently launched the much-anticipated S400 Hybrid. With the world’s first lithium-ion battery in a car and a 29 miles per gallon fuel efficiency, it is the forerunner of luxurious emission-free mobility. Emir Haveric combined stunning photography with CGI to produce the Mercedes-Benz global campaign of the S400 Hybrid.
Am I Collective is launching 100 limited edition soon-to-be-world-famous Bares. Artists were invited to customize these special-molded characters produced by local South African company Todwil. Each Bare comes in a hand-painted box and is given a unique number.
On September 24, Bares will be unleashed onto the world at the newly launched Am I Collective gallery in Cape Town. Also on that day, the Bares will be available for purchase via online auction. All proceeds go to Child Welfare.
After a year of development, Am I Collective is extremely pleased to donate to charity, give emerging artists a platform for recognition, and to have loads of fun in the process. Please visit the Bare website for more information.
The work of Illustrator Stephen Bliss will be on display at the etnies Showroom Gallery from Friday, Sept 18th – Sept 20th. Opening reception on Friday 18th from 7pm – 10pm.
In a tribute to their roots, Cole Haan has just launched Cole, Rood, & Haan – a new line of 1920’s Chicago-inspired handcrafted shoes. The Selby not only shot the campaign but also worked with VSA & Partners to cast from his pool of connected urban entrepreneurs.
Storied Japanese anime studio and production house, Production IG, asked Rhythm and Hues to design the heroine for the new feature film Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (original title: Hottarake no Shima – Haruka to Maho no Kagami). Production IG is best known for top anime films such as Blood, The Last Vampire and Ghost in the Shell. The feature film will air Fall 2009, shown exclusively on TV Tokyo in Japan.
Click here to view the trailer (Japanese language only).
With advertising pages down considerably from last year, magazine publishers have been looking for new ways to boost ad sales. In the latest trend, publishers are creating custom ads for each of their publications. Hearst publications worked with LG Electronics using Mark Lund’s work shot with Y & R to create a customized ad that was featured in a recent New York Times article. Look for the ad in the October issue of House Beautiful.
Bernstein & Andriulli happily welcomes award-winning photographer Matthew Welch. He is responsible for the unmistakable Apple iPod silhouette campaign as well as music packaging and video directing for big name artists at Warner Records, Sony Music, and Universal. Other clients in editorial and advertising include Adidas, Nike, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Rolling Stone. With his diverse and creative style he strives to add a modern update to sensible classics.
Matthew’s most recent work includes the video direction of Howie Day’s new single “Be There.” Howie Day’s new album “Sound the Alarm” dropped September 8, 2009. Be sure to look out for Matthew’s upcoming work!
