Just as summer is about to start, NOS Primavera Sound is preparing to kick off the Portuguese festival season.
mahabis and the return of the slipper
mahabis, a brand whose mission to reinvent one of the greatest egalitarian types of footwear has trickled into a formidable brand of redesigning and redefining lifestyle… We interviewed founder Ankur Shah and learn more about the process and story behind.
The Directors we loved at this year’s Cannes festival
Here is a compilation of some of the most anticipated directors acknowledged this year.
True Multi-Love for Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s recent gig at the Islington Assembly Hall
Building up the greatness for the last moments, Unknown Mortal Orchestra triumphs when you think the night is old – carrying out their performance to its apogee at a hot and intimate after-gig show in Birthdays, Dalston.
Michael Corridore and London’s New Photography Fair
The ambitious upcoming international photography fair, Photo London, has attracted a lot of attention.
Kojey Radical's BAMBU : A masterpiece of progressive Hip-Hop
Kojey Radical, a British-Ghanian, self-styled artist, poet, and artistic director of his own clothing brand rewrites hip-hop and makes it entirely his own with his new single, BAMBU.
Digital Graffiti Festival 2015 at Alys Beach
Alys Beach, Florida, will be opening its white washed walls to a hive of groundbreaking art, colour and digitally infused magic, for the Eighth Annual Digital Graffiti Festival, in one of our favourite and uniquely exciting venues.
How Art can lend a helping hand
Photo by James Rowbowtham
Art can act as many things. As catharsis. As investment. As expression. As experience. Combining these, art can thus produce the formula to benefit those that are less fortunate.
Nok Nok. Who’s there?
An interview with Angel Nokonoko, leading denim designer heading up new East London based denim company Nok Nok.
Contained Chaos : Chris Burden
On the 10th of May 2015 the art world lost one of its most creative and daring artists to melanoma.
‘Voguing’ through NYC subways in this gritty new film by Clayton Vomero
NYC based filmmaker Clayton Vomero introduces his raw short GANG, following the day in the life of three friends as they rap, sing and vogue their way around Staten Island.
The Outdoor Cinema presents films under the Shoreditch stars
The Outdoor Cinema Company promises to be the new edition in line of al fresco stargazing cinema watching, dubbing themselves as ‘The best Outdoor Film experience in the UK.’
URBAN KINGS: A solo exhibition with Gonny Van Hulst
To artistically imbue socio-political themes on an unforgiving medium such as glass is no easy task. But London-based artist Gonny Van Hulst (also known as GonnyGlass) manages just that.
ROOMS 17 presents: A Female Perspective in Film
ROOMS proudly waves the feminism flag presenting the latest feature aimed to celebrate and pave the way for more female recognition in Film, A Female Perspective in Film, featuring Francesca Gregorini, Daisy Jacobs and Ruth Paxton.
The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015 Exhibition at The Photographer’s Gallery
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize Exhibition 2015 is opened at the Photographer’s Gallery in London, showcasing the work of finalists Nikolai Bakharev, Zanele Muholi, Viviane Sassen and Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse.
Stroke Art Fair 2015
The Praterinsel, a semi-island in Munich’s Isar river hosted the annual Stroke Art Fair for the third time this month.
Terakaft takes to centre stage – again
It was a music extravaganza. The deep Saharan blues still boom – hallelujah. There was the screaming of devotees dancing up a storm. Their gig at the intimate arts space at Rich Mix for the launch of Terakaft's new album “Alone” was simple magical.
Pictoplasma Festival 2015 | An interview with cofounder Lars Denicke
This week the world’s leading and largest Berlin-based conference and festival of contemporary character design reopened its doors for the eleventh year running with a playground of character designs for us to feast our eyes on.
HAVING A FACE | An interview with Lucas Zanotto
A project so effortlessly simple yet undeniably fun, Lucas uses painted plates and his camera to transform landscapes into playgrounds of friendly monsters, and boy oh boy, do we love it.
What book are you reading now?
Africa Writes, the Royal African Society’s annual festival of books and literature which showcases established and emerging literary talent from Africa and the Diaspora, is back for its fourth year running this summer at the British Library.