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  • Clarks In Jamaica book – Al Fingers

    Clarks In Jamaica book – Al Fingers

    How did sensible Clarks shoes from Somerset become de rigueur for Jamaica’s rude boys? Al Fingers’ book Clarks In Jamaica explains all… Book Clarks In Jamaica (One Love Books)   Websites One Love Books Clarks Originals In Clarks In Jamaica, London reggae buff Al Newman (aka Al Fingers) and National Geographic photographer Mark Read chronicle the […]

  • TDK Boombox / Life on Record range – audio systems

    TDK Boombox / Life on Record range – audio systems

    TDK’s Life on Record range  audio gear revisits the ’80s for inspiration Website Ziba TDK, a company better known for analogue cassette tapes, is launching Life on Record, a glossy black range of products made with the help of Portland-based design house Ziba. “Digilog” — a mixture of “digital and analogue” — is the term […]

  • Jawbone Jambox – wireless Bluetooth speaker

    Jawbone Jambox – wireless Bluetooth speaker

    Headset-manufacturer Jawbone releases the Jambox, a cute wireless speaker that doubles as a speakerphone Info Price: approx. $199.00 (£160.00)   Websites Aliph Fuseproject Aliph, a company better known for its Bluetooth headsets, has expanded into the audio world. Its Jawbone Jambox is a compact speaker designed by Yves Béhar, founder of the acclaimed San Francisco-based […]

  • All-in-one audio systems – high-end hi-fi

    All-in-one audio systems – high-end hi-fi

    A look at why exclusive hi-fi brands are embracing the iPod generation Info Naim Uniti Star From approx. £3,299.00 Linn’s digital-streaming systems start at Approx. £1,750.00 Arcam Solo Music / miniBlink Approx. £1,299.00 / £90.00 Back in the ’80s when CDs began superseding vinyl among music lovers, the question raging among audiophiles was which format […]

  • Dieter Rams designer profile – product design

    Dieter Rams designer profile – product design

    Exploring the work of product designer Dieter Rams who has influenced tech trailblazer Apple Website Vitsœ The world may drool over the clean, sleek creations of Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, but Dieter Rams was espousing the virtues of good design decades before Ive was even born. From 1955 until […]

  • Andy Gilmore artist profile – geometric illustrations

    Andy Gilmore artist profile – geometric illustrations

    Profiling the work of New York designer Andy Gilmore who creates geometric illustrations for the likes of Wired magazine and The New York Times Website Andy Gilmore For a while, this designer from Rochester, New York, has been creating ripples in the art world. Many of his complex, geometric images resemble etches produced by Spirograph […]

  • Margaret O’Rorke artist profile – light sculptures

    Margaret O’Rorke artist profile – light sculptures

    Profiling the work of Oxfordshire potter Margaret O’Rorke who makes porcelain light sculptures Book Clay, Light & Water (A&C Black)   Website Margaret O’Rorke Margaret O’Rorke is an unassuming potter who makes striking light sculptures. Since the early ’80s, she’s been producing translucent porcelain pieces from her UK studio in Oxfordshire. In the mid-1950s, she […]

  • Lomography definition – photography

    Lomography definition – photography

    Surveying the pictures and cameras from the Lomographic scene Info New York’s Lomography Gallery Store, 41 West 8th Street. Tel: (212) 529 4353 Websites Lomographic Society International Lomography on Flickr Analogue technology is on life support. It’s been teetering on the edge of extinction for two decades, as music, photography and TV succumb to all […]

  • Blek le Rat artist profile – graffiti art

    Blek le Rat artist profile – graffiti art

    Before Banksy, French graffiti artist Blek le Rat daubed the world’s walls Book Blek le Rat: Getting Through the Walls (Thames & Hudson) Website Blek le Rat With Bristolian graffiti artist Banksy fetching a whopping £322,900 at Sotheby’s in 2007 for his work The Rude Lord, it’s worth noting that before Banksy, there was Xavier […]

  • Bauhaus definition – design and architecture

    Bauhaus definition – design and architecture

    A look at Bauhaus, a cultural movement that’s had a lasting effect on modern urban life Bauhaus Archive – Museum Of Design, Klingelhöferstraße 14, D – 10785 Berlin, Germany Telephone +49 (0) 30 – 25 40 02 0 Website Bauhaus Archive – Museum Of Design To suss out what makes cities tick, a schooling in […]