Midnight Morning
Like Hemmingway and his daiquiri, collaborative efforts generally involve violent heartache, breathtaking beauty and copious amounts of alcohol. Midnight Morning is no different. These art-nouveau-graphic-novel-Hello-Kitty-inspired illustrations are an expression of three Sydney-based illustrators' temperamental journey of love and devastation.
doingbird Magazine
There are so many fashion culture-led periodicals around that it truly does take something quite considered to cut through the sea of all of them. doingbird, published by local Photographer (my band mate and good friend) Max Doyle and Art Director Malcolm Watt, really accomplishes this. Ignoring any of my own involvement, it defiantly pulls together the best creative talent from around the globe.
The
London's Future Laboratory has been casting pearls, nuggets and carats before swine under the ultimate preposition The for four issues now; it's time for us all to catch up - the future awaits!
As a trend forecasting agency, it might seem strange that they would be giving away their insights so freely (indeed, downloadable as a PDF), but Future Lab seem more generous than those we would normally think of whom engage in trend forecasting, (jealously guarding their insights so Nike can come along and buy them for One Million Dollars).
Peppermint Magazine
"If you think dressing ethically means channelling Neil from the Young Ones, think again. Sustainable style never looked so good."
This is the ethos of Peppermint: the new Brisbane-based fashion mag with a refreshingly green focus. Sure, we may be in an era where it's increasingly 'hip to be green', but Peppermint is about much more than just window-dressing environmental concern.
The Fader
If there was an Opulent Bible, it would be a compiled back-catalogue of The Fader magazine, and we would refer to it as "The Good Book of All That is Good". The Fader falls into the realm of a music-culture-lifestyle magazine, but with a marked difference. Rather than waiting for an artist to get discovered or a fashion label to break, they go out and find them.
Special Kev, Chris Mckimmie
Blood nut is a funny noun. It’s both affectionate and slightly offensive. Special Kev is a blood nut (according to his Uncle Nobby, who reckons that they are ‘nearly extinct, like cassowaries’). Kev doesn’t seem to be too phased about this. He’s too busy tying Nicky Bathgate to a tree.
Is Not Magazine issue #11
Is Not Magazine. A magazine. A poster. In their hometown, Melbourne, they are know for insane parties. Internationally they are lauded for original, prize-winning design: it confused the hell out of passers by. It fostered local artists and writers. Many a parent of Is Not contributors could proudly say "Well, at least my child has stopped burning hedges.
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