With a string of awards and achievements as long as a piece of string, Architect, Designer, Curator and owner of his own “Gallery and Design Studio” and hotel ‘Rough Luxe‘, Rabih Hage is one of Europe’s most distinguished forces in upcoming trends and design… we asked him for some picks for 2010, and were decidedly surprised by his first….
Defining the ‘cool’ in emerging consumer and cultural trends from around the globe.
Scientifically proven to lower cholesterol, high levels of the antioxidant anthocyanin, ideal for a low carb diet and looking pretty damn cool, black rice is set to be one of the healthier food trends this year. Widely cultivated across Asia, black rice contains more nutrients than both white and brown and certainly stands out in terms of presentation. Acclaimed chef Ian Pengelley, of Camden’s Gilgamesh restaurant, has put together an eclectic black rice menu that is an exciting introduction to a trend which looks set to feature heavily on Pan-Asian menus in upper class joints around the UK in 2009.
East End Tagger & Pure Evel Knievel by Pure Evil
Art, like music, has had a long term relationship with the dark side and just as music is seeing a resurgence in Goth, Metal and all things evil, the art world is finding a whole host of contemporary artists getting in touch with their darker side. It may well be an influence from the world’s richest living artist™, Mr Hirst’s fixation with death and decay or it may be a consequence of the times we are living in, one thing is for sure and that is that gothic art is playing a bit part in the modern gallery scene, so much so that the art editor of Dazed & Confused, Francesca Gavin, has put together a book dedicated to New Gothic Art.
We showcase work from artists featured in the book after the jump;
Krispy Kreme Grass Flip Flops
Plus, Win V Festival tickets for you and 4 friends.....
July 24th, 2008
Wooooo Hooooo, the sun is finally here and in response to this minor miracle trendy doughnut makers Krispy Kreme have come up with with an ideal solution to those ’stuck-in-the-office-blues’ by offering stressed out city workers the chance to have that feeling of a summer lawn beneath your bare feet all day long. The world’s first grass flip flops can be kept for over four months if looked after and will certainly give you a spring in your step. If your in London then keep your eye out for somebody dishing these little beauties out, plans are a-foot (sorry) for releasing them nationally, we’ll be the first to let you know.
To add to the summer vibe, Krispy Kreme are giving you the chance to win tickets for yourself and 4 friends to the summer’s most corporate musical get together, the V Festival. Simply pick yourself up some of their obscenely good doughnuts, take a picture of you and your friends with said doughnuts and send them via your mobiles texting system over to 60300 along with the word KRISPY. For more info visit their ‘Share the summer magic‘ website.
Your photo’s are boring! Nobody apart from you and maybe your Mum is interested in seeing that picture of you pretending to hold up the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but that’s all about to change!
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The latest addition to Tom Dixon's iconic mirror balls collection is this astonishingly beautiful 'Mirror Balls on Stand' floor lamp....
A 20-strong female choir decked out in futuristic technicolour capes who sing and scream about drinking and smoking over a post-dubstep clatter... Gaggle are the London based rebel yell we've all been waiting for. Previously mentioned in our midweek newsletter, their debut, 'I Hear Flies', is released today and yes, it's rather brilliant....
We love this cute little illustration from Central Illustration Agency's Chris Brown for Carluccio's
'The Lambeth Palace' is London's "newest, darkest and dirtiest purpose built cinema".... the temporary space set up by street art legend Banksy is showing his new film until March 4th, there's only a very few tickets left, so if you're in town between now and then, we suggest booking them right now....
Independent Dublin based design studio, Superfolk, are launching a new range of products at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, that will pay tribute to Irish heritage... whilst remaining desirably modern.
Loving this high quality print from the ever-impressive Scott Hansen... highly limited to 200 pieces so move quick.
Previously only available in German, Berlin’s Innervisions have released a limited English run of Tobias Rapp’s book, ‘Lost and Sound: Berlin, Techno and the Easyjetset’. Investigating the city's love affair with electronic music and the world's descent upon the German capital in search of the ultimate party....
Ether, the Southbank Centre's annual culture-fest of music, art, technology and experimentation is back from 16th - 24th April with the likes of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio, Broadcast and Gil Scott-Heron... the highlight for us has to be the 23rd where mindfuck genius Chris Cunningham performs a live multimedia extravaganza... expect to be disturbed....
Running from 5th - 13th February at the rather brilliant Darkroom, 'An Exhibitional Orgy of Love Hearts' is a celebration of Saint Valentine's in which a host of creative types have been commissioned to create a piece of work based upon the heart.... All pieces will be for sale for £125, with a portion of the profits going to the Haiti Fund
The latest product from magic industry pioneers, theory11, is this rather tasty set of playing cards that commemorate 125 years of design and development by the US Playing Card Company....
Tom Dixon Floor Lamp
Gaggle: ‘I Hear Flies’
Chris Brown for Carluccio’s
Banksy's Cinema
Superfolk
ISO50 'Adrift' Print
Lost and Sound
Ether 10
An Exhibitional Orgy of Love Hearts @ Darkroom
Bicycle 125 Playing Cards
