Juan Manuel Fangio

16 August 2010

Michael sent me this video of Fangio screaming around Monaco in his Ferrari.

Fantastic!

Emily Shur

7 August 2010

Wonderful photographs of the unlikeliest of subjects: cell phone towers.

“In her photo series Nature Calls, she documents the eerie assimilation of technology in nature. You’ve no doubt seen them dotting the byways—trees that are a bit askew from their companions, slightly greener, a little less organic…just a tad too, well, perfect.”

Look closely, though, and you’ll see the telltale mechanical bits—antennae, junction boxes, wires—peeking through the artificial foliage. Shur chose to approach her subject through the lens of classic landscape photography, because to her, it’s now life as we know it. “These cell phone towers,” she says, “have become the new classic landscape.”

Suki Cheema

2 August 2010

Really enjoy these simple designs and patterns from this new line of textiles.

Suki Cheema Home is a collection for sleeping and living – including hand crafted pillows, quilts, throws, napkins and tablecloths. A love affair between. Art, travel and textiles. The range is inspired by Cheema’s travel through India.

Robert Stone

30 July 2010

Absolutely love these houses designed by Robert Stone.

Temperatures are a bit high for a stay now, but the people I know that have booked one of the houses highly reccomend it.

Acido Dorado

Rosa Muerta

History of Goyard in Print

26 July 2010

The book includes the history of the Goyard family — the achievements during the Paris Expo Universelle in 1900 and the creation of the noble facade of the Paris store. But it is more generally about the art of travel and its blossoming in the 20th century from early trains to grand hotels.

Every piece of its construction, over a period of 10 years, is an ode to artisans: handmade paper cajoled from the rare remaining manufacturers in France, and depth of print from traditional technique — you cannot, will not and should not read this delicately created tome on a Kindle or an iPad. “The book is about sight, sound, smell, touch,” says Pierre Tzenkoff, the book’s creator.

Destined not just to capture the house’s near 150-year heritage, the book, which will be donated to France’s Bibliothèque Nationale, is a mission statement. “It would be so sad to let it die,” says Mr. Signoles, referring to the house of Goyard. But it might equally be a comment on the precious legacy of the printed word.

Edition of 233.

Article found at the NY Times.

Raymond Cauchetier

20 July 2010

La Nouvelle Vague: Iconic New Wave Photographs

James Hyman Gallery is currently showing an exhibition of iconic photographs of French New Wave Cinema by legendary photographer Raymond Cauchetier.

Staged on the 50th anniversary of Jean Luc Godard’s A Bout de Souffle (1960), this exhibition presents some of the most celebrated images of French cinema, many of which are being exhibited for the first time.

James Hyman Gallery
5 Savile Row
London W1S 3PD

Maserati Bora

17 July 2010

“After the bright, brash, and noisy swinging 60′s, people were hoping for a nice quiet 70′s. But fortunately the Italians had other ideas.”

- James May / Top Gear

World Cup Historical Ball Set

12 July 2010

Been much talk (once again) about this years World Cup ball.

While reading and researching that very subject, I stumbled upon a collectors dream.

The historical soccer ball set includes every FIFA World Cup official match ball from 1970 to 2006.

Each regulation size ball is constructed just as the original was made – with the exact materials and manufacturing technique.

Includes ball holders featuring the date and location of each event.

Serious collectors only.

50 Cigar bands

7 July 2010

Found this editorial interesting, it is really just scratching the surface of all the many designs out there.

Just like Diego, I love a good cigar…

The Two Escobars

22 June 2010

I recently attended a screening of the film The Two Escobars during The Los Angeles Film Fest.

With the World Cup in full swing, the timing was perfect. From the official website:

While rival drug cartels warred in the streets and the country’s murder rate climbed to highest in the world, the Colombian national soccer team set out to blaze a new image for their country. What followed was a mysteriously rapid rise to glory, as the team catapulted out of decades of obscurity to become one of the best teams in the world. Central to this success were two men named Escobar: Andrés, the captain and poster child of the National Team, and Pablo, the infamous drug baron who pioneered the phenomenon known in the underworld as “Narco-soccer.” But just when Colombia was expected to win the 1994 World Cup and transform its international image, the shocking murder of Andres Escobar dashed the hopes of a nation.

Through the glory and the tragedy, The Two Escobars daringly investigates the secret marriage of crime and sport, and uncovers the surprising connections between the murders of Andres and Pablo.