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CONVERSE/DAZED 2011 EMERGING ARTISTS AWARD

East London is currently showcasing some of the finest emerging artiste’s du jour as part of the Dazed / Converse Emerging Artist Award at a unique group show that shows how the UK art scene is flourishing at the moment.

An image says a thousand words

How you interpret images and illustrations is a completely unique experience, one person’s interpretation could, and often is, completely different to the next. Some are more adept with words, others flourish when representing meaning in image form. Everyday we’re surrounded by graphics, designs, powerful images that we’re so used to seeing, the power is often [...]

Earth, but not as we know it….

What would you say to another you? Director of ‘Another Earth‘, Mike Cahill, says this is the question he gets asked the most after people have watched his poignant independent film. Last night, we were invited to the premiere and a Q & A with Mike by the Raindance Film Festival and were left dreaming [...]

What a load of trash

Fancy becoming immersed in rubbish? No, neither do we, but clever Walter Raes has created a magical installation for London Design Festival which will bring out the child in us all. His latest work DUN ROAMIN – is a suburban sitting room with a difference and guaranteed to whisk you off to a whimsical world [...]

THIS WAY UP

Where during London Design Festival is the work from the past, present and future? Where do as yet unrealised designs languish in their component parts alongside prototypes and one-offs by some of the world’s leading designers? And where is everything for sale with all proceeds going to a fund for young designers? 31 - 35 Pitfield Street, London N1. The British [...]

Mike Figgis to make cultural elite Just Tell The Truth

What would life be like if we all told the truth? Deloitte Ignite, returns to the Royal Opera House this Friday 2nd September to explore this idea through the medium of a contemporary arts festival curated by prolific English writer, director and composer Mike Figgis. Figgis, whose career highlights include Leaving Las Vegas, Internal Affairs [...]

Pedal Power

Forget Secret Cinema, there’s no better way to enjoy a film than under the stars. In the States it is all about the drive-in cinema experience, but here in London, cult film lovers can now enjoy the cinematic experience on two wheels and get fit at the same time. Residents of Hackney are gearing up [...]

Samantha Sweeting

Up and coming London-based artist Samantha Sweeting, who exhibited at the recent Ubi sunt exhibition and is soon to be featured at Tate Liverpool, chats to Think-Work-Play. Can you tell us about your work? I like to share beds with strangers and collect stories of love and loss. I use what I do as an [...]

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Getting Mouldy

This weekend The Aram Gallery presents the sixth installment of its Casts and Moulds exhibition series – Prototypes and Experiments. Exhibitors including Max Lamb, Peter Marigold and Laura Potter of DWFE have been selected for their exemplary moulding skills across design disciplines including; product, furniture, jewellery and architecture. This week the exhibition focuses on [...]

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

We stumbled across this rather curious video by art and design collective THIS IS IT, ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’ is part of a new exhibition of the same name at Old Shoreditch Station in East London. ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’ is a gleeful bitter-sweet insight into the minds of those amongst us cursed [...]

Southbank goes back in time with the best of Vintage Britain

Today we sneaked a peek of what’s in store for those attending Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway’s Vintage Festival at The Southbank Centre. The three-day, quintessentially British extravaganza sees the Royal Festival Hall turned into giant dressing up box, to showcase over 70 years of British cool in catwalk shows, hair and make-up parlours, clothes making [...]

Transformers, dresses in disguise

Optimus Prime, it isn’t, but Montréal-based designer Ying Gao seems to have been inspired by the Hasbro cartoon and now movie, Transformers, for her latest collection ‘Living Pod’. Not happy with the natural movement of her exquisite designs, Gao has ‘souped-up’ her dresses with electronic motors that give them a life of their own when [...]

Pop–Up Pirate

Pop-up’s aren’t exactly new but we have to commend Adam Kalkin on his efforts. The Melbourne-based artist has popped up a pirate radio tower from an old shipping container smack bang in the middle of gay old Melbourne. All for the Mis-Design exhibition at the university of Melbourne’s Victorian College. Made from a locally salvaged [...]

Urban Physic Garden

Neglected London land gets some love. This week Southwark residents will see the launch of the Urban Physic Garden, an innovative pop up garden built by the local community, celebrating medicinal plants and herbs. Their aim is simple – to improve the urban environment for its people.

The Future is…….?

Art and twitter combine in a quirky project from eco car makers – smart. The public are invited to tweet their vision of the future to @smartfortwoUK and illustrator Johanna Basford will bring these ideas to life with intricate hand penned curiosities – decorating the new electric drive with the public’s twit pics and designs at London’s sunny Southbank.

Pirate Booty

It seems the only people who love a treasure trove more than pirates are women.

The Hive

For one week only a human beehive experience comes to Clerkenwell. Bompas & Parr protégées, The Robin Collective have transformed a derelict shop into a spring garden, complete with flowering plants, artificial grass and homemade sunshine – all in the name of raising awareness of the plight of our humble, hardworking honeybee.