Interview with photographer Harri Peccinotti (Nova, Pirelli) in the Vice Magazine Photo Issue, July 2009
‘From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz: The History of the UK Jazz Dance Scene’ by Mark ‘Snowboy’ Cotgrove (Listen to the author play records and talk to Gilles Peterson about the book in this podcast from May)
Robin Wright Penn, Interview Magazine (by Francis Ford Coppola)
Geoff McFetridge, Champion Graphics, Solitary Arts
‘Being a graphic designer you’re just kind of swimming in this like void, ‘cause it’s really easy to make things look cool. It’s really, really easy. I see cool stuff every day, so it becomes uninteresting. … (Working on Grand Royal Magazine) I took that moment to decide: what are you good at and what do you want to do?’ (via Western State mini documentary by Coudal Partners.)
(Image via YouWorkForThem)
Roy McMakin: Domestic Furniture/Architecture
’Two Tumblers’ (wood, enamel paint, 2000)
’Slat Coffee Table’ (eastern maple, claro walnut, 2001)
(via Matthew Marks Gallery; more at ArtNet)
‘Hug Chair’, (birch/beech plywood, 2008) by Ana Kraš. I‘ve been following this girl’s photography on Flickr for a while. The ‘Hug Chair’ will be shown as a part of Young Serbian Designers’ exhibition during Milan Design Week ‘09 (currently running). (via Ana Kraš’s Portfolio)
Ana Kraš : Photographer, Illustrator, Designer (Belgrade, Serbia)
(Selection of self portraits in Extended Gallery)
Peter Saville Q&A: What inspires you?
Peter Saville Q&A: What is that? (Talks about ‘Flat-Pack Plinth’.)
From the D&AD President’s Lecture, 12 March 2009 (via Point Never)
Terry Callier - 900 Miles
from The New Folk Sound (Prestige, 1964)
Terry Callier - It’s About Time (Prestige, 1964) (.mp3)
Terry Callier - Be My Woman (Prestige, 1964) (.mp3)
Born in 1945, began recording in 1963, releasing his first album in 1964. Retired from recording music in 1984 into relative obscurity working at the University of Chicago. In the late 1980s British DJs discovered his old recordings and began to play his songs in clubs. In recent years he’s recorded with modern jazz acts like The Juju Orchestra, Massive Attack, Koop and 4 Hero, releasing five albums since 1998. His latest album, Hidden Conversations, produced by Massive Attack, to be released Summer 2009 on Mr Bongo Records.
…know what is good and what is bad, (…) appreciate the new but let nothing confuse your standards.
— Ernest Hemingway, ‘Death In The Afternoon’
