A Berlino lo trovavate quasi dappertutto, Cleptomanicx è uno dei brand più pompati del Nord Europa. Se la cosa vi incuriosisce guardatevi il Workbook man e woman SS ‘10. Verrà distribuito in Italia da FRESCO e noi piace un casino!
Groove Armada e DC shoes hanno annunciato una partnership che ha portato a una sneaker limited edition che si ispira alla storia del gruppo. Sul famoso modello Volcano della DC sono stati trasferiti i colori sgargianti usati per il merchandise e la grafica del gruppo elettronico. Saranno disponibili per l’autunno 2009 in punti vendita selezionati DC.
by Laura Neilson
The smart new iPhone application from Panelfly fills the digital void for comic book fans with a mobile platform for purchasing, storing and viewing comics.
An all-encompassing reader app—currently the only one of its kind available via iTunes—it includes a mobile store offering titles from a growing spate of comic publishers like NBM, SLG and Sterling, as well as complete library functionality that organizes purchased books according to title, publisher, author, artist and genre. It also takes advantage of the iPhone’s landscape viewing capability, allowing users to browse with a sideways cover flow option.
When reading comics, users can swipe between full pages, refer to a page index menu or find a previously-saved page via bookmarking. Don’t have the eyes of a teenage fan? The application’s exclusive navigation engine intuitively zooms in from one sequential panel to the next at the tap of the screen. It’s a feature that, unlike other mobile device readers that reformat the text and illustration layout, maintains the integrity of each comic’s illustrations on a full-color display, giving them the unabridged focus they deserve.
Panelfly is available from iTunes for $2. Comics vary depending on publisher, but run approximately $3 each.
 | Just because summer is drawing to a close, it doesn’t mean you need to ditch your fab summer glow and banish all your tan-enhancing products to their train-case storage. In fact, there’s one place that might have been neglected by your bronzing beach days — your lips! While the idea of a tan is certainly summery, the bronze-y shimmer of this Too Faced Lip Bronzer is completely fall festive. The tropical flavors and scents may have you nostalgic for poolside days of your recent past, but the three pretty golden-based shades and skin-soothing conditioners never go out of season! Plus, as a compulsive buyer of all lip gloss, especially shimmery versions of natural hues, I can’t help but be on board for this sun-kissed take on the nude lip! Price: $17 each |
Dezeen have teamed up with the Design Museum in London to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of the exhibition catalogue for Super Contemporary, currently on show at the museum. (more…)
 | I popped over to the Karen Millen boutique last week to check out some dresses and fell in love with this Karen Millen ruched silk dress ($299). This fall, it’s about going bare without having to really go bare — find a dress with a sheer top or sleeves to give just a hint of what’s under. For more slightly sheer looks, try Elizabeth and James’ gauze t-shirt dress– it’s a sophisticated spin on a casual classic. Alice + Olivia’s embellished dress is just that, with sheer panels, lace, and rhinestones adding to the mix. Click over to Coquette for more sheer dresses and other fashion and shopping finds. |
In another bit of retail jibber-jabber, we return to March of last year when the jewelry company Tiffany & Co. announced that they would be carrying a line of Frank Gehry-designed shiny bits. From there, the story disappeared and we assumed that the most exciting things was, you know, people bought some of it and stuff. But behind the scenes, even before the launch, Gehry had landed in some hot water with a company called Circa Publishing Enterprises, who had brokered the connection between Tiffany and the starchitect with the understanding that they’d get a share of the profits. When Gehry and Tiffany decided to go it alone themselves, Circa sued. This was back in 2007. But now, this week, the suit has been kicked out of court, with Circa failing to prove that they had a shared-profit agreement with Gehry from the start. So, see, if you ignore the probably thousands of dollars in lawyer fees he’s had to spend over the past couple of years on this, not all news is bad news for Frank Gehry.
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Publicis has created a new Malibu campaign to bring new life to the slogan ‘Get Your Island On’ – which was cooked up by the drink brand’s previous agency, Droga 5.
The new campaign is based around the comical antics of MC Wonder Full and DJ Bernhard – who run a pirate radio station (Radio Maliboom Boom) on a beach in Barbados. The duo feature in a couple of ads currently showing in the US – where their fans can tune in to Radio Maliboom Boom radio shows via the campaign website: radiomaliboomboom.com. The site also tells the story of radio station and of its two disc jockeys via several online films.
Here are the two ads plus one of the online films – a music video for a track performed by MC Wonder Full – all set to hit UK shores later this year…
Snowflake:
and Sunshine:
Credits for Snowflake and Sunshine:
Creative agency: Publicis London
Client: Pernod Ricard
Brand: Malibu
Copywriter: Dave Sullivan
Art director: Stuart Farquhar
Exec creative directors: Tom Ewart & Adam Kean
Agency producer: Colin Hickson
Production company: Smuggler
Production co. producer: Gustav Geldenhuys
Director: Randy Krallman
Editor: John Smith @ The Whitehouse
Post-production: Framestore
Audiopost-production: Wave
Planner: Catherine Lusher
Media agency: Carat (US)
And here (below) is the ‘official video’ for Let Me Get That Boom Boom by MC Wonder Full – which wasn’t, we should point out, directed by Randy Krallman (who directed the above ads). Publicis’ Tom Ewart explains: “Online films like Give Me Some Of That Boom Boom were co-created by Publicis and Great Works in a ‘writing room’ we hosted here in London to generate a consistent narrative for Radio Maliboomboom across all media channels. We wrote a full history of the DJ’s from birth to present day, which included how the guys met and Wonder’s first (slightly questionable) music video. This ensured that wherever the DJ’s perform, and whereverthe content appears, it is true to the characters and the idea. Writing rooms are the future of integration.”
Let Me Get That Boom Boom by MC Wonder Full:
Shame this wasn’t released as a single in time for this year’s Notting Hill Carnival (taking place this weekend here in London). There’s some hilarious dance moves in here. And the air-horn thing is put to great comical use!
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