Hasta La Ideas

After three years of anticipation, DFA’s Holy Ghost delivers a set of nu-disco classics with their debut EP, Static On The Wire. Dropping today, 18 May 2010, its slick, retro stylings go beyond the surface, capturing the dance-floor grandeur of Giorgio Moroder and Bobby O with “Say My Name” and “I Will Come Back.”

Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel established their name as deejays and remixers, reworking tracks from Moby and MGMT to Phoenix. Having supported electronic musician The Juan Maclean, the two (bonafide perfectionists known to nerd out on their tons of gear and equipment) have fully developed their live act and the work paid off. We caught the Brooklyn-based duo performing for the first time ever this past weekend in the basement of Damon Dash’s TriBeCa studio for an intimate, sweaty crowd of about a hundred. With Alex on vocals and keys, while Nick attacked the drums like a machine, their show mixed the energy of a house party with the polish of experienced musicians—to awesome effect.

Catch Holy Ghost yourself when they tour with LCD Soundsystem this summer. Static On The Wire sells from iTunes and Amazon.

One of the more anticipated launches at this year’s ICFF, the new American lighting brand Roll & Hill has several new products, a few of which they happily shared with us first. (Check others out on their site.)
Best Made Co. brings the bright hues and patterns usually applied to their axes to a lamp base (center), while
Partners & Spade teamed up with Fresco studios (which monograms Goyard’s bags) to make their Monogrammed Table Lamp.

From the Brooklyn-based studio behind the plaid pocket scarf, Wintercheck Factory introduces another functional accessory, this time adding wrap-around protection to sunglasses with their new Jon and Lizzie line. Modeled after the looks and design of old-school safety glasses, Wintercheck adapted the style to make the industrial feel of these classically vintage shapes available to all.

Pistachio- or smoke-colored lenses lay the base for the plastic impact-resistant frames, each with colorful accents (they hand-dip the ear stems in urethane) and fitted with safety standard compliant side shields. Both the Wayfarer-esque Lizzie and the aviator-inspired Jon sunglasses come with a custom waterproof Witz lens locker case and carabiner, begging for trips to the beach.

The 99.9% UV protected Jon and Lizzie sunglasses sell from Wintercheck Factory’s online shop for $45 each. See more images in the gallery below.

Conceived around three readymade objects—a pulley, clamp or caster—design shop The Future Perfect is curating a show to take place during ICFF called “Lift Hold Roll.” They’re currently taking submissions of ideas that incorporate one (or multiples of one) of the useful devices in a piece.

The boutique will provide one of the objects of your choosing with the initial concept due 31 March 2010, including a rough sketch that shows how the pulley, clamp or caster will figure into the end result. Final pieces are due 1 May 2010. Send entries to kiel [at] thefutureperfect [dot] com.

There are lots of examples on his site, really tight, super realistic paintings and sketches.

via 40fakes