HEDI SLIMANE DIARY UPDATE / SIXTY-EIGHT

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THE VERY BEST OF THE SARTORIALIST DECEMBER 2012

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HEDI SLIMANE DIARY UPDATE / SIXTY-SEVEN

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THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES PRESENT SIGURD LARSEN & MICHAEL JOHANSSON IN »REAL LIFE TETRIS« BY OLIVER SCHENK

© by The Avant/Garde Diaries / Direction, Photography, Editing Oliver Schenk / Production Stefan Adrian / Production Assistance Vanessa Obrech / Music Bunnystripes
»Sigurd Larsen found his path in life relatively early on. ›I played Lego into my teenage years,‹ the Danish designer and architect recalls. ›Even today I sometimes use Lego to make models.‹ These days, however, he’s found more materials to turn his ideas into reality, and that also includes people. ›As an architect working with spaces, I´ve been very inspired how Michael Johansson works with three-dimensional objects and almost turns them two-dimensional,‹ Larsen says. The Danish designer and Swedish artist had never met before, but found an instant connection while snooping around an old junk market in Berlin. Johansson is known for working with discarded objects, which he collects and methodically converts into sculptures that a particularly artistic hoarder might make. Sometimes the result is as small as a table, sometimes as big as a house. ›Maybe you can call it real-life Tetris,‹ Johansson says. ›I take used objects because they kind of lived a life before I find them. By combining them I almost create a fake history that never happened.‹«
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MAN ABOUT TOWN #11 »NOT THINKING STRAIGHT« — THE GAY ISSUE / OUT NOW! / CREATIVE DIRECTION BY M/M (PARIS)

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Man About Town #11 / 230x300mm / 244 pages / full color / matt and coated papers / includes 6 posctards / featuring Mykki Blanco / Scotty Bowers / Benjamin Bruno / Richard Buckley / Julie Burchill / Howard Cruse / Lisa Eisner / Erwan Frotin / Jamie Hawkesworth / Inez & Vinoodh Matadin / Marc Jacobs / Le1f / Matt Lucas / Ian McKellen / Alasdair McLellan / Brian Moylan / Glenn O’Brien / Pet Shop Boys / Jean-François Piège / Pierre et Gilles / Paolo Roversi / Karim Sadli / Joel Simkhai / Mark Simpson / Matt Tyrnauer / Bernhard Willhelm + the boyfriends of five A-list designers speak out for the first time! / Last but not least: A lot of art by the amazing M/M (Paris).
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»BLUE JEANS« A BOOK BY CENTRAAL MUSEUM UTRECHT (NL) / OUT NOW!

© by Anothercompany / Editorial Design & Art Direction Joachim Baan at Anothercompany
Yesterday the Dutch ›Centraal Museum‹ published a book called ›Blue Jeans‹. This denim publication was put into print to support the museum’s internationally admired ›Blue Jeans‹ exhibition.
Across various themes, the exhibition shows the history of 350 years jeans. It presents contemporary denim interpretations and unique historical products such as indigo kimono’s from Japan. On top of that it shows the way jeans evolved in fashion photography by artists like Richard Avedon and the exhibition is showcasing the history, craftsmanship as well as innovative technology in denim design. Amongst many other jeans artefacts the museum naturally presents a wide selection of the most extraordinary jeans around.
This ›Blue Jeans‹ publication consists of 4 essays: Design Jeans, Amekaji (Americana & Japan), Green Jeans and Dutch Jeans. Next to that the book consists of a Denim Dictionary in collaboration with Tenue de Nîmes. In ›Denim Heads‹ the museum portraits a variety of denim aficionado’s accompanied by their favourite pair of blue.
The ›Blue Jeans‹ book is designed by Joachim Baan and is available for wholesale as from today. Note: The English edition of the book is published in limited quantities. This first edition is available for a wholesale price of €15,00. The suggested retail price is €25,-
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MODERN MATTER MAGAZINE ISSUE #3 »COMMON GROUND« / OUT NOW!

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»A 60 page photographic diary of the Venice Architecture Biennale, shot by Juergen Teller. An interview with Luc Tuymans, and a visual essay curated by the artist from his personal sketchbooks. Serpentine co-Director Hans Ulrich Obrist and iconic tennis writer Asad Raza discuss art, Andy Murray, and the U.S. Open.
An interview with ARS’ Gerfried Stocker, on grassroots movements and ›sexy‹ technology. An essay by painter and writer Joe Fyfe, on his meetings with remarkable Vietnamese men. And the best new-season menswear from Jil Sander, Issey Miyake, Louis Vuitton and Dries van Noten.
All at a new, lower cover price of £6.50. Available now at the Modern Matter web-store, and in stores worldwide since December 6th.«
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BERLIN BASED BOOK STORE »DO YOU READ ME?!« PRESENTS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ADVENT CALENDAR 2012

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THE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK OF PHOTOGRAPHER OLIVER FRITZE

© by Oliver Fritze / Images from series ›Lea, Clémence, Knut, Petra und Hartmut‹, ›Kino‹ & ›Jahrmarkt‹

»Oliver Fritze is a fashion photographer. He lives in Paris, having relocated from his native Germany. (…) He learned much from artists like Ruven Afanador, Dimitri Daniloff and Nick Knight, to whom he owes one of his favorite memories in the studio: shooting an album cover for the Rolling Stones. Fritze considers light an essential part of photography, and he has developed a style tinged with emotion and spirit.« Oliver Fritze has won the top prize – the Prix Picto 2012 as part of this years Prix Picto de la Jeune Photographie de Mode.
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HEDI SLIMANE DIARY UPDATE / SIXTY-FIVE

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