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The tenth in a twelve-part series
Know1edge x L.I.F.E Exhibition @ Vans Sk85ive2 Indoor Skatepark Recap
Earlier this month, Know1edge in association with L.I.F.E. launched a photo exhibition within the Vans-sponsored SK8FIVE2 indoor skatepark in Hong Kong. Bringing together a strong roster of photographic skateboarders who have spanned the pages of Transworld Skateboarding, Thrasher, Skateboarder and Slap among others, the theme of the show was to detail the everyday simplicity of life through assigned camouflage disposable cameras
CurbedWire: Learn the Chinese Theatre’s Secrets, Sound Booth Design Comp
Click here to view the full photogallery. Photos by Wendell Benedetti HOLLYWOOD: The Chinese Theatre opened on May 18, 1927, which means it’s just turned 85 (and she’s getting a little tune-up for her birthday). To celebrate, the LA Historic Theatre Foundation and Hollywood Heritage are telling all (ok, some) of the theater’s secrets on behind the scenes tours this weekend.
Fashion’s Secret Garden Party
Fashion’s Secret Garden Party Friday, May 25, 2012 From Peter Pilotto’s jungle-like Perspex sculpture to a flowering wall by Roksanda Ilincic, the vibrant “secret garden” installations inspired by the summer collections of six celebrated young designers are captured by photographer Freddie Helwig. The temporary constructions on the fifth floor terrace of London department store Harvey Nichols also include Marios Schwab’s confessional box cum garden shed and James Long’s bamboo palace inspired by Las Pozas, the surrealist garden of English eccentric Edward James. Maarten Van Der Horst for Lulu & Co turned the brand’s birds of paradise motif into vinyl tabletops, while digital print virtuoso Mary Katrantzou created stained glass windows featuring a light projection of her “Balalaika” pattern, which depicts cherry blossoms in Kodachrome color.
Eatertastings: South Park Gets Stumptown, Fraiche Culver City Closes, Foodie Architecture, 2012′s Most Thrilling Openings
SOUTH PARK: Cafe Dulce in Little Tokyo is staging an indefinite residency inside the Hold Up Art gallery at Eleventh and Hope, beginning on May 29 . Cafe Dulce serves Stumptown Coffee, that delicious Portland brew.
Pictures: History of Auto Fuel Efficiency
Today’s global demand for more efficient cars follows two centuries of shifting attitudes toward fuel-guzzling vehicles, from Model T to Rambler, from Hummer to Prius.
Scarlet Witch
The seductive and provocative work of Mark Brooks (when he isn’t creating comic based, action heavy superhero illustrations) all fits into his realist signature style, much like the ‘Scarlet Witch’, a painting created by Brooks based on a sexy super-vixen. Brooks is an illustrator, concept and character designer for comics, toys, animation and video games.
Paranoid Me: Diego L. Rodríguez
T Magazine: High Performance | K8 Hardy’s ‘Untitled Runway Show’
As part of the Whitney Biennial, the artist K8 Hardy riffed on fashion pageantry, presenting a full-scale live runway show.