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Elastic for Honda

2009-11-22T18:00:00.000+01:00

Honda Accord Crosstour
Project: "Instruments"
Design Company: Elastic
Website: www.elastic.tv
Elastic was inspired by Birth of the Cool, "Instruments", and this is the first spot in a campaign by RPA to launch the all new Honda Accord Crosstour. "Instruments" relies on atypical, pronounced polygonal animation and rhythmic music to showcase the all-new Honda Accord Crosstour, a modern alternative to the SUV/CUV category. Noteworthy music, a remix of "Fever," helps the spot reveal how lifestyles and experiences, as well as the stuff needed to facilitate these pursuits, fit completely into the Crosstour. More info and images under the cut:

"Instruments" and the forthcoming campaign spots began with a few pencil drawings and the directive to create a "look" that had never been seen before. This was accomplished by Andy Hall, Elastic and their team going the opposite direction of where computer animation is headed these days: instead of using super small polygons, these spots use large, pronounced polygons to create vibrant, memorable graphics. They're all about shape and shadow. Though larger polygons could imply retro technology, the lighting effects and movement in these spots are at a level of sophistication that could only be accomplished with today’s computer technology.

Click HERE to view or download the Honda Accord Crosstour "Instruments" video.

COMPLETE PROJECT CREDITS
Project Name: Honda Accord Crosstour "Instruments"
Running Time: :30
Release Date: 11.15.09
Client: Honda
Advertising Agency: RPA
Chief Creative Officer: David Smith
Creative Director: Pat Mendelson
Writer: Seth Prandini
Art Director: Chuck Blackwell
Executive Producer: Gary Paticoff
Production/Design Company: Elastic
Director: Andy Hall
DP: Toby Irwin
Live Action Producer: David Wolfson
Executive Producer: Jennifer Sofio Hall
Designers: An Nguyen, Henry de Leon, Eunice Kim, Max Ulichney

VFX/Finishing Company: a52
CG Lead: Max Ulichney
3D Artists: Paulo de Almada, Ian Ruhfass, Christina Lee, Rick Glenn, Kevin Culhane, Joe Chiechi
Lead Compositor: Shahana Khan
Rotoscoping: David Hochstadter
Colorist: Angus Wall
Assistant Producer: Heather Johann
Producer: Sarah Haynes
Executive Producer: Jennifer Sofio Hall
Music: HUM
Arrangement by: Alex Kemp & Robert Lopez
Executive Creative Director: Jeff Koz
Creative Director: Alex Kemp
Executive Producer: Debbi Landon
Creative Director, Licensing: Tricia Halloran
*Courtesy of ELASTIC

Tyler Stokes by Christian Rios

2009-11-22T12:00:00.001+01:00

Editorial: Mischief Boy
Model: Tyler Stokes |FORD|
Styling by Raul Guerrero
Grooming by Sara Wilson
Photography by Christian Rios
Website: www.christianrios.us
Photographer Christian Rios shared with us his latest, work with FORD model Tyler Stokes on editorial entitled "Mischief Boy". More from this beautiful menswear editorial by Rios, featuring this new model face to our pages, after the jump:

Click on the thumbs above to view the images in higher quality. Log on to www.christianrios.us for the photographers official web page.
*Images courtesy of Christian Rios

Happy Finish & Paul Wetherell for AnOther Magazine

2009-11-21T18:00:00.003+01:00

Magazine: AnOther Magazine
Issue: Spring/Summer 2009
Model: Alana Zimmer |Storm, Louisa, Womena, Uno|
Styling Mattias Karlsson
Digital artist: David Tweedie |Happy Finish|
Photographer: Paul Wetherell |MAP|
Website: www.anothermag.com
Alana Zimmer was photographed in a beautiful black and white shoot by fashion photographer Paul Wetherell for Another Magazine, digital artist involved with the project was David Tweedie from the acclaimed Happy Finish agency.

"This is one of the most beautiful stories I have been involved in" - David Tweedie of Happy Finish

It's hard to disagree, since this really is one of the most beautiful and subtle fashion editorials we've seen in a while. David and Happy Finish were kind enough to share the whole story with us, which can be previewed in higher quality under the cut:

Click on the thumbs above to enlarge. Alana is wearing in order of the images above: Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Jil Sander, Alexander McQueen, Comme des Garcons, Roberto Cavalli, Chanel, Dior, Celine, Allesandro dell'Acqua and Calvin Klein. Find out what David Tweedie had to say bout his work with Paul Wethereall at Happy Finish web page.

*Images Courtesy of Happy Finish

Designer Nathalie Dewez

2009-11-20T18:30:00.000+01:00

Nathalie Dewez
Website: www.n-d.be
Following her graduation in 2001 from the Interior Architecture department of the Ecole nationale des Arts Visuels de la Cambre in Brussels, Nathalie Dewez quickly found her way in Lighting Design. Nathalie brings delicate attention to the duality of "matter / non-matter", which she sees as being at the core of all lighting devices; with an emphasis on function as well as on the quality of light in both on and off situations. Nathalie's works are characterized by an economic use of means, a minimum use of components and a focus on ease of production. Nathalie's presence at numerous international shows and exhibitions has led to collaborations with a number of architecture practices as well as producers such as Ligne Roset and Habitat. - from Nathalies official web portfolio.

Lara Stone and Jamie Dornan for i-D magazine

2009-11-20T17:30:00.001+01:00

Magazine: i-D
Issue: Winter 2009
Editorial: They Love Happily Ever After
Models: Lara Stone |IMG models|, Jamie Dornan
Photographer: Alisdair McLellan
Website: www.i-dmagazine.com
Gracing one of the covers of new i-D magazines winter issue is supermodel Lara Stone with her colleague Jamie Dornan, above are previews from their cover story, photogrpahed Alisdair McLellan.

*Image source | fearless123@TFS

The Cloud Olympics 2012

2009-11-20T13:30:00.000+01:00

Project: The Cloud - Olympics 2012
Location: London, United Kingdom
A team of leading architects and engineers has just unveiled designs for The Cloud - a landmark structure to commemorate London's role as host of the 2012 Olympics. The lightweight transparent tower, composed of a "cloud" of inflatable, light-emitting spheres, would create a spatial, three-dimensional display in the skies of London, fed by real time information from all over the world. - World Architecture News
More at WAN

The Foster Twins by Baldovino Barani

2009-11-19T20:00:00.004+01:00

Magazine: MILK X
Published: November 2009
Editorial: The Foster Twins
Styling: Holly Suan Gray
Make-Up: Angela Pasley
Hair: Alexander Chui
Models: Juliet Wesley |IMG|, Brandon Wilson |STORM|
Photographed by Baldovino Barani
Website: www.baldovinobarani.com
All these years, words high fashion, were used and misused in so many fashion reality programs to the point of losing the real meaning. If somebody can help you get a real definition of high fashion then that is photographer Baldovino Barani, his models, his setting, his story, everything pictured in his stories is what helps us cope with this famine of real fashion. Continue for more from Baldovino's latest fashion story entitled The Foster Twins, after the jump:

*Images courtesy of Baldovino Barani

Hay Sofa by Petter Skogstad

2009-11-19T17:00:00.001+01:00

Hay Sofa
Designer Petter Skogstad
Website: www.petterskogstad.com
Hay is a module-based sitting furniture inspired by bales of hay. Arrange the modules how ever you like and create a landscape. The modules are soft, playful and inviting. More of Petter's designs are available at www.petterskogstad.com

Giorgio Armani Accessories

2009-11-19T15:00:00.000+01:00

Ad Campaign: Giorgio Armani

Season: Fall Winter 2009.10
Models: Raquel Zimmermann |DNA models, VIVA, Why Not|
Photography by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Website: www.giorgioarmani.com
It's simply not possible to get enough of this campaign, and the recently released accessory adverts only proves so, we are gonna dare and say this is the most iconic image work coming from Raquel and Mert & Marcus in quite some time. One more accessory advert for Giorgio Armani Fall Winter 2009.10 collection featuring Raquel Zimmermann under the cut:

Rotterdam Market Hall by MVRDV

2009-11-19T13:00:00.000+01:00

Project: Rotterdam Market Hall
Designed by MVRDV
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Website: www.mvrdv.nl
Rotterdam, 18 November 2009: "Yesterday the mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb and city councilor Hamit Karakus have officially started the construction of the new Rotterdam Market Hall. The arched building located in the centre of Rotterdam, developed by Provast and designed by MVRDV is a hybrid of public market and apartment building. Completion is set for 2014. Total investment is 175 million Euro with a total surface of 100.000 m2. More info and images after the jump:

At the place where Rotterdam was founded, near the historic Laurens church, the Market Hall will be realized as a new urban typology. The Market Hall is a sustainable combination of food, leisure, living and parking. Fully integrated to enhance and use the synergetic possibilities of the different functions, a public building emerging from housing.

An arch of 228 apartments, of which 102 for rent, will create a large hall which houses 100 market stalls, shops and restaurants, 1200 parking spaces and an underground super market. The apartments will all have a balcony on the outside and a window to the inside of the market. Insulation will prevent any unwanted effects. The 40 meter tall and wide opening of the front and back will be covered with a flexible suspended glass façade, allowing for maximum transparency and a minimum of structure. The interior of the arch will display market produce.

The project with a total of 100.000 m2 is set to be completed in 2014 and part of the current regeneration of Rotterdams post war centre. Project developer Provast realizes the building, Unibail Rodamco invested in the shops and restaurants whilst Housing Corporation Vesteda will manage the rental apartments, making the building a socially integrated part of the city. - from MVRDV
Source | MVRDV
Images | (c) Provast

GTGan for Bazaars cover story

2009-11-18T23:00:00.004+01:00

Magazine: Harper's Bazaar Singapore
Published: December 2009.
Editorial: The Preachers Wife
Model: Liu Dan, Beau/Ave
Fashion direction by Kenneth Goh
Photographed by Gan
Website: www.gtgan.com
After yesterdays advance cover preview of Harper's Bazaars Singapore December issue, today we have exclusively their cover story also shot by fashion photographer Gan, entitled The Preachers Wife. More of winter's most wanted outfits and continuation of this mysterious photo story by Gan under the cut:

*Images courtesy of GTGan

Pollination by Enokae

2009-11-18T21:00:00.004+01:00

Editorial: Pollination
Hair: Akiko Kawasaki
Makeup: Jenny Coombs
Models: Ossian |D1 models|, Carrie Anne |Tess|,Richie |Models 1|, Greta |Models 1|, Henry |Bookings| and Kristen |Premier|
Photography by Enokae
Website: enokae.com
Design Scene is proud to introduce a new photography talent on our pages, photographer Enokae, who worked with model agencies D1, IMG, FM Agency, IND, Next, Models1 and Premiere. Enokae comes from Ireland, but he is based in central London and today we have series of model portraits by the photographer entitled Pollination. We are sure its only a matter of time 'till we see his work on the pages of major fashion glossy, as well as some of the fresh modeling faces introduced in this story. Log on to enokae.com for the photographers already award winning portfolio, head over under the cut for more Pollination images:

*Images courtesy of Enokae

Supermodels for I-d Winter Issue

2009-11-18T20:00:00.001+01:00

Magazine: i-D

Issue: Winter 2009
Models: Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen and Claudia Schiffer
Editor: Pippa Vosper
Hair: Ed Moelands
Make up: Hung Vanngo
Photography by Kayt Jones
Website: www.i-dmagazine.com
Today models.com gave a premier of i-D magazines winter cover, where fashion photographer Kayt Jones snapped three legendary supermodels together. Eva, Helena and Claudia are represented by one management and all three are proof that even after two decades in the business models can still outshine a celeb on the cover, but bear in mind these girls are the supermodels.
*Image source | models.com

Blanco Winter Campaign by Hunter & Gatti

2009-11-18T19:00:00.001+01:00

Look Book: Blanco
Season: Winter 2010
Models: Julien Quevenne |VIEW men| and Marija Piskac |UNO bcn|
Make up & Hair Paco Garrigues
Photography by Hunter & Gatti
Website: www.blancoint.com
Hunter & Gatti who worked on BLANCO's recently featured Winter campaign, also delivered an exquisite same season look book staring top models Julien Quevenne and Marija Piskac. More from Blanco Winter 2010 look book after the jump:

*Images courtesy of Hunter & Gatti

DS Link Time: Natasa Vojnovic for Hockley and so much more...

2009-11-18T17:00:00.004+01:00

*Serbia-In - Natasa Vojnovic fronting the new Hockley London Fall Winter 2009.10 Campaign.

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*NY Mag The Cut - Marc Jacobs Only Goes to the CFDA Awards Because Anna Wintour Makes Him.
*Kanye West Blog - Oh Kanye Kanye we so knew you'll love this, Tribal by Herring & Herring at Kanyes blog.
*World of Architecture News - Nouvel inspects the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
*vmagazine.com - V Magazine launches COCO IN MOTION
*MMScene - Leandro Maeder is still around, new polaroids of Wilhelmina's supermodel

Pavilion 21 by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

2009-11-18T13:00:00.002+01:00

Project: Pavilion 21 MINI Opera Space
Designed by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
Location: Munich, Germany
Client:The Bavarian State Opera Munich, Germany
Floor Area: 560m2
Website: www.coop-himmelblau.at
The "Pavilion 21 MINI Opera Space" is a temporary mobile performance space for 300 visitors to be located on the Masterstallplatz in the City of Munich. It is intended to be used for a wide range of events at the annual Opera Festival 2010 and then to travel to other locations. More info and images after the jump:

The design goal of the pavilion is to impact a unique soundscape by helping to reduce the apparent noise to create a "zone of silence" next to the pavilion.
More info at COOP HIMMELB(L)AU.
Source | COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
Image | Armin Hess, ISOCHROM

Frauke Fischer for Qvest

2009-11-17T23:00:00.005+01:00

Magazine: Qvest
Editorial: Slave Me?
Hair & make-up: Jochen Pahs
Styled by Mody al Khufash |Optix|
Model: Anne Meister |M4 Models|
Photography by Frauke Fischer
Website: www.fraukefischer.com
It is always a treat when we get to see new work from Frauke Fischer, no exception this time, german fashion photographer sent us QVEST magazine editorial entitled "Slave Me?". Who's not a slave to the fashion nowadays? More previews of QVEST pictorial by Frauke under the cut:

*Images courtesy of Frauke Fischer

GTGan for Harper's Bazaar December 2009.

2009-11-17T22:00:00.002+01:00

Magazine: Harper's Bazaar Singapore

Published: December 2009.
Model: Liu Dan
Fashion direction by Kenneth Goh
Photographed by Gan
Website: www.gtgan.com
Photographer Gan sent us his latest work for Harper's Bazaar Singapore December 2009, together with fashion director Kenneth Goh, Gan delivered another brilliant cover story. We have to say this is one of the most effective December covers we have seen this season, simple and stunning, but still reminding us what the upcoming holiday month is all about. Tomorrow will give you the second part, exclusive preview of Harper's Bazaar December 2009 cover story photographed by Gan, stay tuned.
*Image courtesy of GTGan

The Portrait Boys by Ian Cole

2009-11-17T20:00:00.002+01:00

Editorial: The Portrait Boys

Photographer: Ian Cole
Stylist: Raph Hirsch
Grooming: Sandra Bermingham
Location: Grange City 5* Hotel, London Bridge
Models: Sam and Jan |D1 Models - London|
Website: www.iancole.org.uk
Photographer Ian Cole shared exclusively with Design Scene his recent shoot with Sam and Jan, two up and coming models from British D1 agency. Sam was part of Topmans advertising campaign, appeared in Dazed & Confused and various other fashion magazines. Ian gave a classic feel to this shoot with stylist Raph Hirsch, who chose Beyond Retro clothing for the portrait series, log on to beyondretro.com, for a very unique web page and more of their clothes. Complete The Portrait Boys story by Ian Cole is after the jump:

Ian Coles web portfolio is available at www.iancole.org.uk.
*Images courtesy of Ian Cole
+ more Ian Cole photography on Design Scene.

Library Lelystad by Aequo

2009-11-17T19:00:00.002+01:00

Project: FlevoMeer Library - Lelystad
Designed by Aequo
Location: Lelystad, Netherland
Website: aequo.nl
Library Lelystad is the first European Department Store of Knowledge. In the interior design by architecture agency Aequo, retail elements are taken from their usual context. This creates a new tension field, where temptation, inspiration, and encounters are central. More info and images after the jump:

Libraries remain the most used public amenities of the Netherlands. According to architect Aat Vos of Aequo, libraries comprise the last truly safe, publicly accessible place since the disappearance of community centres. In his opinion, the times call for a new library typology. A typology that is also visible in the interior design in Lelystad, described by Vos as follows: the library as ‘third place’ for the have-nots (the less fortunate in society), and as ‘compatible place‘ for the haves. In other words: the library must be able to compete with the places intended for those that are of means, such as department stores. Following from this, in Lelystad people can use the library’s different functions in a veritable shopping flow: public meeting point, silence centre, and book temple.

Project team Interior Library FlevoMeer, Lelystad establishment:
Aequo BV Architects Assen: Aat Vos, Niels van Veen, Farzad Salehi, Bernhard Klok, Suuz Vos, Fokko van der Veen
Artmiks imagebuilders Amsterdam: Paul Oram, Marco de Boer
Lighting design: Ansorg, Svend Eric Panjer, Ouderkerk a/d Amstel
Principal contractor interior: FJBV, Bussum
Book cases: PROOB, Huizen
Floating floors: Sika, Utrecht
Furniture coating: Leolac, Wanssum
Images Courtesy of Aequo

Baptiste for Chanel Paris Shanghai

2009-11-17T17:00:00.005+01:00

Chanel Paris Shanghai
Models: Baptiste Giabiconi |MEGA| + Unknown
Photography by Karl Lagerfeld
Website: www.chanel-paris-shanghai.com
With an increasing demand of luxury items in China, Parisian fashion house is opening its store in Shanghai. With the new Chanel boutique opening November 25th, luxury brand is promising their most refined boutique ever, honoring "the Paris of the East" with 480 m2 space presenting accessories, shoes, fashion apparel, jewelry and watch collections. To make it even more of a treat, Chanel Shanghai will offer a line of exclusive products, modeled here by Baptiste Giabiconi and his model friend in photos by Karl Lagerfeld. More of Chanel Shanghai exclusive products after the jump:

The Hard Rock by Oppenheim

2009-11-17T13:00:00.001+01:00

Project: The Hard Rock
Designed by Oppenheim in association with RTKL, Architect of Record
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Estimated time of completion: 2010
Scope: 2,700,000
Type: condominium hotel and casino project compromising 5 towers and 32 bungalows.
Website: www.oppenoffice.com
The Bungalows Residences Flats at the Hard Rock are conceived by Peter Morton,the visionary founder of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino as an opportuniy to bring high architecture to the aesthetic desert of Las Vegas. Our response to this grand proposition was to establish moments of sincerity derived from experiential impetus rather than archaic and irreverent symbolism. More info and images after the jump:

The powerful, minimalist, yet romantic architecture serves as a dramatic backdrop to the decadent and hedonistic Hard Rock Hotel,Vegas lifestyle. Spanning over 24 acres the expansion complex is comprised of divers components organized around the existing Hard Rock Hotel in a poetic response to both function and fantasy.

Tower One is conceived of as continuation of the serpentine form set forth by the existing hotel. The structure gracefully maximizes the openness of the central garden and pool area while establishing dynamic views of the surrounding context. Strip and Mountains. Maximizing the vastness of the garden/pool experience.

Tower Two was created as concise cylindrical volume diagonally on axis with the circular space of the existing Hard Rock Hotel Casino. The pure uni-directional form, unusual in its scale by Vegas terms, is polygonated and rotated in plan as it rises creating a hyper-dynamic tension at this transitional moment of the overall project. The Three luxury towers to the far West of the project are tall and thin crystalline in materiality. The facade of glass is a pure articulation of the internal unit composition expressing the unique arrangements of the sky homes. As flow-through units, running front to back, the building simultaneously orients towards the Vegas Strip and large central pleasure garden providing maximum viewing potential. The podium/base of Towers One/Two and the bungalows incorporates various commercial and service programs at strategic locations along its girth. Glass and ventilated metallic screens composed of various sized and angled elements express the extruded nature of the elevated landscape above in dynamic and sincere methodology allowing for the expression of individual components and clarity in way finding.

Beauty by Hunter & Gatti

2009-11-16T22:30:00.000+01:00

Magazine: View On Fashion
Photographed by Hunter & Gatti
Hair & Make up By Paco Garrigues (Talents)
Models: Taylor Warren |elite Barcelona| and Barbora S. |UNO bcn|
Website: www.viewonfashion.com
Seemingly simple but at the same time one of the hardest genre's to master is beauty photography, today we have an example of perfect execution, sent to us by photography creatives Hunter & Gatti. This beauty shoot has Giorgio Armani make-up as a special guest, and comes from online fashion magazine View On Fashion, which is updated daily in English, Italian and Spanish, check it out by logging on to viewonfashion.com. More previews of Hunter & Gatti beauty shoot after the jump:

*Images courtesy of Hunter & Gatti

Vladimir Ivanov for Contributing Editor

2009-11-16T22:00:00.001+01:00

Magazine: Contributing Editor

Editorial: Hollywood Babylon
Photographed by Greg Harris
Fashion Editor: Lester Garcia
Make-up: Manase Latu for Nars Cosmetics
Hair: Katsumi Matsuo
Casting: Kristina Kim
Fashion assistant: Lucy Cobbs & Chad Grant
Photo assistant: Sloan Laurits and Alex Olson
Model: Vladimir Ivanov |Wilhelmina|
Website: contributingeditor.blogspot.com
Photographed by Greg Harris, for one of the best menswear online magazines on the web, top model Vladimir Ivanov stars in Contributing Editor's Hollywood Babylon fashion story. Log on to Contributing Editors page to view the complete story.

Sushi-cat by Studio Goldfarb

2009-11-16T21:00:00.001+01:00

Sushi-cat
Designed by Luis and Cecilia Goldfarb
Website: www.studio-goldfarb.com.ar
Studio Goldfarb is a ceramic-graphic-miscellaneous design and production studio based in Argentina. More of their designs after the jump: