The BoomCase© by Mr. Simo
January 27, 2012 | posted in Design, Gadgets, Objects | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Mr. Simo makes incredible looking self powered portable stereo systems, built into suitcases… The system can be connected to any device, including iPod, using a simple headphone plug and runs on batteries, lasting over 9 hours. Each case is custom made to the users liking. Options include: iPod/USB charger, extra batteries, TV screens, custom paint,[...]
Erin Cone’s acrylic paintings
January 27, 2012 | posted in Art, Painting | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Very nice and simple acrylic paintings, based on her own image, by American painter Erin Cone. ‘I emphasize visual impact over narrative context, focusing on the subtle orchestration of my subject within a framework of design. I create a deliberate push-and-pull between near-photorealistic detail and my own vocabulary of visual glitches that challenge that very[...]
‘Naomi is a Lady!’ (and a Warrior)
January 27, 2012 | posted in Nudity, Photography | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Love these pics of perpetual beauty Naomi Campbell by Italian fashion photographer Giampaolo Squra for Hercules magazine. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tweet
Normann Copenhagen ‘Bunny Chair’
January 24, 2012 | posted in Design, Furniture | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Love this modern interpretation of the classic ‘ear chair’ by Copenhagen-based design studio Iskos-Berlin (Aleksej Iskos and Boris Berlin) for Danish furniture manufacturer Normann Copenhagen. You can buy it here, for only $4,000 USD. Tweet
William Hundley ‘w/ cheeseburgers’
January 20, 2012 | posted in Art, Installations, Photography | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
More works by William Hundley, who’s taking a more absurdist approach for these works. In this series called ‘w/ cheeseburgers’, there’s a skateboard on cheeseburgers, a television-set on cheeseburgers, a chihuahua on cheeseburgers, a painting on cheeseburgers, a stereo on cheeseburgers, a flat-iron on cheeseburgers, and many more things on cheeseburgers. Visit his website for more things[...]
Heidi Voet ‘Fruit & Vegetables’
January 20, 2012 | posted in Art, Nudity, Photography | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Lovely series of photos by Belgian photographer Heidi Voet, for which she combined images of naked women taken from Chinese magazines with ehhh vegetables. The fresh vegetables visually complete the young bodies, highlighting consumption and each other’s limited preservability. Very nice, just like her other works. _ _ _ Tweet
Chloe Sevigny ‘The Transformer’
January 19, 2012 | posted in Fashion, Photography | by Ilja Keizer | 1 Comment
Loving these new pics of American film actress, fashion designer and former model and it-girl Chloe Sevigny made by Craig McDean for the Febryari issue of Interview Magazine. Inspiration was taken from her new lead role as a transgender in new drama Hit And Miss. Chloe wears Calvin Klein, Celine, Yves Saint Laurent and Maison Martin Margiela. _[...]
‘Flesh Love’ Couples packed in plastic
January 19, 2012 | posted in Photography | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
In Tokyo-based photographer Hal‘s ‘Flesh Love’ series, Japanese couples are sealed in plastic to create a vacuum-sealed pack of love. The works capture the lovers’ strange and tight plastic bond, in which they are so entwined together they seem to transform into one single being. Awkward but ever so typical Japanese. The works are available as[...]
9 Februari opent in het Amsterdam Museum de expo ‘Out @ Home‘ door Robin de Puy, een van Nederlands beste en hardstwerkende fotografen van het moment, die onlangs ook een mooie inspirerende guest-post voor ons magazine maakte. Voor de serie fotografeerde ze, op uitnodiging van het ’5 Days Off’ festival’, feestjes in eigen huis: thuisfeestjes van[...]
Dutch online magazine Smile In Your Face is looking for artists, bloggers and writers to contribute exciting and original content to our rapidly growing website. We’re particularly looking for people who want to contribute articles in the fields of arts, music and fashion as well as talented journalists who are good at writing interviews. How[...]
Op 9 februari organiseren Dadara en Total in Support het Art as Money Festival in Trouw Amsterdam. Een festival wat ingaat op de vraag, wat de waarde van kunst en geld is anno 2012, waar op inspirerende en educatieve wijze de werelden van kunst en geld dichter bij elkaar worden gebracht en deze haat-liefde verhouding[...]
In samenwerking met PUP Amsterdam, een creatief collectief dat een platform biedt aan de creatieven en artiesten van de toekomst, en daarnaast allerlei andere interessante activiteiten initieert, doen we interviews met talenten die op het punt staan om de wereld te veroveren. In deze derde aflevering: Chaotic Bastards! Wat doen jullie? Wij zijn een groep van[...]
Every Sunday, we present a list of music videos that we like, mostly new ones, in combination with the occasional still relevant classics of the past…. This week there’s videos by Modeselektor, Austra, Memory Tapes, Iggy Azalea, Meg Myers and Yasmin ft Shy FX & Ms Dynamite. Modeselektor feat. Otto von Schirach: Evil Twin Austra: Spellwork[...]
Make face Weary eyes Bedroom eyes Look to the side of the look inside Can’t seem to shake the gaze at my own face I’m so in love Do you see what I see All those imperfections in close up close to my reflections Just a skin away The layer around my obsessions Do you[...]
‘Sleeping Beauties’ is a series by Nouch, showing portraits of sleeping people that she finds on her travels. Website: http://www.nouch.com/ Tweet
‘Boys-will-be-Girls / Girls-will-be-Boys’ is a new series by the talented Lotte Bruning, a photographer who loves dark and deep shadows, confusion, fragility, pureness, abstract forms, women, flowing lines, minimal, smooth colors, casualness, nonchalance, toning, sexy-ness, alienation, shyness, cinematic scenes, toughness. She has a creative eye and understands the balance of composition, light, posture and details in[...]
Noorderslag always is the first music festival in the Netherlands of the year. The place to be if you want to be up- to-date with what’s going on in the Dutch/European music industry. Business-wise but also upcoming artist wise. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna talk business i’ll just let you know which artists I’ll be[...]
Every Sunday, we present a list of music videos that we like, mostly new ones, in combination with the occasional still relevant classics of the past…. This week there’s videos by Air, Iggy Azalea, Skream, Scissor Sisters feat. Azealia Banks, Youth Lagoon, Woods and Noah Wall. Air: Sonic Armanda Iggy Azalea: My World Skream: Nefariousa Scissor[...]