Rosalind Keep : Trompe L’Oeil Collection

I always liked Trompe L’Oeil concepts, and this one from London College of Fashion undergraduate designer Rosalind Keep gives a breath of fresh air from what we are seeing in fashion. The Trompe L’Oeil collection for the Oasis Designer ...

InsideyourSearch [Interactive Ad]

Google, the world’s largest search engine reveals secret to its success ! An interesting interactive ad (for Weetabix) really well thought. www.InsideyourSearch.com

FrankenFashion Video

Alex Turvey contacted us to feature his beautiful and visual video exclusively commissioned by Dazed & Confused and featured as part of onedotzero and Dazed’s Fashion in Film program – Frankenfashion is being screened alongside the works of Chris ...

Un-IKEA: Custom Furniture by Wiyono Sutjipto

IKEA Gone Insane! Wiyono Sutjipto is a genius ! Seriously who would have think outside of the box regarding IKEA furniture ?! Making something new, different, strange or personal from the standardized, uniform, modular parts that come when you buy ...

Advertising Mash-up by Philippe Deliere

We introduced to the ingenious guerrilla art of Philippe Deliere aka Poster Boy exactly one year ago today (pure coincidence – see article here). How appropriate to praise his newer work today. Here is a compilation of collages created by ...

Hanes “No Scratchy Labels” Campaign

This brilliantly executed campaign for the “No Scratchy Label” concept of Hanes is so simple and so effective. Unfortunately I am unable to locate the agency that produced this but stay tuned in the comments to see who it is.

Hairstylist : Holli Smith

I have selected a range of work from the meticulous hands of New York based hairstylist Holli Smith. Her portfolio exhibits a great range of form and fluidity while portraying strong iconic looks. To see her full portfolio visit Community ...

Song of the Day : [11/18]

Land of Giants : Cannibal Dolls This is the sound that a ton of contemporary bands are trying to emulate. And if they did it this successfully, I’d fully support them.  As it is, “Cannibal Dolls” was the a-side on ...

More of Connie Lim’s Fashion Playing Cards Series…

Continuing with the development of the Fashion Playing Cards series Connie Lim has delivered the next four illustrations of the series, completing a total of 14 cards. To see the full collection so far and follow what to come click ...

GAS’D – “Met Her On Thursday”

Much like watching an indie film at Cannes or Sundance, this picturesque dream-like sequence of images brings you into the moment; their moment. An overwhelming feeling of love met, love chased, and love missed leaves a permanent imprint in one’s ...

Art School Confidential : Stine Ladefoged

Recent graduate of The Danish Design School MA program, Stine Ladefoged has shared with Trendland the process for creating her graduating collection as well as the inspiration and philosophy behind it. “In my final MA project, called ”Narcissism is Calling”, ...

Song of the Day: [11/17]

Your Twenties: Folks Back Home Your Twenties is a band from London that blend a curious mix of upbeat, keys-driven alt pop and west coast-styled rock fusion. The frontman of the band is former member of Metronomy but broke away and ...

CTRL SS10 LOOKBOOK

CyanaTrendLand [via Alaia Izabela] provides the first internet leak of CTRL’s SS10 collection. The lookbook is incredibly large [at around 112 pages, no joke] but the colors, styling, photography, and models keep you hungrily flipping right through to the very end. Abundant are subtle acid ...

Ivan Puig Art

Spanish born artist Ivan Puig likes the mix of contradictions told in a way of poetry, where he takes simple objects and ideas and applies a level of cerebral complexity that defines his art. I love the sinking car, I ...

Richard Phillips Artwork

American Photorealist painter Richard Phillips lives and works in New York. He is known for his large-scale glossy hyper-realistic paintings, recalling the pictorial style of magazines from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and reflecting traditions of popular image. His latest collaborations ...

Luxury Packaging by Betc Design

Known for the beautiful packaging of  the Louboutin and Piper Collaboration, the French design group Betc Design have an incredible selection of luxury packaging design : From Louis Vuitton, Jean-Paul Gaultier or Viktor & Rolf, I have yet to see ...

Sebastian Jansson’s Geometric Furniture Design

Finnish furniture designer Sebastian Jansson have some interesting pieces in his portfolio, especially those really cool  ‘Habitus‘ Stools : Inspired by the coffee leafs, those geometric shape stools, looks great and seems really comfortable ( see video interview below) —The stool ...

Oliver Stalmans Photography

At only 21 years old the fashion photography of Oliver Stalmans is pretty stunning ! Living between France and Denmark, Olivier have a bright future ahead of him

Amose Illustrations

Take Giacometti Sculptures, add it a little dose of Kandinsky paintings and mix it with some street art influence, you will get the amazing illustrations / paintings of French artist Amose – His unique style is so refined, i ...

Ikea Delivery Ad Campaign

What an excellent campaign idea by the DDB Berlin for the latest Ikea Delivery Campaign ! Announcing their free delivery service, I wish the delivery could arrive like that rather than build everything… When you think about it, this type of ...

Basement Jaxx: ‘My Turn’ New Music Video

Here is the new music video of Basement Jaxx featuring Lightspeed Champion. Directed by talented  Tomek Ducki for their new single  ” My Turn” from their new Album Scars. A really cool song and a great video, bringing you happiness and ...

SONG OF THE DAY : [11/13]

Major Lazer : Pon De Floor Pon De Floor is hands down one of the catchiest beats of 2009. It is neither a surprise to see your friends blast this song in the car to get them into party mood en route to the ...

Julien Pacaud Vintage Mix-Media Illustrations

How amazing is the vintage inspired mix-media illustrations of French ‘Time-traveler‘ Julien Pacaud !! A mix of 50s, space travel, René Magritte and other, a great style of collages/illustrations… Represented in the US by Colagene, illustration clinic and in Europe, by ...

Ray-Ban Colorize Campaign

For the release of their iconic frames in a rainbow of colors Ray Ban – Thomas Rusch shot a modern Pop Art interpretation of an Andy Warhol style for the new Ray-Ban Colorize campaign. Directed by the creative mind of ...

Identity Design by Soulseven

Soulseven is the creative studio of Minneapolis based designer Sam Soulek. I like his ‘Modern Retro’ style a lot – clean and simple

L’Officiel Magazine – Full Archives

Being able to see the evolution of Fashion, Layout Design, Illustrations and Advertising is always a huge source of inspiration for everyone like us who are working in the Creative Industries - I just Stumble on the FULL Archive of ...

Restaurant Design: GERMAIN by India Mahdavi

Iranian architect India Mahdavi designed the new restaurant/ Café  “Germain” in Paris – a great 70s old school bistro/diner style – Opened by French Entrepreneur Thierry Costes, the two story restaurant/lounge, is split in two by the massive, yellow sculpture ...

Schilder & Korintenberg Photography

Schilder & Korintenberg were born and raised in Germany and both studied Visual Communications at the University of Applied Sciences of Aachen. They had many years of success collaborating together as a team in the Advertising Industry before they ...

Dior Backstage Video

A beautiful backstage video for the latest Dior runway in Paris – Produced by ‘ Les PCPA ‘

Guy Aroch Photography

Guy Aroch moved from Israel to NYC in 1990 to become a professional photographer. And we can say that he made it ! Working with Vogue, Bazaar, NY times, Dazed and GQ amongst others, his portfolio is pretty impressive (and ...

Song of the Day : [11/10]

Camille Yarbrough : Take Yo’ Praise Camille Yarbrough is best known as the voice featured on Fatboy Slim’s rock-your-socks-off hit, “Praise You.” Her sexy, sassy self was originally recorded in 1975 on her first and last album, “The Iron Pot Cooker.” ...

Shopping Guide : Accessory Report

Top left: Oscar De La Renta Gold-tone loop earrings $335, Alexander McQueen Silver Knuckle Duster $550, 3.1 Phillip Lim Accordion pleated necklace $225,Vivienne Westwood Mourning Mother of Pearl earrings $140, Timex80 Digital gold-tone watch $60, KM Rii black Torpedo bag ...

BDDW: Handmade American Furniture

The BDDW showroom in SoHo carries unique hand crafted furniture. Qualities such as focus on material, close attention to detail and a clean design have propelled designer and sculptor Tyler Hays to the forefront of his field.

Song of the Day : [11/09]

Gray Kid: Lonely Love The first time I saw the Gray Kid perform many years ago on Valentine’s Day at Spaceland in Silverlake, CA, I fell in love. His one-man-band, wacky beats and off tempo dance moves come together in a ...

A Spring in New York by Fred Lebain

A Spring in New York by Fred Lebain is an interesting project where Lebian photographs different locations in the city, then prints a crop of each scene, and goes back to each locations to re-shoot them aligning his print with ...

Rent the Runway : Fashion at Your Doorstep

Recent Harvard Business School graduates Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss put their brains to work in favor of their love for fashion and after numerous business plans came up with the strategy for Rent the Runway, a concept that ...

Eika Dopludo Illustrations

I discovered the illustrations of Russian based Eika Dopludo while reading Hair’em Scare’em book - She has some wonderful hair illustrations and her ‘Life in Alphabet’ is a pretty amazing project of representing type using organic inspirations. Be sure to check ...

Hope Von Joel

Hope Von Joel is a London based Stylist/Creative Director. She is a Fashion Knitwear Graduate from Central St Martins, London. With Clients ranging from Nylon, Oyster, Dansk, Arena and Vogue she has worked with photographers Jason Bell, Yaniv Edry, Victor ...

Screw Me Light by Jonathan Rowell

Beautifully designed, this simple Screw Me Lamp by Jonathan Rowell will probably fit really well into your modern house or office. His mojo is ” Creating movable objects of beauty that make a home, office or space more suitable for ...

The Luxury Dream by Candy & Candy London

Candy & Candy is a London based luxury firm, own by two brother: Nick and Christian Candy. Predominantly working on international private commissions, specializing in houses, yachts and jets, the Candy brothers have impeccable tastes! A mix between, art, interior design ...

Advertising Photographers of America Photo Competition Winners Round-Up

Grand Prize Winner : Ross Andersson Advertising Photographers of America holds a photo competition every year to recognize the commercial talent of photographers in different industries. APA is a great resource for anyone looking to book photographers for advertising and other ...

Amusement Magazine Issue #6

A little while ago we reviewed the Soft-Porn Pixxxel editorial from the beautiful and well designed French magazine Amusement - Take Vogue and dip it into a nerd soup and you will have Amusement Magazine – Or you can  imagine ...

Aeriel Payne : Edgy Makeup and Hair

Have a look at some works I have selected from the talented makeup and hair portfolio of Aeriel Payne. She was one of this years North American Hairstyling Awards finalists and is a great source of inspiration for beauty concepts.

Hair’em Scare’em – Book Review

Cutting-edge Publisher and Creative Agency, Gestalten just launch a new amazing book about hair !  Hair’em Scare’em presents an extraordinary exploration through the fascinating beauty and inventive possibilities of hair as a medium for artistic expression in fashion, contemporary art ...

Shopping Guide: Urban Prima Donna

From left to right (click on Link to buy): Alexander McQueen Knuckle Duster Clutch, Burberry Argyle-print wool-blend Snood, 3.1 Phillip Lim Rhinestone Print Tank and Proenza Schouler Leather platform ankle boots. Eugenia Kim Maxine Rabbit Fedora Hat, Proenza Schouler Jacket, ...