LITTLE WHITE LIES: Life Acquatic Print

With the opening of the Hackney Picture House on Mare street in east London, Little White Lies have produced a series of inspirational  portraits of their silver screen heros. The perfect blue and the perfect red captures the cinematic tale of Bill Murray as Steve Zissou.

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BAGGU: Bags

I really like these simple canvas bags, made to a great quality that are multi-functional. They come in a range of colours and are really well priced at $20-$40 USD. I really like the mustard DUCK tote.

HOW TO: Project

A simple graphic design exercise in the form of posters and t-shirts. The exercise uses typography to run through everyday processes in a simple, effective manner each with a little character all for a reasonable £10. For pictures of How To: Survive A Festival, How To: Tie A Tie and How To click below:

LN-CC COMPETITION: Flights + Hotels + £15,000

LN-CC is a short hop, skip and roll down the street on Shakelwell Lane and they probably have the most amazing shop fitting I've ever seen. Not to mention a tidy little sound system out the back and friendly staff up front!!! LN-CC are currently running a competition that consists of flights for you and a friend to come and visit London in a boutique hotel and spend £15,000 at their shop that stocks  ANN DEMEULEMEESTER, COMME DES GARCONS, DAMIR DOMA, DRIES VAN NOTEN, HOBO, ISSEY MIYAKE, JIL SANDER, MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, MR.HARE, NIGEL CABOURN, NONNATIVE, RAF SIMONS, RICK OWENS, UNUSED, WACKO MARIA & YOHJI YAMAMOTO. All you have to do is follow the link below and enter some details. I'm sure you don't have to spend it all at once but if you win and are struggling to spend the money feel free to send the Issaz Retina Weekend Bag my way. You are able to visit the store by appointment only (it is a pleasant experience) or you can order online.

Enter Via LN-CC

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BANKSY: Tesco Petrol Bomb

The Bristol Anarchist Bookfair was contacted on Tuesday by Banksy’s associates advising that he has produced a poster to be exclusively sold at the Bookfair - as a fundraiser. The poster will only be available in Bristol as part of the Bookfair for £5, with the following statement: “After the recent Tesco riots in Bristol Banksy has produced this fine commemorative souvenir poster. It’s available exclusively from Bristol’s Anarchist Bookfair this coming Saturday. All proceeds go to the Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft and associates.”


Via PIctures On Walls

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GRIND: Berlusconi T-shirt

Grind London continue their tongue-in-cheek politically motivated t-shirts. Following on from their Thatcher release is the Silvio Berlusconi t-shirt entitled Cosa Nostra, for you that don't know this commonly translates in to mafia. Very apt indeed, if you have the time check out their other print t-shirts.


Available from Grind Online
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IPHONE 4: White Edition

Finally the Iphone 4 is available in white from Apple tomorrow, April 28th via Apple and Carphone Warehouse.

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UNOUOMEDUDE: Frequency

Unouomedude is known for putting out a fantastic EP last year entitaled Marsh, and has now released the follow up single Frequency I & II. You can file Unouomedude next to No Age, Wavves and Dinosaur Jr. Listen to the single below or download the Marsh EP via Bandcamp (name your price).

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Download via Bandcamp
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PAPA JOHNS: Kate & Will Pizza

The long weekend is upon us in a few days and not too long after that there is another long weekend thanks to the royal wedding. Hell, its so close you can taste it....literally... If you have ever had the (dis)pleasure of sampling a Papa John's pizza you will well know that it is far from fine dining. Now it will not only be tasteless but also unsavoury,  available in Britain only for £500!

Via UPI
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RECORD STORE DAY: Saturday 16th April

Its the  annual Record Store Day tomorrow, the celebration of independent record stores has grown in stature since its origins in 2007. There is a huge amount of special vinyl editions being issued by record labels to mark the event in 2011 with more and more record shops participating. If you're in London I'll be heading down to Rough Trade East or The Vinyl Factory to try and pick up the Joy Division / New Order 12" for Ceremony / In A Lonely Place. Below are a list of other release I think are worth keeping an eye out for or check the link for full list.

FOUR BOOKS: I'd like to read

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JASPER MORRISON: Online Shop

Jasper Morrison has an amazing portfolio when it comes to product design and continuing from his successful Shoreditch pop-up store he has opened an online shop with a wide selection of everyday household items. All products selected fit in to his clean fit-for-purpose ethos, even the website is simple straight forward and practical yet elegant. Visit the online shop to check out more home wares.

USB: Mixtape

The clever people of SUCK have created a solution to all of your modern day mixtape problems. Rather than sending it by dropbox only to have the order of the mix completely shuffled or burning it on to a boring CD, a mixTAPE has something sentimental about it. I like making them and people like receiving them in tape format. Make a mixtape its fun (again). Six different styles to choose from.

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ASOS: It's Nice That Limited Edition Shirts

Even though the actual graphics on the T-shirts are nothing that overwhelming, as usual It's Nice That add something a little extra to your everyday internet visual by releasing this animated t-shirt catalogue.


Via It's Nice That
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VANS X TAKA HAYASHI: Derby

From the Vans Vault and Taka Hayashi releasing the Derby TH LX. this month.  The Derby TH LX will be dropping in grey suede at Vans Vault retailers in the coming weeks. There's a Van's Vault on Carnaby Street!


Via Hypebeast
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NIKE X COLETTE: The Take Away Project

The French Football away kit was released by Nike just a few weeks ago, with that Colette have released a collaboration to further promote the new kit. Good news for me, there are more blue and white stripes than you can poke a stick at! More from the series below:

JACK KEROUAC: Luggage Tags

Penguin books have been branching out to mugs and bags and what not, now they have also included luggage tags. Nice simple, classic Penguin design - On The Road by Jack Kerouac was a book given to me when I was 18 and about to travel probably one of the best presents ever.

Via Selectism
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DITTO: Iphone App

Basically, it's better than foursquare and facebook locations because you can actually plan things for the future and where to meet friends rather than just finding out where they are. The point of the app is to know what you’re friends are up to and you can organise a quick drink or dinner in the nearest place. It could also be used to round up the common recommendations given by your friends based on their experiences to the place that you’re planning to visit. Download it now.

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SONIC YOUTH: Auction For Japan

Two rare Sonic Youth Posters and a pair of custom Sonic Youth Vans sneakers from the Dirty LP are up for auction here. 100% of the funds from this auction will benefit ShelterboxUSA.org to provide immediate shelter and necessities to the homeless tsunami and earthquake victims in Japan. The poster is for KOOL THING and the Vans have blue GOO laces. NICE. Check out the bid on Ebay here.

Via Sonic Youth News

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STANLEY: Hip Flask

A simple, durable design that has been around for a long time. Stanley have been making the same hip flask forever and simply there is no need to change is amazing design. A brand you can trust since 1913 and you can pick one up for £15 from Amazon, more pictures below.