Those guys on The Sartorialist aren’t even trying. Check out ‘What Ali Wore‘, an affectionate record of what Ali, an 83 year old tailor who lives in Berlin, wears every day. Australian waitress, Zoe Pawton, 29, started to look forward to seeing the outfits of the immaculately dressed man who passed her cafe at 9am every morning. Eventually she asked if she could take his photo and the Tumblr blog,
Did Sir Norman Foster get as much pleasure from designing The Gherkin as architect Robin Baker did from designing Birks Cinema in Aberfeldy? It seems unlikely. ‘It’s been such a privilege to work on this project and now that it’s finished it will feel like a bereavement. For the past 18 months it’s been my life.’ But Robin, who lives in Aberfeldy, will soon be able to watch movies at
Molly Erdman reveals the true silliness of the over-decorated interiors styled for magazines and catalogues by writing funny captions and featuring them in her blog Catalog Living. ‘Who actually lives that way?’ was the question asked by Erdman when she was pushed too far by a photo depicting a plate of figs placed under a table. As well as captioning the photographs she created Gary and Elaine, a well-heeled and
You may, like me, have to force yourself to keep calm whenever you see this overworked wartime mantra, particularly in its many bastardised forms, but this is a sweet little film about the origins of the original poster and the lovely looking bookshop where it was found and brought back, spectacularly, to life…
At the end of last year the National Library of Scotland ran a competition asking people to Scotify famous lines from the movies. Over 2000 entries were received – one smart alec even Scotified a line from Braveheart. ‘Corpse Bridie’ is a favourite but maybe that’s just a fondness for bridies. Here’s a selection but there are more on the Library’s facebook page. Famous songs next?
Ok so I’ve become even more of a dog-sentimentalist since I found out that the beloved Abby needs a hip replacement, but these beautifully painted portraits – posted daily on Facebook by artist Sally Muir – must surely bring a ray of pleasure to even the grimmest of mornings. Muir’s Dog A Day project began on 19 February and will run for a year. The paintings are for sale with
Detroit is a city built for 2 million people. Less than a third of that number lives there now. Houses, public buildings, churches and schools stand empty and are crumbling into dust. Detroiturbex chronicles the unique experience of this once great American city including these ‘then and now’ images of Cass Tech – once a thriving focus of inner city education, now a picture of utter dereliction. Images of school days
These days beards are ever so fashionable but will we ever be able to say the same of moustaches? We had Movember when celebrities and ordinary blokes wore a moustache for the month of November to raise awareness and money for testicular cancer. The morning of the 30th saw all these moustaches swiftly removed. May be there just aren’t any role models – when was the last hero with a
Switcheroo is an interesting project by Canadian photographer, Hana Pesut. She asks couples around the world to swop clothes so that she can take a picture. A few things emerge that you might have known already. Couples who care about clothes invariably dress the same; opposites don’t attract. She’s chosen the backdrops well – making the most suburban scenes look pretty or interesting and the couples look very compatible judging by
How wonderful would it be to travel the world in one’s own house? Floating from place to place like the old man in Up without leaving the comfort of home behind. It’s not so whimsical a thought behind these images by photographer Laurent Chehere however. His aim is to pick out overlooked architecture and domiciles in his native Paris and literally elevate them for our attention. The complex, photoshopped collages