As a follow on from the Hackney Hear app we posted a couple of weeks back, the same organisers have teamed up with The Guardian to widen the scope of the project to cover other areas of London. They have developed a phone app aiming to add rich context to sight-seeing in the city. Using GPS technology, audio segments ... [Read more]

In a year when everything book related seems to been going on screen and with a christmas just gone where every second gift was a kindle. One London based publisher rolls back the years specializing in the disappearing craft of hand made bookmaking. In the all but industrialized market Slighty Foxed publishers are thriving delivering maximum runs of 2000 per edition. The hands on ... [Read more]

This video is a lovely story about an architect who becomes a bespoke bike-maker. Joe Nocella first dabbled in the building process to replace a stolen bicycle since then two wheeled design and manufacture has organically grown into his primary job. In his day to day he draws on his architecture training by involving his bike clients in the whole design process picking shape, size and fixtures even building the final product. In doing so creating a unique experience and most importantly a very personal vehicle tailored to suit the cyclists every need.... [Read more]

A lovely rework of the classic Scrabble game but with luxury and typography in mind. The board is made of solid walnut consisting of six magnetized cork lined pieces all housed in a birch exterior carry case. There is an option of your favourite font or a choice of a mixed bag. Created by designer Andrew Clifford Capener as a personal project the A1 Scrabble set has now gone into production so you can buy me my very own one.... [Read more]

With the lovely summery weather yesterday it seemed fitting to post something today with a similar atmosphere. Bear With Me is a short skate film for Sitka by Alex Viau & Ben Gulliver. It depicts five skateboarders on a road trip from Vancouver to Los Angeles . For skate fans the piece stars Ben Knight , Colin Nogue, Fabian Merino, Luke Gonis & Matt Gravel, for non skate fans the... [Read more]

I don't know quite what to say about these photographs other than they are very striking. To see these glistening body builders in a relaxed non competition mode makes for some intriguing portraiture. It's rare in daily life we see women quite so built up adding this to the simple background and dazzling focus creates a most surreal scroll from face to body. The photographer's name is Martin Schoeller he's based in NYC and the series is called "Female Body Builder"... [Read more]

The famous ceiling of Rome's Sistine Chapel took poor Michelangelo just over four years to complete nearly blinding him in the process. One could easily spend 4 days trying to take in the results. See every minute detail of his efforts here from the comfort of your chair via this slick virtual tour.... [Read more]

Straight outta Compton and left field Snoop Dogg releases a discoey / deep house DJ mix. Lovingly described as "World Music" the LA legend shows a healthy respect for european releases featuring tracks from Clone records not to mention the 6th Borough Project even Crazy P all despite naming it a "Dj Snoopadelic's World Mixx Euro Tekno Shit". Snoop has been booked to headline this years Bloc Festival alongside Steve Reich, [Read more]

Anyone who is familiar with watching video online will have experienced glitchy stutters here and there. VLC player springs to mind spitting out kaleidoscopic squares and colours just when you need it least. The complicated world of video CODECs has riled many a Videographer. Mark Gilligan, Brian O'Tuama and Donovan Delaney however, have turned this problem into a very impressive solution using said glitchy effects in their arsenal to create a mesmerizing video ... [Read more]

Commuters across London may have noticed that bus shelters on their daily route have been upgraded. Bus-Tops is a new public art installation which allows anyone in the world create artwork for 30 red and black LED screens which have been installed on bus shelter roofs across the city. The screens will remain in place until the end of the Paralympic Games in September 2012 so why not create an artwork on your way home and view it on the way to work tomorrow.... [Read more]