MUSE was an activist group founded in 1979 by Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, and John Hall of Orleans. A group of artists and musicians working together for a non-nuclear future, MUSE was formed shortly following the Three Mile Island nuclear accident of March 1979. MUSE performed a series of five « No Nukes » concerts held at Madison Square Garden in New York in September 1979.
via Purple Diary
See concert video here.
Dario Pegoretti handmakes bespoke bicycles in Italy since 1977, better than anyone else. Some of his frames have run the Tour the France and of course the Italian Giro. They are known for their perfect welds and amazing colors –and maybe their funny names : Big Leg Emma, Day Is Done, Love #3, Mxxxxxo, Responsorium, among others–. You can order a bike with your custom body measurements, and have it painted with the graphics of your choice. I want one.
www.pegoretticicli.com
You also can see a short video here.
Camille Cortet is a french designer based in Amsterdam. When it comes to fashion, she gets inspired mostly by nature to create avant-garde outfits like these snake-skin leggings.
She also designs clever pieces of furniture, like this awesome sink, as a manifesto to save water :
« Water flows, escapes, leaks and disappears.We use water everyday, the amount of used water varies with the use and the awareness of each user. Slow water is an exploration into the experience of water use in daily life.
The sink is made out of concrete. The surface is nearly flat and waxed, the water flows down in the tiny hole in the center.
With a slow flow the water falls down quietly. Drops appear on the waxed surface, they fall slowly and disappear. If the flow is too intense, water overflows and is absorbed by the concrete on the sides. The tracks of water are appearing and marking the sink. Slow water tends to change the user habits by showing the beauty of water drops and slowness. »
Recycling, Vintage, and DIY are sustainable, stylish, and fun.
GLAMOURDEATHTRANSFORMATION. Song : IMPERIALS by Ratatat (from NYC, with love).
Direction by Silja Magg (photographer) and Masha Orlov (stylist), that’s her on the video. She succefully mixes amazing new and vintage clothes and accessories.
19 octobre 2010 : ce blog fête sa première année.
Un an, 5000 visites/mois, plus de 130 posts et toujours huit contributeurs.
★LOVE★
October 19th, 2010.
One year, 5000 connections/month, more than 130 posts, by 8 contributors.
Thank you all for your support.
She could be the heroin of a Hemingway novel. Beautiful Barbara Veiga has actually been a nature defender since her childhood in Brazil. She now travels all around the world to take pictures of eco activists like those on board of the Sea Shepherd. She’s quite an adventurer, facing risky situations, while approaching huge mammals in antarctic or taking part to the fights against Whalers. Thrilling.
But when she speaks about these expeditions the light in her eyes makes you want to pack and join the trip right away, believe me !
Here’s a selection of her beautiful pictures. You probably will be able to recorgnise Paul Watson, one of the founders of GreenPeace. You also might recorgnise Paul Watson in this fabulous episode of South Park entitled « Whale Whores » -this is the french version, I couldn’t connect to the american version-. It’s still hilarious.
Barabara liked the video as well, she speaks french -besides portuguese, spanish and english-, by the way. What a girl.
Wildlife is in danger, let’s protect it and spread the information. Whales, dolphins, turtles need our help, and these « lopettes végétariennes incompétentes » from the Sea Shepherd need our support !
Click here to see more of Barbara’s pictures on her flick’r.
Water & Oil by Steven Meisel / Kristen McMenamy / Vogue Italy / September 2010 issue
