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ART VINYL’S SHORTLIST OF 2016′S BEST ARTWORK

Blackstar, David Bowie

Human Performance, Parquet Courts

Free Town Sound, Blood Orange

Woman, Justice

Nothing’s Real, Shura

All Your Happy Life, The Wytches

The End of Comedy, DrugDealer

The Colour in Anything, James Blake

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STRANGER THAN FICTION

Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard, two of the pre-teen starts of Netflix original ‘Stranger Things’ (and my future best friends, hopefully) feature on this month’s cover of Dazed’s winter issue!

Photographed by Collier Schorrand and styled by Robbie Spencer, Dazed wanted the shoot to remain youth-focused and simple, with subtle references to the show through small hand-written elements and collaging.

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Zaha Hadid’s 2017 BRIT Award statue revealed!

The design for the statues awarded to the winners of the 2017 Brit Awards has been unveiled - the five trophies were designed by the architect Zaha Hadid who sadly died this year...NOT Gigi Hadid, like I originally heard. Gloop!

Hadid is the seventh designer to have redesigned the Brit trophy following the likes of Vivienne Westwood (2011), Sir Peter Blake (2012), Damien Hirst (2013), Philip Treacy (2014) and Pam Hogg (2015).

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COME TOGETHER

THANK YOU Wes Anderson for making 2016 just a little bit better. The four-minute ad, staring Adrien Brody, is meant to be promoting the high street retailer’s Christmas 2016 collection, but it is basically just a homage to the creative genius of Anderson.

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KRISTEN STEWART x ROLLING STONES

Oh Kristen. You’ve come such a long way from those awkward teen years in Panic Room.

The Rolling Stones released their new video for their Eddie Taylor cover ‘Ride Em On Down’ and wooowie, is it a good one! Kristen features taking a joyride around LA in '65 Mustang, and the action is so mesmerizing that the song itself feels incidental to the shots.

The track is lifted from the Stones’ new album of blues covers, ‘Blue & Lonesome’, out today (December 2).

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H&M’s ‘SHE’S A LADY’ ADVERT

Soundtracked by Lion Babe's cover of Tom Jones' classically misogynist song "She's a Lady",H&M's new ad redefines society's traditional image of a woman, celebrating femininity in all its forms.

The ad includes actress Lauren Hutton, model Adwoa Aboah, trans actress Hari Nef, Design Army's chief creative officer Pum Lefebvre, and Lion Babe's Jillian Hervey, all of whom are "entertaining, opinionated, off-beat and fearless. Bad-ass, independent and free-willed."

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OXFAM CHRISTMAS CARDS 2016

Did you know it’s only 100 sleeps until Christmas? Where did the time go?! So many days wasted... Anyway! Oxfam have collaborated with six leading artists including Grayson Perry, Adam Dant, and Bob and Roberta Smith to inject some festive creativity into Christmas cards. Take a look below, and pick your favourite!

Grayson Perry

Bob and Roberta Smith

Raquib Shaw

Adam Dant

Michael Craig Martin

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THE WHITE STRIPES’ CITY LIGHTS VIDEO

Michel Gondry has directed the video for White Stripes’ new single City Lights. Filmed entirely in front of a steamed-up pane of glass, an unidentified character draws a series of images accompanying the band’s lyrics.

I’m all for drawing in the bathroom mirror, but for five minutes?? Surely that character is going to be late for work?!

#the white stripes #michel gondry #music video

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ART VS. FASHION

Fashion has fueled creatives for decades, giving designers inspiration for their craft. The rise of popularity with DIY collage has enabled designers such as Kalen Hollomon, Davide Bedone, and Ava Nirui to combine fashion with classic art in an interesting way. Here’s a few of their looks posted via Instagram:

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DECONSTRUCTED BURGER

This makes me hungry! Directed by Steve Giralt, this BTS video shows that by combining clever camera techniques and mechanics, you can create a visually extraordinary video. 

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ART EXHIBITION FOR DOGS

Artist and inventor Dominic Wilcox has designed a contemporary art exhibition for dogs, featuring interactive installations created specifically for the attributes of our furry friends. Each piece is based on an activity dogs enjoy, such as smelling shoes or chasing balls. Dominic has also curated a series of paintings by other artists that employ colours within the animal’s visual spectrum, and are hung at dogs’ eye level.

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KENZO WORLD

[this is me after one drink...]

Spike Jonze has directed a perfume ad for Kenzo that defies all cliches of traditional perfume ads! Featuring Margaret Qualley, with choreography by Ryan Heffington, Kenzo have re-imagined the cliche of typical perfume ads with great effect.

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Rio Olympics 2016: creative projects inspired by the Games

Creative industries have been quick off the blocks with creative projects inspired by this year’s Olympic Games; inspired by everything from athlete’s training, to the iconic Olympic rings. Here are some faves:

Henrique Barone, Rafael Mayani and Conor Whelan: Olympia

                                                                                                        JR: giant sculptures of athletes in Rio

                                                                                                      Saatchi & Saatchi: #Everything Counts

Official Rio posters by 12 Brazilian artists

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Likeminds

A new creative conference called Likeminds invites artists and designers of all backgrounds and specialties to a summer camp in New York for a weekend of food, drinks, live music, and a schedule of speakers. (they had me after food and drinks!!)

In preparation of the creative conference, two of the speakers Leta Sobierajski and Wade Jeffree took charge of the art direction, and alongside photographer Meredith Jenks, created a series of high-colour visuals that are eye-catching and successfully showcases collaborations between creatives in the industry.                                                                                     

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Red Bull Music Academy Tour posters

Red Bull has teamed up with design studio Another Kind and furniture designer Dale Kirk to produce a series of colourful posters advertising Red Bull’s Music Academy Tour.

The arrangements of shapes are actually blocks of wood, composed to create iconic landscapes that match the cities of where the tour is visiting. Once photographed, the colours were digitally manipulated to create four different city identities; London, Leeds, Liverpool, and Glasgow. Check it out!

Liverpool

Leeds

Glasgow

London

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Stormzy’s Ultimate Fan

Stormzy’s collaboration with Subway and Pepsi MAX gave him the opportunity to search for his biggest fan; inviting 30 of his most loyal followers to a Subway branch in North London, the grime rapper appeared on screen challenging fans to get the lyrics right to ‘Know Me From’. The results are actually really impressive, check it out! (Obviously it doesn’t hold a candle to my ‘Superbass’ karaoke, but it’s alright.)

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Interactive “who-dunnit” murder mystery music video

An immersive interactive music video (featuring the track ‘Next To You’ from German rapper Kontra K) allows the viewer to watch a storyline and switch between the present and the past by holding down the space bar.

Look out for hidden clues that are highlighted through visual clues - but only if you’re in the right dimension where and while they appear! Very thrilling to watch!

http://andeinerseite.video (Watch in Google Chrome!)