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ART AND DESIGN It has been said that this year the Turner Prize has righted the perceived wrongs of the past where many of us....
6 I29 Innovative interior design studio was founded by Jaspar Jansen & Jeroen Dellensen in....
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JOSEP LLUIS MATEO developing a formidable portfolio of work in both professional and academic arenas....
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BEST IN VIUAL ART Design encapsulates. We would not exist without the mere foundations beneath our feet and the visual....
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THE YEAR IN MUSIC 2010 has been a year of reflection for the music industry in so many ways. As downloads dominate the market...
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VIKTORIA MODESTA Arjen Schmitz
If the New York arts and underground scenes transformed Stefani Germanotta into pop megadiva Lady Gaga....
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CORNELIUS 42, CELESTE. NETWORK
Keigo Oyamada to his mother, homegrown musical genius to Japan, cult-favourite everywhere else Cornelius is
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MARGO She’s already causing chaos on the underground scene of America, with some critics hailing her ‘the new Queen of....
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CELESTE.NETWORK For the last few years a ground breaking global network of artists and arts professionals has been busy establishing....
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THE YEAR IN TECH THE ESSENCE OF DECADENCE
Keeping up with the pace of technology in 2010 was a little bit like trying to.... 3 | LAMINATE | CREATIVE OUTPUT
Editor & Creative Director Oke John Production & Editorial Staff Writerr/Translator Akira Wakamatsu Contributors Amanda Thomas Chris Merriman Tom Smith Alex Lewis Megan Mcdowell Cover Image The essence of decadence Tania Brassesco Lazlo Passi Norberto Translators/Contributors Design assistant Sonia Valcarcel Artist/Illustrators Jonathan Cantero The Essence of Decadence Photography contributors Xavier Ribas Earl Carter Marcus Clinton Shannon McGrath Arjen Schmitz Daniel auf der Mauer Matti Pyykkö Cheung Li Akemi Mori Neo
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Publishing Drakun London Ltd 6 Union Close London E11 4JZ Accounts manager Cardasi Virginie Digital Recording Neo
Anton Sandu Javier Longobardo Jörg Barton LUMBRE Nick Sears Riccardo Rizzo Nikko e Smith Kinuko Tada Mei Tsuchiya Viktoria Modesta Margo Yuna Yunamusic
Logo Design Laminate media Izk Chan Mast head Mystery Thanks to iflyer.tv Celete.network eggworm behance Vimeo Mysoace Aleksandra Jarosz Laszlo Antonin De Bemels Bella Easton Bettina Patermo Choykafai Ed Purver Elizabeth Mcdonald Elizabeth West Emanuela lena Fabiano Parisi Hampus Bjrklund Helena Hamilton Jay Lee Jesper Norda Johanna perret Jonathan Cantero Leonardo Guterrez Luca Bray Mattia Fuse Monika Bravo Olga Mink Paula sunday Piero steinle Pooja Iranna Redbean Shahar Marcus Stephen Felmingham Tania Brassesco Lazio Passi Norberto Teatrino Elettrico Wendy Plovmand i29 Mateo Arquitectura Maurice Mentjens HelsinkiZurich Hecker Guthrie
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ART AND DESIGN 2010
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By Amanda Thomas
t has been said that this year the Turner Prize has righted the perceived wrongs of the past where many of us, apart from those who pretend to ‘understand’ these things have raised more than an eyebrow or two at the exhibits in the running for the top prize. So, for now moving away from the unmade beds and the half cows of the past, take the work of 50-year-old Bristol born Dexter Dalwood, currently the bookies favourite for the prize. His imaginative and sometimes cheeky depiction of interiors include imaginative offerings such as Che Guevara’s mountain hideout, the last resting place of the legendary Jimi Hendrix’s and the Queen’s bedroom that even features a single bar fire! Dalwood evokes the presence of all of his studies in his work although none actually appear in this paintings. Dalwood could certainly be labelled a very modern artist and has made full use of the modern world he lives in. In his unique style he has taken on subjects like the Brighton Bombings and the ‘ban the bomb’ Greenham Common protesters. He even produced his own depiction of the death of Government scientist David Kelly with a hauntingly simple, almost childlike painting of the night sky hanging above a wound like gash in the brown earth. If you like your artists understandable and inspiring then Dalwood will, not disappoint! It has been hard to predict what would be the biggest design trend of 2010. With so many great images and very different styles, the 80’s colour scheme and style has proved to be very strong, combined with illustrations such as the work of Surround and Clubmaster’s Rayban. Mixing illustrations and textures in web design work has also been a design trend this year. David Airey of LOGO DESIGN LOVE has observed the effect of ever rising design costs on design production and has put his money on photoshop logos and other free media. In the ever growing area of web design, inspiration from traditional print design have made the basis of many website designs. It is certainly true that whatever floats your boat there is an art of design metier that will be right up your street. There has surely never been such an interesting or exciting time to be working in art or design and the subject matter that is available, as in Dalwood’s modern day depictions it is reminiscent of the days when the only record of an event was through the work produced by painters of the period. And in this technological age with every type of graphic and computer generated imagery at our disposal, and photographic capabilities beyond our wildest imagination, is the painting still relevant? You bet it is!
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Jaspar Jansen & Jeroen Dellensen
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nnovative interior design studio i29 was founded by Jaspar Jansen & Jeroen Dellensen in 2000.
First making their mark in 2003 they were nominated for both the Dutch & the Rotterdam Design Awards with projects that utilized custom made furniture defining the space using a fusion of its appearance and function. “We do not style what is there. What we literally design the space; the stuff that is not physically there. And we can only do this by designing the physical material. It is a different approach which leads to surprising results. We try to look at it as a composition in music. As in music the silence is essential to the music itself. It is the same way with space. We work with structures and rhythms in an elementary and almost abstract way”. The duo aim to create intelligent designs based around strong ideas which are articulated in clear concepts. Jaspar and Jeroen are unceasingly passionate about unearthing the complexities of the nucleus of their projects and expressing them with a simplicity which is both intriguing and unexpected. Boasting the Dutch Design Prize - best interior design for their work on secondary school ‘CalandLyceum’; The Great Indoors Award - best office design for the eco friendly ‘recycled office’ produced for advertising company Gummo; The Bathroom Design Awards – integrating a lively plant wall into the bathroom interior of an Amsterdam residence; i29 now boasts a team of designers, constantly expanding with a growing network of freelance specialists working closely together in a spontaneous and experimental studio environment.
HOME NETHERLANDS. This single-family apartment for four people is situated in a stately building in southern Amsterdam, NL. The original structure, with rooms for staff, a double hall and long hallways with lots of doors has been transformed into a spacious, transparent dwelling full of light and air. Constructor: Interior build:
Smart Interiors Kooijmans interiors
Furniture: Chair one, Magis Constantin Grcic / Loop stand table,
Hay /GloBall lights, jasper Morrison,
The latest project embarked up on by i29 is for a government funded institution where the employees are socially disabled or inhibited, this provides them with a living should they not be able to find work independently. ‘it was a special experience to meet all these people who have probably not ever met anyone like an interior designer or an architect’ This 2000m2 space built by VMX architects, presents a considerable challenge to which i29 will no doubt relish applying their own inimitable approach. 6 | LAMINATE | CREATIVE OUTPUT
Flos /custom made kitchen & cabinets
GUMMO - OFFICE NETHERLANDS. As Gummo were only going to be renting the space on the first floor of the old Parool newspaper building in Amsterdam for two years, i29 convinced Gummo to embrace the mantra of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ to create a stylish office space that would impact as little as possible on the environment or their wallets. i29 developed a theme that reflects Gummo’s personality and design philosophy – simple, uncomplicated, nononsense, yet unquestionably stylish with a twist of humour.
RESTAURANT BORDEWIJK Noordermarkt 7 1015 MV Amsterdam 0031 20 6243899 http://bordewijk.nl/ Cafe - Restaurant Wilde Zwijnen Javaplein 23 hs 1095 CJ Amsterdam reservations: 0031 20 463 3043 http://wildezwijnen.com TENUE DE NIMES (FASHION STORE) Tenue de Nîmes - A Denim Based Concept Store Elandsgracht 60 1016 TX Amsterdam 0031 20 3204012 http://tenuedenimes.com
Furniture: synthetic coated second hand furniture
SPRMRKT (FASHION STORE) Rozengracht 191-193 1016 LZ Amsterdam 0031 20 3305601 http://www.sprmrkt.nl BRILLENMUSEUM (briliant store for sun glasses) Gasthuismolensteeg 7 1016 AM Amsterdam 0031 20 4212414 http://brillenmusemamsterdam.nl
Constructor: Stefan Klopper
interior architects
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Josep Lluis Mateo
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ver since gaining his doctorate from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Josep Lluis Mateo has been developing a formidable portfolio of work in both professional and academic arenas. President of the Board of Directors of the BIArch (Barcelona Institute of Architecture), Professor of Architecture and Projects at the ETH-Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule and having lectured at the world’s foremost institutions, including Princeton,Columbia University in New York, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, ABK Stuttgart, UP8 Paris, OAF Oslo and ITESM Mexico. All of this only skims the surface of Josep Lluis Mateo ‘s academic prowess and it is little wonder when you consider the scale of some of his career defining works.
CCIB The C.C.I.B., a project of Josep Lluís Mateo, is intended to represent an exception. It seems typical of the place from which it rises: the front of the south bank of the Besós river. Until the mid-20th century this area was an almost shapeless body, almost primitive: “las barracas del Somorrostro” (the Somorrostro huts) rising straight from the sands. International Convention Center, Barcelona.
In 1996, just 2 years after completing his doctrine Josep Lluis Mateo had designed the head office of Bundesbank in Chemnitz and rapidly went on to a raft of impressive projects including but far from exhautive of, the Barcelona International Convention Centre,the 5-star AC hotel, the CZF office block and designed the entrance and main branch of its emblematic office block in Barcelona. Currently in progress are various projects as broad as the new Headquarters for PGGM Insurance Company in Zeist (Holland) to the new Film Theatre of Catalonia in Barcelona.
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BORNEO “The complex should be understood not from the sequence of its elements, but from their interrelationship. In such a beautiful and unique place, surrounded by water on three sides, the project strives to create an impression of openness, distance and lightness. The complex should not appear hard, compact and massive, in the manner of a permanent protective dyke, but seeks, rather to open itself up and- relatively speaking- to melt away”
A truly inspirational example to follow Josep Lluis Mateo tells us that to truly experience Barcelona one must visit these breath taking recommendations: •
REAL CLUB NAÚTICO DE BARCELONA Moll Espanya, S/n 08039 Barcelona
‘I like being at the edge, at the limit of the space. In Barcelona that means the sea’... I recommend a lunch in the Real Club Naútico de Barcelona, a fantastic building from the 50’s by the local old master Francesc Mitjans’ •
BAR MIRABLAU (TIBIDABO) C/ Manuel Arnús, 2. 08035 Barcelona
‘I go often to the mountains, the beginning of the cable train to Tibidabo. It is a wonderful place to enjoy the view of the city and there are some “open-air” bars and restaurants.’ •
SANTA MARÍA DEL MAR CHURCH C/ dels Sombrerers, 6 08003 Barcelona
‘In the middle of the mass of the city (Cerdà Ensanche and old town) there are many interesting places secreted away... I am still very impressed by the interior of the church of Santa María del Mar (Catalan gothic, abstract and pre-Calvinistic) and of course some Gaudi’s buildings’ •
JA CODERCH (HOUSING-building) C/Compositor Johan Sebastian Bach, Barcelona
‘A must is to visit the city of the 50-60’s some of the highlights of the local masters of that time (specially JA Coderch-Johan Sebastian Bach Street)’ •
LA PEDRERA (GAUDÍ): C/ Provenca, 261-265, 08008 Barcelona
Photography: Xavier Ribas
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Maurice Mentjens
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aurice Mentjens has created a namesake design agency and produced a more than impressive portfolio.
Three times Dutch Design Award winners the agency consists of a small but dynamic team focused on delivering high-end designs that reflect their passions and creativity. Maurice Metjens works almost exclusively with shops, hotels, restaurants, offices and museums producing initmate and intriguing projects such as Ipanema at the Bonnefanten Museum Cafe in Maastricht , Witloof Belgian restaurant also in Maastricht and the Nwe Vorst Theatre Cafe in Tilburg.
WITLOOF: -RESTAURANT My vision of the concept and design of Witloof was prompted by a visit to the cities of Antwerp and Ghent. The striking thing about Belgian cafes and restaurants is the often incongruous mix of styles and interior elements. You get the impression that everything has been built up bit by bit over the years, and that all sorts of bric-a-brac has been added.
For days off around Maastricht Maurice Mentjens recommends a visit to: WITLOOF: -RESTAURANT Actually designed by Maurice Mentjens this local restaurant boasts food beautiful enough to match the interior, a warm atmosphere, friendly staff and fantastic prices. Sint Bernardusstraat 12 NL-6211 HL Maastricht www.witloof.nl BONNEFANTEN MUSEUM AND IPANEMA MUSEUMCAFÉ Another Mentjens interior design after a roam around this interesting local museum, settle down in the cafÊ for superb coffee and food (only during daytime) and fabulous parties at night (check the agenda on the website)
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THEATRE NWE VORST TILBURG The De NWE Vorst Theatre in Tilburg is housed in a neo-baroque mansion, built circa 1872. Today, the building is home to a theatre for contemporary drama, a ballet studio and rehearsal rooms for young theatre companies. The theatre café and restaurant designed by Maurice Mentjens are to be found on the ground floor. The historic building with its beautiful high-ceilinged rooms inspired Mentjens to opt for a neo-modernistic baroque concept for the new interior.
BONNEFANTENMUSEUM: Visiting address Avenue Ceramique 250 NL-6221 KX Maastricht PO Box 1735 NL-6201 BS Maastricht T:+31 (0)43 3290190 (Tue- Fri) E: info@bonnefanten.nl http://www.bonnefanten.nl/en/ MUSEUMCAFÉ IPANEMA Entrance Maaspuntweg (Riverside) or via Bonnefantenmuseum T:+31(0)43 3290157 (Tue-Fri) E:ipanema@bonnefanten.nl http://ipanema.nl/ Kymyka shoes and bags Interior designed by Maurice Mentjens. A recommended boutique collection of shoe wear. (Louboutin, Jimmy Choo, MiuMiu, StellaMcCartney etc.) Don’t forget to check-out the ‘outlet’ across the street: last season products! minckelersstraat 7 NL-6211 GX Maastricht www.kymyka.nl KIKI NIESTEN & KIKI2 kiki niesten is one of the most exclusive fashion boutiques in Maastricht. The street itself is stunningly beautiful and worth a visit on its own: de Stokstraat. across the street is the outlet store “Kiki2” designed by Maurice Mentjens. Stokstraat 28-32 NL-6211 GD Maastricht http://www.kikiniesten.nl/ SELEXYZ BOOKSHOP AND COFFEELOVERS A medieval church now renovated into book store with a tremendous atmosphere and fabulous coffee. (recommended by The Guardian as one of the best bookshops in the world: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jan/11/bestukbookshops) Dominicanerkerkstraat 1 NL-6211 CZ Maastricht http://www.selexyz.nl/
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The Year In Music
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By Chris Merriman
010 has been a year of reflection for the music industry in so many ways. As downloads dominate the market, the year ended with the Apple feud with iTunes bring The Beatles back catalogue to the digital masses. Or at least, the ones who don’t already know how to use Bit Torrenting software. Elsewhere styles have been in retrograde with synthesisers suddenly cool again – but alas following the demolition of the Astoria and the threatened closure of the 100 Club, far fewer places to hear it live. Social Networking comes into its own as campaigns showed that people power worked. Probably the biggest example of this was Mark Thompson’s attempts to close the BBC’s much praised but little listened to digital radio station 6Music. Despite a stiff upper lip from the presenters, one couldn’t help but bite a lip as Lauren Laverne announced the closure to the strains of “Let’s Face The Music And Dance”, and following a mass of publicity, Facebook campaigns and public protests from the likes of David Bowie and Jarvis Cocker, again, when she announced a hasty climb-down by the BBC Trust to the strains of “The Boys Are Back In Town”. And then she had a baby. 6Music is now listened to by nearly triple the number of listeners compared with the start of the year showing that there is a market for its offering, and perhaps showing that the public have been slower to pick up on the options that the digital revolution have given us than perhaps the BBC and its ilk would like. Of course there were many other campaigns. Rage Against The Machine made good on their promise of a free gig to thank fans who had ousted the X Factor monopoly from the 2009 Christmas Number One, while more recently, The British Legion were able to push the implausible but worthy notion of a 2 minute silence into the hit parade. Glastonbury turned 40 in a glut of blanket coverage that actually made me turn off my radio and television for the entire weekend, lest I sobbed like a Take That fan (of whom more in a moment). The event was described by Michael Eavis as “The Best Ever” (he always says that) despite U2 fans missing out on a chance to see Bono and co take to the stage after the mighty one got himself a poorly back and had to pull out. But on the upside – the sun was shining. And finally, who could forget that the unstoppable boyband behemoth that is Take That were reunited with their prodigal brother Robbie Williams, who, realising that no one cared about his ego anymore decided to rejoin a world conquering 4 piece who, apparently, it’s now a little bit okay to like – until that is the ticket-buying fiasco for their sold out tour left many weeping like they were 14 again. 13 | LAMINATE | CREATIVE OUTPUT
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V iktoria Modesta
f the New York arts and underground scenes transformed Stefani Germanotta into pop megadiva Lady Gaga, imagine the monster London home to some of music and fashion’s greatest minds could create. Actually, don’t think too hard the answer is already hear; Viktoria Modesta. The collaboration between alternative fashion and fetish model turned singersongwriter Viktoria Modesta and producer Nik Hodges has already gained media attention, prompting a recent performance on Channel 4’s Evo Music Rooms where she was included in the top six unsigned UK artist, as well as the pair’s first release, ‘Jane Bond’, being featured in industry publication Music Week’s playlist. Subculture junkies may already recognise Viktoria. She’s been on the cover of Bizarre three times now, and is the face of Torture Garden, the deviant’s choice of night club, and its clothing range. Her sense of style, much like her music, is a concoction of diverse influences; fetishwear combined with vintage, glamour with body art, electropop charm with gritty rock swagger – or as the editor of QX magazine puts it, ‘[she has] the voice and raw sexual chemistry of the most seductive of sirens. I love London’s undercurrent of musical genius...’ Viktoria’s life has not always been easy. She was originally born in Latvia where there were complications with her birth. This led to a childhood spent in and out of hospital, and eventually resulting in a voluntary amputation of her left leg, below the knee, to prevent any further health issues. She hasn’t let this hinder her career and instead implements the amputation into her designs, challenging the preconceptions of altered beauty. And it’s clearly not just her who thinks so – she’s also been featured in music videos from Paloma Faith, Peaches and Satiricon as well as been the face promoting the fashion labels Bibian Blue, Velda Lauder Corsets and What Katie Did as well as numerous latex designers. HTTP://WWW.VIKTORIAMODESTA.COM/ 14 | LAMINATE | CREATIVE OUTPUT
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Myspace Superstar.
una has achieved the ultimate social networking dream: she’s gone from a Myspace zero to her country’s biggest guitar-wielding pop hero in the space of a single song. She’s proof that pure, honest song-writing composed from a bedroom and recorded on borrowed equipment can compete with the overproduced and flashy exec-filled pop industry – and still come out on top. Yet, she’s not letting her new found fame get to her head. Our interview was being filmed, and as a result the previously swanky west London apartment we were occupying had been transformed into a jungle of camera equipment, cables and backdrops. Yuna walks in with an acoustic guitar in one hand and a huge smile across her face. “I’m so nervous!” she confesses. Funny, earlier that year she was rubbing shoulders with the veterans of her home country’s music industry. The occasional was the annual Anugerah Industri Muzik (literally, ‘Music Industry Awards’ in English), a ceremony that is akin to the Grammys in Malaysia and reported on by media across the globe. She had four nominations; Best New Artist, Best Local English Song, Best Pop Song, and Best 16 | LAMINATE | CREATIVE OUTPUT
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“It was surreal – I always watched [the awards] on TV growing up. It was something our family did. And there I was, nominated for these awards – wow! For one of them I was in the same category as the famous and very successful singer Dato Siti Nurhaliza, she’s been in the industry for 15 years I think, so to be in the same category as someone like that is amazing. I’m blessed to have that kind of opportunity, to be in the same scene as the people I look up too. It’s such a cool thing.” ‘Cool’ is playing it down – Yuna left the ceremony winning three of the four nominations, including the category for Best Song which she was nominated in along with national treasure Dato Siti Nurhaliza – who already has over 200 awards to her name. So what led to Yuna’s success? The answers are shrouded in modesty. “I’m lucky I guess – people really liked my song”. The track that catapulted her into the public eye was the only Malay song from her initial EP. She’d sent it to radio stations with little
“Ultimate social networking dream” thought given to the consequences. One station decided to play ‘Dan Sebenarnya’ from it – a phrase with a suggested meaning of ‘And actually… (I love you)’ in English – and from there her popularity blossomed. “I didn’t know what to expect, or why they picked that song, but people started to request it over and over – even today, people are still requesting it!” Despite its popularity, Yuna confesses that she struggles to write songs in her native tongue. “In English one phrase can mean a whole thing. In Malay it’s very difficult to do that. I struggled at first... so I took a simple approach to get the message across. It’s a simple, direct and honest song, perhaps that’s why people liked it?” She’s not a simple one hit wonder either. Fellow EP track ‘Deeper Conversation’ is just as successful and won Best Local English Song at the same award ceremony. Perhaps the most charming aspect is that both of these award winning songs were part of her original home-made demo tape, and amongst the songs she originally put on Myspace in 2006. With a voice as smooth and soulful as Yuna’s, and guitar work that compliments it, you would be forgiven for thinking she had some sort of training. In fact, she does, but not in music; she has a law degree – and only picked up a guitar in her mid-teens. “The first song I played was by No Doubt. ‘Don’t Speak’, it was such a huge song back then that I thought to myself like ‘wow, if I can play this I will be the coolest girl in school’” – well, we can’t confirm her popularity in school, but we do know that she has become one of the most influential figures of recent years in Malaysia, both for her success story and for her image – how many young women have you seen dominate the charts with an acoustic guitar and a hijab? “No one has ever done it in Malaysia,” she
smiles. Yet, she says, the country’s very open when it comes to the Muslim faith. “People still wear the hijab and do fun stuff like play sports or play music – I have a few friends who play guitar and wear it, but no one else is really ‘out there’, on TV and things with it – but now I see lots of girls writing and making songs and wearing the hijab.” With a year as successful as 2010 for this new star, the pressure is on to complete the difficult follow up record. Yuna says she likes to try new things. “I’m planning with my friend, maybe to come with a very fun project, something jazzy, swing, but it’ll [still] be me. So yeah, that should be a lot of fun, but other than that I just want to get more shows in the Malaysia, and in the UK and the States” – and we cannot wait. have you seen dominate the charts with an acoustic guitar and a hijab? “No one has ever done it in Malaysia,” she smiles. Yet, she says, the country’s very open when it comes to the Muslim faith. “People still wear the hijab and do fun stuff like play sports or play music – I have a few friends who play guitar and wear it, but no one else is really ‘out there’, on TV and things with it – but now I see lots of girls writing and making songs and wearing the hijab.” With a year as successful as 2010 for this new star, the pressure is on to complete the difficult follow up record. Yuna says she likes to try new things. “I’m planning with my friend, maybe to come with a very fun project, something jazzy, swing, but it’ll [still] be me. So yeah, that should be a lot of fun, but other than that I just want to get more shows in the Malaysia, and in the UK and the States” – and we cannot wait. HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/YUNAROOMRECORDS 17 | LAMINATE | CREATIVE OUTPUT
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eigo Oyamada to his mother, homegrown musical genius to Japan, cultfavourite everywhere else Cornelius is an artist that needs no gimmicks or highend fashion designers to get noticed. HMV is constantly listing him in Japan’s top 100 musicians, which is hard enough to achieve for the country’s commercially successful pop-producing machines, let alone an experimental artist. It’s little wonder why. His own creations have defined musical movements in his home country and he’s collaborated with artists such as Blur, Beck and The Yellow Magic Orchestra – he’s an artist who deserves respect. Cornelius – or Keigo as he was known at the time – made his mark on Japan’s music scene in 1989 as one-half of pop duo Flipper’s Guitar. Influenced greatly from ‘80s British pop, particularly the buzz of bands such as Haircut 100 and The Style Council, Flipper’s Guitar sound went on to be one of the most influential to emerge from Tokyo’s uber trendy and fashionable Shibuya-kei scene. The group released three commercially successful albums before its demise in 1991. Keigo decided to take a break from music and set up the label Trattoria, where he produced songs for Pizzicato
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he Greats elius Five and Hideki Kaji, another big name in the Shibuya-kei movement. It wasn’t until 1993 that Keigo took a step back into music, this time as a solo artist. Borrowing his pseudonym from The Planet of the Apes, Cornelius was born, and he was armed with his debut EP: Holidays in the Sun. Quoted as saying his influences are “the three Bs – Beck, The Beatles and the Beach Boys”, and combining his already eclectic taste with a love experimental exploration, it wasn’t until his third album Fantasma that Cornelius started gaining international recognition with his concoction of art-rock-cum-indietronica, with American indie power-house Matador Records picking him up and exposing his work to the western world. Since then, the rest is history, and although he has yet to release a follow up album to 2006’s Sensuous, Cornelius can still be found on the live circuit either as a solo act, collaborating on stage with the likes of Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, or releasing remix albums, his latest of which includes his take on tracks from The Go! Team, James Brown, Sting and more. HTTP://CORNELIUS-SOUND.COM/
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Bringing the‘80s Back
he’s already causing chaos on the underground scene of America, with some critics hailing her ‘the new Queen of pop’; and with her fierce electro-pop funk, outrageous style (look at that hair!) and an addiction to adding six-inch heels to any piece of footwear she can get her brightly-coloured mitts on, we’re certainly not going to be the ones to tell her otherwise. Her latest music video, a cover of the ‘80s new wave stomper ‘Walking in L.A.’, makes us think Margo could indeed be the secret love child of Prince and Gwen Stefani – most likely conceived while the Bodyrox anthem ‘Yeah Yeah’ aggressively pounded their sheets. She might try and keep it a secret, but the track’s dirty electric riffs say it all. 24 | LAMINATE | CREATIVE OUTPUT
When Margo isn’t walking in L.A., she’s at home painting; painting her jeans a shimmery gold colour, painting her shoes neon pink, or painting American football style shoulder pads crazy colours for a new fabulous outfit she’s designing. Everything from her look, sound and even music videos are good old fashion D.I.Y. jobs – just imagine what could happen if she had the power of a big label behind her. Margo originally moved from Toronto to New York to peruse a career in music. There her path crossed with the equally flamboyant Nikko, who soon became her producer, and Jaakko, a psychotic floppy-haired producer turned drum abuser from Finland. Yet, it wasn’t until she recently moved to Los Angeles, land of the stars, that things got kicked up a notch – only aided by her debut five-track EP Animal House. Now, she tells us, she ready to change popular music forever and rewrite history – to ‘her story’. Let’s hope her pop career goes down better than her puns.
Walking in L.A
Cold as Ice
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HTTP://WWW.MARGOWORLD.COM
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N
ick Sears is a motion designer and cinematography fiend. He loves title design and its essential role in film. Nick has discovered that advertising is not only to produce sales but to instil emotional connections. You can usually find him armed with a camera. His personal mantra is ‘Let’s get this party started’. http://vimeo.com/snears
Wolfe
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Awakenings
J
örg Barton was born in 1979. The animation techniques that define his craft are self taught after having chosen Sociology and Philosophy at university. From 2004 till 2009 he studied Media Design in Mainz, Germany and Fine Arts in Cuenca, Spain. In 2009 he graduated in Media Design with the Video “I´ll kill her”, a no budget video which he took to festivals all over the world. Today he lives in Berlin and works as a motion designer for 3deluxe motion, Hamburg. Jorg has maintained his passion and is always interested in a new animation project. http://vimeo.com/user811419
Universe
Lines
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celeste.network
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celeste.prize
Artists share 40,000 Euro’s worth of prizes.
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or the last few years a ground breaking global network of artists and arts professionals has been busy establishing itself. The Celeste Network is international community of like minded professionals sharing their common interests in contemporary art, encouraging new projects and promoting their own work. The affirming celebration of talent and potential that this open format encourages is now headlined by The Celeste Prize. An annual awards voted on by it’s own members. The Final exhibition & awards of the 2nd Edition of Celeste Prize 2010 will be held at the Invisible Dog, New York on December 11th 2010. 50 finalist artists will exhibit their works then they the finalists will vote on their favourite piece to award the staggering 40,000 € worth of prizes. Founded by Rome born Stephen Music the Celeste way is described as, ‘For too long, many art prizes have been organised on narrow or unaccountable lines to the detriment of artists. While selection by individuals is always a subjective activity, it’s Celeste’s aim to favour, the clearest possible results, by enfranchising artists with the vote and persuading selectors that responsible choices should be made in public’ Stephen Music believes an artists work is best suited to the network environment, ‘an artist lives, multiplies in many more ways, takes part in an ever growing number of life stories, experiences, in which he or she shares feelings, which over time leads to more works being created, an ever-growing cocktail of revelatory, personal truths!’ Throughout the year the network offers catalogues of work, exhibitions and various communications of relevant points of interest and now the revolutionary Celeste Prize. Set to change the way art is judged and awarded the prize will no doubt grow from strength to strength in the coming years, but by it’s very nature this affirming community can only benefit as the volume of sharing professionals grows.
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Pot Pourri Pot Pourri
by THE ESSENCE OF DECADENCE
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BORDEWIJK
GEROLD CHUCHI
MELBOURNE’S LANEWAYS
Noordermarkt 7 1015 MV Amsterdam 0031 20 6243899 http://bordewijk.nl/
Geroldstrasse 5 8005 Zürich, Switzerland
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WILDE ZWIJNEN
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LOOM RUGS AND SAFARI LIVING
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Calle Sombrerers, 6, 08003 Barcelona, Spain +34 933 10 23 90
575 High St Prahran VIC 3181, Australia
TENUE DE NIMES
VIADUKT BÖGEN
BONNEFANTENMUSEUM:
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VOLKSHAUS” & “BAR XENIX”
Rozengracht 191-193 1016 LZ Amsterdam 0031 20 3305601 http://www.sprmrkt.nl
C/ Manuel Arnús, 2 08035 Barcelona, Spain 934 185 879 mirablaubcn.com
Helvetiaplatz, 8004 Zürich www.restaurantvolkshaus.ch/ http://www.xenix.ch/7_ueberuns/
BRILLENMUSEUM
BOYD BAKER HOUSE
FITZROY!
Gasthuismolensteeg 7 1016 AM Amsterdam 0031 20 4212414 http://brillenmusemamsterdam.nl
Long Forest Road, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria www.boydbakerhouse.com.au/
358 Brunswick St Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia
REAL CLUB NAÚTICO DE BARCELONA
SEEBAD ENGE
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