Love Afair with the Magazine

"My madam tears the magazine,
She doesn’t know the value of it,
It’s useless to her,
But the magazine contains vast knowledge."

- Pushkar Bisht





I love magazines. There can be no lie. I have bookshelves filled with them: I-D / Pop / GQ Style / BUTT / The Face / Nylon / Misbehave / Lula / Plastique / Wonderland / New York Style / Focus / Anthem / Vogue / L'Officiel Hommes / Dazed and Confused....the list goes on (and they are a bitch to move so it is proof of my love).

Some newly aquired titles include Mixte March edition and Encens Raf Simons special, purchased in Colette (see previous blog and Flickr entries) last month.



However, these have not stolen my heart yet. However, two new titles are well on their way to doing so, I present the new titles in my life...

Dot Dot Dot



"Since its conception in 2000 DDD has immatured into a jocuserious fanzine-journal-orphanage based on true stories deeply concerned with art-design-music-language-literature-architecture and uptight optipessimistic stoppy/revelatory ghostwriting by friendly spirits mapping b-sides and out-takes pushing for a resolution in bleak midwinter through late summer with local and general aesthetics wound on an ever tightening coil." - DDD, 2009

Adbusters



http://www.adbusters.org/

Le Journal, Je t'adore!

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Lookbook Paris

Posted some new pics on Lookbook from my travels.




http://lookbook.nu/look/89948-Train-to-Paris





http://lookbook.nu/look/92928-He-Said-the-Air-was-Better-in-Paris

Studio Shoot

Studio Shoot 1
Originally uploaded by J-Daniel

I just posted a bunch of outakes from the shoot with Gemma Burke. Can I just say Gemma, you fucking rock. We just did a shoot on Wednesday out in the snow...which within 2 hours turned into blazing sun. Glasgow was treating us well, as the final shots turned out amazingly. I'll be posting these soon.

Leave comments.

P.s. Currently loving: HEARTS REVOLUTION - C.Y.O.A

Sweet Paris

From Blog Pix

Had an amazing time in Paris: art, culture, friends, shopping, eating, research and inspiration. All in one! I stayed with a friend, Jim Haynes at his wonderful atelier in Alesia and of course attended his famous Sunday dinner. In case you havent seen him in the Guardian or heard him on the radio, every Sunday Jim hosts a diner party for friend, allies and anyone else who fancies a night in with Paris' finest. Find him online at www.jim-haynes.com or give him a call at +33 143271767 and have a chat.

From Blog Pix

From Blog Pix

From Blog Pix

Went to the David LaChapelle exhibition with Adeline (http://lookbook.nu/user/4739-Adeline-R). My expectations were quite low so I was presently surprised. I love the large format, glossy, high contrast imagery and when taken at face value it is fun and hot. The only issue I had with the exhibition was the need for the curator to force spiritual, political and intellectual ideals on celebrity based ‘art’. What came first: the celebrity or the LaChapelle?

From Blog Pix

From Blog Pix

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While doing some research on design schools I bumped into Margaux and Julian. They are the coolest kids in Paris, so kind and great to hang out with. Cheers Guys!!! x

From Blog Pix

So I took about 2000 photos while I was away...but its taken me about 6 hours to upload only a fraction to Flickr. Let the pictures tell the story.

Check out my Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/jonnykarma


Thank you Paris. X


Theme of the trip: Friendly Fires - Paris

Adidas Originals House Party - by Sid Lee

I’m usually a total cynic when it comes to huge commercial conglomerates trying to reach the young hipsters with advertisments featuring multiple celebrity endorsement or ‘teen’ going-ons such as house partys. BUUUUT…I fucking love the Adidas Ad for the Originals House Party. Even though I don’t really like/even know the people in the ad, it looks like great fun. Kudos to Sid Lee who created the campaign. They worked on the Beatles Love/Cirque de Soleil project too. Good stuff.


http://www.sidlee.com/

Rowena True

I am in love with Rowena True at the moment. Her Barbie/Madonna mash up is genius, and comes right at a perfect time where stop-animation is so en vogue.

http://www.rowenatrue.tv/

Anthony Burrill

From Blog Pix

British graphic designer Anthony Burrill’s exhibition "Geometry in Nature" is showing at Colette (rue de Saint Honore, Paris) until March 7.

Anthony Burrill is a graphic artist who works in print, installation, moving image and interactive, web based projects. He was born in Littleborough, Lancashire and now lives and works on the Isle of Oxney, Kent. After studying graphic design at Leeds Polytechnic he completed an MA in Graphic Design at the Royal College of Art, London where he created his now trademark technique for direct communication.

I love his bright perspex images used alongside Colettes unique collection...they look amazing!

http://www.colette.fr/
http://www.anthonyburrill.com/

Busy Boy

I have had so much on recently. Not only have I had major work on a research thesis, but I also moved appartments and am living in my own filth as I have no time to tidy.
Pants are everywhere!



I am off to Paris next week but once I return I plan on getting blog happy...

expect a birthday review, snow time fun and Miss Grace Jones.

xx

We <3 Luke Worrell for Vivienne Westwood

How good are these ads!





AMAZING!

Dazed and Confused Magazine Cover

New Dazed and Confused Cover!! Photography by Gemma Burke.

Packaging from the Past

So I was in Real Foods the other day and I picked up these faux-sausages...a brand of which I usually dont buy and it struck me how 1970s the packaging looked. Isnt it wicked.




They were only 95p too...what a bargain!

x

Lady Gaga

Someone just told me Lady Gaga was number 1. I kinna feel behind the times as I don't know that much about this woman. I have seen numberous pictures of her in pvc leggins and big gold bows and fully appreciated her look...however music had managed to slip past me.

So I just watched the video for Just Dance on youtube. I first noticed the Skins -esque video by Melina Matsoukas, who has done a host of new artist like Katy Perry. I am a fan of the high contrast look so its pretty good. but overall, the song is disapointing. The base line is cool and kinna catchy, but she sounds like Gwen Stefani/Britney/Nelly Furtado/Every other recent artist so I have already forgotten the song. Shame the bold look doesnt match the tunezz. Who bought it anyway?

It is truly an MTV song as without the video and enlistment of Melina Matsoukas I doubt she would have sold so many tracks. I'm not one to focus on the negative though...so here's some cool shots from the vid (oh and I've got to say - what an obvious cliche to try to start a trend with the whole hand over one eye thing!)but the pink coat is wicked! I never say no to check either.

Little Boots Extravaganzzza

I've been watching youtube videos by Little Boots for quite a while now. She is cute, spunky and bright. What a pip!

Then on a recent jaunt to my local news stand I saw an array of covers with Little Boots on it...what a week of media hype...at least this time the hype is true!

I can't remember exactly but she is in loads of mags (so go and buy them all) like NME, Sunday Herald Magazine, The Times, Fader magazine, BBC News...blah blah blah.

Well done baby, lets hope 2009 is the year of singers names after footwear.

x



http://www.littlebootsmusic.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/littlebootsmusic
http://uk.youtube.com/user/littlebootsvideos

My new obsession.

urban myths
Originally uploaded by nouk|b

I found Noukjb on Lookbook. The photos on there show some pretty cool hair styles and different clothes. However it was when I went to his Flickr that I really fell in love.

Take a look for yourself. Some of the shots are incredible.
I think this is my favourite.

x


If you are looking for simplistic genious. Turn to BIZ C on Lookbook. Her photographs are clean cut and simplistic, just like the outfits. Fabulous.

SEE THE PROFILE HERE

I've always had an innate sense of style...

even in the early 90s.



I must get it from my family.

New York Assignment 05.08

New York Assignment 05.08
Originally uploaded by J-Daniel

Found a box of old photos I took with my 35mm Pentax. This was a series I did as an assignment in New York last summer, I had awful hayfever and my eyes were so sore. Not only this but Chris (my model) also nearly passed out from inhaling so much!

Check em out! x

Red Hair 2009

So I got bored of the brown. This is the first time as a teenager / adult I had let me hair completely grow out. But now its been long and brown for about 6 months I decided to go orange/red. I have been persuaded to try Henna so I bleached a bit first then hennaed from Lush. Here's the process:

FIRST LOOKBOOK ENTRYS

Xmas self-portraits

self all
Originally uploaded by J-Daniel

Merry Xmas everyone! I hope you had a good holiday (it ain't over yet!). After cooking (from scratch) and eating loads of stuffing and roast veg I was a bit bored so got snappy.

New photos on my Flickr of this plus some snapshots of Edinburgh at Christmas with the fairground. I love the contrast of the Scotland Statue thing and the Ferris Wheel.

Comment!

xx

New POP magazine - 20th Anniversary!

New POP = AMAZING! The cover (the one without Drew Barrymore) is amazing...I scanned it below...




This issue has an animal based theme (which sounds like it is one of two things: either 1. Extremely Cruel or 2. Preachy - it is infact neither of those things and features some fucking cool photography).

Buy it now

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