Bret Easton Ellis usually keeps to a certain style in his work.  In this video he argues that love and sadism are linked, and that technology has stopped us from feeling.  Patrick Bateman obviously didn’t have Facebook.

Volkan Ergen makes creepy & beautiful videos.  Just give yourself a moment to stop what you are doing…or several moments.

Less and More interview done by gestalten.tv.  Since Rams is the Godfather of Apple design, Mr. Jonathan Ive needs to remember to keep following the principles that were established to allow design to help people, not dominate.

Collaboration between Wonderland Magazine, Dior Homme & Verso Films.  By Jose Otero & Hans Lo.

The Hoof & The Heel are an unsigned Canadian band that made a pretty music video. Directed by Bryan Schlam.  

My faith of storytelling in a music video is restored…

San Francisco designer Joey Roth has come up with a new creation: the Ceramic Speakers.  Made from porcelain, wood and cork, Roth chose the materials not only for the aesthetic appeal they add to desktops, but also because porcelain’s density and “acoustical deadness” rivals that of wood or plastic enabling the cone shape. The upshot contrasts the thoroughly contemporary mix of textures & colors with a four-inch silhouette that conjures gramophones of the past.

The diary of Hedi Slimane.  I’ve learned that this man can do anything.  If only my work looked this good in black & white.

The XX are back with another fantastic performance on pitchfork.tv’s video series, Surveillance. This time they performed “Night Time”. Very dark & lovely.

Ryan Gosling & Zach Shields are featured in this behind-the-scenes look into their band Dead Man’s Bones tour from last fall.

There is rehearsal footage of the starry-eyed St. Peter’s Children’s Choir, a talent/freak show with contortionists and an audition called “poop opera.”

Over the last couple years there’s been a huge surge in men’s fashion and the idea that durable, well-made clothing is your best bet. INVENTORY covers exactly that trend.

INVENTORY is dedicated to “products, craft & culture”, as the front of the magazine says.  It has a stockroom where you can purchase goods as well.

Not that I like New York, and not that I like the way Entourage has turned out as a series, but HBO usually has shows with good opening intros.  The intro for How to Make it in America is simple, but captures something.

59 Productions is creating the live show for Jónsi’s 2010 tour which will be a cross between film, art installation, theatre performance & live gig.

These New Puritans are a band that thrive on being misunderstood. Their 2008 debut Beat Pyramid was an album that claimed influence from, among other things, 16th century numerology, the apocalypse as ultimate artistic event, water, mirrors, magick realism, Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker and circles. Pretentious? It didn’t matter.

Having come across them a few years ago from watching a Dior Homme fashion show, they were the unheard and only known as Hedi Slimane’s supergroup.  But now, I guess I can’t keep quiet anymore, so enjoy their new video.

Antony Crook was born in Bolton (in Greater Manchester). He studied photography in Edinburgh & upon graduating moved to London. His successes have come mainly in menswear, but his website highlights some of his landscape work.  There is an emphasis on the rugged, & in the case of the urban environment the raw, which brings the landscape in line with Crook’s portraiture.

Designer Sruli Recht created this uncut diamond ring that comes with three interchangeable rough cut diamonds.  I met him last week in Iceland & was genuinely impressed with his raw design.  He didn’t end up biting me either, but instead offered me water and played Jimi Hendrix.

From hard graft, a brilliant creative team based in Austria, comes the prototype of the new iPad case which will be part of the upcoming collection featuring stunning vegetable tanned leathers.

Bookworms and designers alike will love The Book Cover Archive, an expansive archive of visually striking book covers for your viewing pleasure.

For those who fell in love with Sigur Rós’ “Heima” a few years ago, here is something to steal your eyes for a few moments.

“The concept behind ‘go quiet’ was simple: it’s new year’s day in Reykjavík, and Jónsi awakens to a trashed house in the wake of his party. He avoids cleaning up and instead procrastinates by playing songs that reflect the night before, the bittersweetness of new year, and the melancholy of a year gone by.” – Director Dean Deblois.

Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
Good design is as little design as possible.

Lovely duo Jason Schwartzman & Kirsten Dunst star in Gia Coppola and Tracy Antonopoulos’ Non Plus One, a short film featuring fashion label Opening Ceremony’s spring line & score by Coconut Records’ “Is This Sound Okay?”from last year’s Davy.

It’s like a mixture of French New Wave and Los Angeles kitsch exported into six minutes.

The small press superstars at Nieves just released a beautiful zine comprised of images from Spike’s new short film, I’m Here. Cinematographer Adam Kimmel’s gorgeous grain and seductively smoky light take center stage here, in a selection of stills that underline the exceptionally organic vibe of this subtle sci-fi tale.

Amazing hitRECord piece.