Things ive seen……

I may have said I was bored with QR codes but…. here is another use for QR codes – Creating a FB style comments wall that users can add to. Could be great for Secret gigs / events to send people to venues or as a tool to share information about an area. Citizen Tourism

http://www.springwise.com/lifestyle_leisure/qr-code-stickers-turn-real-world-objects-digital-conversations/

dems ugly but dems lets y'al go on that there web thingy

The future is here, see for yourself. The glasses that allow you to see virtual content, go online and even play video games. Will also result in numerous people walking into walls, under buses etc…

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lumus-glasses

Hockney using iPad to create and display his art – discussing how his world and the way he creates art has changed with technology and how he is never without his iPad

http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/david-hockney-ipad-paint.html

Suck my Air Max

As a bit of a trainer freak, this was interesting. The iconic Nike Air Max re-imagined in a variety of ways

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Nike-Air-Max-AF1/2858633

 

Stik man map

Stik-y

Props to Londonist for creating the a London street map outlining where Stik pieces can be seen, even some that have disappeared.

Map Stick Man

Stik started putting his simplistic yet strangely emotive pieces around East London about 10 years ago and they can be seen from Hackney Wick, Well St, Hommerton, Brick Lane and throughout Shoreditch. When I first moved to East London in 2002, I remember spotting them and taking pictures on a snappy snap. Now 10 years down the track I still look out for new ones and this map has even been verified by the man himself.

Down Stik-s

Kanye would never approve….

Sooooo Kanye

I literally love Kanye West, wether he be making a twat of himself at an awards ceremony, ejecting a fan from a show for risking his life on stage or creating an ‘interesting’ S/S fashion collection, he is certainly one of the most watchable characters out there, plus I love his music, especially the sometime panned 808’s and Heartbreaks.

Yeezy din't tell ya'l

I am not sure Kanye was behind my recent purchase on Koh Toa though….

College tutor look

I got 5 pairs of Ray Bans that I have been assured are the gen article too….

A little taste of Thailand…..

So I have spent two weeks in Thailand and took a Sony bloggie to get shots and do a few updates but… lost it and went tanning instead. Therefore not lots of images and a lack of cool graf found.

Wei o Wei

Hazy Bangkok

Banyan Tree - Rooftop cocktail bar art

My new telephone

 

 

Christmas learnings 2011…

 

Santa.... why do I only get 3 presents a year now?

1. Children get far more for Christmas than I ever remember getting… jealous

2. I love kids but am certainly not ready for them because they curtail the drinking, bring the rowdy behaviour to an end at bedtime so as to not wake them and finally wake up crazy early

Lil bro doing a bit of planking

3. Christmas TV is on the whole shite, only Ab Fab raised a smile and even then Jane Horrocks looked about 90 as Bubbles and the woman who played Baron the ex-con hardnut gave a thoroughly unconvincing London street accent. I was also forced to sit through Michael McIntyre, having needles shot into my scrotum from five paces would have been preferable. This was a great opportunity for a Frozen Planet special I think

4. No matter how much alcohol you drink it is tough to get any further than tipsy

5. I can eat twice my weight on Christmas day without any guilt or trouble

6. Baked camembert should only be allowed at Christmas as it is the best thing in the world ever

7. My mum will buy me the exact same fragrance every year, I like Vera Wang but now have enough at home to fill a dwarf’s swimming pool

8. Executing successful small talk with extended family requires patience, understanding, additional facial muscles to put on smiles and a whole load of wine

9. Listening to Christmas music should be allowed for one hour before we then actually put on music we like, such as old soul, bit of funk (Daft or otherwise), some Stones (Rolling or Roses), maybe a little Phil Collins, random 80’s hits, some new music and of course So Solid Crew…. Tut tut tut 21 seconds

10. It is lovely fun seeing your family, especially when there are little people who still believe in the real meaning of Christmas, which is of course Santa and not the religious bollocks. But… essentially there is a reason it is once a year and for the rest of the time you are with your friends

StandardFact is heading toThailandfor 2 weeks to sleep, swim, be massaged, go to full moon parties and tan. Got to pack so can not be bothered to put loads of hyperlinks in. Enjoy Daft Punk tho…..

Hunger Strike

Rankin y'al

Rankin – Now he may be a bit of a so and so at times but you cannot deny this guy is the boss when it comes to portrait photography. I have a few of his books and visually the shots are amazing as there is a real story to each one and he captures a moment like no one else I have seen. He can makes things unbelievably sexy or extremely dark or painfully morose or any other number of emotions.

His latest venture is Hunger Magazine, which as you would expect is painfully cool in terms of look, feel and content and in an age where everything is digital it is nice to be able to buy something to hold. i-D has helped launch, shape and chart the creativity of numerous people in its 20 years and Hunger may well have the same sort of influence.

>insert witty comment here<

Check it out online here, some interesting interviews with some really talented people like Portia Freeman, Von and Dani Smith…. and one with that fat cnut James Corden

Lazy? Agrophobic? Plain bone idle?

Well this could be the app for you, NeighbourFavour or as our American chums incorrectly spell it Neighborfavor let’s you put out requests for other to run errands for you. Need some milk? Get number 45 to do it. Run out of fags? Get little Jimmy next door to run down the shop. You have to enter in how much you are prepared to ‘tip’ for the favour, so it could even be a second income… maybe.

Now when I was at uni and particularly fond of my bed for various reasons it would have been ideal for someone else to bring me whatever I needed when I needed it.

Some things I assume you cannot get from the corner store but even so, where there’s a problem there is a solution. I wonder how long until drug dealers are using such a site, those pot heads would never leave home!

This is just another example of how there is literally an app for everything even plain laziness. There will be an app for wiping your arse soon.

Via Springwise

Crash….. and burn

Not sure....

Crash is clearly a good artist, but really?  Mobile phone cases? How about you do a range of those annoying charms that our Japanese friends seem to have on their phones, maybe a collaboration with Hello Kitty, how about a hands free kit or even a multi coloured leather case for your belt…

#majorfail

But having Eric Clapton commission a bespoke guitar well that is worth talking about

Pablo Delgado – Making a little noise

Money for nothing and tricks for free

I’ve spotted a few mini piece of street art around East London this year but did not know until a little while ago who was responsible, it is a certain Mexican chap called Pablo Delgado.

Lady in red

Delgado is a Whitechapel resident and his pictures kind of depict scenes from the oldest profession in the world, and have a sort of innocent sleaze about them, the best kind in my mind. They are actually a commentary on the gentrification of East London and how everyone in the city is geared towards selling themselves and making cash money in the year of the London Olympics.

'I want to be like those pretty ladies when i grow up'

Fat slags

Ps. I don’t like the idea of London 2012… I might have mentioned tha

 

iPhone 5 Concept…. erm yes please

I am not tech-head… It has taken me a month to get used to using a Mac again at work and still prefer my Apple computers at home. My iPhone is my saviour but I suspect I only know 50% of what it does, I still use my iPod 3 and when it comes to watches I stick to simple Casio digi watches (of which I have 15) after my run in with those pesky Tokyo Flash watches and not being able to a) set the time myself and b) able to tell it after a few beverages.

But…

I reckon this is something I need in my life… iPhone 5 concept

Although I’d probably break it in a week