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Singer-songwriter Destin Conrad has refined his pop potency, and laid it all on the floor with R&B. Now, he's jazzing things up with wHIMSY!
The big ideas behind Oblivion
Joseph Kosinski, the director behind upcoming Tom Cruise sci-fi epic Oblivion and Tron, talks us through the people and films who’ve shaped his career.
Interview: LAURENCEAIRLINE’s Laurence Chauvin Buthaud
Ivory Coast-born menswear designer Laurence Chauvin Buthaud is one of the bright sparks of African fashion. She tells Wonderland about her label LaurenceAirline.
CO: TE: Hot design talent… from Milan?
London’s the only place to spot hot new talent, right? Wrong. Meet Milanese designer pair, Tomaso Anfossi and Francesco Ferrari, who’re behind the young label CO|TE.
EMERGING: Abby Double
Parisian artists Brice and Regis Abby are twin brothers who operate under the moniker Abby Double, exploring philosophical notions of duality.
ALICE ENGLERT: The Beautiful Creature
Beautiful Creatures star Alice Englert talks about what it feels like to see your face plastered all over the Underground, and how being Jane Campion’s daughter sets you up for Hollywood. Read the magazine feature here.
CATLIN GUIDE: Virgilio Ferreira’s spiritual, soft-focus photography
Portuguese artist Virgilio Ferreira deals with the uncanny and intangible. His light-as-a-feather photography weaves in and out of focus, playing with perception and sight. The Catlin Guide-shortlisted artist tells us about his work.
EMERGING: Jel Martinez
Jel Martinez is part of a breed of street artists approaching graffiti through the prism of conceptual art. He replicates the clumsy buffing and removal techniques of council workers tasked to remove street art, and the in the process makes a meta-comment on how people perceive graffiti.
EUDON CHOI: From menswear to womenswear
London’s calling card in the fashion industry has long been its role as a hub for fresh young talent, catapulting local names like Kane, Pilotto, Katrantzou and the like to global status. Seoul-born designer and London convert Eudon Choi seems next to head for the stratosphere.
SILKEN FAVOURS: Vicki Murdoch talks cats on scarves
Hand-drawn silk scarves featuring kittens riding unicorns, flying pigs, corgis and crowns – print designer Vicki Murdoch’s trippy, pretty designs were discovered by London department store Liberty last year and the range is rapidly growing to adorn clothing and homeware. Wonderland talks to the Scottish designer about caravans, Diana Vreeland and cats…
EMERGING: Lucas Price
Lucas Price was the upstart street artist whose A-Level work sold to collectors before he got clean of heroin and headed for the RCA. Before his show T.E.A.M Atlas opens at Rove Gallery, we talk to the man about his shift from the streets to the gallery and preview some shots of his work from […]
ROYAL TRUX: Jennifer Herrema on sex, Accelerator and being a woman in rock
You might not have heard of crazy-influential garage rock duo Royal Trux, but safe to say your favourite bands (The Kills, Primal Scream) have. We talk to lead singer Jennifer Herrema about the band’s long-lasting influence.
THE RAVEONETTES: Turning ten with a new album
It’s been nearing a decade since Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo released their debut album Chain Gang Of Love, which stormed the music scene with its scuzzy two-part vocal harmonies and dirty 60s guitar riffs. With their new UK tour on the cards, we caught up with the band to talk about 10 years […]
EMERGING: Of The Holy Blood
Jennifer Mehigan – aka Of The Holy Blood – is a busy woman. The Singapore-based designer, artist and creator of Cavity zine combines fine art sensibility with internet-age experimentation, and there are hours of visual bingeing to be done on her network of websites; she’s some sort of a blogging guru.
EMERGING: Asif Farooq
Asif Farooq meticulously creates toy firearms out of cardboard and paper to question issues like gun violence and mass production – albeit all with a dexterous Pop Art touch.
EMERGING: NABIL
You might not know Nabil Elderkin’s name, but you’ll definitely have seen his work as NABIL. The Australian photographer and filmmaker extraordinaire is behind some of the most iconic photos and music videos of the past decade, including Antony & The Johnson’s Cut the World’ and Frank Ocean’s ‘Pyramids’. Wonderland get into the mind of […]
EMERGING: Matthew Johnstone
Matthew Johnstone’s artwork explores how digital media alters, influences and enhances tangible objects by presenting his own sculptures on a video or slideshow screen. Wonderland sat down with the artist to hear about his upcoming exhibition, Totally Unprofessional.