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WONDERKIND: Jacob Sutton
Having shot for the likes of Interview, The New York Times and Loewe, Jacob Sutton is one of the most chased photographers in the fashion industry. He spent much of this year exploring film, live action and stop motion techniques for the first time, and sits down with Wonderland to talk us through the projects […]
Altered States: Daniella Valz Gen × GLOSS
A basement in Brighton will this week be transformed into a colourific, multidisciplinary arts space. GLOSS exhibits the work of four individuals – Daniella Valz Gen, Jo Harrison, Kate Mahony and Luis Ignacio Rodriguez – in a two day pop-up event that aims to explore the the conceptual possibilities of material, film and light. Valz […]
Tom Dixon’s Christmas
Who better to help write our Christmas list this year than Tom Dixon, a man-brand synonymous with hyper-realised, tasteful-to-a-tee product design? He takes Wonderland through some of the choicest seasonal cuts from his shop on Ladbroke Grove, ahead of its activity-packed four day refit from today. (read more about Christmas at the Dock).
WONDERKIND: Leutton Postle
As designing duo Sam Leutton and Jenny Postle, better known as Leutton Postle, work on their A/W12 collection, we sit down with them to discuss their preternatural, lovingly-composed knitwear brand. The girls, who met at Central Saint Martins last year, will continue to contort traditional uses of yarn, and fantasise-out-loud to us about designing for […]
CLASS ACT: Tyler Johnston
Baby-faced Tyler Johnston, who stars this month in hyper-stylish neo noir thriller The Odds, grew up on The Hardy Boys and an unhealthy addiction to crime thriller novellas. Curious to indulge his obsessions, Johnston accepted the lead in Simon Davidson’s first feature-length film, and found he was able to draw on his own tender experiences […]
Line in the Sand: Megan Mackenzie Jones
Megan Mackenzie Jones’ stone-cold works – showcased at last month’s Vancouver Fashion Week – evoke scenes of barren, ice-capped mountains, lantern-lit cabin retreats and taxidermy. Jones, who also designs winged jewellery wear, couldn’t be sunnier in person though, and recently sat down with Wonderland to talk us through her bracing collection. How did Vancouver Fashion […]
CLASS ACT: Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Don’t let Antonia Campbell-Hughes’s slightly fluffy role as Sam in Jack Dee’s sitcom Lead Balloon deceive you; this girl means (show)business. As a youngster, Hughes moved to New York’s Lower East Side to start her own fashion label and ended up designing a diffusion line for Topman. Disillusioned and creatively-undernourished in the industry, she fell […]
Altered States: LES TELEVISIONS
After meeting at Brighton University, artists Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski moved to London to set up The French Riviera, a gallery-cum-workspace on Bethnal Green Road. Their latest exhibition, Les Télévisions – which opens tomorrow – exhibits the work of a dozen or so individuals, on ageing, found analogue televisions in the gallery’s window space. […]
Wonderkind: DANIELS
The first time music video directors Daniels met, they despised each other. So much so, that after being pitted together in classes at summer school, Daniel Kwan ended up throwing a bowl of salad over his prospective partner, Scheinert. “He smelt like vomit for the rest of the day,” Kwan reminisces fondly, adding, “we eventually […]
Line in the Sand: Inbar Spector
Inspired by a forest fire that devastated the mountain-based village she grew up in in Israel, Inbar Spector crafted a S/S12 collection of visionary skill. Spector landed on her feet after exhibiting at 2008’s London Fashion Week and gained momentum as a designer to earmark since. We sat down with the fearless young talent in […]
Altered States: The Great Banana Crises
The Great Banana Crises – an interdisciplinary arts event above a pub in Derbyshire, UK – celebrates its first anniversary tomorrow with an exhibition that seeks to exhibit some of Europe’s most visceral and stimulating works. We speak to Lyn Bannister, co-curator of ArtLounge, who conceive and host the regular events. How did you go […]
Class Act: WEEKEND’S Chris New
Plunging headlong into stage work after graduating from RADA in 2006, Chris New has since honed his craft in roles at the National Theatre and Sadler’s Wells, London. Wonderland pinned the promising young thespian down to talk all things Weekend – his debut film role, on screens across the UK now. Film acting is a […]
Wonderkind: LOUISE POMEROY
Shocking, sinister, darkly humourous and uniquely arresting, illustrator Louise Pomeroy’s work draws in a broad range of influences – from obscure YouTube clips and animal portraiture, to the work of American avant-garde sculpture Shary Boyle and forgotten crime comics.
Line in the sand: JERVOISE
Zoe Jervoise’s self-made empire rests on a very basic concept: source the best in the way of vintage denim clobber, sew in your own colourful, striking tapestries, and retail the finished pieces for a modest charge. Four years into the project, Jervoise has customised items for a throw of reputable figures, from musicians Ellie Goulding […]
Wonderkind: DOROTHEA BARTH JORGENSEN
Part model, actor, photographer and blogger, Dorothea Barth Jorgensen landed firmly on her feet after winning Elite’s Model Look award at the tender age of 16. Three years on, she proudly calls Williamsburg, Brooklyn home after leaving her Stockholm roots, and is regularly headhunted by leading designers and photographers around the world (Jorgensen’s resume scans […]
New Benetton campaign – UNHATE
The folks at Benetton will today launch a city-wide campaign of ‘un-hate’ – promoting messages of global tolerance and social responsibility. The streets of Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Paris, Rome and New York will be lined with blown-up images of smooching politicians and eminent figures, such as Barack Obama and President Sarkozy.
Altered States: the mystical Egungun tribe
Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, son of influential photographer Joseph Moise, threw himself (and his travelling studio) headlong into the otherworldly traditions of the Egungun collective in Porto Novo, the Republic of Benin, and came out with some captivating, raw stills which seek to expose its curious attire and singular practices. We pinned down the visionary artist, […]
Wonderkind: FLAMINIA SACCUCCI
Meshing tyre print with flora, harsh latex with wear-ability and dark colours with bright, Rome-born designer Flaminia Saccacci has certainly pricked a few ears since her award-winning graduation show at Central Saint Martins in May. Whipped-up soon after by Givenchy, we spoke to her just two weeks into the challenging new role.
CLASS ACT: Lucas Pittaway, local hero
19-year-old Lucas Pittaway enjoyed an unlikely introduction to screen acting. As a full time door-to-door leaflet postman, Pittaway, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Heath Ledger, was scouted at his local shopping mall near Adelaide, Australia. After playing the lead in Warp X’s Snowtown, where he stars as real-life murderer Jamie Vlasskias, Pittaway […]