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Slazenger Heritage is going to re-launched an Autumn Winter collection exclusively at Urban Outfitters. Slazenger was founded in 1881 by the two brothers Ralph and Albert Slazenger but the roots of the brand are from much earlier (around 1810, which makes it one of the oldest surviving sport bran...

Check this lovely Vinylon backpack by Fjallraven. The original was introduced in 1978 as the book bag for Sweden’s school children. In that year Fjallraven’s founder, Ake Nordin, hoped to sell 200 Kanken bags. He sold 400 and the next year sales reached 30,000. At this moment, 30 yea...

Together with Red Wing, Olaf Tamm published a new book: “Wall of Death - Theatre of Motorcycling”. It is a tribute to these reckless motorbike-riders who perform their acrobatic art since almost a century. The drivers speed through vertical walls of a gigantic wooden drum, showing their repertoir...

Beautiful illustrations by David Callow. Here the cover illustration for Ian M. Hale’s new single Loss. David about the illustration: “I wanted to demonstrate the sense of an eternal moment, the feeling of existing outside the measurement of time.”

Now showing in Berlin at Jiri Svestka, ‘Relics of the Afterfuture’ by Ioana Nemes. Beautiful works decorated with traditional motives with traditional techniques from historical objects from different parts of Romania, brought back in a new light and in a new story… ‘What we ha...

Our friend and denim devotee Samuel finally put online his blog/gallery on Denim and the Good Things that go well with it called Cotton Duck. A beautiful mix of Mister Freedom, vintage bags and accessories and everything in between…

The 10 rules of style from Kris van Assche, Dior Homme’s creative director, points us on the everlasting appeal of black and white. But the most inspiring ‘Rule’ comes from his grandma:“You can either survive or you can really make a life. There is eating and there is dini...

A new project photographed by Iwan Baan. The Moriyama Houses in Tokyo by SANAA. I really want to move there. What a beautiful place!

The movie news of the year―at least on this side of the Atlantic―has almost wholly revolved around Spike Jonze’s filmic adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s seminal children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, an innocent-looking 48-page essential that no good mother would be caught wi...

One day too late (yesterday we were too busy working on a new Tenue de Nîmes shoot) but Jesse Miller send me a good reason to wish you all a happy halloween! A lovely series of pictures by Ben Pier: Halloween Misfits >

Two of our favorite classic bike builders. One from the east coast and one from the west cast of the US. Bilenky Cycle Works, a custom bike builder with a rich history which goes back to 1983. And Jitenska Studio, with suburb hand made frames and the same define eye for detailing and quality.

“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” — Walter Bagehot

“We dress to conform: business suit, dinner jacket. We dress for fun, fantasy, fancy-dress or roleplay. Or we dress simply to be ourselves. And when we want to be authentic, we choose workwear. Workwear has been a vital element in the social revolution of the past 60 years. In 1950 it was i...

Last month h(y)r collective changed it’s name and focus to INVENTORY, a curation of Ideas in Product, Craft & Culture. The online magazine became an off-line magazine which will be published in the coming days. Anothersomething got a sneak preview on the first proofs from the press.Rya...

Ed Ruscha’s visual interpretation of autumn. “Fall All Leaves All Fall” (2009). Courtesy Ed Ruscha and Gagosian Gallery. Via NYT

David Paul Bayles started as a logger in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to save some money to finish his photography school, and since than he’s fascinated by the trees. Love his series of pictures of falling trees, loggers, carved trees, tree farms and more…

Just came across this wonderful project called CLOSE UP AND PRIVATE by artist Sergei Sviatchenko. In this project he’s capturing the spirit of modern style, as seen through the subtle shades of the individual. Great inspiration!

A lazy sunday afternoon, browsing thru my found and emailed links of the past week came, I across this one. I’m so much enjoying almost everything in the Japanese online shop Kirpputori (the Finnish word for flea market ). Beautiful felt animals, birch wood boxes and envelopes and lovely ta...

Check the updated portfolio of Sabrina Bongiovanni with the very nice series of pictures Cheer-Up!

The ninth issue of Acne Paper addresses the dual themes of Art and Spirituality, and explores the relationship between these two inextricably linked areas of study.The cover story sees a unique collaboration between Tilda Swinton and Paolo Roversi. Other collaborators include David Lynch, Marina ...

Workspaces always inspired me. Joseph O. Holmes did this project, finding workspaces by walking in off the street with camera and tripod and simply asking. He explains: ‘The Workspace project is my ongoing attempt to examine the quasi-private spaces people carve out of their public work liv...

Jaakko Pallasvuo is studying at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and makes some really nice work.

Here’s a new project by our favorite photographer Pablo Delfos: Sentimentale. A performance by Ivan Hennetin with Opus 51 by Tchaikovslky played by Janine Jansen. It resulted in this beautiful short movie and a fantastic series of pictures.

Another nice collaboration: Check this plain canvas Tote by Porter and B印 Yoshida, available at Fennica and shared by Freshness. Lovely!

Last week we met talented creatives and reviewed their portfolio’s at the Blend New Talent Night. We were very excited to meet such passionate and talented people and so we left Pakhuis de Zwijger with a fresh dose of inspiration.Our favorite was definitely last years graduate from the HKU ...

Friday october 30 Fontanel and Nieuwe Garde organizing a new issue of 60 Minute Magazine during the ‘Internationaal Beeldfestival Rotterdam‘. Participants will get 60 minutes to create a complete magazine issue - if you’re around, want to share your creativity in journalism, gra...

I love the simplicity of New York based Bertelli bicycles. This protoype with a lovely vintage brooks saddle will be ready for sale on starting spring 2010. Every part is assembled by hand, finished and fine-tuned by Francesco…

As some of you might know, my brother’s crossing the globe photographing new projects from world leading architects. In the coming months I will share some of his new works here at Anothersomething.To start with this new building by Michael Maltzan in LA. The Carver Apartments will give hom...

We are very proud to announce that we received the Qompendium Print Publication Vol. 1 for Anothershop. It is ‘a selective journey through the multiverse of intentional and unintentional time capsules featuring an array of exceptional pictorial essays, unabridged interviews and supplementar...

One of these evenings browsing thru the Life Archives, searching on random words for inspiration, I came across this image. It’s a cotton mill where the cotton is being prepared for weaving. Shot by Nat Farbman in Shaw, United Kingdom. What a beautiful picture!