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Editor in chief e fondatore di Polkadot. Ingegnere, curioso e appassionato, da sempre spettatore dell'eterno duello tra razionalità e creatività, tra idee e limiti di tempo. Papà di Cleo ed Eva. La Puglia è la sua casa.
FASHION

BORO

La storia del brand BORO nasce da un matrimonio inscindibile tra i due emisferi mentali di Antonio Diaconale, dj e graphic-designer,  celebrato dalle intuizioni imprenditoriali di Fulvio Sorbino. Un progetto che nasce nel mondo del design. Mille schegge di evoluzione culturale che si infilano sotto la pelle di Antonio e sedimentano cicatrici colorate: il funk …

EVENTS PHOTOGRAPHY

FotoArte2009

Inizierà martedì 26 maggio la sesta edizione di FotoArte, il principale network fotografico del Sud Italia. Sei eventi, cinquecento foto per settanta fotografi presenti. Non mancherà la partecipazione di ospiti d’eccezione: quest’anno sarà la volta dei fotografi Lorenzo Pesce e Giorgio Ciardo. Con i loro scatti testimonieranno il prestigio della fotografia italiana nel mondo.  Il …

FASHION MUSIC

American Apparel x Sebastien Tellier

American Apparel’s favorite French provocateur of sex, beards and rock n’ roll is back in sensual sheer tee form. Purchase this limited edition T-shirt and receive Sébastien Tellier‘s critically acclaimed Sexuality CD free! 25$, in an unisex size.

PRODUCT

Vespa x Fred Perry

Fred Perry celebrates its 100th anniversary with a limited edition Vespa scooter. The scooter comes limited to 100 pieces and features classic Fred Perry branding, including the laurel logo and the tipping stripes. The scooter will only be available in the UK, France, US and Japan from August 2009. [via highsnobiety]

EVENTS MUSIC

DISSONANZE 09. tra 120 e 130 bpm, good vibrations.

Roma. Venerdì 8 maggio. Tramonto. La terrazza dell’Ara Pacis trabocca. Affluenza massima al monumento romano che ospita la preserata della nona edizione di Dissonanze, il festival internazionale di musica elettronica e d’avanguardia più atteso della penisola. Stampa, p.r., dj, addetti ai lavori e chi è riuscito ad ottenere l’invito. Una vetrina di saluti, chiacchiere e …

PRODUCT

Oliver peoples Eyewear

Oliver Peoples Eyewear announced that it will launch an advertising campaign  featuring Zooey Deschanel for the 2009 season. The luxury eyewear house, which recently wrapped up a  Cinema advertising campaign featuring Robert Evans, plans to combine still photographs with a short film  to create a storyline consistent with the brand’s story telling marketing approach.  Headquartered …

WEB

Big Cartel

Big Cartel made it easy for thousands of bands, record labels, clothing designers, artists, crafters, and independent businesses to make beautiful stores to sell their stuff online. They don’t have a bunch of complicated features. All you need is a Paypal account. They don’t make you setup your own server or have a merchant account,  …

FASHION

Keep shoes

Launched in the summer of 2006 Keep is a shoe company, a clothing company, an amalgam of interests, a  way of being, a force, a language, a family and many other things.   Keep started out making kicks for ladies but now the sizes run big enough to fit the bro’s too and a few  styles …

PRODUCT

AiAiAi Z-Sleeves

The AIAIAI Z-sleeves are made in a collaboration between AIAIAI and the the young Danish fashion  label ThankYouForClapping. The Sleeves consists of three layers, combined to give excellent protection for  your laptop. Inside it has a smooth sports liner, which provides a soft touch. The core is neoprene, known  for its chock absorbing qualities and …

PRODUCT TECH

Bajca, the Smile Keypad

We wrote about it some months ago, and now you can buy it! Bajca is the new writing tool of our age, a “Smile Keypad” that allows to express yourself trough emoticons  : you plug it in your desktop or personal computer and it adds 16 keys, each of them represents a different emotion. Finally …

FASHION

Happy Socks

On a rainy Sunday in April 2008, two guys from Stockholm  came up with a promising brand idea. Mikael Söderlindh  and Viktor Tell decided the time was right to start  spreading happiness by means of high quality footwear in  quirky patterns at a low price. Happy Socks was born.  Only four months after the initial …

EVENTS MILAN

The Puppet Show, by Winkler+Noah

If you are in Milan, do not miss The Puppet Show, the new artistic project by the photographers Winkler+Noah: 30 portraits of children from two to eight years old, taken very naturally and transformed into dolls by a subtle play of retouching. The photo-symbol of the show, has already received two of the most important …