Archive for August, 2009
it’s complex August 28th, 2009
This cover shoot for Complex Magazine’s August/September Design/Style issue features Keri Hilson and illustration from French designer/artist So-Me. The cover shoot been widely written and talked about for a hot while now – and time is fast sailing by. So rather than let this fall by the wayside - and in keeping with the Capicú mantra to deliver the freshest and finest, but not necessarily the newest – here it is. One cover story [below] features Keri shrouded in So-Me illustrations, which are hotter than the sun right now. So-Me has previously worked on the videos to Kanye’s Good Life, and Crookers/Kid Cudi’s Day n Nite, and the featured combination is on point.
The other cover story [below] has Capicú favourite Kid Cudi enveloped in illustrations by the graffiti artist Auger. Like So-Me, Auger’s style is distinctive and on fire – if a touch more polarising. The result is a style annual with 2 photographic/illustrative covers so colourful, engaging, playful and striking that they’re guaranteed to brighten up news stands and the weblog world alike…
Complex Magazine’s August/September issue is available now
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naNO shame August 21st, 2009
I know I said previously that it’s shameful to cover up your cutting edge technology with a protective case - and then proceeded to post the Arlanda iPod case from Want Les Essentials De La Vie - but that opinion doesn’t apply to the nano. Simply because it’s just not that cutting edge. Yes the technology is largely the same as it’s older brother [the touch] and cousin [the iPhone] but it is undeniably the budget version, and the design confirms that. It is the Porsche Boxster of mp3 players. Don’t get me wrong, it had it’s advantages - namely portability and convenience - but to be honest, the iPod nano isn’t beautiful. So, after all is said and done it’s fair to conclude that you can be forgiven for, or even encouraged to, cover the nano up with a case of superior design. Like the 45 Nano case from Vancouver based Contexture Design for example. Fasioned out of salvaged cassettes [that are then gutted, routered, and rebuild to house your nano], it is of a completely different ilk to the Arlanda iPod case - but deserving of credit for what it is. Harking back to bygone days, the cassette - which has itself become a design icon in recent times - is guaranteed to appeal to youthful trend setters and nostalgic older generations alike…
Available via their website
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tiene fly, tiene party, tiene una sabrosura August 20th, 2009
Described by Fader as their favourite Dominican badgirl wielding a mic, MadDecent’s Maluca has just dropped her first track: El Tigeraso. In what she describes as a side-eye to those random dudes all tryna wife you when you walk down the street, El Tigeraso’s merengue influenced tropical electro sound fits with the new wave of electro-Latin music that has been flooding our airwaves this summer. The original [below] is produced by Diplo, but it’s since been remixed more times than a pan of gallo pinto. To catch her live, keep your eyes and ears open at carnival next weekend, she’s rumoured to be performing. Somewhere…
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ferris real [estate] August 14th, 2009
To anyone who – like me – wished you were Ferris Beuller [or at least one of his friends], this post will surely be of interest. There is no argument to be had, he was the man, and his day off the subject of one of the classics of our time. Be it his cheeky swagger, ingenuity [boy I used to wish I could hook up my room like he did] or total recklessness [think Ferrari and this, the Ben Rose House in Chicago], the chance to own anything he had always was – and I guess still is – an exciting prospect. I’ve come a long way since those days, but sadly not quite far enough to be able to fork out $2.3m for a piece of teen cinema history. If you can though, head to Sotheby’s…
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don’t i look extra slick in this nautical August 14th, 2009
After 9 days at sea and in keeping with my appreciation of nautical themes in fashion I’d been daydreaming about a snapback cap with laurel leaf motifs on the peak for a little while… when all of a sudden I stumbled upon this. Bang. Perfect. As if somebody at Vans [and/or Starter] had read my mind and hand delivered this to me. No sooner had I decided this will be my next purchase as likewise decided it must grace Capicú’s pages. There is one catch though: only 16 have been manufactured to date [1 for each of 16 select retailers across the US] – and general release is timed for Spring 2010, so it’s going to be a long wait…
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i like a long haired thick redbone August 14th, 2009
I’ve heard it said that Drake is a studio rapper, and having seen him live I’ve got to say I can see where they’re coming from. In fact anyone who saw what happened at the Susquehanna Bank Center in New Jersey would be hard pushed to dispute this. I wish him a speedy recovery, and Weezy the best of luck finding a new insurance policy. Maybe Aleksandr could help? Simples. Anyway his official mixtape So Far Gone confirms Drake’s skills in the studio, as does the linked version from dj Rob E Rob. For proof just listen to track 14 [video above]…
For the mixtape click here
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llegó el frontú August 13th, 2009
20 days without a word, not even an explanation of my absence, and then a post about a fashion collaboration. It’s fair to say that doesn’t really cut the mustard. You deserve more, I know. So here it is, the explanation: I was on holiday with the fam. They say that the love of a family is life’s greatest blessing, and I’m inclined to agree. Hence the lack of attention Capicú has [or hasn't] received in recent weeks. A wise man once proposed that to love and feel loved is to feel the sun from both sides, and right now you and I are feeling the sun from one side only. So consider this an apology AND explanation for my disappearance, as if wiped off the face of this earth, and also a pledge to strive to continue to bring you the world’s finest design, music, fashion, life & style…
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vespAdidas August 11th, 2009
As part of their Celebrate Originality campaign, adidas Originals have teamed up with Italian moped engineers and creators of a modern icon: Vespa. The collaboration apparently stands for a contemporary interpretation of modern lifestyle and classical casual looks, and judging by the PX Mid Canvas [above] PX Perf [below] they are doing just that. With enough design elements to be instantly recognisable as adidas [not least the three stripes], yet recognisable influences from the classical Italian styling of a Vespa [notably the identity and curves on the PX Mid] these designs achieve the perfect balance that any collaboration strives to achieve. Available from Size, or directly from Adidas Originals…
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