Friday Mode: Lana Del Rey Remixed By Nikonn

Image Credit: johnnyblueeyes.com

Friday's rock. Not that they stand-out any differently in my routine, but they kind of have that nice vibe to them. Anyway, this remix of Lana Del Rey's Blue Jeans by Nikonn from greek electro band Mikro (insert love here) is so fitting to today's mood. The (original) video to this song is awesome too.

Public Bureau Tease

Working on the new Public Bureau photos of the whole series. More to come.

Feist - How Come You Never Go There Remix

Feist just released the video to "How Come You Never Go There". I like the song, I love the video (below), I worship the remix by Clock Opera (further below).

Ana Serrano's "Salon Of Beauty"

"Salon of Beauty" is artist Ana Serrano's latest large-scale handmade cardboard installation depicting a "mashup" of small low-end neighborhood businesses which create an alternate Los Angeles inspired landscape. I love the sharpness paper gives to Serrano's work and I love the "polyphony" of colors and that typography… well she basically had me with her typography. The aforementioned multitude of color, which is really stunning, is present in her previous work too "Cartonladia"(image below).

The title of this installation is the name of a beauty salon Serrano actually saw in LA, where she was born and raised, which seems to be a direct translation from the spanish term for beauty salon: "salón de belleza". 

Now, I've never been to Los Angeles (though I am planning to do so next year if everything goes well) but I can understand what Ana Serrano wanted to convey through "Salon Of Beauty" and I bet you, she would be thrilled to find some similar "gems" in the cypriot urban landscape. 

(via / all images via anaserrano.com / video by Walley Films)

P/B Preparations

Next week we will be working on the big shoot for the full Public Bureau Inaugural Series, which will be available to order later this month. While I was sorting out the files from the previous shoot, I found this snap which was not used in the pre-campaign. I like smiles!

annakoumoushi Fall/Winter 2011-2012

This past summer I started working with Anna Koumoushi again, for her Fall/Winter campaign & her brand website. After a great couple of months and an endless series of emails always starting with something in the context of "I was thinking..." or "What if we did this.." and some of the most constructive meetings I've ever had, we came to completing the campaign and launching the annakoumoushi website.

Anna's work derives from raw emotions and simple ideas, resulting in a solid, unadulterated, uncompromised and genuine result. I guess, that's why I clicked with Anna and am able to work so well with her, we share that common conceptual and visual path, I mentioned a while back. The full project lives here.

Check out the annakoumoushi website, and while you're at it, take a peek at her blog too.