For this new collection you have created for us a triptych ( Fig A B C ) which was a real leitmotiv for this spring summer line. 
You have made a retrospection of modern art in three parts, what will be the result / outcome of this evolution. ( could you draw us a little sketch of Fig D)

I have called it Maximalism

Your actual works looks very spontaneous, drawn in one line. Do you have plenty of folders full of drafts or everything really comes from your« instinct »?

I do actually have shelves full of sketchbooks and folders of scraps of paper that I have ideas doodled on in various levels or completeness. Some are good, some are bad. Some are ready to be used. Some need some more thought. Regardless, I keep them all and I constantly look back through them and find things that I want to realize. Sometimes, I don’t even understand what I was trying to do until I look back at something a year later. Ultimately, for better or for worse, they all come from my instinct.

You are particulary interested in music, what are you going to listen this summer ?

Very interested in music. At the moment I am back in a phase where I am listening mostly to electronic stuff.

What are you listening for working ?

I’m really liking the new Lusine record from Ghostly International. The new Autechre record as well.

Raised in town or countryside ?

I was raised in a small city in Texas named Denton. Like a lot of Texas towns it had it’s rural areas. So you were never really far from the country. Texas is country, I suppose.

First picture you loved ?

Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie

Young artist ?

I like any and all young artists. I don’t even care what their work is or how it looks. I’m just happy that they are doing it.

Are you a Smiling person ?

I’m not generally very smiley. Some call me “serious” or “dark” or “moody”. I smile … when there is something to smile about. But I do not jump out of bed with a smile on my face. They day has to earn it.

Tell me more about how are you dancing

I dance like a DJ … reserved … and when and only when I am really feeling it. I wish I was one of those people that just dance. But I’m just not. I love music though. I guess that’s how I ended up as a DJ.

Things which make your dreams ?

Lately, my actually dreams have been very stressful. Not sure why. Perhaps I am working too much. I am working too much. Other than that my dream is that I can get a chance to go to space in my lifetime.

Altered state of mind ?

Most of the time, in some form or another.

Favorite actor ?

Steve McQueen

Favorite raw vegetable ?

Okra.

Fetish Album ?

I’d say The Stone Roses. Never get tired of hearing it.

An epic movie scene ?

The ending scene of “Another Earth”. Still trying to wrap my head around it.

Best Beatles song ?

That’s impossible to answer. Right now my favorite is Taxman. My taxes are late.

Are you travelling a lot for your job ?

Not as much as I’d like to unfortunately. I’ve ended up in place where I’m mostly in front of a monitor busting out graphics. I’d like to get to the point where I’m traveling to locations to create work. When can I come to France?

Which decade, and which period would you like to live ?

I really like living in this one actually. There’s a lot to ponder at this point in history.

Sporty ?

Not really. I like to ride my bike though.

What’s your biggest fear ?

Laziness

More CD Ryan here

Sixpack France presents “Stuck Inside of Mobiles”, a show by Raphaël Garnier

It was on march 1st in Artisan Social Designer galery, Paris

This line was inspired by legendary Italian architecture and design studio Memphis. Sixpack France asked Garnier to keep on exploring their vast œuvre to find patterns and frames that could help him to make ceramics scupltures, prints on fabric, drawings and photographs

The result looks like eerie still natures, or decaying, lifeless objects. Strange, solid mobiles one would like to squash down into shapeless heaps.

Bizarrely standardized, casually hypnotic patterns.

What those objects and images conceal is an inner, personal secret place, just like a cave hidden behind a waterfall.

Garnier designs the fictional topography of his own underground world, and unknowingly follows the unconscious lines of its depths, like some mystical speleologist.

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Since the Autumn of 2008 Common People features a constant growing selection of street-ware brands mostly from the Scandinavian fashion scene with late French and Classic brand additions.

Womenswear, menswear as well as accessories blend together resulting in an uncomplicated selection of items that every season conforms our main collection. Flash collections, best seller products, stock, special requests from our customers and a limited in house curated vintage selection; keep on refreshing our seasonal offer.

Find us here :
Common People KG
Kirchengasse 18/7
1070 Vienna
Austria

★★★ Opening : March 1st ★★★

★★★★★★ From 6pm to 10 pm ★★★★★★

Ready-to-wear brand Sixpack France allows itself a brief interlude to show – in a gallery space – the scenography of its AW 13-14 collection, designed by artist Raphael Garnier.

This line was inspired by legendary Italian architecture and design studio Memphis. Sixpack France asked Garnier to keep on exploring their vast œuvre to find patterns and frames that could help him to make ceramics scupltures, prints on fabric, drawings and photographs. The result looks like eerie still natures, or decaying, lifeless objects. Strange, solid mobiles one would like to squash down into shapeless heaps. Bizarrely standardized, casually hypnotic patterns. What those objects and images conceal is an inner, personal secret place, just like a cave hidden behind a waterfall. Garnier designs the fictional topography of his own underground world, and unknowingly follows the unconscious lines of its depths, like some mystical speleologist.

Loom, a new menswear store in Parkhurst, Johannesburg, is the suburb’s (and Johannesburg’s) first retail collaboration with a handpicked selection of cult-status brands

Offering a limited collection of street apparel and high-end men’s fashion, Loom is home to a handpicked selection of internationally renowned brands

Speaking exclusively to men’s interests, Loom’s products include South African staples such as jeans, causal shirts, t-shirts, shoes as well as accessories, collectables, and handcrafted chocolate.

Loom’s shop space is intentionally minimalist with bold shop fittings and excellent lighting, which ultimately places major emphasis on its offering of apparel. Each season will bring new collections, new fashion brands and shop-fit, as well as new objects of curiosity. Watch this ever-changing space.

Our history with Sixpack France as started at Shoez Gallery in 2004.
At that time, Sixpack was still a boutique in Avignon and the boss (Lionel) was making cool tees with his fellow  painters, graphic designers… A young and fresh style that was matching with our new concept.
In 2006, Dope opened its doors and made a great place to the increasing tees collection which had begun to be a real phenomenon in France
Year after year our selection has changed, but Sixpack France still remains one of the greatest in the store, as it has managed to evolve in the same direction than ours.
2013 our customers have grown up, and Sixpack France has, too

To be continued …

Dope - 10, rue de l’Algérie
69001 Lyon
France

Whether in your landscapes or your abstract paintings you always remain on a very frontal monochrome. Is it an ideal, a constraint or simply a signature ?

I think it does represent something like an idéal.  I do like to think that most, if not all of my vantage points are based on human observation.  Maybe we could say they are about an allegory around seeing.

After a long succession of monochromatics and abstracts your work is now based on the « daily poetry » which is made with everyday items. Which direction your work is taking today ?

My work continues to examine the everyday.  I feel like the new procès I am using allows me to consider a wide range of subject matter and genres….somehow the blue neutralizes the subject.  I want to build a catalog of sorts.  Something that represents everything I have always been interested in making photos of.

Your artworks are mostly scale-less, if you had to qualify them, would you say they are infinitely small or big ?

That’s a really cool obervation.  It’s funny because I am very particular about scale in my prints.  I project all of my images before I print them to determine a precise size that works for me.

What you are talking about is different though.  I would say that many of my images are about the dialectic between those two extrêmes.

Raised in town or countryside ?

I was raised in the city of Buffalo, New York but spent a lot of time in the countryside with my father who was a geologist and educator.

First picture you loved ?

Not the coolest answer but probably something by Ansel Adams.  I have been making photographs since I was 13.

Early artist ?

Probably Lee Friedlander or Edward Weston.

Smiling person ?

Anne Hathaway

Describe the way you dance

You dont want to know….it isnt pretty.

Things yours dreams are made of ?

The other 90% of my brain we dont have access to….

Altered state of mind ?

I’ve been there.

Favorite actor ?

Hmmmm…Joaquin Phoenix . Particularly in I’m Still Here.

Favorite photographer ?

Man Ray or Roe Ethridge or Paul Outerbridge for that matter

Favorite raw vegetable ?

Carrots and Kale

Favorite album ?

Robert Pollard’s Kid Marine

Favorite movie scene ?

Closing scène in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris

Favorite Beatles’ song ?

You‘ve Got to Hide Your Love Away or A Day In The Life

Do you often travel for work?

I have, but most of my favorite images are made in close proximity to where I live or have lived.

The decade or era you’d liked to live in?

1960’s of course

What’s your biggest fear ?

Probably rats…..or failure.

Any sports ?

Scott Norwood from the NY Buffalo Bills

Bonjour,
wir heißen Christine Giese und Nikolaus Schäfer, sind beide Mitte 30, leben zusammen und betreiben Rotation in Berlin Mitte.  Der Laden ganz in der Nähe des Rosenthaler Platzes existiert seit 2005 und war anfänglich ein reiner Plattenladen für DJs der Berliner Techno und House Szene.  So haben wir uns übrigens auch kennengelernt:  Christine hat früher als DJ professionell in Clubs und im Radio aufgelegt, ihre Platten bei mir gekauft und mir den Kopf verdreht.

Vor drei Jahren ist sie mit bei Rotation eigestiegen. Seit dem haben wir unser Konzept zur Boutique erweitert und bieten neben DJ Vinyl auch ausgewählte Mode und Accessoires von Berliner- und internationalen Designern an.
Wir mögen in der Musik und in der Mode gerne das Besondere und Hochwertige, deswegen sind wir für unsere Kunden immer auf der Suche nach ausgefallenen neuen Designs, bester Qualität und exklusiven, kleinen Auflagen. So sind wir auch auf Sixpack France gekommen. Die limitierten T-Shirts der Artist Serie sind wie gemacht für unsere Kundschaft aus DJs, Künstlern und Freaks aus aller Welt.

Sixpack France vereint für uns Zeitgeist, radikales Design und Qualität, das ist spannend und hat Inhalt! Super finden wir auch, dass die Sachen unter korrekten, nachvollziehbaren Arbeitsbedingungen in Portugal produziert werden.

Wer mehr Rotation uns erfahren möchte, kommt am besten einfach mal vorbei oder schaut sich unseren Blog

Liebe Grüße aus Berlin,
Nikolaus und Christine

St. Cream is owned and run by Matthias Scholz, 38 and Till Krüsmann 32. We both graduated graphic design school and have been working in the creative business before founding St. Cream.
We have been close friends long before the opening of our store in 2009 and have also been creating, hosting and DJing the parties Gedeih & Verderb and Laserdance in Hamburg’s famous venue Uebel & Gefährlich.

One part of the inspiration to open a retail business was to showcase the stunningly perfect crafted Coarsetoys by our friend and artist Mark Landwehr. We felt like these art pieces – by that time much more popular in Asia than in Europe – needed to be shown in Hamburg. Another inspiration were lots of trips to big cities in Europe, USA and Asia that we did together. We love our hometown Hamburg but have been missing a spot that brings you an international and curated shopping experience in the field of art toys, streetwear and sneaker. Instead of complaining, we figured “Let’s do it ourselves”. So we did.

When we think back to meeting Lionel for the first time at the Berlin tradeshows in 2009, we can’t help smiling. It was brief but charmingly entertaining, we thought “Well, this business is fun!”.

Since the opening in 2009 St. Cream changed and progressed immensely, we relocated the store to a bigger and better situated location and strongly refined our brand portfolio. Growing from a pure streetwear shop to an inspiring and curated shopping destination for the urban gentleman. In fact, Sixpack is one of the few brands that we have been carrying from the very beginning. We love the artistic value and the open mind of the brand. A very good example is the Tom Of Finland T-Shirt Series 2011.

Now based at the prime location on Kastanienallee in Prenzlauerberg, Mike and Michael has come a long way since the opening of their first shop LeGang in 2008. They have made a firm mark on the Berlin map as one of the most credible stores around and has become a favorite destination for many locals and tourists.

Sixpack France has been a part of their concept since the very start.

Having carried Sixpack France is also very much one of the reasons to their success not to mention being one of their personal favourite brands. The owners of ABOVE started their journey with quite a street-wear and youth orientated identity however, with time and the opening of their new shop ABOVE they have taken a different approach to clothing without compromising their taste or identity. They have managed to infuse what they like to call “a cleaner, more stylish approach to street-wear and fashion that is slightly more on the adult tip. Making sure they deliver that without any boredom but also to still be playful and youth orientated”.

Working close with Sixpack France has been the perfect outcome in that sense for them as they are, just like Sixpack moving forward in the same direction of making sure that offering something that is current, original, high quality, detailed, and with identity is top priority.

Make sure you stop by at ABOVE when you get the chance or on your next visit to Berlin and you will see why Sixpack France and the guys from ABOVE have been walking hand-in-hand for 5 years!