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Hilary Grant knitwear: bring on winter!
‘Designed to bring some joy to even the most gloomy of winter days’, this collection of well crafted scarves, hats and gloves combines classic styles with bold patterns. Hilary Grant, an exciting new knitwear label based in Orkney, has just been selected for Cultural Enterprise’s Fashion Foundry business incubation programme set up to support ten of Scotland’s most promising fashion designers. The pieces in the range are knitted and hand finished
Vivian Maier: a major talent emerges from the darkroom
Like many female artists, the name of 1950s New York street photographer Vivian Maier is not as well known as her that of her male peers. It’s not the fault of some anti feminist conspiracy however: Maier showed her work to no one. Instead this strange, solitary individual worked as a nanny in New York and Chicago, all the while taking picture after picture and storing them away in lockers.
Joy Division Album Cover by designer Peter Saville
The cover to Joy Division’s 1979 album Unknown Pleasures is as bleak and enigmatic as the music itself: a series of jagged white lines against a black background that’s been recreated in tattoos, clothing, and animation. In a clip for New York’s Visualized Conference, former Factory Records graphic designer Peter Saville explains the origin behind the cover, which represents the frequency of the signal from the first observed pulsar or
Glasgow Women's Library – 21 years and still going strong
Today Glasgow Women’s Library opens a preview of an exhibition to celebrate its 21st anniversary. It’s come a long way since the damp freezing shop front in Garnet Hill staffed by volunteers. The Library has commissioned 21 Scottish artists and 21 writers to produce work for the exhibition which opens today, 21 September. Artists include Ashley Cooke, Kate Davis and Ruth Barker – who has produced the silk scarf printed
Cinematic Edinburgh – Walking Tour and Doors Open Day
Visit the film locations of One Day and Trainspotting on a walking tour of central Edinburgh brought to you by Cinematic Scotland and the National Library of Scotland. The full tour is about 3 miles and takes about two and half hours – at strolling pace – you don’t have to run full pelt like Ewan MacGregor. You can join the tour, which also points out interesting cinema buildings, at any point on the
Good old, dirty old 1970s New York City
Head over to a Facebook page called Dirty Old 1970s New York City for a shot – possibly from a dirty needle – of grimy, pre gentrification New York. The page is styled for ‘those who loved NYC before the 1980s took its balls away’. It’s easy to forget that before Woody Allen got us thinking the city was a book-lined psychiatrist’s study with a movie theatre on every corner, Nora Ephron
Your favourite place in Scotland, Scottish Book Trust
Most people love sharing what their favourite things are – holiday destinations, restaurants, pubs, books, films, albums – the list goes on. Scottish Book Trust has indulged us and asked the question – where is your favourite place in Scotland? The public were invited to send photos of their number one location as part of a photography competition. Here are some of the entries competing for the prize of a
Glass bottles by Elizabeth Lyons
For some reason, good glass art is hard to find. Much of it tends to the gaudy or the twee. These colourful bottles however – the biggest of which are two feet tall – are quite stunning. They are by award winning sculptor Elizabeth Lyons who handblows and signs each piece herself. They are custom works available directly from the Lyons Glass studio in Rochester New York. The images below show
Facekini fashion in China
The ‘Facekini’are a relatively a new (fashion?) trend, having first been noticed on the beaches of Qingdao a few weeks ago. For those of you who are fans of the look, you’ll be please to know that the ‘Facekini’ comes in a wide selection of colours. Some sellers have made the bold claim that orange coloured ‘Facekini’s’ in particular keep Jellyfish Stingers and Sharks at bay because ‘orange is the