Keep your eyes on the road – The Lone Wolf single
“The Devil and I” will be the name of the album by Paul Marshall under the new name of Lone Wolf, a debut powered by Bella Union. This is the video realised for the launch of the first single “Keep your eyes on the road” thanks to the collaboration of Ashely Dean, the popular animator of the Broken Pixel methods. It wants to be an homage to Peter Gabriel’s video “Sledgehammer” (1986) that has been considered the best animated video into music history until now. Good sounds, great video! We are waiting for the complete L0ne Wolf’s album!
The new burlesque
Vintage, elegance and ironic eroticism, that’s burlesque! From the great icon and most popular pin up Betty Page, during the mid century, to Dita Von Teese during these days. The italian photographer Cesare Cicardini celebrates the burlesque myth with a free exhibition in Milan at Mc2Gallery Contemporary art (from tuesday to friday, 10 – 13 and 15 – 19) until 13/03 . The new burlesque atmoshpere is available now.
Politica & design?
Solitamente su Polkadot non affrontiamo mai argomenti di natura politica, anche se gli accadimenti degli ultimi mesi nel nostro paese e l’annullamento quasi totale di una sana informazione ci amareggiano molto. Non vogliamo nascondere le nostre idee politiche ma neanche metterle al centro delle nostre scelte di contenuti, salvo eccezioni interessanti. E la campagna elettorale di Nichi Vendola è di fatto una novità, al di là del contenuto ideologico, in termini di grafica & design e di comunicazione politica più in generale. Da sempre abituati al vecchio e retorico manifesto elettorale, quello con il busto del candidato sulla destra e il solito messaggio di speranza a sinistra (con relativi simboli di partito inseriti in cornice), il movimento di Nichi Vendola abbandona coraggiosamente questo format per adottare un modello unico in Italia, con codici completamente diversi da quelli della propaganda in termini di visual e di messaggio. Colori pastello e riferimenti iconici semplici e diretti per enfatizzare di volta in volta un concetto in modo chiaro e divertente (dove divertente sta per volutamente ironico al fine di evidenziare una problematica). Payoff finale “La poesia è nei fatti“. Una visione nuova all’interno di un sistema di comunicazione obsoleto e stanco che noi ci sentiamo di sostenere e apprezzare. Il progetto è a cura dello studio pugliese di design della comunicazione FF3300.
Get 5 minutes of freedom: Flash Mob Dance in Milan
Flash mob is an unexpected fast and totally free event where a lot of people gather in a predetermined place and do something. Usually the mobbers (people that coming there) dance freely following music into their ipod, like a silent disco. No political or religious ideas match togheter the mobbers, the flash mob is just a break into ordinary life: a little time of free personal expression. The biggest Flash mob realised was in London on the 4 April 2007 (4000 of people came in Victoria station, look at the picture above). A new one is coming in Milan on the next 2th of May 2010, and the objective is collecting more people than the flash mob in London! People are invited to come into Piazza Cordusio with their ipod (this is the track suggested LINK). At 4 pm in the afternoon everyone could start to dance freely, then following the organizers they will move to Piazza San Babila dancing of course, at 5 pm the music will stop and it will be as nothing was happened. More information are available on Facebook searching “Flash Mob Dance Milano – Silent Rave“. Spread the event!
Los Campesinos! – Romance is boring
Out last friday the new album “Romance is boring” from one of the most original and funny english band: Los Campesinos! of course. And this is the new video produced by Alex De campi. We are listening to the new album, and we will come to you soon for a review.
Music jewel: Midlake – The Courage of Others
Available now in Italy the new album of the american band Midlake “The Courage of Others“. We have titled the article a “music jewel”, and it is true because a jewel is an album that put itself out of the conventional, a rare example of something new, a hope to hear something better in the future. What is the meaning of new? The project, the great mix of the influences in the album, the beautiful sound of the songs, the excellent performance of musicians. Melancholy and darkness into honey and warm ballads, between Radiohead and seventies’ atmospheres from Neil Young to Fleetwood Mac. Probably the best album of the year.. at the moment of course. Midlake became really popular in 2006 with the album “The trials of Van Occupanther“, their first album close to folk rock and it contains the beautiful piece Roscoe. We hope Midlake will play in Italy soon. Here a very nice song “Winter dies” from the last album on free streaming for you by Polkadot.
Roller Sunglasses by 11Null
This is an idea coming from Berlin, from the brand 11Null and the project is named “The future is bright“. We are talking about a new eyewear model: just sunglasses and nothing else. Is functionality the password for a bright future? The brand agree with this philosophy. Glasses as film, completely roller blind into a little tube as a roll of film. You could also use the glasses as a bracelet. Probably really comfortable into some situation, on the beach or during sport activities or just new cool accessory. What do you thing about? Have a look at Wok store in Milan or on the brand web site here.
Mi Ami Ancora?
Ritorna il Mi Ami di Rockit, nella sua versione invernale. Più che un evento, un appuntamento speciale per gli appassionati di musica indipendente italiana, che durante l’anno bazzicano i locali milanesi per ascoltare i loro artisti preferiti. Non è un evento nella versione classica da Facebook, ormai ce ne sono fin troppi e ci hanno francamente stancato. Il Mi Ami ancora è un incontro di metà anno prima dell’estivo festival dei baci (Il Mi Ami classico appunto), un incontro tra amici, tra amici della musica senza futili polemiche su chi faccia uso di stupefacenti, c’è della musica non del gossip (critica voluta nei confronti dell’odiato festival di SanRemo). La location riconfermata è il Leoncavallo, ottima per il suo spirito free e dal gusto underground. La novità è la formula: non più due giorni di musica ma una scaletta fitta da consumare in 15 ore filate, tutto in una notte! Come dire un’indigestione di musica, ma decisamente accattivante e a cui è difficile dire di no. E per i sopravvissuti: colazione (gentilmente offerta dagli organizzatori) alle prime luci dell’alba. Prezzo politically correct: 10 euro con birra inclusa nel prezzo. Non rimane che citarvi la scaletta di seguito e ci si vede al Leoncavallo per la notte bianca della musica italiana! Continua a leggere per il programma completo…
Good Things are coming soon: N.1 Love
Good things is a new project from the american creative agency Honeycomb, based in NY and Buoens Aires. The factory collects different artists (designer, stylists,…) under the name The Hives and organizes exhibitions of their works internationally. Good Things is a concept following a positive approach to a better life and a chance to make the world better with less. Every year Good things chooses an idea and the artists are called to represent it in their creative way. The Good Thing of 2010 is Love and supports are a limited edition series of t-shirts (16 different pieces), each for every designer’s ideas. But there is something relevant: the series will help the environmental cause. For each shirt sold, 50 square meters of deforested land will be purchased, regenerated and protected by Wild Again organization with a lot of important benefits. The pieces are available in pre-order on the Honeycomb website, and official released on 7th of February.
Polkadot reminds you: AIR in Italy
Amour, Imagination, Rève. This is the explanation of the name AIR. And effectively the french band plays a dreaming music mixing electronic and pop sounds. AIR is a duo of Nicolas Godin and Jean Benoit Dunckel. They became very popular during the nineties, following the trend of trip hop and electronic music, with their first beautiful album “Moon Safari” (1998). And this was the starting point. In 2001 “1000 Hz Legend” was published and the great “Talkie Walkie” in 2004 with the popular single “Cherry blossom gilr” and then “Pocket Symphony” in 2007. The last project is “Love2” (2009) and in order to promote the new album the band have been planned a tour with 3 dates in Italy:
- Tonight they will play in Milano @ Magazzini Generali
- Tomorrow Air gig will take place in Bologna @ Estragon
- Saturday 23 th the band will be in Rome @ Auditorium Parco della Musica
Tickets on sale at ticketone and here.
What is time for you?
“Time is never time at all…” Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins leader) sing in Tonight Tonight. He is right, time is not just a count, time is a philosophical concept in everyone’s life and also an aesthetic concept. Diamantini&Domeniconi agree with this and the factory has created a series of clocks inspired by different ideas: time is running out as men or butterflies, time as a perfect circle, time as coloured design or time as nature element. A lot of models are available on the web site, find your personal way to express your time.
My Private Place Exhibition
Marco Pietracupa is an italian photographer close to fashion system but not only. He also loves to make portraits and project focused on common people and sometimes on objects. Marco’s phylosophy is based on irony, fun, and sensuality. His works are surely unconventional and really originals. He usually collaborates with important fashion magazines as D di Repubblica and Vogue Man. Adidas Originals and Vice Magazine are pleased to present a new Marco Pietracupa exhibition named “My Private Place“. The artist will introduce the visitors into his home, an intimate and professional place. At first he shows his family, then a series of ironic and erotic portraits and at the end two strange striptease he has made in the dark when the models can’t watch him. All the shoots have been done in analogical way and printed.
The exhibition will be available from Sunday 19th of January until 19th of February @ Vice Gallery, Via Watt 32, 20143 Milan.
