Steve Harries | Behind the scene on his new film

Steve Harries' new film will come out at the beginning of the new year. We are all very excited about Steve's brilliant directorial debut that will be exclusively premiered on Nowness. In the meantime here are some behind the scene snaps from the set at 3 Mills Studio.

The Temper Trap

Simple but amazing video from The Temper Trap.

Wandering Comma exhibition

One of New York's most celebrated and hyped photographer these days, Ryan McGinley is showing his newest work at the Alison Jacques Gallery in London until the end of this year. For his solo show Wandering Comma, McGinley has assembled seven new photographs in the largest format the artist has yet worked in. Even if you weren't the biggest McGinley fan from the beginning on, it's safe to say that his work and aesthetic has evolved over the last years from a snapshot style to one that is planned, cinematic, timeless and even epic sometime. So if you find a bit of time in your pre-christmas schedule, get down and have a look into these dreamed worlds.

24 November – 22 December 2011 at Alison Jaques Gallery
10 – 6 pm, Tuesday to Saturday

Behind the Scenes: HTC Sensation

After watching the final result of a shoot, there's nothing better than enjoying the Behind the Scenes images to get an up close and personal look at the whole production...

Robin Friend | Slaughterhouse

In his series Slaughterhouse, Robin Friend slowly exposes the intensely coloured minerals of an abandoned Welsh mine. Even as it returns to an atavistic state, the people who carved out their livelihoods and the alien topography are still a palpable presence for the photographer. Just released is ARAF, a film made by Andrew Telling and Owen Richards who followed Friend into the Victorian mines, reverently capturing the light and the quiet atmosphere and the distinctive process Friend used to create these extraordinary images.

HTC Sensation: Designcollector

again and again..and we can't get enough! A new feature of Damien and Leila's beautiful work for HTC on designcollector,motioncollector.

HTC Sensation: Whitezine

A nice feature on whitezine.com about our HTC Sensation commercial, directed by Damien and Leila de Blinkk.

Tim Barber: Behind The Scenes

Opening Ceremony featured this zippy little video of Tim Barber's OC Lookbook SS12 Shoot and takes us behind the scenes to get feelings of spring while enjoying the cold!
If you still need some warm-up, have a look at Tim's whole OC collection shooting here.

Opening Ceremony SS12 Lookbook from Opening Ceremony on Vimeo.

20 Years of Dazed & Confused Magazine exhibition

The first issue of Dazed and Confused was a fold out poster, put together in one night by Jefferson Hack and Rankin, proclaiming "This isn't a magazine". 20 years later Somerset House hosts the 20 Years of Dazed and Confused exhibition to mark the anniversary of a magazine, renowned for its style, culture and creativity.

Featuring iconic covers, photo shoots, artwork, fashion designs and editorial content, the exhibition showcases the photo shoots, cover shots and artwork of some of the Dazed's most legendary contributors including such big names as Rankin, Nick Knight, David Sims and Terry Richardson; specially commissioned projects by artists Jake & Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst and Sam Taylor-Wood, cutting edge fashion pages by stylists Katie Grand, Katy England, Alister Mackie and Nicola Formichetti, and designs by Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Gareth Pugh.

20 Years of Dazed and Confused: Making it Up as We go Along, takes place from Friday 4th November 2011 - Sunday 29th January 2012.

Check www.somersethouse.org.uk

i-D warms up the winter

Our mantra for today is pleasant "magazine anticipation". i-D kicks off the winter season with six different covers for their new issue. The Winter Warm-Up Issue impresses with Jourdan Dunn by Alasdair McLellan, Saskia de Brauw by Daniel Jackson, Hailey Clauson by Matt Jones and Anja Rubik by David Bailey. The new issue is out tomorrow.

Leila & Damien de Blinkk | HTC Sensation

Leila and Damien de Blinkk directed the latest TV commercial for the HTC sensation phone.

Agency: Mother london
Production: OneSix7 Productions

Leila & Damien de Blinkk | French Connection AW11 - The Magic Dress & The Jumper

Two more brilliant installments from Leila & Damien's latest campaign for French Connection.

The magic dress is truly magical. It does tricks involving glitter and even fireworks. Watch the film and see for yourself...

Rollnecks, V-Necks, Turtlenecks...there are many jumpers in the world and all of them are special in their own unique way. Jumpers are heroes and in this short film by French Connection for AW11, we celebrate their woolly gallantry.

Production by OneSix7 Productions
Advertising Agency 101 London

I-D Online | interview of Leila and Damien de Blinkk

Read Lily Avnet Brilliant interview of Leila and Damien de Blinkk for I-D Online that gives you an insight into the mind of the directors of French Connection A/W 2011 campaign:

"We never think in ‘buy this’ terms. We think in terms of expressing an idea in a certain way that we hope is “en dehors des chemins battus” (out of the usual roads). If it works, a connection will happen, a trace will stay. "

"The moods came from this search for the essence specific to each article of clothing that would become a kind of subtle, living incarnation of it. We looked for the feminine and masculine qualities of each piece, for its relationship to our skin, to our emotions, expectations and projections of ourselves."

To read the full interview, click here

On Tour with Pim Aldridge and Danny Bullman

Check On Tour blog that OneSix7 has been developing with writer Pim Aldridge and Danny Bullman. Featuring up and coming unsigned and recently signed Indie and Urban bands, On Tour is out and about touring the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, we catch up with you wherever you are playing.... From stinking back alley pubs to renowned iconic venues!

Check exclusive interviews and sets with The Meat and Onions Gang, The Valentines, States of Emotion, Japanese Voyeurs, Whigs, Cerebral Ballsy, Ravens of Paris, Dinosaur Pilot, Lamp Light, The Munroes, Milk, The Heart Brakes to name but a few. 

Check On Tour Blog here.

Damaris | 'Packing Heat'

OneSix7 has produced a film for 'Damaris' S/S 2012 lingerie collection. Art directed by Georgina Hodson and premiered at Somerset House for London Fashion Week on Saturday 17th September, 'Packing Heat' transports viewers through a journey of reality, subconscious, conscious and fantasy.

Starring sultry Liberty Ross in Damaris epic new collection,  'Packing Heat' is explosive, sensual, exceptional.

Leila & Damien de Blinkk | French Connection AW11 - The Suit & Shorts Vs Skirt

Two more brilliant instalments from Leila & Damien's latest campaign for French Connection.

The first features 'The Suit'. A powerful ally that gives it's wearer whatever he wants, without it he is nothing - a fresh take on fashion advertising.
And in the second we see hero garment 'The Skirt' in a face off with 'The Shorts' to decide who will be crowned table tennis champion.

Production by OneSix7 Productions
Advertising Agency 101 London





If only all garments could settle their differences over a game of ping-pong, the world would be a better place. There's not much between these two titans of the fashion world. Watch out for some outrageous showboating from the shorts which serves only to further anger the proud skirt. Spare a thought for the ping-pong ball, an innocent victim in this garment grudge match.

Leila & Damien de Blinkk | French Connection AW11 Videos

French Connection have released the first of Leila & Damien's adverts for this autumns collection.
The two shorts place 'the blouse' and 'the lucky shirt' as their subject - making the clothes as the subject.

Production by OneSix7 Productions
Advertising Agency 101 London



Not all men are born equal and not all shirts are lucky. But the man who possesses a lucky shirt is a collar and cuffs above the competition. And should you find yourself caught up in an imaginary bullfight, it pays to have a shirt to hand. Better still, a lucky shirt, with an ace up your sleeve.



The Blouse. The Shirt's better half. Delicate and ethereal, the blouse knows it looks good in natural light and is not afraid to flaunt it. Naughty blouse.

Leila & Damien de Blinkk | French Connection A/W 2011 in Store Teaser

Leila & Damien's teaser for the latest French Connection campaign is all over the stores with samples of the upcoming print ads in the windows and the trailer released last Monday displayed on screens.
Shots below taken in the Regent Street store - a big thanks for the access.

Miranda July | The Future

The Artist and Filmmaker Presents An Exclusive Vignette Inspired By Her Magical New Film

Miranda July dreams up an idiosyncratic solution to the interruptions of modern life in "A Handy Tip for the Easily Distracted." An offcut from July's latest film, The Future, the scene has been reconstituted by the actress, writer and filmmaker for NOWNESS, complete with a score by David Byrne collaborator Steven Reker.uly drew on her performance art piece, “Things We Don't Understand and Are Definitely Not Going to Talk About” for her sophomore feature; it follows 2005's Me and You and Everyone We Know, which won the Caméra d'Or prize at Cannes.



Miranda July: The Future on Nowness.com.

LEILA AND DAMIEN DE BLINKK

This is the first of 9 separate Autumn Winter advertising campaigns that OneSix7 have produced for French Connection with Creative Director Richard Flintham @ 101 Agency. Directed and Photographed by Leila and Damien de Blinkk, the films and prints will be staggered, with a constantly evolving message, throughout the season digitally, in cinema, on TV, in print, outdoor and in store windows. Celebrating the power of clothes, each film is stylishly told from the point of view of a hero garment. This is the first in the shape of a teaser 60” trailer and will be followed by a succession of films throughout August and September.

A Shaded View On Fashion Film | 4th edition

Oct 7th – 9th will be the 4th edition of ASVOFF (A Shaded View On Fashion Film), a unique travelling fashion film festival. Journalist and influential blogger Diane Pernet is the founder and author of A Shaded View On Fashion. She is renowned for her unwavering support of all things forward-thinking and creative, and in 2008 she decided to combine this thirst for the new with a supreme knowledge of film-making and create the fashion industry’s one and only film festival.
ASVOFF not only showcases a number of features, documentaries and performances, but also holds a competition inviting both emerging and established film-makers to showcase their work.


ASVOFF takes place at Centre Pompidou, Paris.

ashadedviewonfashionfilm.com

TEST Presents | TEST Magazine

Tonight, fashion film club Test Presents and artist Julie Verhoeven will be hosting a screening of 'The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant at the Town Hall Hotel, Bethnal Green, London. Verhoeven will be discussing her choice of film and its influence.

The event was created to celebrate and build a better understanding of the unique, increasingly dependent relationship between fashion and film. Jaime Perlman, Art Director of British Vogue, founder of TESTmag and organiser of ‘Test Presents', explains that “Cinema is inspirational to fashion designers, artists and photographers and this was an interesting way to gain understanding of its influence on them. Fashion has always been an important component of story-telling in cinema, but now increasingly, we use film to showcase fashion.”

More info about the screening here.

Steve Harries | Aloe Blacc for esquire

Steve shot soul musician Aloe Blacc for the current issue of Esquire at the brilliant Sunbeam Studios.

Styling by Catherine Hayward
Set Design by Robbie of Dragonfly Scenery
Interviewer Mansel Fletcher

Tim Barber | iD Interview

Tim was interviewed for the current issue of iD magazine as part of the OHWOW artist collective. Featuring alongside other creatives such as Aaron young, Jose Parla, Daniel Arsham and David Benjamin Sherry.


See more of Tim's personal work here.

Tim Barber| Wild Flower Video

As part of the Wild Flower story for Muse magazine Tim created a film featuring model Bambi Northwood-Blyth.


See more of Tim's fashion work here.

Tim Simmons| The New Heroes

Tim has a feature in issue #2 of The New Heroes magazine. With an 8 page run of images and an interview with Ben Nicholas of The Pearly Kings production company. Each issue is hand numbered and signed. Click here to visit the store and get a copy.

Joan Miró| The Tate Modern

Joan Miró's works come to London in the first major retrospective here for nearly 50 years.
Miró is one if the greatest surrealist artists, using a language of symbols that reflects his personal vision, sense of freedom, and energy. The exhibition includes many of the key works that we know and love. It also shows that, behind the engaging innocence of his imagery, lies a profound concern for humanity and a sense of personal and national identity. This is a must-see exhibition for 2011, filled with astonishing, beautiful and striking paintings by one of the greats of modern art.

Tate Modern 14 April  –  11 September 2011