ministry of stories

this has a fantastic story…….

‘cut to november 2010, after many, many meetings, and gargantuan efforts from Nick Hornby, Lucy Macnab and Ben Payne (and a veritable host of others), and this morning saw the launch of the ministry of stories on hoxton street in east london.

the ministry follows the model of the 826 centres: a writing centre where kids aged 8-18 can get one-to-one tuition with professional writers and other volunteers; with the centres being housed behind fantastical shop fronts designed to fire the kids’ imaginations (and generate income for the writing centres).

in our case, the shop is hoxton street monster supplies – purveyor of quality goods for monsters of every kind. the shop was established in 1818, and ever since then has served the daily needs of london’s extensive monster community. you can pick from a whole range of tinned fears (each of which comes with a specially commissioned short story from authors including nick hornby and zadie smith), a selection of human preserves, and a variety of other really rather fine goods.’

http://www.wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2010/11/ministry-of-stories-hoxton-street-monster-supplies/

http://www.ministryofstories.org/

the hill-side

the hill-side is run by the brothers corsillo, is based in brooklyn and specializes in making neckties, hankerchiefs and scarves out of utilitarian fabrics. some of the fabrics they feature are selvedge chambray,hemp/cotton selvedge denim, left-hand twill, cotton duck and waxed canvas. they’ve got a great identity too.

http://www.thehill-side.com/

julie verhoeven

another fashion industry secret is illustrator/artist julie verhoeven. her style is very recognisable but her illustrations have morphed from commercial editorial/fashion pieces to 3D art installations in london’s riflemaker gallery. she has recently done a collaboration with the h&m home line and mulberry on a line of tote bags. she is currently a part-time teacher at Central saint martins on the ma fashion course.

http://www.julieverhoeven.com/

tom ford neroli portofino

this is a new bath range from tom ford and is infused with citrus oils, florals and amber notes. the collection contains a moisturiser, shower gel, body oil, body scrub and soap. the range follows the structures used for his eau de parfum range.

http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/waitlists/TMG8362572/Beauty-Waitlist-Tom-Ford-Neroli-Portofino-Collection.html

gaslight district

gaslight district has an identity which plays on victorian technical pattern illustrations to reflect their victorian inspired clothing.

http://www.graphic-exchange.com/archives/home_2011_02_03.html

pop chart lab

a choice of new poster art based on the spidergram graphics from the pop chart lab. They do t-shirts too.

the splendiferous array of culinary tools

grand taxonomy of rap names

the evolution of video game controllers

the very many varieties of beer

http://popchartlab.com/