Graphic Design : Margot Trudell - OMG Space

Truly amazing and inspiring work by Toronto based Graphic Designer MARGOT TRUDELL .

Graphic Design : Philographics by Genis Carreras

Minimal philosophy explained with simple geometric shapes by London based graphic designer GENIS CARRERAS

Wasted Rita T-Shirts

Colossal t-shirts from the rebel Portuguese graphic designer Wasted Rita ... get them here

Wasted Rita

"Wasted Rita is Rita Gomes. Graphic Designer. Graduated from Oporto's School of Fine Arts. Getting up early. Sunny days. Positive attitudes. Punk music and culture. DIY ethics. Live shows. Counterculture. Guerrilla art. Summer. Illustration. Drawing. The Bouncing Souls. Black Flag. Bkini Kill. Paint It Black. Lifetime. Ljubljana. Wide Smiles. Doing artworks for bands. Fanzines. Pens, pencils & ink. Colored papers. Scissors. Tape. Working through mistakes. Street waste. Irritating and provoking people. Experimenting. Exploring. Creating. Keeping it simple and fun."

London, I Love Queens Day,Bicycle Film Festival, Born Free, Headman,The Books, Andres Valerio,Autokratz,To Have and To Hold, Editors, Amsterdam Ghosts

Audiopleasures moving to London !!!!!!

Amsterdam is a unique, epic, awesome and wonderful city and i will miss it for sure but at this moment i can't get easily surprised anymore, so i'm thinking, planning, hopping and dreaming on moving to London on the coming weeks/months, for the blog would be a awesome challenge, drown in that great city and track down inch by inch in all the things i love, Music, Art, Visuals, Photography, Design etc ...






Queens Day is a epic festivity in Amsterdam and also in whole country, the best weekend of the whole year, the city dresses in orange and there are tons and tons of parties everywhere, yesterday i arrived a bit late but in time for some kick ass time, there are stuff for all tastes and for all levels of insanity, Electro, House, Techno, Latin, Dub Step, Drum n Bass and Psy Trance in the streets, the free markets, the boats parade in the canals and a great spirit of friendship and happiness. "Long live the Queen" & " Make Queens Day not War "




Captain Zac also known in Amsterdam as the Asbakfiets man has a awesome donut shape boat, the only round boat with a a Barbeque in Amsterdam. So if you are in Amsterdam or coming here and fancy a super cool way to glide through de canals at the flavour of a kick ass Barbeque Cpt Zac is the answer. contact : ExZactly [at] gmx [dot] com



On May 8th, Sur Place takes off with the Bicycle Film Festival in Pathé Tuschinski. For the first time in Amsterdam! Presented by BFF in collaboration with Mediamatic.

Mediamatic organizes Sur Place, an exhibition about urban bike culture that will run from May 8th to August 22nd.
We will discover the origin of this vehicle and explore the culture surrounding it. There will be wonderful bikes, film manifestations, work shops and numerous events



M.I.A. new video and single "Born Free" generated a whole lot of buzz and controversy because of the explicit graphic political fuelled violence and nudity .

I was never a big fan of her, but i kinda like the song, the video was directed by French director Romain Gavras that have also directed "Stress" by Justice.

Watch | M.I.A. - Born Free



Headman as announced the release of a new album on his record label Relish, '1923' will have as guest The Beta Band and Yello.

Mp3 | Headman - Fluctuation [ Thee Loving Hand Remix aka Tim Goldsworthy ]



Another of my long tearm favorites The Books return with a new album. The new EP is called "The Way Out" and will be out this July on Temporary Residence.

Mp3 | The Books – Beautiful People





Undead Design by Andres Valerio from San Jose, Costa Rica



"An official autoKratz video featuring new single Kick and footage taken from the bands west coast USA tour in April 2010. Go to autokratz now where you can download the new single for free "

Watch | autoKratz - Kick (USA Tour Video)



"To Have & To Hold is a 'musicmentory' to celebrate the age of vinyl records...including interviews, fresh graphics and good music. Directed by Jony Lyle for Goosepimple Productions 2010."

Watch | To Have & To Hold



New single and very cool animated video by the Editors.

Watch | Editors - Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool



"These Retrographs are the work of Jo Teeuwisse, a Historical Consultant in Amsterdam – and a master Retronaut. "

“Years ago I found some negatives in a fleamarket. I scanned them and put them online. I then found some of the spots in the photos and took pictures there.

"In the picture above, you can see a group of young factory workers posing probably outside the factory during the war. I cheated a little bit by removing some pots of flowers which are on the steps today…!"



"The next picture shows the SS Recruiting Office in Dam Square during the Occupation, across from the “Big” Club. Some great film footage exists of someone climbing onto the lower roof and smashing the SS windows with great force – and great pleasure"

More pictures via How to be a Retronaut

Andrew Moore, Nike Music Shoe, I Need That Record, Wave Machine,Tado,Twelves, Trentemøller,Euphoria, La Boite Concept, Nike Chase, Jamaica, AmsterSam

Making History, From Cuba to Russia to Detroit, for the first time in the Netherlands revered American photographer Andrew Moore will have a exhibition in Amsterdam.

For the past 30 years his camera has documented a world full of forgotten places where the sharp blade of modernization and revolution has left a trace of destruction that at the eyes of Andrew Moore become masterpieces of Modern Art

"The images have different image lines, cultural, historical or visual. I leave it to the viewer to follow this one. There is always one that the viewer can follow."

"Moore has eight solo shows in New York on his name, and many exhibitions within and outside the U.S.. His works are part of collections such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Yale University Art Gallery, The Library of Congress, The Israel Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The George Eastman House and The Canadian Centre for Architecture."

Andrew Moore: Making History - Photographs 1980 - 2010
Galerie Alex Daniels - Reflex Amsterdam
10 April - 7 June 2010



Nike Music Shoe is the latest project by Daito Manabe, Tomoaki Yanagisawa W+K Tokyo and others (4nchor5, rhizomatiks) turning Nike’s free run+ shoe into a music instrument.

Watch | Nike Music Shoe



Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes “I NEED THAT RECORD! the death (Or Possible Survival) of the independent record store,” a documentary feature examining why over 3000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade.

Featuring among others - THURSTON MOORE of Sonic Youth, IAN MACKAYE of Dischord Records Fugazi/Minor Threat, activist/author NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT of the Minutemen, LENNY KAYE guitarist of the Patti Smith Group, CHRIS FRANTZ of the Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club. I Need That Record

Watch | I Need That Record



Great video and song from the Indie Liverpool band Wave Machine

Watch | Wave Machines - Keep The Lights On





Tado is Mike and Katie, two very hard working people who do graphic design, illustration, animation, toy design, and a bit of everything in between.

Tado are based in Sheffield UK, enjoy eating ice cream, and playing with their dogs. The pair work across a huge range of projects, from logos, animation and web design through to customised cars, designer toys and home-ware!

Over the past 7 years Tado have worked like demons to continually produce all kinds of projects – it is the diversity of their work that they love. Tado enjoy all aspects of what they do and try their best to spread love and happiness to the unsuspecting world. Debutart



Great remix by the Brazilian duo Twelves, taken from the kick ass compilation Kitsune # 9

Mp3 | Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work [ Twelves Mix ]



"The video for ‘Sycamore Feeling‘, the first single from Trentemøller’s new album ‘Into The Great Wide Yonder’ (album release end of May 2010) is written and directed by New York-based Danish video artist Jesper Just. Set in the deserted ghost town of Centralia, PA, notorious for a mine fire that has burned beneath the ground since 1962, the video shifts between images of the desolate cityscape with smoke and steam rising from the earth, and a woman moving through an abandoned house."

Watch | Trentemøller - Sycamore Feeling



Mind blowing work form the French collective 1024 Architecture… a collective that focuses on the interaction between body, space, sound, visual, low-tech and hi-tech, art and of course….architecture.

"Project Euphoria was born from the desire to develop a project based on the interaction between video, sound, movement and accidents of life as a 40-minute theatrical performance tools powered by low-tech, scritps openFrameworks and manufactured objects prize" 1024 Architecture

Watch | Euphorie



Created by the French Design company La Boite Concept, they have created a classic Arcade Box that incorporates all your multimedia gadgets into one space.

Watch | La Boite Concept



Awesome Nike animation ad for the south-asia market, directed and produced by ilovedust

Watch | Nike chase



Indie French band Jamaica offers free “Bermuda Party Compilation” and remixes from Breakbot & Buffalo Bunch.

Mp3 | Jamaica - I Think I Like U 2 [ Breakbot Remix ]
Mp3 | Jamaica - I Think I Like U 2 [ Buffalo Bunch ]
Mp3 | Jamaica - Bermuda Party Compilation
Watch | Jamaica - I Think I Like U 2











More than excellent photography, AmsterSam captures in perfection the awesome and gorgeous city of Amsterdam