Modern skate park by Bang Architects
While many cities in the United States are choosing to cut funding to after-school activities and public recreation centers, more progressive and civilized countries such as France are hiring cutting-edge firms such as Bang Architects to designstate-of-the-art and beautiful skate parks for their kids. There are more photos! Look HERE.
Invisible Roller Coaster Invades Buenos Aires
This has to be one of the best special effects displays I’ve seen in a long time: amusement park rides on invisible tracks barreling through the gorgeous architectural backdrop of Buenos Aires. The short film, directed by Fernando Livschitz, doesn’t have much in the way of plot”—though it does seem to take some inspiration (or [...]
“Wheel Love” Skateshop in Malaysia, Interview with founder
Wheel Love has grown to become on of the Kuala Lumpur’s most famous skate shops. Wheel Love Skateshop stocks blades, boards, bikes and random goodness at: 28 Jln SS15/4, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia and can be reached at www.WL33.com. Check out their online shop is atwww.SHOP.WL33.com KLUE Malaysia sat down with Wheel Love’s founder Chee [...]
Potato Head Jakarta presents “My Sweet Valentine”
This coming Valentines Day, DJ and Agrikulture band member Dipha Barus hosts “My Sweet Valentine” and one of Jakarta’s Dopest spots. Read our feature on Potato Head HERE. Potato Head is cooking up an event for all you lovebirds thinking of a place to spend your sweet valentines. Exactly on the 14th of February, Potato [...]
The Wild Side of the Solomon Islands
At 120 square kilometers, Tetepare may be the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, though it’s not on too many radars. Neither, to be frank, is the archipelagic nation to which it belongs. The Solomon Islands’ one brief burst of geopolitical notoriety occurred during World War II, when its main island, Guadalcanal, was the [...]
“Tempo Doeloe” by Indonesia Fashion Designer De Dittie
The latest collection from De Dittie emphasis on Indonesian traditional wear with a modern twist. Check the full collection here. For her 2012 collection, designer Judith still draws inspiration from Indonesian culture, emphasizing on kebaya, traditional innerwear, kain, and sarong. Again, these traditional patterns are then recreated in a modern and sexy line to further [...]
“Ride on With Grafa” Interview with founder Irman Hilmi of KL
Irman Hilmi is a familiar name in the cooler side of things in Kuala Lumpur. Besides being known as a talented art director at both Freeform and advertising agency Dentsu, he has also been active in the music scene from being a part of Space Bar, Damage Digital, KLHPQ and recently started his own regular [...]
Unkl x Pink Girl Go Wild, T-Shirt Collaboration
Bandung based brand UNKL recently added a new collection to their T-shirt Artist Series, this time collaborating with artist, Pink Girl Go Wild (PGGW). PGGW is an artist known for the exploration of character and patterns, the previous work of art has been exhibited in the women surfing tournament International in Australia as part of [...]
Underwater Park, Austria
Found at the foot of the snow-capped Hochschwab mountains, the Green Lake in Austria is a bit of Autobot. In winter, it looks exactly like what it is: a county park. In spring, the park becomes a diving paradise as melted mountaintop snow runneth down the slopes and submerges the park entirely, with water levels reaching [...]
Glass Igloo Village Hotels, Finland
The Aurora Borealis is awesome, and I can imagine this would be the ultimate way to see it. In Kakslauttanen, Finland, you can stay in the glass igloo village and have a full view of the incredible Northern Lights. ‘The Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of [...]
Timelapse Footage of Yosemite National Park
This timelapse footage of Yosemite National Park is pretty awe inspiring. In the future, they will have tiny little tablet postcards with this on them. Check out the SOURCE!
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy Sells for Record $4.62 Million
Recently put on the block by Gooding & Company, the ultra-rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy recently fetched $4.62 million dollars at auction, making it the most expensive purchase of its kind. With only 29 versions ever built with an aluminum body, auto insiders assumed that it would go for at least a cool $2 million, [...]
A Chance Encounter With Nature’s Most Fleeting Phenomena
There’s a lot to be said for natural phenomena. This video shows two girls in a canoe on the River Shannon in Ireland experiencing one. Moving and spectacular to say the least, and a reminder to us all to get out there and experience what this world has to offer. Check out the SOURCE.
Traffic in Frenetic HCMC, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is an amazing up and coming city. This time lapse is a culmination of 10,000 RAW images and multiple shoots capturing some of the cities relentless energy and pace of change. Everyone who has visited Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam knows part of the magic (love it or hate it) [...]
Papaya Playa Project: A hotel pops up in Tulum
Touching down in the peninsular town of Tulum in southern Mexico, a collaboration of creative European service-industry innovators have launched Papaya Playa Project, a temporary hotel concept born from the pop-up retail model. The collection of 99 beach cabanas maintains a certain level of comfort while retaining the look and feel of primitive, eco-friendly lodgings in [...]
Scoring DOPE in Indonesia: Venues (Inkubator, Selatan)
As much talent, hot spots, and general awesomeness there is within the confines of our little city-state, there’s still so much to be seen, heard, and experienced right outside Singapore’s doorstep. Here’s the next entry in the feature we’d like to call, Scoring DOPE Inkubator is a space for displaying works by the emerging artists, [...]
Scoring DOPE in Indonesia: Venues (Potato Head, Sudirman)
As much talent, hot spots, and general awesomeness there is within the confines of our little city-state, there’s still so much to be seen, heard, and experienced right outside Singapore’s doorstep. Here’s the next entry in the feature we’d like to call, Scoring DOPE. Potato Head is a sophisticated twist on the traditional bistro and [...]
Scoring DOPE in Indonesia: Venues (365 Eco Bar, Kemang)
As much talent, hot spots, and general awesomeness there is within the confines of our little city-state, there’s still so much to be seen, heard, and experienced right outside Singapore’s doorstep. Here’s the next entry in the feature we’d like to call, Scoring DOPE. 365 prides itself in having the best selection of booze, in [...]
Scoring DOPE in Indonesia: Venues (D’Barons)
Our second venue in our Scoring DOPE in Indonesia series – D’Barons. “Located in Ambhara Hotel, D’Barons is a quiet bar, not really worth it if you are not staying very nearby. It gets more interesting when they host special events, such as the very hip Blackout parties or the Phunktion Drum N’ Bass nights.” [...]
Scoring DOPE in Indonesia: Venues (Tree House,Kemang)
As much talent, hot spots, and general awesomeness there is within the confines of our little city-state, there’s still so much to be seen, heard, and experienced right outside Singapore’s doorstep. Here’s a new feature we’d like to call, Scoring DOPE. “Tree House may be a newcomer in Kemang’s nightlife scene but its distinctive name [...]
DOPE SPOTS: The Philippines
King Crux 31 is a blog by a sneaker enthusiast who reports on the street culture of Philippines. Probably the biggest print sneaker magazine (available online as well) in the Philippines, Clavel is about high-end street wear and the glamour surrounding street culture. Sole Movement is run by Martin David and is a website that covers [...]
DOPE SPOTS: Indonesia
The Goods Dept was opened by Brightspot Market in Dec of last year. It is a space filled with all sorts of goods from independent local designers as well as international brands. The store even has its own cafe, The Goods Cafe consisting an eclectic menu based on California-style comfort food. The Parisian Boy is a fashion blog [...]
Travels in Korea Pt. 1 by Travis Purrington
A photo log by Travis Purrington in Korea. To see more, go here.
Ushuaïa Beach Hotel, Ibiza
Ibiza, the place to party all night and find yourself lying down somewhere along the beach or even worse, a stranger’s place. Solution? The Ushuaïa Beach Hotel. “Welcome to Ushuaïa Beach Hotel, a sexy new boardinghouse attached to the club of the same name, with a stable of suites created for late-night everything, taking reservations now. Cut [...]
