i'll huff and i'll puff and i'll blow your house down!

for those of you who do not know, the huffington post is an american news website which describes itself as "the internet newspaper" and has been going since 2005. have a look, see what you think... then pick a side.

it's paper versus web once again.

according to a former washington post executive... sites like the huffpost are akin to the big bad wolf. a moron who leaches off others to tower over their much cleverer little pig prey. the little pigs in question being those who work in "real" journalism for "real" papers.

what's your opinion? leave your comments and discuss. whilst you're at it... here's a useful little guardian poll on the subject.

enjoy.

popped out to get some milk.

i've been dying to upload photos for so long now. thankfully i've eventually found my camera lead thus enabling to do so... hurrah!

so back in the summer, amongst all the drama, i managed to get away for a few days to cornwall and to wales. one of the highlights of my cornwall trip was the magnificent eden project. the biomes were fabulous of course but the thing that got me most excited was the eden project's education centre, also known as the core.

its a hub of all things sustainable and eco-friendliness, lots of things to play with and read about. the best thing being the massive wall of fridges complete with fridge magnets.

everyone was clambering to get to the wall of fridges to arrange a message of their choice whether is be a "so-so was ere" message or something jokingly derogatory about their friends. it was a fascinating sight to behold and really got me thinking about my MA project.

the action of arranging a message using the fridge magnets in the way the eden crowd were desperate to do is very much comparable to the way that people constantly update their facebook/twitter/myspace etc statuses. you can't obviously write a long message in either case but you can portray enough to get attention. but, whilst using fridge magnets to display a message on a fridge wall is much more of a physical act (in that it uses more of your body than just your fingers), it's still very much ephemeral in the same way that updating your status is. someone can come along and start rearranging your carefully placed letters as soon as you walk away, it's never permanent.

and so my thought process tumbles along (also very good example of design being used for something it wasn't originally intended to do!)... could i possibly use something inspired by this in my final project solution? hmm...

also got a quite nice pic of the centre piece of the core called the seed. it's one of the largest sculptures ever to be made from one single piece of rock.

very imposing and impressive up close.

Kate Moss in 3D

just when i thought that i had seen kate moss from every possible angle, pose and compromising position that she could possibly be seen in, here comes a film that made me exclaim in a granny- esque way, "i've seen it all now".

another magazine present a collaborative effort between moss and filmmaker, baillie walsh, (who previously worked together on a holographic film for Alexander McQueen's AW 06 show) hailed as the world's first 3D fashion film. cleverly enough, you can get the accompanying 3D glasses needed to view this vid in the latest issue of another. it's also a perfect opportunity to recycle your 3D specs from avatar. failing all of that, it still looks pretty ace without any specs at all.

click to see KM3D-1. is this the future of fashion publishing? let me know your thoughts.

don't panic.

in my undergraduate days i spent forever trudging around london collecting as many free fanzines and mags etc. that i could find/ lug back to chatham on the train. part of the many things i used to collect, and what predominantly adorned the walls of my modest student room, were the posters from the stuffed brown don't panic envelopes swiped from the boutiques of kingly court and carnaby street.

don't panic has been going to for a decade now and is being celebrated in the form of an exhibition at the old truman brewery. dazed digital features a short piece on it with some images to wet your appetite.

exhibition opens from tomorrow and runs until 3rd october.

***EDIT*** Go here for pics from the opening night.

unlike cinderella, i didn't get to go to london fashion week.

so obviously my invitations to the shows at london fashion week were lost in the post, there's no other explanation for it is there surely?! whilst the lure of the catwalk has always been laced with excitement for me (despite how cool i try to be about it) i always find what people are wearing on the streets much more exciting that what i'll ever see on the catwalk.

not being able to be in london hasn't stop me appreciating the weird and wonderful outfit concoctions of the industry insiders and hangers on due to the wealth of blogging dedicated to the parade. my favourite post featured on amelia's magazine blog. written and photographed by matt bramford, the post is beautifully witty, filled with street pics and made me chuckle muchly. susie lau also does great lfw coverage as per (i think everyone is now fully aware of how much i love her- it's a given).

missing out on the lfw shows doesn't mean i've missed them altogether though. and neither have you thanks to the wonders of technology. the official lfw website has a wonderful digital schedule where you can click a button and be magically transported to the front row... well... you get to see the video of the show at least. i'm currently loving hannah marshall, who i think every other industry insider is getting excited about right now. her show this year may have stuck to the dark side of the colour spectrum but showcased exquisite uses of clashing textures (leather, fur, velvet) and fantastic geometric, body-con design features.

and yes, whilst i didn't want to make a big deal of it, i realise that i can't just sneak back to blog without some explanation of my prolonged absence. let's just say that the summer was eaten up by too many family health problems and situations that i needed to be present for. pretty much everything stole me away. now that everything's calmed down and i've constructed a suitable timetable to organise my (sometimes too many) goings on, you'll see more of me.