Old Brand New

Eduard Planting Fine Arts Photographs is a gallery in the Jordaan. Now there is a beautiful exhibition of the Ney Yorker Jefferson Hayman. A photographer who uses antique frames for his pictures. Maybe his photos look older than the frames, but in reality they're brand new. But with several proceedings they look like they are made almost 100 years ago.

Back to the Niketies

Way Perry, the fashion editor of WONDERLAND, did it again. With customized clothes he made a fantastic twelve-page spread about the jazzy fifties and their rhythm nation. The most spectacular piece of all are the platform trainers by Nike. These customized sneakers are almost 15 centimeters high, so after all the girls now it's time for boys to get higher.

I See Michael Wolf

In the Dutch photographic museum FOAM, the American photographer Michael Wolf shows his point of view about the urban way of living. His pictures are about privacy and voyeurism in the cultural identity of Paris. He uses Google Street View-technology to analyze the idea of representation and symbolization. In this way he says that he can read the streets of Paris in a whole new way.

Red queen in Wonderland

Fantastic director Tim Burton made a whole new movie out of the old fantasy story of Alice in Wonderland. It's the first family movie totally made for 3D, of course the hottest actor of the moment, Johnny Depp, is in it as the Mad Hatter. But the best character of the movie is by far Iracebeth, The Red Queen. All costumes are designed by the wonderful Colleen Atwood.

Golden boobs

The 22nd POP gives us a little Allen Jones book, the artist himself shows us all his great work. His Golden Body, made in 1977, is his idea of a young girl from the North wanting to become a model. And it seems that today's great designers took his artwork as inspiration for their 2010 collections. Boobs will become the shoulders of 2011.

Smolders' seven sins

The Dutch Anne Smolders portrays the seven deadly sins, like lust, pride and envy in FRAME magazine. It's an awnser to Dutch supermarkets that urge customers to fill their carts for free toys. The creations are totally made out of magazines and newspaper.

..XYZ

Yvette Yunjang made this interesting alphabet out of women accessories, the A's, B's and C's are made out of shoes, jewellery and bags. She is one of the many designers and artist who join the group of www.nmyv.com, a fun site for lots of inspiration.