Off to Budapest

I'm off to Budapest for a week of baths, caves and Hungarian fare. So will be back next week with tales and pics.

Hoya:hoya Sampler Feat. Eliphino

1. Eliphino- Don’t Try Be
2. Lorn- Stranger
3. Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program- Speaker Smash

Soo good!
Out soon on Hoya:hoya

HOYA002 Sampler by hoyahoya

Pick Me Up - Somerset House

Anyone with a penchant for graphic art is in for a right treat at Somerset House this week from graphic art fair - Pick Me Up. On till 27th March.

What is really cool is the interactive element (I designed a fanzine with cut outs, glue and a photocopier), the different design sections in the nooks and cranies of the side rooms and the affordability of the pieces many by the most promising stars on the graphic art scene...

Drawing Fashion

Antonio, Joanne Landis Carnegie Hall Studio, New York Times Magazine, 1967

Antonio, Lingerie. Elle France, 1966

I know the exhibition at the Design Museum is over. But since I saw these two illustrations at Drawing Fashion they have stayed with vividly in my mind. Fashion illustrations always seems to be as innovative and ever changing as the fashion they portray. The 60s were the heyday, but the present is just as exciting for illustration, which some now call art.

Aurore de la Morinerie, Couture 1, 2010

Guardian Eyewitness App

I recently got a HTC Desire HD. Whilst I don't like to get too techy about these things, this phone is pretty sweet. Mainly because it works as well as you'd hope.

Since I have got the phone I have had a bit of an app frenzy. I have recently downloaded the free Guardian Eyewitness app, which is soo good because 1) you get an amazing picture everyday which gives you a unique visual insight into a political, natural or human story in the world. 2) you get a tip on how the photographer composed or technically set up the picture. Genius!

Photographer: Tim Graham for Guardian

Chatsworth Road Market

I made a fleeting visit to Chatsworth Road market yesterday afternoon. I ate an amazing venison, celeriac and red wine pie and generally enjoyed the relaxed vibe, that it can be hard to find amongst the Broadway Market and Columbia Road masses.

It is currently selling a variety of food (including kedgeree, wraps and aforementioned pies), clothes, jewelry, trinkets, fresh fruit and meat.

I'm really pleased to see it is ever expanding and a is looking to be a fortnightly event, find out more about next events and joining the market here.

First post - Hello!

Hi welcome to my blog... here I will be posting interesting things happening in Hackney. Plus things that are inspiring me in music, fashion, radio and photography. Enjoy!