COMUNE Drop City / ALANA PATERSON // BITCHSLAP MAGAZINE

COMUNE/Drop City contributor Alana Paterson recently had an interview in Copenhagen’s BITCHSLAP MAGAZINE. Check it out.

Read the full interview at: http://bitchslapmag.com/2012/art/new-images-alana-paterson/

The interview features the above image that is featured on Alana’s signature Drop City tee shirt in stores this August.

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The Quiet Life summer quick strike collection

We are proud to announce the release of the new Quiet Life summer quick strike collection. Arriving just in time during spring in anticipation of the summer. The Quiet Life keeps growing from strength to strength by introducing a selection of new 5 panel & snapback caps, including new colour ways in the 'Notes' 5 panel cap, the 'painted stripes' 5 panel cap and the 'College' snapback cap. Alongside new styles 'Big text' 5 panel, 'Oxford' snapback caps and some amazing limited exclusive caps - 'Native', 'Mountain' & 'Denim herringbone' 5 panel caps. The exclusive caps are only available on www.urbanindustry.co.uk & www.flatspot.com

As if the new 5 panel & snapback caps where not enough, there are also new colour ways in the Camera Club 'Flip' t shirt by Angela Boatwright, contrast pocket t's and printed vests/tanks and new colours in printed t's from the Quiet Life vault. Go check them at your local streetwear/skate boutiques.

COMUNE - MICHAEL J DEMEO // NO THOUGHTS PHOTO ZINE

COMUNE/Drop City contributor Michael J. Demeo has been putting out No Thoughts photo zine for quite some time now. No Thoughts has consistantely featured the latest and greatest in up and coming photographers.  Check out issue #7 dedicated to the art of portrait photography.

NO THOUGHTS #7. 8.5 X 5.5″ 60 PAGES B&W, #100 GLOSSY COVER // #70 LASER WHITE SMOOTH PAGES, 200 COPIES $5. RELEASED MARCH 2012

The seventh issue of No Thoughts is dedicated to the art of the portrait in photography. An amazing ensemble of photographers has been rallied to showcase stunning and unique work for this issue. Taken as a whole, their contributions form a beautiful and cohesive series that sets a daring standard for contemporary portrait photography. 

Some highlights of this issue include Dan Zev’s Occupy Wall Street portraits (including the cover); Mike Schrieber’s portraits of Jim Jones and Common; Brad Elterman’s work of Joan Jett and Michael Jackson; Jimmy Fontaine’s photo of Sonic Youth and Pavement; Samantha Casolari’s work of Michael Pitt and Blondie; Michael Barolet’s Ed Templeton large format print; Jim Herrington’s portrait of Justin Townes Earleand; as well as work by Ray Potes, Megan McIsaac, Michael J DeMeo, Evan Tetreault, Jesse Untracht-Oakner, Alyssa Noches, April Lea-Hutchinson, Maurizio Di Iorio, and many other up and comers on the international photography scene. 

No Thoughts is more photo book than it is magazine. Each issue is carefully curated, and no image is random. By offering its readers amazing images by world class photographers alongside emerging up and comers, top quality production value, and affordable pricing, No Thoughts continues to defy the current trend of badly produced, “here today, gone tomorrow” photo zine projects.

Featuring work by: Alyssa Noches / Amber Chavez / April Lea Hutchinson / Ariane Geffard / Brad Elterman / Dan Zev / Edgar Berg / Evan Tetreault / Jesse Untracht Oakner / Jim Herrington / Jimmy Fontaine / Johan Kleinjan / Joseph Zentil / Martina Simkovicova / Maurizio Di Iorio / Megan McIsaac / Michael Barolet / Michael J DeMeo / Mike Schreiber / Olivia Locher / Peter Puklus / Ray Potes / Rhiannon Adam / Samantha Casolari / Theo Gosselin / Xiang Ting Huang.

Celebrate the release with a free download or stream of Remy Marc of Sweating Tapes / Sick Jaggers exclusive mix. Available on nothoughtszine.com

Links:

Issue information: http://nothoughtszine.com/nothoughts7.html

Video flip through for issue 7: http://youtu.be/LSNzMiUQlE0

Direct store link: http://nothoughts.bigcartel.com/

Link for Remy “The Restless” mix: http://soundcloud.com/no_thoughts_mixes/remys-fungus-whiskey-mix-for

Email address: contact@nothoughtszine.com

Homepage: http://www.nothoughtszine.com

Urban Industry x Quiet Life Instagram photo contest winner

Urban Industry & The Quiet Life launched an Instagram photo contest just before Easter. The purpose was to get creative and upload a photo onto Instagram with the hash tag #urbanql. The prize was a set of limited edition Quiet Life 5 panel & snapback caps and a Quiet Life crew sweat shirt. The photos where uploaded in an abundance, and the winner was chosen last night by The Quiet Life creator and Camera Club director Andy Mueller. @blaowphoto was the lucky recipient with peaceful striking photo using the Instagram 1977 filter. Here are shots of Quiet Life's Andy choosing the winning photo, and more pictures from @blaowphoto

https://twitter.com/#!/blaowphoto

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COMUNE // AL PARTANEN IN COSTA RICA

COMUNE skate contributor Al Partanen recently got back from a trip to Costa Rica. Al’s been killing it this year and making us jealous with all the tropical destinations he’s been hitting up. Check out all these amazing photos from his adventure. Here’s what he had to say about his trip:

“I just returned from Costa Rica, (as you may have seen from insta) which was rad! Nike sent us down there to contribute to a project to build a skatepark for the kids living in San Yisidro specificly Barrio Flores. It was sick there was a crew of about 7-8 dudes from all over Europe along with me and Chet. We finished the park in the first week and then did a tour the second week shooting and filming for an article in Kingpin mag and to film for the Pura Vida documentry. Should be pretty cool, they were using video and film.” – Al Partanen

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Andy Mueller/Quiet Life @ The Art Dumps Clocked In.

THIS Gallery presented The Art Dump's exhibition "Clocked In". The exhibition was a tongue-in-cheek look at the office environments many of us live in during the day. It is a fact that the Art Dump, much like everyone else in the workforce, spend many hours in solitary with only their tools — whatever those may be — to keep them company. Welcome to the working week. You can see the pictures here from the workspace of Andy Mueller creator and director of The Quiet Life. Look closely and you will see some of the new graphics used for the forthcoming Autumn 12 Quiet Life collection!

Quiet Life x Urban Industry Instagram contest

The Quiet Life have just released an exclusive pack of hats including 5 panels and a snapback, two camera club t shirts and new colourway's of the Camera club gym t shirt and All day all night t shirts. These products are exclusive to the online retailers and stockists of The Quiet Life - www.urbanindustry.co.uk & www.flatspot.com.

To celebrate these exclusive styles with Urban Industry, they are running a product giveaway contest through Instagram - “Trying something new this Easter. We've teamed up with The Quiet Life & @deadlyseriousuk to give away £180 worth of goods.. Just take any picture on instagram over this weekend and tag it #urbanql and we'll pick our favourite next Wednesday.. Enter as many times as you like with the tag..” Use The Quiet Life camera club as inspiration and get creative.

Gentle Fawn featured on Assignment of Fashion

Vancouver based Fashion/style web site Assignment Fashion have just featured an amazing photo shoot for Gentle Fawn's new Spring Summer 12 collection. The photo shoot highlights the beautiful cut and sew styles from the new Gentle Fawn collection, all professionally shot and choreographed by Vancouver resident Greg Swales.

www.assignmentfashion.com/wp/2012/04/01/gentle-fawn-spring-2012-greg-swales/