I recommend reading this " The Telegraph" article on the russian street artist P183. Some stunning pieces.

I strongly recommend checking this site from David Jongkwon Kim, the korean Director and Cinematographer makes brilliant videos.

[SAVE THE BIKE LANE] was one of the biggest project of [SEOUL got SOUL] series. (SEOUL got SOUL is a series of short documentray films that tells about fixed gear riders living in Seoul city). This film got selected for Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) 2011.

Seoul is not covered up with enough bike lanes compare to the size of the city, so the main purpose of this project is to create bike lanes on the road as a propaganda against Seoul city.

[SEOUL GOT SOUL] SAVE THE BIKE LANE (Full Ver.) from David Jongkwon Kim / DKSHOP on Vimeo.

also discovered via http://lescouillessurlapotence.wordpress.com/

Bike love - Two Italians doing fantastic bikes. Mouthwatering I would say .

http://www.biascagne-cicli.it/

discovered @ http://lescouillessurlapotence.wordpress.com/

Tokyo timelaps movie shows Japans ongoing power shortage and conservation efforts. via pink tentacle

Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980, a collaboration between the Getty Foundation and the Getty Research Institute, documents the emergence of Los Angeles as an international nexus of contemporary art after World War II. It culminates in a series of over forty concurrent exhibitions across Southern California in fall 2011.

This looks like a fantastic exibition!

For those living far away  like I do, I strongly recommend having a look at videos they made espacially the Ice cube one - fantastic!

www.pacificstandardtime.org

Check  the Araks Ready to Wear Spring 2012 Collection. Great!

I've come across these Bac Sacs several times and wasn't so sure what to think of it. I don't like it when something distracts you from the plant itself. I want my plant pots to be very simple either terra-cotta ( I have to admit that it somehow does not really fit our climate it think - it's better in the south) or Eternit . Even though I like the new pots they do I keep collecting the old one whenever I see one.

BACSAC® was born with the encounter between designer Godefroy de Virieu and landscapers Virgile Desurmont and Louis de Fleurieu. Together, they looked for an alternative solution to get round the constraints of the creation of a roof garden in town: difficulties of transportation, excessive weight, but also lack of choice of containers, most of which are often very expensive. How can one reverse the tendency to pay more for the container than the contents? How can we make mobile an instalation which is often fixed because of its weight and its rigidity? How can one create a planted area at the lowest cost?

What I really like is when they are planted with vegetables, like have in a small vegatable batch on your terrace or in front of your house. Like on this image:

Prices range from 30 € to 130 €.

http://www.bacsac.fr/en/

Is very colorful line comes from Los Angeles and is designed by Robert Siegel.

Upon graduating from the Miami University of Ohio in 2006 with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, with a concentration in Ceramics, Siegel traveled to Jingdezhen, China, the birthplace of fine porcelain, to complete two artistic residencies at Jackson Li’s Sanbao International Ceramic Village and Caroline Cheng’s Pottery Workshop. Prior to opening his current studio in Los Angeles, California, Siegel successfully operated a studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

http://www.rshandmade.com

The japanese Company Fog Linen Work has a beautiful collection of very simple and sophisticated linen products.
The idea was born when the owner  visited Lithuania, a country that grows flax, whose fibers are spun into linen,
and has been producing and exporting linen productsto other European countries since the Middle Ages.
She was disappointed to find that there were no linen products for daily use available in the stores there.
This led her to contact several linen producers and started to have them produce her own product designs in Lithuania.
Her first collection started with only seven items. Now after ten years, Fog Linen Work produces
a large line of linen products for the home and linen clothing.

http://www.foglinenwork.com

So many nice woven stuff coming out of the uk at the moment, love the colors in this collection.

Eleanor produces a woven blanket collection each winter. The designs are developed and sampled by Eleanor on her dobby loom in the London studio and the production runs are then woven up at a small traditional mill in Wales. All of the blankets are woven in 100% pure new wool and have a blanket stitch edging.

A love of pattern, colour and texture runs through all of Eleanor's work.
Her designs celebrate traditional British fabrics, reinterpreting them in a contemporary context. Her practice includes large-scale projects, bespoke and commission work, mill-woven design and design consultancy.
Alongside her own work, Eleanor is also an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins.

http://www.eleanorpritchard.com