7.13.2011

SWATCH MTV PLAYGROUND: alex noble and music

REMEMBER ALEX NOBLE? (NO, WELL I TOLD YOU ABOUT HIM HERE.

A LONDON BASED CREATIVE, HE'S DONE IT ALL. DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR, CURATOR, AND SWATCH MTV PLAYGROUND GUEST EDITOR, IT'S THE LATTER THAT BRINGS HIM TO MY ATTENTION. HAVING DESIGNED FOR THE LIKES OF LADY GAGA, AND LAUNCHED HIS FIRST LINE AT LFW, HE'S EMERGING AS HOT BRITISH TALENT. WITH STRIKING AND AVANT-GARDE DESIGNS, HE TAKES INSPIRATION FROM A RANGE OF SOURCES, INCLUDING ART, PERSONALITIES AND NOTABLY, MUSIC. LISTENING TO MUSIC WHILST HE WORKS, THE DIFFERENT GENRES AND TEMPOS ENCOURAGE HIS DIVERSITY. WITH BJORK, GAGA AND VARIOUS THAI-POP TUNES IN HIS PLAYLIST, HIS CO-FOUNDED RECORD LABEL BATTY BASS FURTHER ACTS AS A PLATFORM FOR INSPIRING CREATIVE GOINGS-ON. (Check out the labels quirky graphic art) BELOW, SOME OF HIS WORK, INCLUDING FLO'S HEADBAND WORN AT LATITUDE. AND BELOW THAT, THE LATEST SWATCH VIDEO WHICH IS TOTALLY WORTH A WATCH.


WORKING AT NYLON, THE STRONG LINK BETWEEN FASHION AND MUSIC HAS BEEN EMPHASISED TO ME NO DOUBT. A PUBLICATION SYNONYMOUS WITH ALL THINGS HIP, MUSIC IS A HUGELY IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO INSPIRATION IN REGARDS TO ART AND FASHION. THIS POST COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME, WITH THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE MAGAZINE BEING THE MUSIC ISSUE. SPORTING FASHION FAVOURITE FLORENCE WELCH ON THE COVER, AND THE COOLEST RISING MUSIC STARS INSIDE, YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT THIS MONTH'S MOST AWESOME MAG.   

(NYLON MAG via MYFDB)

OH, AND WHILST I'M ON THE SUBJECT OF VIDEO'S, I PRESUME YOU HAVE ALL WATCHED THE NYLON TV + FLORENCE WELCH, RIGHT?

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