This is the second installment from the Vans x Kenzo collaboration. Accented with the French label’s floral and stripe prints from the Pre-fall and Men’s Fall-Winter 2012 collections featured on Vans’ original skate shoe, the Era. Set to drop in mid-August at Kenzo stores, online and at select retailers. The sneakers will go for $125 USD a pair. Pictures can only say so much. …
Lady of the House. (NSFW)
We found this sensually intriguing portrait by Spanish painter Dino Valls. Titled “Proscaenia”, the piece contains some eye-catching details that surprisingly take your attention away from the nude woman embedded ever so tightly within. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. …
The Executive Assistant Revolt. (NSFW)
Antony and the Johnsons just released some chilling new visuals for their titular single “Cut the World. Directed by Nabil, the subtly violent video stars Willem Dafoe, Marina Abramović, and Carice van Houten. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, …
Break It All Away.
When the world seems like less than it should be, your art is the only thing that you have. Life could be crumbling around you but your art is the pillar that somehow remains standing; quiet and strong. In the short film, With a Piece of Chalk, a little boy (played by Justen Beer) finds solace in his craft despite the …
Learnin’ Youse Some Lettas: Name-drop.
Name-drop (Pronounced: Name•drop)→ Intransitive Verb.: a) the studied but seemingly casual mention of prominent persons as associates done to impress others. Example: “Then Keith proceeded to name-drop throughout the whole conversation. He’s such an ass.” Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. …
I Left My He(Art) in San Francisco.
San Francisco, world renowned “City by the Bay”; a place that can truly captivate one’s senses. Located in Northern California, it is the chief center of finance and cultural affairs for the region. The geography of the city is breathtaking. The homes are dotted atop hills that seem to go on as far as the eye can see. The views …
Stro Pop Up Shop.
STRO is a new t-shirt brand created by Levi Maestro for the purpose of promoting a positive, fun, outgoing way of life. The brand’s simple tagline is easy to follow, “MAKE WHAT YOU LOVE”. Designed & produced in California, the idea here is not to turn this into a clothing line, just t-shirts & caps that make ya feel good! …
Welcome, Nina GoLightly!
We’d like to welcome a new addition to the Quiet Lunch fold! Hailing from Gotham City but now residing near the City by the Bay, Nina GoLightly is a fun charismatic 27 year old who digs art, poetry, music and all things superbly awesome. We’re happy to have Nina on board and we are thoroughly looking forward to picking on …
Desperate Housewives.
Models: Alana Zimmer and Hanne Gaby Odiele Photographer: Stephan Pan Magazine:Interview Russia April 2012 Editorial Curated by Francine Lucas.↓ Francine Lucas.noise-and-ambition.blogspot.com/
Fish Bubbles.
Fishtanks are usually the focal point in the room, well, not the fish tank itself, it’s the actual fish that people look at. The “Bubble Tank” changes it up by making it the piece in the room that people want to talk about and look at. This artsy fish tank promotes creation, thinking and is an amazing conversational piece. This …
Linden Gledhill & the Dancing Hues.
Linden Gledhill is a biochemist turned photographer turned paint choreographer. Using a high speed camera — a 10 megpix Nikon D200, to be exact, and crazy vibrant colors of paint, Gledhill’s portraits are made of water based paints responding from the sound of a speaker. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, …
I’ll Tumblr For Ya: Ebony Magazine.
Welcome to I’ll Tumblr for Ya! When we’re not out and about flashing our genitals and giving babies the finger, we can usually be found perusing Tumblr. So, in an effort to highlight all that is Tumblrrific, we decided to showcase a chosen Tumblr page every week. I’ll Tumblr for Ya will include pictures, a few facts about the about …
Quiet Lunch Magazine ‡ August 6th, 2012. – August 12th, 2012.
This week’s cover features a charming mistake by our good friend Glenford Nunez. Nunez made the misstep when he accidentally ran his photo software twice. He explains: “[I] was re-sizing my images for print using enlargement software and I got this interesting image by accident. If you run the software twice with two different images you get this bug. Gonna …
Back-to-Schoolesque.
Some of us may be done with the whole Back-to-School season but there’s no reason why we can’t revel in the nostalgia. Check out these Embroidered Lined Paper Laptop Cases, iPad Cases, Zippered Pouches and Cushions by Heather Shaw of Pilosale in Toronto, Canada. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a …
Breakthrough.
Sculptor John von Bergen is a welder of sorts — and when we say this, we aren’t specifically speaking of iron or any other metal. John von Bergen is welder of realities, seamlessly melding them together to create one grand misconception. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but …
A Seat by the Sea.
The ‘Sea Chair’ is made entirely from plastic recovered from our oceans. Together, Studio Swine and Kieren Jones have created devices to collect and process marine debris into a series of stools. The United Nation estimates the world’s oceans to contain some 100 million tons of plastic. As our society’s consumption grows, the concentration of plastic increases. Harvesting this plastic they have made the first …
Always Say Never.
“My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.” – Duke Ellington. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. quietlunch.com
Sharp Colors.
Indie instrumentalist Sleepyhead recently released new visuals for the single “Rainbow Thorns”. Directed by our good friend Jeff VASH, awesomely known as just VASH, the video features a platter of VASH’s trippy signature nuances which couple well with Sleepyhead’s even trippier music. Some of you may remember us covering VASH a month and a half ago during our Music Month. “Raindow Thorns” is …
(Fa)ssion: Clean Horween.
Offthewall.tv met up with Skip Horween, president of Horween Leather Company, in the tannery in Chicago where they’ve been for 91 years to learn more about this legendary company’s techniques and its unique collaboration with Vans. Quality is Everything. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but …
Cool Keith. (NSFW)
Designer and freelance illustrator Keith P Rein may seem like a filthy pervert who can draw but in reality, he is a humorous filthy pervert who can draw. Rein, who claims to be self taught in both designing and illustration, takes the notion of erotic art and places a bright red clown nose smack dab in the middle of its …
Anti-Theft.
All hail to the lunch thieves for the joke is now on you! And to all their victims, no need to fear putting your lunch in the fridge at work any longer! Get one of these ‘ANTI-THEFT’ lunch bags and ward off any greedy coworker, family member, friend and/or roommate. Thanks to the wonders of optical illusion and reverse trickery, …
Wine Flowing.
Wine, what’s your flavor? If you are not a wine connoisseur how do you know what the red, rose and whites are for? How about the ever loving sparkling? Then again, if you are just a novice wine drinker, then any flavorful wine that agrees with your ‘in-the-moment’ taste buds will do. But in a room with what seems like …
Too Much Sun.
Although tanning is thought to be a beautifying procedure, a great deal of us believe that it’s the fast track to skin cancer. To-may-to, to-mah-to but when all the pronunciation is done someone is going to end up croaking from too many rays. Even Argentinian artist Luciano Podcaminsky agrees. His work, titled “Sundead”, is a satirical look at a common practice …
The Pie Hole: Mix the Shrimp with the Coconut.
This month is National Sandwich Month and we couldn’t be more unaffected being every month is sandwich month for us. Nonetheless, we are slightly tingling from the idea of perusing through a slew of delicious sandwich recipes. The recipe being suggested today isn’t exactly a sandwich but when we laid eyes on this recipe from Jessica of How Sweet It …
Synder & Foela Drop Science.
Science; the Catholics despise it, hipsters use it to back inaccurate facts and the general public just thinks it’s a foreign language altogether. Despite science’s tendency to be misunderstood, it has had its practitioners who were willing to get its points across in an appealing manner. Bill Nye, Beakmen, Sid the Science Kid — they all attempt to make us understand science …
Learnin’ Youse Some Lettas: Mancipee.
Mancipee (Pronounced: Man•sipee)→ Noun.: a) one who receives property by mancipation — opposed to mancipant. Example: “I hereby declare you the mancipee of the estate.” Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. quietlunch.com
Rag & Bone S/S 13.
We cannot seem to get enough of duo designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright of Rag & Bone. Their S/S 13 Collection consists of a wide array of colors and trends. They recently showed off their menswear collection at a skatepark close to its headquarters in the Meatpacking District. The brand used local skaters to model their latest collection pieces. …
Si, Señor.
Illustrator Señor Salme‘s work is often wrought through sheer fondness. The Spanish artist’s liking for comics, mythology and pop culture lurks in almost everyone of his pieces. Much like his bio on his site, Salme’s work is somewhat self depreciating. It holds back in a way but it’s for your own good. Frankly, if Salme were to come at his …
Dictionary Upgrade – 35 Modern Words.
Let’s hear it for the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, it’s a granary for over 600,000 words and COUNTING. This massive dictionary, recognized for being the world’s single most comprehensive single-language dictionary, stays on the cusp of word trends understanding which words are just fads and which ones are here to stay — move over Urban Dictionary, we are making way for a …
Finding Shelter in the Trees.
Take a look at ‘The Bird’s Nest’ tree hotel with retractable staircase by Swedish designer Inredning Gsgruppen. It would appear the Hawk of Achill lives here but fear not, it’s an innovative way to spend the night knocking boots. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but …
Fantastique.
Get a first look at Karen Walker’s Eyewear ‘Fantisque’, Limited Edition Collection. The collection offers a mystique extra-terrestrial feel staying true to its Fantisque name. It is enthralled with space relative images. The limited edition collection has some of Karen Walkers classic frames reworked into laser-cute black and gold celebratory pieces. The campaign as a whole is playful, adventurous, hopeful …
Real Fruit Juices.
Naoto Fukasawa takes designing and brand imaging to the next level. He takes the route of literal design reaching the consumer through the ‘senses’ as opposed to using the oversaturated, gimmicky marketing and branding strategies of stand out letters and designs. Naoto’s strategy is refreshing, appealing and intelligent. The old school juice box we have all grown up with has …
Mail n’ Sniff.
Scratch n’ sniff is a lost technology. Ever since the late 90’s people have become less interest in smelling pictures. But like all the trends of yesterday, scratch n’ sniff as finally been reincarnated in the form of a ‘food printer’. What the fuck are we yammering about? According to Design Taxi, China-based Zhu Jingxuan, a student from Donghua University’s Fashion …
The End Result.
“Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. quietlunch.com
Audio-Visuals Check.
Peter Crawley‘s Audio-Visual series seeks visually represent well known music using the frequencies in the song. Each line is sewn with white thread and represents one minute. This gives the work a great minimalist appeal. The piece we are featuring today is the visual form of Blowin’ in the wind by Bob Dylan but Crawley has also captured classic like “If …
The Washi Zoo.
Made from a single sheet of paper, artist Quentin Trollip takes a through tour of the animal kingdom via the Origami Express. On the contrary, Trollip did bend the rules; as often two different coloured pieces of washi paper had to be stuck to each other to give added detail to the animals which are multicoloured. Nonethelss, these paper creatures are still …
Intimate Lighting.
When it comes to setting the mood, lighting is key. Aside from the company that’s being kept, lighting is almost the very foundation of a good function. Designer Ladislava Repková understands this notion and has gone the extra step to solidify its importance. Although Repková’s lamps are more geared towards the definition of intimacy through human form and less geared towards setting the …
Mystic Blue.
Model: Daphne Groenevelde Photographer: Rafael Stahelin Magazine: Vogue Korea April 2012 Source: Rapture Photo Editorial by Francine Lucas.↓ Francine Lucas.noise-and-ambition.blogspot.com/
World Middle Finger Day.
Many of us are under the assumption that August isn’t good for anything but BBQ and sweating stains. A month voided of holidays and plentiful in sweltering heat, August is a barren wasteland of time — or so we thought! What’s that above? Well, it’s the finger. Why are we giving it? Well, because it’s World Middle Finger Day! That’s …