It’s not often that you look at something that genuinely makes you say, “Are you f@%king serious?!” Well, get ready to say it now… Everyone is buzzing over Indian businessman, Datta Phuge, and his gold shirt. The Pune mack-daddy, who shelled out £14,000 on a solid gold shirt, did it for the same reason most guys with riches buy such exuberant items, he …
Mundane Brilliance.
Is there a such thing as mundane brilliance? If there is, Bridget Collins‘ work is a divine manifestation of the term. She has a knack for making the quotidian into something extraordinary. Collins’ work inspires her audience to find beauty in their everyday surroundings. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life …
Hump Day Treat of the Week: In a State of Flux with Anna Mae Selby.
A Study of Who is a collaboration between State of Flux and the poet, Anna Mae Selby. Depicting the five stages of grief, the project is designed and implemented by Nocte. Using different lighting setups and dispositions for each consecutively revealed element, every scene of the choreography is accentuated throughout its various settings. Here is our Hump Day Treat of the …
Time Will Tell.
If you live in a city like New York, this situation should sound familiar: you are on your crowded daily commute to work or school, and in the midst of juggling a cup of coffee, your bag, and whatever other item you may be carrying, your phone vibrates. No need to answer your mobile in this tight environment, because you …
Arthur & Goldilocks.
Orange County native, Glenn Arthur, has a thing for ink. Most of Arthur’s work is centered around tatted pin-ups, often surrounded in some type of pseudo-surreal theme, but the sketch we are featuring today is part of a new line of sketches inspired classic fairy tales. Titled “Goldilocks”, the drawing is a work in progress–it still looks quite promising. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch …
Alexander McQueen Unveils Fall/Winter 2013 Collection in London.
Alexander McQueen showed off their new Fall/Winter 2012 collection in London yesterday. The collection sees Sarah Burton brilliantly reinventing classic menswear concepts such as pinstripe and velvet. 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. …
Dymes by the Dozens.
DyMe-A-DuZiN is one of those kids you would see on the block in Brooklyn, NY–except DyMe is a little different. At first glance he may seem coy, but when he begins to rap, his moxy blows through the speakers like all the greats before him. This Phony Ppl lyricist is about to make his mark in the music industry. Don’t …
Quite A Stir.
One of the things that makes us human, truly and fundamentally human, is our universal desire to have Jedi powers. True, being a Jedi means a lot of unpleasant things, like vows of celibacy, high mortality rates, and boring earth-toned wardrobes. Still, who among us hasn’t felt a sudden pang of longing when an automatic door opens in our path? …
You Are Now in Shackleton.
Shackleton Bags are the ideal unification of classic and simple. From the military inspired Upton Weekender to the hiker inspired Rufus Rucksack, Shackleton offers a clean look that is both prestigious and sporty. View the collection →here.← 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. …
Nico’s Underground.
Nico Perez‘s work is otherworldly. In fact, her subjects are very much of this earth, but the end result is an ethereal acid trip on a Sunday afternoon. It is hard not to feel high when looking at Perez’s work. The alluring haze and strands of light have a warm disorienting effect. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot …
Forget Zig, Worship Zag.
Few of us can bear the burden of superb wit. It’s like a shiny automatic pistol with a hair trigger and a gorgeous ivory handle–you’re constantly showing it off, wounding foes and bystanders because you simply refuse to keep it in its holster. Fortunately, Shahir Zag doesn’t have that problem, he is far more precise. Zag is a sharpshooter, a …
Eavesdropping.
Odd coupling is an interesting motif. It presents a clashing of nuances; a face off, if you will. There is surely some appeal in having a uniform theme, but artists, Kristian Evju, understand the value of quirk. Evju’s series, Conversations in Limbo, is a collective of pairs that don’t quite belong together–seemingly odd couples that put Tony Randall and Jack …
Sticking It to the Man.
When it comes to chopsticks, having opposable thumbs doesn’t always guarantee success. These automatic chopsticks are a godsend for first time users, and a topic of discussion for experts. The chopsticks aren’t exactly a novelty, as they can be used in the traditional manner; but simply link the chopsticks, and they will mutually spring into action. They come in sets …
Certainly in the Zone.
Visual genius, Jeff Vash, has struck again. The young directed recently focused his talents on The Weeknd’s “The Zone” (Sango Remix). The video is a hazy tale of “murder, drugs, and seduction.” 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, …
More Body.
Alan John Herbert‘s The Body has only one flaw, it is too brief. It is such a beautiful series–brilliant even. The two mediums, illustration and photography, partake in a wonderful waltz, gliding across your psyche without missing a beat. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, …
Food for Dirty Thought.
It’s about time that cookies have an “edge”. Beside, gingerbread men aren’t going to cut it at your run of the mill swingers party. You need something more sensual, something more reminiscent of Karma Sutra positions. You need Pipparkaka’s Karma Sutra cookie cutters. The cutters come in 2 different boxes with 4 different cutters in each, which means that if …
Unreal Engineering.
Engineered Garments recently released the lookbook for their Spring/Summer 2013 collection. Populated with tricky plaids, and baggy cuts, the collection falls somewhere between offbeat and quotidian. Keep your eyes on the striped shorts, they are the only thing you’ll ever need in life ever. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life …
In the Diver’s Seat.
We can’t stop listening AlunaGeorge’s new single, “Diver”. It is a rhythmic melody that is simultaneously intimate and distant. The song will be included on their forthcoming album, Body Music. 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 …
Rooks, Bishops and Dark Knights: The Noble Collection’s Batman Chess Set
We tend to think of chess as a quiet game for thoughtful people. It’s easy to forget that it’s an allegory for war. Not only that, but the battle can be a bit arbitrary and the stakes low; a standard chess set is just black and white pieces on a grid. No good guys, no bad guys, the whole struggle …
Sous La Peau.
Created by photographer, Neda Vent Fischer, Je Te Tiens, Sous Ma Peau (I Hold You, Under My Skin) is a raspy moan of artistic lust. Je Te Tiens, Sous Ma Peau is an aphrodisiac in its own right. The series’ cheeky appeal arouses inspiration, and plays footsie with your inner jet-setter. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication …
The First Act: Midnight Poncho.
On the night of December 21st, while most were preparing for the end of time, I was driving to rural Connecticut for a solstice gathering at the home of Midnight Poncho. After a long journey on various obscure county roads, I arrived at the home base of Luke Benjamin, the main man behind Midnight Poncho. Photo by Matia Gaurdabascio. …
A Look Through Time.
iUsers have a reason to feel cool again. Everyone is going ape shit over The Chameleon Clock App for iPhone and iPad. The app uses the rear facing camera to create the illusion of a transparent clock that blends in with any background. Out of all the ways you can display time on your iPhone/iPad device, The Chameleon Clock app …
The Origins of the Nymphs. (Livestream)
Our friends over at Lyons Weir Gallery are streaming an event today, and we thought we would share it with our readers. The gallery is featuring work from artist, Jeff Muhs, in a exhibition titled, The Origin of the Nymphs. So, it shouldn’t matter if you are too far away or too yellow too brace the cold, you partake in …
The Beautiful Ballerina Project.
Soft feminine curves set amongst an urban landscape, ballerinas graciously pirouetting whilst New York City serves both as their stage and as photographer Dane Shitagi‘s backdrop. In the “New York City Ballerina Project“, Shitagi captures not just the beauty in their movement, but the contrast of a refined, and disciplined, art in a raw setting. “New York City Ballerina Project” …
An Ode to Sarah Moon.
We have yet another offering from one of our favorite artists, Glenford Nunez. A quiet evolution is coming to form in Nunez’s work, an evolution that we are more than happy to document. Nunez, who is mostly known for producing portraits of beauty, has gone a step further by implementing ethereal illusions that have resulted in a conceptual masterpiece. Nunez’s …
Surviving the aPROcalypse.
In wake of all the hoopla and yellow bellied antics, the world did not end on December 21st, and those who decided to forgo Christmas shopping were forced to face their friends and families empty-handed. I, for one, am especially glad that the Mother Earth didn’t meet her demise, because I would have had little time to listen to Peep …
The Fuerza Bruta Experience.
Thanks to the internet, people have the ability to share new and interesting experiences with each other, even with people they have never even met. In that vein, here we go: You walk into what seems to be an immense dark space with no sense of where to go, except little flashes of light signaling where you should walk. Splashes …
Super Mario, Ordinary World.
Super Mario Beads 3 is a terrifically whimsical animated film by Marcus and Hannes Knutson. It takes the images and the physics of the classic Nintendo games Super Mario World and Super Mario Kart and imposes them onto realistic backdrops. Throughout the clip, we follow the same pint-sized 16-bit hero we’ve known for years— only this time, instead of lava-filled …
Over At The Bureau: An Introduction to Michael Moskowitz.
Consumerism is a double edged sword. On one hand, it is the very fiber of our natural existence; on the other hand, it is a pillar that props up a coliseum made to entertain an empire of capitalism. Michael Moskowitz, founder/CEO of The Bureau of Trade, is a gladiator in that coliseum who is gallantly overthrowing the entire empire with …
Quiet Lunch Magazine ‡ January 4th, 2012. – January 18th, 2012.
Happy Newish Year! The fiscal cliff has been evaded–we think–and the year is ripe with that New Year smell! As some of our readers may have noticed, some things have changed here around Quiet Lunch. For instance, our cover underwent a neat redesign, our new issue day is now on Friday, and every member of the staff has switched genders–okay, …
Embrawesomery.
Richard Saja is a keen spirit who uses his extraordinary talent to spearhead the redefinition of embroidery. His entire body of work is amazing, but we were particularly attracted to a pair of sneakers that he designed. We did some light research, but up came short on finding out exactly where our readers can get them. We’ll keep looking, and …
Heavier Things.
“For there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one’s own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes” – Milan Kundera. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but …
Heifetz’s Patterns of Light.
Taken by Gjon Mili, this sequence from a 1952 LIFE magazine shows a tiny light to revealing the patterns made by violinist Jascha Heifetz’s bow. 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