Burton x iPod x Shiny Toy Guns Contest Reminder

To remind you, we put up a contest in collaboration with Burton, Apple and the Shiny Toy Guns for a chance to win a free Burton Audex Jacket, a 30gb iPod, and the new Shiny Toy Guns album, We Are Pilots. If you're into new wave and the likes of Depeche Mode and New Order then you will most likely appreciate Shiny Toy Guns' version …

Brownswood Recordings

The scene at Hiro in New York last Wednesday night was unmistakably "Worldwide"—Brits, Brazilians, New Yorkers and Japanese were all shaking their thing, both on stage and on the dancefloor. Not many can create this kind of multicultural fest, but champion of global beats, cult British DJ Gilles Peterson, is certainly one of them. Best known for his eclectic "Worldwide" radio show, the very successful …

Daniela Thomas and Felipe Tassara Architecture at São Paulo Fashion Week

I'm in São Paulo on behalf of Motorola for São Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW), which takes place in Oscar Niemeyer's modernist Bienal building. Second only to his design (see his central sweeping spiral ramp here), the temporary cardboard walls form functional and beautiful spaces within the building. Designed by São Paulo architects Daniela Thomas (renowned for her stage design) and Felipe Tassara, their aim was …