Known for their consistently on-point design work, Barcelona’s Folch Studio launches their first print publication, Eldorado, with a brilliantly executed collection of photos, illustrations and words around surfing. Aimed at capturing the feelings and sensations of present being, the debut issue takes a holistic approach representative of a greater cultural shift in surf media (gone are the early aught days of knee-length boardshorts and trucker …
Shot entirely on an iPhone 5S, Olivia Salvadori’s two minute music video manipulates speed to exquisite effect. Her operatic vocals soar as she dances about in one take, gradually joined by a band. The live performance of her track “Moonsun” is eerie, commanding and a great viral use of the new technology. This believer in “vocal experience” certainly delivers.
British inventor Paul O’Leary has developed a product he calls “Zorflex”—a carbon cloth developed to absorb odor. O’Leary uses the fabric in his new underwear brand Shreddies, created for sufferers of severe flatulence. While the shorts for men and women are reportedly rather useful in stopping odor, unfortunately for everyone they do little to muffle sound.
