Project Hiraeth

During the first half of the 19th century, Wales was gradually being absorbed into England and so the Welsh language began to die out. 

This inspired an adventurous group of 153 Welshmen and women to set sail for a new life in Argentinian Patagonia to save and hold onto what they believed in, their dying language and culture. 

There are over 50,000 Welsh descendants living in Patagonia today. 12,000 still speak Welsh as their first language. 

My friend Steph is diving deeper into this story by travelling to Patagonia and documenting her journey through an online diary and physical exhibition at the newly restored Cardigan castle, West Wales.

Check out the video below, and the Kickstarter page here

Kitsch Nitsch Digital Illustrations

David Kladnik and Jaka Neon, together known as Kitsch Nitsch, are the creators of these really fun pop art digital collages. 

Read more on Trend Land

Little Boots' Cyber Cinderella LED Dress

Popular singer Little Boots collaborated with designer Michelle Wu on making a LED dress for her tour that is programmed to react to the beats of her music. The Creators Project documented the concept and the making of this brilliant wearable tech creation. 

The Rise Of Global Fashion Weeks

'The Rise Of Global Fashion Weeks' is another interesting video from ID Magazine that explores the international fashion calendar in addition to New York, London, Paris and Milan. You may have also seen me blog about Vice Magazine who have also produced small documentaries about the un-known fashion weeks worldwide, along with the cultural and political issues that surround the local people in those areas. 

See Seoul Fashion Week Here

Harp String DJ Booth

London design studio NEON created an interactive DJ booth instillation for DJ Alessio as part of the House Of Peroni experience. The aim was to build a collaborative architecture where the guests of the event could interact with the florescent strings to create additional noises to be mixed in the DJ set.

Drum Pants

A few months back I blogged about shoes that played alternative sounds when the wearer is walking. Today I discovered a new Kick Starter project created by Tyler Freeman called DrumPants; a wearable sensor kit that allows the user to play music by tapping or drumming on their body. The simplicity of the equipment will work perfectly for performances in the future, with users being able to adjust their own sounds via a computer. 

Read more on PSFK

Instagram Marshmallows

Launching just in time for Christmas, 'Boomf' is a service that lets people put their favourite Instagram photos straight onto marshmallows. Great for a party or stocking filler!

Fine Art Made From Stickers

Ye Hongxing's 'East Of Eden' series exhibits incredible vibrant mosaics of Chinese imagery, Hello Kitty, smiley faces and even angry birds stickers. 

Read more on Never Underdressed

Image from Just Opened London

Form Fitting Wax Dresses

Dutch fashion designer Bart Hess exhibited an instillation at Architecture Triennale in Lisborn that explores the way people can change or alter their body shapes. The installation used participants who were dipped into pools of wax and water to set around their body shapes, making sculptural dresses for people to view.

Read more on PSFK

Merry GIFMAS!

Barty!