EDEN CAI – SINGAPORE
NAME & AKA: Eden Cai AGE: 22 WHERE YOU FROM / LIVE: Shanghai / Singapore WHAT YOU DO: DJ, Photography, Film WHAT’S YOUR PHILOSOPHY / ATTITUDE TOWARDS WHAT YOU DO AND THE WAY YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE: Never give up, never stop taking risks, making mistakes and learn from them. Have no limits and no [...]
Scott Barry (Los Angeles, USA)
Scott Barry describes himself as ‘physically advanced and extremely coordinated’.Scott Barry is an illustrator with an undefinable, intriguing strangeness to his work, gaining features in various publications including Nieves, Good Magazine, IdN and Be…
CHUCK REYES: AL & ALICIA COLLECTION 03/SS ’11
Chuck Reyes shot the al & alicia ss ’11/collection #03 and these are some pictures of the lookbook. You can see more pictures and the entire collection here. Chuck is also a member of AWE50ME.
Giant Robot — Yadynee and Rahul (West Mumbai, India)
Subtle retention of cultural Indian motifs made for stunning visual narratives…Giant Robot is Yadynee and Rahul, who describe themselves as “creator and preserver, imagination and transformation, color and contrast, function and form”. Giant Robot il…
DORU DREW TUDOSE
NAME & AKA: Doru (Drew) Tudose AGE: 32 WHERE YOU FROM / LIVE: I’m Romanian but I live in Vietnam after I lived in Holland and Hong Kong so a “world citizen” WHAT YOU DO: I’m a DJ, music producer and filmmaker plus other related stuff of less importance. WHAT’S YOUR PHILOSOPHY / ATTITUDE TOWARDS [...]
Maja Veselinović (Belgrade, Serbia)
Maja Veselinovic is the type of illustrator whom every children’s book should feature.Veselinovic’s characters look perpetually to be in a state of serene bliss, are youthfully curious and seemingly live in idyllic villages by the sea. Coloured and sty…
Leeay Aikawa (Toronto, Canada)
“I believe that a lot of good stuff is made through mixing two good opposites because opposites attract! That is what I believe: being contradictory is a new way to be extraordinary.”Originating from Japan, Leeay Aikawa received her illustration traini…
DAVE DOES – SINGAPORE
NAME: David Teng AGE: 30 WHERE YOU FROM/ LIVE: Sydney Australia / Singapore WHAT YOU DO: Dj / Photographer WHATS YOUR PHILOSOPHY TO HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE? As a hedonist. HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC? If you’re referring to electronic music it would be through friends and heading out to parties each weekend. [...]
SBTG x vitamin water sneaker customization workshop
(from our awe50me friends at www.sneakerfreaker.com) Mark Ong and his SBTG empire hooked up with Vitamin Water to hold customising workshops this past week in Singapore. From Royalefam: ‘We just conducted our first sneaker customizing workshop in Singapore for the good people at Vitamin Water. (They just recently launched the drink here and we’re loving [...]
mapping stereotypes (find out where the smelly people come from)
stereotype maps by yanko tsvetkov (alpha designer). more here
the very naughty lush’s show at underwoods gallery, melbourne
From Backwoods Gallery: We’d like to invite you to the opening of SALE ON STREET ART by LUSH on FRIDAY the 17th of December at Backwoods Gallery from 6pm. 25 Easey Street Collingwood (MELBOURNE) Lush has risen to international fame over the last few years with a long history of rabble rousing. He is a [...]
DEAN FUNK BAST*RD – SINGAPORE
NAME: Dean Chew (Some call me the Funk Bast*rd) AGE: 35 WHAT YOU DO: Running FUUR, an architectural design practice with my partners, Dj-ing, producing, promoting parties and running a label! WHERE YOU FROM/LIVE: The tropics. Currently residing in the depths of Chinatown. WHAT’S YOUR PHILOSOPHY TO LIFE AND HOW YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE IT? [...]
jeremyville’s daily community service announcements
we love our friend jeremyville’s wonderfully insightful community service announcements for the modern world. he’s also having an exhibition this week in new york. check out more here
AYA SEKINE – SINGAPORE
NAME: Aya Sekine AGE: 39 WHERE YOU FROM / LIVE: Born in Osaka, Japan/ Living in Singapore WHAT YOU DO: Jazz pianist / keyboardist / small events WHAT’S YOUR PHILOSOPHY / ATTITUDE TOWARDS WHAT YOU DO AND THE WAY YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE: Being yourself and doing what you want to do, is probably the [...]
an exhibition of art from the minds of skateboarders
China Heights is proud to present ‘Don’t Push Mong’, a group exhibition co-ordinated by Tim Clement (Verb) and Luke Brown (Half Arsed), featuring a number of collaborations, and solo works by artists who’ve been influenced by an ever present skateboard culture. The exhibition will house works by Luke Brown, Andy Murphy, Rome Torti, Nate Gamble, [...]
travelling with nara
Travelling with Yoshitomo Nara (Singapore Premiere) Koji Sakabe, Japan, 2007, Japanese with English subtitles 93 mins, PG | Sat, 11 Dec | 3pm A rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of a critically acclaimed artist, this film depicts an intimate portrait of Yoshitomo Nara, who garnered attention during Japan’s Pop Art movement in the 1990s. Known for his [...]
pixelmunky’s iphone photography
we love awe50me member pixelmunky’s iphone images. no photoshop here peeps, it’s all done on his iphone. check out his images here and check out his processes here
