The Moment have a nice interview with illustrator Jean Phillipe Delhomme, the man behind the Unknown Hipster blog. The conversation flits from his background to specific blog posts to tips on how to beat this recession. One ‘it’s-funny-because-it’s-true’ answer is when he’s asked about how fashion is dealing with the economy.

“You go to fashion shows and everybody is still hysterical. They are still producing and everything is great! Either way, fashion people are disconnected from reality. I mean most of them.”

Read the full interview here

01. Requiem Pour Un Con: A Week Dedicated To Serge Gainsbourg

“He never really left. A hero in his home-country, beloved to foreigners we now call “hipsters” since, well, before The Bollock Brothers covered his “Harley David Son Of A Bitch.” A carefully disheveled fashion icon, he managed to pull Bridgette Bardot and Jane Birkin” (now-again)

02. New Michelangelo?

“A painting in the Metropolitan long attributed to the circle of Francesco Granacci is really by Michelangelo— according to experts who cite underdrawings, imagery, and aspects of the artist’s own biography as clues” (artnews)

03. Make A Paperclip Nest (above)

“I want this like yesterday. The aptly names Nest is a magnetic shaped egg you need to coddle and care for by building a nest of paperclips. Keeps it stable and like any good mother, you may get a wonderful surprise after a few months. I’m totally kidding about that although if anything hatches, please write me. That deserves a story. Designers: Feng Cheng-Tsung & Wang Bo-Jin” (yanko)

04. Milan Design Week 2010: Pieke Bergmans’ Monsters

“We’re in a rush to get to the events tonight at Ventura Lambrate, a new design district, but we wanted to share a peek at some new stuff from Pieke Bergmans Design Virus: giant, soft, elastic monsters, ‘trained to put you in very uncomfortable positions.’” (core77)

“Directed and edited by Alex Johns for Matthew Miller’s Autumn/Winter 2010/11 collection »Plasticine Dreams become Killing Machines«. Shown as part of the Fashion East exhibition at Somerset House for London Fashion Week 2010″ (via cqc)

Following up on our look at their Technical Blazers for Spring, J. Lindeberg drops some “Soft Summer Tailoring” in their deconstructed set of blazer for S/S. The blazer themselves are brought down to their bare essentials making them a nice lightweight option for those Summer nights which require a jacket. We’ll take two!

More looks at the J Lindeberg “Soft Summer Tailoring” Blazers for Spring/Summer 2010 after the click.

I knew eventually that Liam’s Pretty Green line would tie in with hometown favorites Clarks. Check this three color series of Clarks Desert Boots for the line which make some minor changes to the silhouette to please Mr. Gallagher himself. Changes include “a wider, squarer toe and a smaller heel, creating a slimmer profile than the original.” They’ll be available exclusively through Pretty Green’s online shop.

More looks at the Clarks Desert Boots “Pretty Green” Special Edition after the click.

It’s not everyday one looks at a medicine ball and thinks “you know, that is quite handsome.” Lift, a company primarily charged with fitting luxury home gyms, does a nice sideline in custom fitness equipment. Most bases are covered – they offer several size and weights of medicine balls, squat bars, and a heavy bag made of full grain baseball glove cow hide.

Are these better than your average medicine balls? Most probably not. Will they look better discarded in the corner when attempts at getting fit are thrown out the window? You bet.

More Lift goods after the jump.

If you happen to be heading into Tokyo anytime soon and want to take advantage of those special editions for the Japanese market, consider the John Lobb William shoes available at their flagship in the city of consumption. Blue is my thing so I’ll focus on the double buckler monk with its two leather finish.. Simply beautiful. Proxy please. (openers)

More looks at the John Lobb “William” Japan Edition Shoes after the click.

Fashion loves home decor in 2010. MMM themselves dipped into their home line not too long ago. The ACNE clan worked the furniture angle as well in Paris this past Winter (and let’s not forget Diesel of course). Well, send it back to MMM who continue with furnishings with the help of Cerruti Baleri. Dazed sat down with art director, Federico Carandini of Cerruti for some insight into their new collaborative work as launched at Milan’s Fuorisalone. Read the full interview at Dazed.

A few more looks at the Cerruti Baleri for Maison Martin Margiela Furniture after the click.

Occupying a very special place in the art world, Sewell Sillwell is subject of the groundbreaking exhibition Pushing Boundaries, on view through April 18 at the Florence Griswold Museum and then moving south to the Ashville Museum of Art.

At the tail end of the 1940s, Stillwell headed to Black Mountain College. There, he would become protege to Josef Albers, the Bauhaus master. Absorbing Albers’ approach to color, drawing, and design, Stillwell embarked on a multifaceted career in the arts. He taught Yale and at RISD. He produced his own colorful abstractions in water color. And, as half of publishing firm Ives-Stillman created some of the most important artist portfolios and screen prints of his era – for the likes of Frank Stella, Joseph Lawrence and more.

The exhibition follows all of Stillwell’s endeavors in the art world, connecting them to their time and place and providing proper context for the activity. Complementing the exhibition is a very concise and beautifully articulated catalog. At 32 pages, the publication fits a remarkable amount of material in and stands as superb primer for Sillwell’s career.

A few images of Sewell Sillwell after the jump.

To some in Richmond, VA or forums discussing the beauty of cannabis plants and Snoop, this poster may be old news, but damn if this is not one of the best screen printed poster made for a local show this year. Tricia Kleinot designed this tour poster for Snoop Dogg’s show on Feb. 24th and printed it on proper 80lbs hemp paper (a non hemp version is also available). Shown 1×1 above. (refcouncil)

More looks at Tricia Kleinot’s Snoop Dogg Poster Hemp Edition after the click.