Pretend Man.
A journalist with a penchant for mishap and awkwardness, occasionally reminiscing, ranting and spreading good will.
If you like what I write, don't hesitate to recommend me, it will make my day.
Available for freelance, residence and general tom-foolery.
Jordanfwaller@googlemail.com
"...The YTS David Sedaris."
James Brown
If you like what I write, don't hesitate to recommend me, it will make my day.
Available for freelance, residence and general tom-foolery.
Jordanfwaller@googlemail.com
"...The YTS David Sedaris."
James Brown
The future is geometric. And apparently a bit retro looking.
At least it is according to these lovely illustrations from Matthew Lyons.
*Newcastle’s Beatdown Records: My favourite record store
From quirky regulars to wisened store clerks and part-time jobs paid in vinyl. How Beatdown Records started my love affair with records…
Style Icon: Steve McQueen
If you were to ask someone to define cool and icon with one name, there’s a pretty good chance that Steve McQueen would come up fairly quickly. It makes sense then that the original King of Cool himself should kick off our series of Style Icons.
Survival for minimalists.
Today is April 18th which means only one thing. We have 8 months and 3 days until the end of the world, as we know it.
Currently listening to: Lazuli by Beach House
If you’re not already familiar with Beach House I recommend that you go and download their back catalogue right now and get updated pronto. Their latest album, Bloom, is released on May 14th but before that they will be releasing the single, Lazuli, on Record Store Day this weekend.
Today I’m mostly procrastinating and playing with Jittergram
As introduced to me by Tyler Peters’ brilliant Culture Junkie blog, Jittergram is a great free app for the iPhone that allows you to make your own stop-motion animated gifs.
Dinner Etiquette
If our cutlery had manners this is probably what it would look like. Or at least it’s what we’d hope it would look like, had we brought it up well and given it a firm grounding in life rather than dragging it up by the scruff of it’s fork tines.
Portraits to make your eyes go funny.
I really really wish that I could draw. If I could I’d totally be knocking out things like these optical delights from Montreal art director, Patrick Seymour.
Where we’re going we don’t need roads… just a plug.
Ladies and gentleman, The DeLorean is back with a few modern futuristic twists. Ok, so it might not be capable of time travel yet or have anything even remotely resembling a flux capacitor but it has got an iPhone dock, Bluetooth and a battery powered engine.
Life Below The Surface
Pop-up galleries, stores and exhibitions are something of a trend at the moment, with everyone from clothing brands, artists and even cinemas showing up in the oddest places in an effort to cement their creativity and grab attention. Photographer and diver Andreas Franke has taken this one step further
Currently Listening to: Rudimental Featuring John Newman
A cross genre tripping, D&B four piece from Hackney, Rudimental are a chilled bunch with their finger on the hooky side of the pulse.
Looking for something to do with those old turntables?
Remember that Spirograph you had growing up? Well this is like that. Only better.
Typography That’s Actually Interesting
I know a lot of graphic designers and whilst I get on with most of them, I have never really understood their fascination with ‘type,’ or as I like to call it (like a normal person), ‘fonts.’
