CFS Loves 42

• The rest of photos from my American tour.

• Jason Lewis’s Tokyo Multiples. Things look better in groups, things look better in Japan.

• Brand Twist: You don’t need a social media strategy. You need a brand building strategy.

• A rare bird indeed, a decent twitter suggestion for you all: FakeAPStylebook.  Read more about the project here (wait, how long did it take them to get a book deal?!).

• Not Common People has a mini interview with photographer Sarah McLean and a selection of her breathtaking work.

• An amazing article by Sarah Von – Who I Am vs. What I Do. She gives advice to a 24-year-old writer (quit looking at me funny) on how to cope when the labels we define ourselves with don’t quite match up to how we earn our keep.

• Que Houxo is a Japanese artist who does paints ‘live’, in a acid-bright style – thanks to his use of fluorescent paints with black lights.

• 1AM Magazine features some of New Zealand’s creative young guns – all talented young things who create with their hands (accessories, knitwear, bags). Catch Part 1 and then mosey on over to Part 2.

• Is this the world’s most extreme espresso machine?

• A portrait of the artist: Mira Nair, film director.

• 52 Suburbs is an incredibly beautiful (and ongoing) documentation of Sydney, Australia’s diverse neighbourhoods.

• Blog of the week – ii ne kore. Ii ne kore is a shorthand version of kore wa ii desu ne, an expression of appreciation or delight in Japanese.

• Uh, speaking of delightful Japanese things, I like this video. Especially the last 4 seconds. Forgive me, I don’t usually fall victim to these sorts of cat-baby shenanigans, but gosh, look at em:

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