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FaceHunter at Lincoln Center

Photo by FaceHunter Everyone’s favorite street style photographer, FaceHunter is back! And this time he is scouring Lincoln Center for the best dressed at New York Fashion Week. See what’s hot on the runways with FULL FRONTAL FASHION. Follow FFF editor-in-chief Kelley Culp and her partner in fashion crime, FFF columnist, Indigo Clarke around town [...]

The Boston Tea Party meets urban agriculture

Think “strict constitutionalists” have control of the Boston Tea Party as metaphor? Not so fast… sustainable food activists in Boston itself are latching on to this seminal act of American revolt to “catalyze a movement” around urban agriculture, fresh food access, and green space creation this Spring.

Alice Studio, Architects of Space

ALICE, the French acronym for Atelier de la Conception de L’Espace (don’t ask me how, you just have to take their word for it), is a group of architecture students from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausaunne whose primary focus is creating environments that provide unique spatial experiences. You could say that about all architecture in general, too, but you won’t find ALICE designing museums, homes or offices. Rather, they build site-specific structures in distinct locations, like “Evolver,” which sits on the edge of Lake Stelli in Zermatt, Switzerland.

Nervous 23-year-old Steve Jobs prepping for first National TV appearance

The Internet time capsule unearthed this old video of a young hirsute 23-year-old Steve Jobs nervously prepping and getting miked up for his first national TV appearance. Clearly the Apple grasshopper grew up to be master of media appearances and control.

Music video: The Limousines, Very Busy People

THE LIMOUSINES from Mathieu Wothke on Vimeo. Mathieu Wothke directed and produced this creative music video for The Limousines’ (catchy) song “Very Busy People.” It cleverly incorporates aspects of the multi-window technique seen popularly in Arcade Fire’s recent interactive film “The Wilderness Downtown” and this video for Japanese band Sour that I mentioned here. [Via]

Harvesting human body heat in Sweden

Ever noticed how warm it gets when you’re in a closed-in space with a lot of people? Yeah, could be anxiety from claustrophobia… but, more likely, you’re noticing how much heat our bodies give off in the course of normal events. It turns out that heat can be harvested with century-old technology… and create significant energy savings.

Bed-Stuy street style

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With NY Fashion Week in full swing, the street style photos you’ve seen lately have probably all been of the decked out fashion gentry strutting around the Lincoln Center fountain. Should you need a break from the endless comment feeds about the genius pop of color a turquoise sock can lend a Winter ensemble, take a look at Russell Frederick’s street snaps from his beloved Bedford-Stuyvesant community.

Vimeo of the Week: Manhattan 4:33PM

Manhattan 4.33pm from Lizzie Oxby on Vimeo. Manhattan 4.33pm, a very short film by Lizzie Oxby, is a real treat. Clocking in at 36 seconds I promise it won’t distract you too much from your day job. It will however make you smile. Taking three still images of Manhattan’s southern skyline, the filmmaker turns the [...]

Should you shave your legs?

We’re in the deep, dead of winter, buried beneath feet and feet of snow — unless you’re one of those lucky bitches who can go on vacation in the Caribbean every February, your legs haven’t seen the light of day in months. To the horror of some but the understanding of many, female leg hair [...]

Ferris Bueller’s Chicago Cubs baseball game identified

There’s nothing more American than our love of baseball and…FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF. In yet further evidence of my irrefutable statement, a recent article by Baseball Prospectus, a site devoted to analyzing Major League Baseball statistics, became very popular. This article identified the specific real-life Cubs game that Ferris and Cameron attended when they played [...]

Pick Your Cupid

“Pick Your Cupid” is a Valentine’s Day appropriate witty graphic piece in the New York Times from a SUNfiltered favorite Ji Lee (previously). Click on the image above to enlarge.

RESET, now on the Sundance Channel

Americans spend an average of 60 hours a month online. For a lot people, especially younger generations, it’s a lot more. Of course, using the Internet is just one thing we do with our computers. As more and more jobs become computer-based, we spend more face time with a machine than we do with actual [...]

A global warming documentary even a greedy bastard could love

Tried arguing climate change science with someone who doesn’t buy it? Yeah, it’s tough… and getting tougher. Even as the science itself becomes more clear, fewer people are concerned about global warming and its effects. It’s enough to make a good greenie bang his/her head against the wall, or just move to a cave.

Or… we could just stop arguing about it.

Xavier’s Valentine’s Song

For the past seven years NYC-based singer Xavier has recorded a free song download for his fans. It’s a really sweet gesture and I thought it would be great to share with a bigger audience. So now you’re in on the secret. An added bonus is that this year all the past year’s songs are available for download too. That’s better than chocolates in a heart-shaped box. Get them all here.

Scientifically proven first-date questions

Regular readers of this blog will know that we are mildly obsessed with the dating research blog OKTrends (it’s attached to the dating site OKCupid) — check out our past coverage of OKTrends on the myth of gay evangelism, the (consistent, predictable) way we lie online, misconceptions about online profile photos, and the real stuff white people like. We’re not stats geeks, but we love it when someone else geeks out to show us what we think about when we think about sex, love, and dating. The latest installment to catch our eye is a post about the best questions to ask someone on a first date. Because, admit it, what you really want to know on a first date is: Are we going to have sex tonight? Is this person liberal? How did they vote on the last election? Are we soul-mates? But it’s not necessarily considered polite to come right out and ask those questions point-blank — and even if you were brave enough to ask those questions, there’s no guarantee that (a) your date would answer honestly or (b) they actually know the answer. But the stats — the stats don’t lie!

St Matthew Island: what happened to 29 reindeer?

“St Matthew Island” is a parable based on a true historical event that asks, “What happens when you introduce 29 reindeer to an isolated island of untouched natural resources?” It’s told in an online comic format by Stuart McMillen and is an awesome quick read. [Via]

This is art: computer keyboard wall

Sarah Frost’s installation “Debris, Qwerty” is a wall made entirely out of computer keyboard keys. Looking at it makes me want to press each and every single button. No, I am not suffering from OCD thank you very much. [Via]

Fashion Week Frenzy Day 1

A model walks the runway at the Jenni Kayne Fall 2011 presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Industria Studio 6 on February 10, 2011. Photograph by Fernanda Calfat/GettyImages.com Catch up on all the glam that hit the runways on day one of New York Fashion Week. FULL FRONTAL FASHION takes you backstage at the tents [...]

Be a designer for the day in our new fashion game

As Fashion Week kicks off we’ve got you covered with our new fashion game, Catwalk Countdown. Choose your own adventure as Suki, an aspiring fashion designer, as she navigates her way through New York’s fashion world to launch her own collection during Fashion Week.  Every fashion blunder and success Suki encounters is determined entirely by [...]

CINEMA – Looking back at TO SIR, WITH LOVE

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There have only been a handful of good films made about the special, untouchable – nay, rare and sacred union that sometimes forms between a teacher and his/her students. There was Robin Williams as Mr. Keating in Peter Weir’s 1989 DEAD POETS SOCIETY and Maggie Smith in THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE in 1969, but before both of those there was Sidney Poitier as Mr. Thackeray in TO SIR, WITH LOVE. This film actually came to mind when I was thinking about love-related films, what with Valentine’s Day around the corner. But while everyone else is losing their heads over Romantic love, let’s take a look at another kind of love – the platonic, born-of-respect, sometimes tough and often powerful love between students and their teacher.

Does this turn you on?

One of my favorite artists, the man behind Reply To This Post, will be part of a group show in Brooklyn opening tonight. The show, Casual Encounters A Journey Through the Ridiculous, the Absurd and the Extreme, explores sexually charged pen drawings. Details on the show: Applying pen to paper is one of the simplest [...]

2nd annual Unmarriage Until Gay Marriage ceremony

For the second year in a row, the Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping will be celebrating this Valentine’s Day weekend with an un-marriage ceremony for straight married couples who support gay marriage at The Bethesda Fountain in NYC’s Central Park on Sunday from 1 – 2pm. The idea is “no marriage [...]

A Facebook missed love connection

An amusing story of a missed love connection told via Facebook chat. I think it’s safe to say we’ve all been there where you censor and retype over the smallest words because you have a crush on the person on the other side of the digital wall…except for me of course. It’s funny how all [...]

Photos from the very last Kodachrome roll

If veteran photographer Steve McCurry’s name sounds familiar, it may be because he was the man who shot the iconic photograph of the Afghan girl that appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. That famous photograph was taken on Kodachrome film and when McCurry heard that Kodak was going to discontinue it, he [...]

Modern renovations at the V&A

How does a 150-year-old museum with 145 galleries housing collections that span 5,000 years update its staid, Victorian facade with contemporary renovations? For the answer we look to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. Founded in 1852, the V&A has managed to remain relevant by incorporating late night, contemporary art events into their calendar, as well as fashion shows featuring Vivienne Westwood, Christian Lacroix, Gareth Pugh, Erdem, Missoni and a host of others.

More critical to its longevity, however, is the the “Future Plan,” a renovation program that began in 2001 with an eye on incorporating contemporary architecture and design into the traditional Victorian museum space.