Istancool

Istanbul International Festival of Culture
27-29 May 2011
Istanbul, Turkey

The global British cultural diplomacy brand Liberatum and Turkish creative agency Istanbul’74 in association with AnOther Magazine will host the second edition of the prestigious art, design, fashion, film, music, literature and architecture festival ISTANCOOL from 27-29 May 2011. Festival founder and artistic director, Pablo Ganguli along with Demet Muftuoglu the creative head of the festival in Turkey have once again joined forces with AnOther Magazine founder Jefferson Hack.

Once again, ISTANCOOL will feature leading cultural personalities from Turkey and other parts of the world. Participants this year include Terry Gilliam, Reha Erdem, Tilda Swinton, Riccardo Tisci, Dan Colen, Venice Film Festival director Marco Mueller, Nurgul Yesilcay, Courtney Love, Sophie Calle, Murathan Mungan, Ryan McGinley, Haider Ackermann, Michael Stipe, Serra Yilmaz, Sam Taylor-Wood and Kirsten Dunst among many others. The artistic programme will aim to captivate and open minds.

ISTANCOOL is a fascinating and unique cultural experience bringing together some of the world’s most talented writers, designers, editors, actors, poets, filmmakers, dancers and musicians to the city of Istanbul. The festival is committed to creating a dynamic arts diplomacy programme in the world and forging greater cultural relations between Turkey and the international artistic community.

For full festival program go to www.istancool.com.tr

ADMISSION IS FREE. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The festival’s main sponsor for this year’s programme is VAKKO.

Every fashion designer and fashion student has worked with dress forms. Dressing and draping on them while working on their future garments, before they get to fitting on a model. One of the most famous and historical brands for these dress forms is Stockman, and a lot of fashion lovers collect them and use them as decoration in their homes. Taking the fashion dress form as a piece of art, French art director Emmanuel Bossuet of EEM Agency collaborated with Stockman to produce limited edition “haute couture” busts. Limited to 10 copies of each model, the original 3 are currently on exhibit at the department store Bon Marche in Paris.

The New collection of Yazbukey, Hong konG GARDEN, fall winter 2011-12 look book,

Soon available on her shop - http://shop.yazbukey.com/

The forget me not New collection of digital Print scarves are available online on Colette.fr, barneys.com, Wutberlin.jp, , antecedens.de, offtherunway.com.au, or on her shop http://shop.forget-me-not.me/

The Rapha Mobile Cycle Club is a unique combination of gallery, shop and café. A meeting place where riders can share their passion for road racing.
The Mobile Cycle Club will visit a different event every week including the Paris-Roubaix Challenge, the two Etape du Tour sportives, races in the UK and the World Championships in Copenhagen.
Wilson Brothers have converted a 7.5 tonne truck to create the Mobile Cycle Club.
The vehicle is equipped with a retractable awning, beneath which a set of 6 glazed-top oak and steel display tables house Rapha product, publications and ephemera.
Partnered with 6 (stackable) benches, these double as café style tables from which to view race footage on a satellite-fed 60” TV screen whilst enjoying a coffee
An exterior display system, comprising a grid of ring-hooks fixed to the side of the vehicle, enables the Cycle Club environment to change at every stop, displaying special jerseys alongside framed photography and race memorabilia.
About Rapha
Rapha creates the finest cycling clothing and accessories in the world. Designed without compromise for the most discerning rider, Rapha products blend style with optimum performance. A passion for road racing means Rapha is more than just a product company. It is an online emporium of performance roadwear, accessories, publications and events, all celebrating the glory and suffering of road riding.

Rapha <http://www.rapha.cc/>

The degree of detail is quite astounding in these awesome hand-stitched Vogue covers by artist Inge Jacobsen