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2 Chainz “B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time” Album Cover

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American Artist 2 chainz revealed the Album cover of his second album “B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time” via his instagram page, thanks to Kanye West’s design company DONDA whom designed it. The sophomore is set to be available September 10th and with the buzzing and excellent Pharrell Williams produced single “Feds Watching.”, Are you looking forward to it?

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Leverage + Oyster Card Holder Backplate by Graft Concepts

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Inspired by high-end watch clasps, the metal latch and lever system allows for easy installation. Flip to open, click in place to close. No brute force is required to install or remove the Leverage i5. This is not your conventional iPhone case.

Graft Concept’s prides themselves in making sure the details are correct. They have ensured that the tactile feedback on the integrate sleep/wake and volume buttons remains the same as the iPhone. The case has cutouts to allow for the headphone minijack, microphone, lightning connector, and speaker as well, available here.

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mastermind JAPAN x BUILDING Chill Out Sofa

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“With the mastermind JAPAN and BUILDING collaboration line, the “Carré” collection, coming to an end this August, they have released their latest and final product: the Chill Out Sofa. The low style sofa comes with the signature skull motif in three-dimensional embroidery on the black suede fabric, and is both stain-repellent and waterproof. Upholstered with 100% polyester, packed with soft feather stuffing and limited to just 15 pieces, the Chill Out Sofa is sure to make a statement in your apartment. Check out BUILDING’s website to place an order.”

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The Kii Ensures You Have an iPhone Charger with You Everywhere

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Carrying around a charging cord for an iPhone, iPad or iPod is no fun, but it’s a necessity if you want to keep your device alive. The Kii is a small, key-shaped charging connector that fits right on your keychain so you always have it.

The Kii is shaped to look exactly like a key and it hooks onto your keychain so it’s easy to carry around. The Kii plugs into any powered USB port, so provided you can find a computer somewhere you’ll be able to charge your device. The Kii comes in two forms, a 30-pin version for the iPhone 4S and earlier for $19.95, and a lightning version for the iPhone 5.

Kii – Empowering your keychain from Bluelounge on Vimeo.

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The 1st ever Fashion Show in the Houses of Parliament

Graduate Fashion Week took place this month and to cap it off this year the Houses of Parliament was the setting for an exclusive Fashion event showcasing the work of 2013 graduates, as well as new designs from GFW sponsors – George.

Watch on Youtube for best results

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Video Produced by Jon Neal

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Kanye West New Album Art For “Yeezus” Project

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Complex.com announced that the new Kanye West album is titled “Yeezus.” The Internet has been a buzz thanks to Kanye’s premiere of “New Slaves” last night in a radical guerrilla marketing campaign which featured projections on the side of buildings across the 66 cities including, London, Paris, New York and Miami. Keep it locked for Yeezy’s Saturday night live performances of New Tracks “Black Skinhead and New Slaves.”

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Blackberry To Offer BBM as an App for iOS and Android Scheduled For Release Summer 2013

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According to news reports sourced from engadget.com which hit Facebook and other social media news feeds which were ignored by most who no longer are interested in Blackberry/RIM announcements regarding smart phones as they have moved on to alternative technologies Blackberry representative Thorsten Heins – announced last week during a BBLive seminar that:

“BBM is breaking out of its walled garden. Starting this summer, users running iOS 6 and Android ICS or higher will be able to download the BBM app for free and join in the messaging experience so highly curated by BlackBerry. Initially, however, only the messaging and group features will be accessible for outside users, but throughout the year, the company hopes to add BBM voice, BBM channels, screen sharing and video capabilities.”

according to engadget.com “You’ll have to hold tight for a more specific launch date, as Heins didn’t announce any concrete timing. But if you’ve waited for this news for years, what’s a few more months?.”

In what will come as welcome news to the few that still communicate via BBM this would allow the technological have’s using Android and iOS the opportunity to communicate with the have nots who are stuck on using Blackberries.

Special Thanks to O.A for the newsflash.

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Persol Reflex Photo Contest

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Celebrating the release of the Reflex collection, Persol have launched a photo contest. Persol’s new collection takes inspiration from the Classic Leica camera which legendary photojournalists such as Henri Cartier Bresson and Robert Capa used to create some of the most Iconic photographs of the twentieth century.

First prize is a Classic Leica ME 200 camera plus a trip for two to the opening of an exhibition of the winners work during the Venice film festival.

The contest is open to residents of the USA and runs until the 15th of June. For more info click here.

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Daft Punk featuring Pharrell & Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky (SNL Commercial)

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A high quality version of Daft Punk’s collaboration “Get Lucky.” with Pharrell and Nile Rodgershas surfaced as part of SNL trailer – the commercial which aired during last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live is the first performance based snippet to be released since the French duo’s highly anticipated album Random Access Memories was announced. Listen to a visual preview below.

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Exhibition: Martin Usborne: The Silence of Dogs in Cars.

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Open till the 27th of April at the Little Black Gallery on Leonard Street in Shoreditch, this exhibition of dogs in cars promises to be intriguing. According to the press release it explores the relationship between humans and dogs(oh really?) but never the less it’s a well executed project from what we can tell. And should be well worth a visit.

For more info click here.