Created by Vancouver Film School student Patrick Biason, A Gentlemen’s Duel is basically Japanese mech battle anime filtered through a steampunk lens. Great animation, and who doesn’t enjoy one giant robot trading fisticuffs with another giant robot? No one, that’s who.

Kira Shaimanova‘s art is a unique conflation of sculpture and illustration…or rather, it’s a super stylized sculpture work that when photographed — and thus rendered in 2D — appears as if it were an illustration. The Russian born artist moved to Toronto when she was 5 years old where she currently resides and makes her […]

Vogue Hommes Japan was launched in September 2008, and is widely considered one of the best editions of the Vogue catalog. It recently made a mainstream splash in America with the controversial image of Lady Gaga wearing a meat bikini (oh that crazy Gaga!) on its cover, and is now making waves by releasing its […]

Truly finding inspiration amongst his surroundings, designer Kobi Levi has created footwear with humor and an artistic twist. The Jerusalem-based designer graduated from the Academy of Art and Design in Bezalel, and views shoes as a blank canvas to create original art for your feet. His creations range from the absurd and suggestive to the […]

The continuing saga of one girl’s plight with unemployment…(read vol I,  vol II, vol III, vol IV, vol V,  vol VI, vol VII and vol. VIII) Last week my dad gave me some career/life advice. It went something like this: Dad: Honey, I’m real proud of your writing. Me: Thanks dad! Dad: How’s the job […]

We’re kinda fans of North Carolina-bred J. Cole here at LIAS, mostly cos when he’s clever he shines with the brightness of guys like Lupe. Sure they’re not all bangers, but Cole’s got a penchant for wordplay and narrative that shows a promise missing in the present day landscape of hip hop. In the first […]

You know we’re fans of the avant garde Visionaire Magazine, who always push themselves to evolve the format to the next level. Most of their work is so future-forward that the term “magazine” is a disservice, like Issue 57 (consisting of an electric calender with 365 different curated images) that we covered a couple months […]

Holy shit, this video is nuts. MIA obviously has no interest in tempering government perception of alleged terrorist leanings. Just because your dad (who she’s never met) is a Tamil Tiger does not make you a terrorist, but the Feds felt enough suspicion in her vague lyrics to deny her a visa to the states […]