'Dissertation on revealing the practice' Visvim AW15 Lookbook | Tokyo (JAP) | By Lee Fleming

Founded in 2000, Japanese menswear label Visvim is the brainchild of designer Hiroki Nakamura. Having started primarily as a footwear brand Hiroki expanded his seasonal collection to include apparel. Visvim has continued to gain an international following for its mix of traditional production techniques and modern technology.

Prior to revealing the visvim Fall/Winter 2015 “Dissertation on revealing the practice” collection, Hiroki notes how an extensive amount of traveling to solicit the design tendencies for the new season inspired him. His escapades brought him to the UK, then to America’s West Coast where a direction was conceived. A non-ending jet-setting schedule saw him make subsequent stops in Paris, Seattle, Florence and finally, Florida for fabric development and finishing touches. The endless traveling offered Hiroki a comprehensive world view which can be seen in the styled selection of militaristic outerwear, casual knitwear and durable layered pieces.

To view the upcoming AW15 Visvim collection visit the Visvim website.

PARIS 48°49N 2°29E | Ami Sioux | Paris (FRA) | By Lee Fleming

The °Books is a series of exploration photography by Paris-based photographer and singer Ami Sioux. Born in East Berlin in 2003 where Ami has been living for three years, The °Books was an idea brought about by Ami's own experiences of being guided by hand drawn maps, given to her as directions to somewhere as East Berlin was still bring rebuilt.

Starting with REYKJAVIK 64°08N 21°54W, PARIS 48°50N 2°23E is the second in the series where Ami asks fifty city inhabitants to hand draw a map to a place that's significant or important to them personally, for any reason. Ami uses the hand drawn maps to navigate to each location and takes a photograph to represent each location. Designed by Ahohen & Lamberg and published by OFR, the cartography contributors to PARIS 48°50N 2°23E can seen here. Each °Book aims to portray a city as interpreted by those who live and work there daily. Not to be mistaken as a guide, but rather, a unique way of discovering different parts of the city.

To read more about the ° Book series visit Ami's website.

This Is Nowhere | Jeremy Koreski | Tofino, British Columbia (CAN) | By Lee Fleming

"The concept for This is Nowhere is actually the inverse of what the title might suggest. Places like the B.C. coast—remote, lightly populated and mostly roadless—have often been treated as 'nowhere' areas that don’t have much value beyond the resources can be taken out of them. But in reality, this is a place that’s full of life, has an amazing culture and history, and is absolutely priceless to protect. For myself, my family and many others here, this place is everything. So to me, this book is about deconstructing the idea of nowhere and demonstrating that places like this have a value that goes far beyond money." — Jeremy Koreski

We're glad to see Jeremy Koreski's recent Kickstarter for his photography project 'This Is Nowhere' was successfully funded. Due to go to print in August 2015, This Is Nowhere is a hardcover book of surf, outdoor and nature photos from the British Columbia coast. Born and raised in Tofino, a small town on the West Coast of Canada where Jeremy's father worked as a fisherman and oyster farmer meant he has been able to photograph one of the last unspoiled coasts in the world.

Jeremy's photography career spans over fifteen years having worked with international clients including Patagonia, Stussy, Ransom Holding Co., Adidas and National Geographic. The publication is as personal as it gets for Jeremy, featuring his favourite photographs from the British Columbia coast he explains "I’ve hoped to publish a collection of my work for a long time, but I didn’t want to put anything out unless it was something I was truly proud of".

Designed by Chris Allen, the 11” x 11” clothbound hardcover includes 144 pages and 100-plus photographs, printed on FSC-certified paper at Hemlock Printers in Burnaby, B.C., a carbon-neutral company whose portfolio includes Kinfolk Magazine and The Great Discontent. The book is divided into five sections: Air, Water, Earth, Fire and The Unknown and features introductions written by people Jeremy's learnt from and worked with over the years: my dad, Patrick Koreski, along with Noah Cohen, Keith Malloy and Malcolm Johnson. Furthermore, the foreword is written by Dr. Chris Darimont, Science Director of Raincoast Conservation Foundation and professor at the University of Victoria.

Architect Bag | Nendo x TODS | Tokyo (JAP) | By Lee Fleming

The IDMC° team have followed the work of Tokyo-based design studio Nendo for some time. Founded by Oki Sato in 2002, Nendo (meaning "clay" in Japanese) designs interior architecture, furniture and graphics. June 2015 saw Nendo collaborate with Tod's to create a morphable Architect Bag, designed with the architect in mind.

n the extended form, the bag holds a full-size A3 drawing as well as samples with quite a bit of length. Folding it into half creates two spaces where you can store A4 size drawings and documents, and the middle part of the flex section houses rolled-up drawings, heavy catalogues or books and samples of construction materials. With the ability to store away the two handles, you can turn it into a clutch bag when you have fewer things to carry.

Visit the Nendo website to read more.

Photography by Akihiro Yoshida.

Julian Lechner | Kaffeeform | Berlin (GER) | By Lee Fleming

Our obsession with ceramics continues with these Kaffeeform Coffee Cups but it's what there made of that's caught our attention the most. Designed by German designer Julian Lechner who started Kaffeeform Coffee Cups in 2009 while working in Italy, where he studied design at the Free University of Bozen. Lechner experimented with used coffee grounds by recycling them using an injection-moulding process to fabricate to combine them with other renewable materials like wood grains and natural glues.

After five years of experimentation Lechner discovered a unique formula which transforms the leftover coffee, collected from local cafes in Berlin into his Kaffeeform products. The surface of Kaffeeform has the appearance of dark marblewood and still retains the smell of coffee in its final form.

Designed specifically for drinking espresso coffee, you can now pre-order the Kaffeeform Coffee Cups from their website.