Diverse is Sexy: Pharrell Williams’ New Release ‘Marilyn Monroe’
‘I just want a different girl… Girl, girl, girl, girl’ goes the new song by Pharrell Williams — the master of catchiness himself. Inspired by famous females in history, the video features lots of diversely sexy booty to honour the different women of the world. It’s directed by Luis Cervero and features appearances by Kelly...
Images of the Week | April
Every week, we add four more images from onesmallseed.net to the relevant month’s gallery collection on onesmallseed.com. All images are the featured works of members of one small seed network, our creative online community. To have your work featured here, simply sign up as a member and start uploading! Week 04 Week 03 Week 02...
Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s Transsexual African Priests
Nigerian-born photographer Rotimi Fani-Kayode was a groundbreaking figure of the 1980s whose work is permanently exhibited at museums in London, New York, Helsinki and Sydney. It has, however, taken 25 years for the first gallery in Africa to showcase his thought-provoking work and, sadly, Fani-Kayode — who died in 1989 at the age of 34...
Diesel | The A-Z of Dancing
Diesel‘s new ad, featuring well-known dancers showing us the world’s fav moves in alphabetical order, has made its rounds on the net since it was first published on 11 April. This is probably due to the coolheaded but catchy ‘Wut’ by rapper Leif and the uber-cool boogying accompanying it, but also because — from rhumba...
Beyonce Crashes Solange’s Stage & More | Coachella 2014
If it wasn’t for Pearl Jam, Coachella might not exist — at least not how we know it today. In 1993 the Seattle band boycotted ticket master due to their monopolizing redistribution system and staged an alternative concert at the Empire Polo Club, establishing the venue as a suitable place for live music. Coachella now...
Original Swimming Party Release Their New EP
Made up of Jeremy de Tolly of the Dirty Skirts, Thomas Glendinning and Greg Abrahams, Original Swimming Party is a new music project that defines itself as ‘experimental electronica’. While Thom Yorke’s influence is recognizable in de Tolly’s mood-setting vocals, the trio’s Blue EP is definitely full of experiments and not void of novelty. It’s...
one small seed x adidas | A Collaborative Fashion Shoot
Thanks to adidas Originals we had the pleasure to style our very own look with items selected from the new adidas Originals Women’s Collection. We absolutely loved the World Cup 2014-anticipating Brazilian-style prints by The Farm Company, so incorporating them into the shoot was a must. The rest just flowed from there, and now we...
Little Dragon Release New Track ‘Paris’
After releasing ‘Klap Klap’ earlier in 2014, Little Dragon have now shared a second track called ‘Paris’ off their upcoming fourth album Nabuma Rubberband out on 12 May in the UK and 13 May in the US. The beat-y track is fit for the club and Yukimi Nagano’s melody-mastering voice is, of course, as dazzling...
Album of the Week | Ilse Moore
This week’s Album of the Week is entitled The Performer | Part 1 and is by onesmallseed.net member Ilse Moore. Ilse describes the project, saying ‘the Performer actually happened during an impromptu shoot weekend away in Groot Mariko. Johan Baird, who is a stage and film actor and screenwriter, donned his suit and we went...
Selected Creative | Charles Harry Mackenzie
What exactly is a Selected Creative? It’s a one small seed initiative that takes talented, local artists and provides them with a platform to show their work. A Selected Creative needs to offer something fresh and intriguing in terms of technique, concept and execution. This week we are excited to present our newest Selected Creative,...
Lindiwe Suttle’s Kamikaze Art Takes Off in Germany
South African singer-songwriter Lindiwe Suttle has released her debut Kamikaze Art on 4 April 2014, and has received quite a bit of German press around her new relationship with German rock/pop star Marius Mueller-Westernhagen. Do you need a celebrity at your side to make it big? It probably helps, but Kamikaze Art nonetheless contains songs...
City of Cape Town Logo | A Welcomed Alternative
About a month ago, our Editor-in-Chief Giuseppe Russo, shared his critical design opinion about the new City of Cape Town logo in this post. We got a great amount of feedback and following that post, there has since been ongoing controversy and press on the topic. Basically, people feel that the logo was not crafted...
Selected Creative | YasMoosa
What exactly is a Selected Creative? It’s a one small seed initiative that takes talented, local artists and provides them with a platform to show their work. A Selected Creative needs to offer something fresh and intriguing in terms of technique, concept and execution. This week we are excited to present our newest Selected Creative,...
