I am in love with this personal and creative approach to marketing. European clothing brand Edwin invites different photographers to interpret each of their seasonal collections.  The most recent SS11 release is just as beautiful as past iterations with work by photographer Benjamin Robinson*.  Although I do love The Selby,  I prefer Robinson’s approach to environmental portraiture…natural, authentic, romantic and real.

Via the Edwin SS11 catalog:

All of the following photographs were taken in London where we were lucky enough to be invited to friends homes and places they felt were important to them. The photographs were not retouched, leaving the imperfections of life and dust present. The sun shon, then hid behind clouds, spring showers would open up on us and finally the sun would shine again. In essence, a true representation of a spring-summer season and capturing images of real people in their city.

*I couldn’t find Robinson’s work online, so if you have a link to his portfolio, please pass it along. Thanks.

Starting tomorrow, Project Space in Los Angeles will be featuring photographer Janette Beckman, marking the third installment of this experimental project by the always inventive and inspiring Arkitip.

Beckman culls works from her time in London during the punk era through the hip-hop decade in New York and Los Angeles. The show will feature artifacts and photographs of musicians, their fans and youth culture.

Like legos for grown-ups, these clever and modern modular pieces offer a multitude of decorative options for your home or office. ModulA.R.T. was created by Donald Rattner in order to represent a new way to create, collect and think about contemporary art. The goal of A.R.T is to “make high quality, original art more accessible to more people.” Using only materials of the highest quality, A.R.T. involves the work of artists from a myriad of disciplines from fine artists to industrial designers. So, go ahead, play and display.

Note: The Art Rethought blog is a gem, covering architecture, fashion and design.

Obviously The Recession isn’t over yet, but our fingers are globally crossed. Indeed. Meanwhile, photographer Brian Ulrich has been  shooting abandoned and defeated shopping malls, stores and pretty much anything formerly retail for the past seven years. Much of this time frame overlapped nicely with our current economic climate. Above are selected shots from this collection, titled Copia.

This project explores not only the everyday activities of shopping, but the economic, cultural, social, and political implications of commercialism and the roles we play in self-destruction, over-consumption, and as targets of marketing and advertising.

The clean, minimalist design of this site highlights the dozens of beautiful articles at INDEX in Brooklyn. INDEX is “an evolving catalogue of materials and articles, some unique and some ordinary, but all exceptional in their purpose, character and origin.”  Items are for display, sale and rental.

I have more film in my fridge than food.

Lovely photographs by film-based photographer Francesca Tallone. Surface Magazine Avant Guardian winner in 2006, Francesca now shoots regularly for art-focused fashion mags like Antler. Most recently she participated in Silent Noise, a one-night art auction in Brooklyn on June 3rd, 2010.

It’s fun to watch the next generation of photographers go ‘back’ to film. Digital is king these days (oh, you hipstamatic iphone app you) , but more and more people are using the real deal. It’s great to witness. Ever since I bought my DSLR in 2002, a large bag of unprocessed film has sat, nearly forgotten, in my garage. I will take this as a sign to revisit…

I received an email from a curious traveler (thanks, D) this afternoon suggesting Detangle readers check out the Seattle Public Library next time we’re in the northwest. The angular-yet-peaceful space was designed by Rem Koolhaas. The famed Dutch architect just this week spoke at the new Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture & Design in Moscow where he will be teaching a post-grad course.

{photos via greatbuildings.com }

An assortment of shots from New York-based photographer Alex Freund. I was drawn to the work on his blog moreso than his main portfolio site.  The work is a little less focused, a little less prepared, a little more caught-in-the-moment-magical.

I’ve been admiring the French illustrator and style blogger, Garance Dore‘s site for a few years and thought I’d share a little of its goodness.  For those of you who are still discovering the lovely photos and documentation of her global travels with boyfriend Scott Schuman (better known as The Sartorialist), enjoy.

The work of photographer Simon Portbury is currently on display at the Iain Dawson Gallery in Paddington, NSW in Australia.  Selections from his Tokyo Drift series will be displayed alongside the work of Maree Alexander, Sam Ash and Leila Jeffreys.  Take a look…