Steve McQueen/Tricky
When SHOWstudio invited the artist, Steve McQueen to interview whoever he wanted, he chose his favourite musician, Tricky.
Derek Michael
See how Derek Michael's leaf changes through spring, summer, autumn and winter. See how it changes again when you stretch it with your mouse, then pick a favourite pattern to be waiting for you when you come back to the site.
Related Projects: [Interactive] [Graphic Design]
Peter Saville/Autechre
When designer Peter Saville spotted an old pink Cadillac under a lilac tree in LA, he invented a spin to set the scene. Autechre remix.
Related Projects: [Performance] [Art Direction] [Music] [Graphic Design] [Peter Saville] [Autechre]
Kate Moss/Bobby Gillespie
Intimate Super-8 footage of Kate, Bobby and friends recording the track 'Diamond Blues' one playful, summer's afternoon.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Music] [Documentary] [Celebrity] [Kate Moss] [Bobby Gillespie]
Björk/Nick Knight/Insert Silence/Paul Barnes
Exclusive, uncensored version of the video for Björk's new single, Pagan Poetry, directed by Nick Knight. Also featuring a magical, reactive graphic interpretation and a downloadable typeface; designed for the single sleeve.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Interactive] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Performance] [Music] [Paul Barnes] [Insert Silence] [Typeface]
Jason Evans
This is not a love song. Jason Evans dressed up to test the parameters of identity and propriety.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Film] [Performance] [Music] [Jason Evans] [Gender]
Nick Knight/Adam Mufti
Trailer trash, Jerry Springer, a '57 Cadillac, Gummo, Angela Lindvall and lots of spray paint. Put them in a blender and what did you get?
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Music] [Christian Dior] [Adam Mufti] [Animation] [Jeremy Healey]
Simon Pentleton/Josephene Soughan
Were these girls performing in a retro erotic film or posing for a contemporary fashion shoot? Seductive shots replaced narrative in a film that defined the ambiguous space between the cinematic sequence and the fashion story.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Performance] [Art] [Erotica]
Nick Knight/Alexander McQueen/Bj?Danny Brown
Spellbinding sound and image project generated from Nick Knight and Alexander McQueen's installation for La Beautéin Avignon, with an exclusive Bjork soundtrack.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Daniel Brown] [Music] [Alexander McQueen] [Animation]
Simon Mackness
Whereas the Rorschach test reveals aspects of the personality by asking patients to describe configurations of inkblots, The Mackness Test unlocks the key components of your character and generates the visual imprint of your psyche.
Related Projects: [Interactive] [Graphic Design]
Nick Knight
Watch nine supermodels sleep in these delicate and mesmerising films compiled from Webcam footage, captured from their hotel rooms.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Live] [Webcast] [Nick Knight] [Simon Foxton] [Performance] [Collections] [Models] [Zora Star] [Liberty Ross] [Jonathan Kaye] [Elise Crombez] [Devon Aioki] [Surveillance]
Warwick Saint & Hal Couzens
Experience the full magnitude of the total solar eclipse in Warwick Saint and Hal Couzens' compelling films and images from their pilgrimage to Zambia.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Film]
Richard Bush/ Hussein Chalayan/Jane How/Nick Knight/Terry Richardson/Raf Simons/David Sims/Tim Walker
Focusing on fashion imagery published and withdrawn at the time of the attacks of 9/11, Killed examined the criteria governing propriety in contemporary fashion publishing. Featured images by Richard Bush & Jane How, Hussein Chalayan, Nick Knight, Terry Richardson, David Sims, Raf Simons and Tim Walker.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Magazines] [Politics] [Penny Martin] [Jo-Ann Furniss] [John Taylor]
Julie Verhoeven
Catch a time-lapse glimpse of Illustrator Julie Verhoeven as she worked on her exhibition and book, 'Fat-Bottomed Girls'.
Related Projects: [Film] [Performance] [Documentary] [Illustration] [Julie Verhoven]
SHOWstudio challenged fashion's finest to create the industry's Holy Grail: inspiring womenswear designs for sizes 16 and over. 12 leading designers took up the gauntlet.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Politics] [Body Image] [John Galliano] [Alexander McQueen] [Sophia Kokosalaki] [Shelley Fox] [Jessica Ogden] [Marjan Pejovski] [Bodymap]
Val Garland
Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon met Hans Bellmer's Poupèes: twenty blonde models were made up in a vivacious, painterly fashion performance.
Related Projects: [Live] [Webcast] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Interview] [Performance] [Models] [Beauty] [Val Garland]
John Galliano
John Galliano's five years at Christian Dior were marked by a series of Nick Knight images that interpreted the Dior couture collections. SHOWstudio took you behind the scenes of the shoot...
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Nick Knight] [Interview] [Music] [Photoshoot] [Christian Dior] [John Galliano] [Haute Couture] [Jeremy Healey]
Craig McDean/Karen Elson/Melissa Auf Der Maur
Watch supermodel Karen Elson and former Smashing Pumpkins and Hole bassist, Melissa Auf der Maur, as they performed SHOWstudio's new 'singing cover' in Craig McDean's intimate film.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Models] [Music] [Karen Elson] [Craig McDean] [Melissa Auf Der Maur]
Peter Saville/Julie Verhoeven
Investigate the dark, erotic scenarios underlying Julie Verhoeven's intricate, interactive wallpaper. The decorative, Toile de Jouey-inspired designs belie the seamy underworld they depict.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Paul Hetherington] [Art Direction] [Erotica] [Illustration] [Julie Verhoven] [Peter Saville] [Paul Bruty]
Félix Larher
Did the bright, young things ever make it through Playland? Barbie Killer's celebrity cull took its toll in Félix Larher's heroic fantasy.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Film] [Animation]