THE 'FAIT' SERIES BY SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002

Sophie Ristelhueber is a French photographer, based in paris. Her work concerns the human impact of war, and she has photographed extensively in the Balkans and Middle East. In the 1980s Ristelhueber started documenting the bombed city of Beirut, and Iraq in the 1990s and 2000. Her images of human wounds and scars have a visual complicity with her study of a destroyed landscape. In March 2010, Ristelhueber was awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize .

SOME/THINGS ISSUE002 features 11 b/w images from her ‘FAIT’ Series of 1992, shot in Kuwait after operation desert storm, as well as a folded triptych of colour images entitled 'IRAK' [2001].

CHANEL HAUTE JOAILLERIE JARDIN DE CAMELIAS 2013 COLLECTION [PART 2]

CHANEL’S NEW High Jewelry collection, Jardin de Camélias, presents almost 100 variations on the form of the camelia. a Symbol of purity and longevity in Asia, the camelia was a favourite of Coco Chanel who incorporated it into her style from 1923 onwards. Combing creative flair with technical excellence, the collection is a study of the proportions of nature and the inspiration of an individual, captured in diamonds, gems and pearls. Jardin de Camélias features necklaces, earrings, bracelets, cuffs, jewellery watches, brooches and rings.

/ photography by MATTEO CARCELLI, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

MAY 23: JOYCE WANG | ASIA SOCIETY | SOME/THINGS EVENT DURING HONG KONG ART BASEL

WANG PRESENTS RARE TABLES COLLECTION FEATURING THE AWARD-WINNING DESIGN FIRM JOYCE WANG AND THE MICHELIN-STARRED CHEF VICKY LAU OF TATE DINING ROOM AND BAR, IN COLLABORATION WITH ASIA SOCIETY & SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE.

VERNISSAGE ON THURSDAY MAY 23
18 SAU WAH FONG G/F, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT boris[at]someslashthings.com











JOYCE WANG founded her design practice in 2010, and has since embarked on a series of prestigious projects, including the design of AMMO restaurant & bar at Hong kong’s ASIA SOCIETY centre, and the guest rooms at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel.

Having studied architecture and material sciences at MIT, followed by the Royal College of Art in London, her interior design practice is characterised by an innovative approach to materials and an interdisciplinary focus. Her work has a strong sense of the cinematic, producing a sense of drama and visual narrative which has prompted a series of collaborations with fashion designers, jewelry artisans and filmmakers.

In addition to her design practice, Wang is developing her own custom furniture and accessories collection. Current commissions include a hotel in Hong Kong, and residential projects in Los Angeles and Shanghai.

/photographs of previous JOYCE WANG projects courtesy of WANG, JOYCEWANG.COM

HOT ROD HOUSE [2006] BY OLSON KUNDIG ARCHITECTS IN SOME/THINGS CHAPTER005

SOME/THINGS CHAPTER005 features previously unpublished images of HOT ROD HOUSE— the home designed by TOM KUNDIG [of OLSON KUNDIG ARCHITECTS] and his wife Jeannie for themselves. Originally a turn of the century two storey bungalow in the then working class neighbourhood of Queene Anne in Seattle, it was purchased with the intention of eventually 'hot rodding' it— using the original foundations and structural walls to make continued renovations, changes, and additions. Since it's completion in 2006, HOT ROD HOUSE serves as an on-going research project.

For more information, including current projects, visit olsonkundigarchitects.com

/ photography by BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER and TIM BIES with image post-production by SOME/THINGS AGENCY

A GLIMPSE INTO A SHORT FILM FOR ARJOWIGGINS CREATIVE PAPERS

Last month, the SOME/THINGS team visited ARJOWIGGINS' Stoneywood Mill. Established by James Moir in 1770 on the banks of the River Don, Stoneywood was originally one of five paper mills in Aberdeen. Now the last remaining, it has the capacity to manufacture around 70,000 tonnes per year, producing 9,900 products including high quality luxury and creative papers from ArjoWiggins’ Conqueror, Curious Papers, Curious Metallics and Impressions ranges.

Since CHAPTER004, SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE has served as a communication tool for ARJOWIGGINS GRAPHIC and ARJOWIGGINS CREATIVE PAPERS, illustrating the versatility of their product ranges in the context of luxury publishing. Each issue of the publication features a variety of paper stock, using some of the most advanced printing techniques including four-colour print in random raster and spot colour offset, achieving near-photographic image quality within the magazine. SOME/THINGS also employs advanced production methods such as screen printing, foiling, embossing/debossing, glossy and matt UV lacquer, and matt laminating.

Furthermore, an ongoing partnership with IMPRIMERIE COMELLI and COMELLINK has ensured SOME/THINGS provides clients with the highest-quality printed matter, as well as pre-press production and retouching services, for artist books and monographs, invitations, lookbooks, and catalogues.

/ ARJOWIGGINS Stoneywood Paper Mill photographed by MATTEO CARCELLI SOME/THINGS AGENCY.

RAIN ROOM BY RANDOM INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES AT MOMA

RAIN ROOM BY RANDOM INTERNATIONAL will launch at THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART , NEW YORK, on 12 May as part of EXPO 1: NEW YORK, a large-scale festival exploring ecological challenges.

Formerly at the Barbican centre in London, Rain room is a large-scale, immersive environment, a field of falling water that pauses whenever a human body is detected. Visitors have a chance to control the rain, in a fluid complicity between presence and movement, technology and human intuition. Visitors become performers, both together and alone in this carefully choreographed downpour.

Known for their distinctive approach to digital-based contemporary practice, Random International’s experimental, interactive projects are documented in their first monograph, produced by some/things agency in collaboration with carpenters workshop gallery. the cover of the monograph and the rain room installation is photographed by nat urazmetova for SOME/THINGS AGENCY,

The final copies of the monograph can be purchased via our online boutique

RAIN ROOM CAN BE EXPERIENCEd AT MOMA from May 12 through July 28, 2013

/ Random International book photographed by DARIO RUGGIERO

RICK OWENS AW2013/2014 SHOW AS SEEN BY ADRIEN DIRAND

/ RICK OWENS AUTUMN WINTER 2013/2014 MEN'S SHOW DURING PARIS MEN'S FASHION WEEK, PHOTOGRAPHED BY ADRIEN DIRAND, our dear friend & SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER005 contributor.

/ FOR MORE, VISIT adriendirand.com

ALEXANDER CALDER EXHIBITION AT PACE GALLERY LONDON

'CALDER AFTER THE WAR' AT PACE LONDON FEATURES NEARLY FIFTY WORKS OF ART CREATED BY ALEXANDER CALDER BETWEEN THE YEARS 1945 – 1949. THE artist’s famous mobiles, stabiles and standing mobiles are installed on the gallery’s ground floor, whilst the newly renovated first floor hosts a display of Calder’s rarely-seen paintings and gouaches.

Calder’s characteristic approach to abstraction was prompted by a visit to Piet Mondrian’s studio in 1930. The famous Calder ‘mobile’, as termed by Marcel Duchamp, was first developed in 1931, merging European Abstraction, Surrealism and DadaISM with a fascination with mechanical invention and the forces of nature. the return of supplies of aluminium sheet metal at the end of WW2 unleashed a new force of innovation in Calder’s practice, with works attaining a lyrical complexity of geometrical form.

THE EXHIBITION CONTINUES UNTIL 7 June 2013.

All works by Alexander Calder © 2013, Calder Foundation, New York / DACS, London

/ photography by nat urazmetova, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

ADAL III EARRINGS BY NORA RENAUD

Since establishing her own jewellery collection in 2010, NORA RENAUD has collaborated with a number of designers, including NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS and YIQING YIN. Her new project, ADAL III, which consists of jewellery, drawings, and design objects, will be exhibited on the 5th of June, 2013, during 'BLACK/NOIR' at Pavilion Antiques in Chicago.

NORA RENAUD IS REPRESENTED EXCLUSIVELY BY SOME/THINGS FOR PRESS, COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS, AND SALES. FOR ALL ENQUIRIES CONTACT EITHER press[at]someslashthings.com
or commercial[at]someslashthings.com.

photography by ALEXEY BLAGUTIN / art direction by MONIKA BIELSKYTE [SOME/THINGS AGENCY]

SOME/THINGS VISITS THE MARK HOTEL IN MANHATTAN [PART 2]

located in the Upper East Side Historic District in one of Manhattan’s most exclusive neighborhoods, The Mark was originally designed by Schwartz & Gross in 1927. The luxury 5 star hotel was reopened in 2009 after 3 years of renovations, now housing 180 hotel rooms and 42 extraordinary suites, with interiors and furnishings by world-renowned French designer Jacques Grange. For more information, visit themarkhotel.com

photography by MATTEO CARCELLI, SOME/THINGS AGENCY
/ Special thanks to nicole and nadine of nadine johnson pr and the The Mark staff for their hospitality.