Sequoia Emmanuelle, fashion/art photographer and FAULT collaborator, launches book project on Kickstarter

FAULT are delighted to see regular collaborator, LA based photographer Sequoia Emmanuelle, take the plunge into publishing with the hugely anticipated release of a coffee table book to celebrate her work after 13 years in the industry. Sequoia is self-publishing the book of her works, entitled Duende (loosely translated from Spanish as having soul, a heightened state of emotion, expression…

MAALS Watches founder Andy Sealey

  MAALS Watches: Andy's earlier guest post described how he and his brother Bruno set out to start a design-led, affordable watch brand. Here, FAULT Focus interviews the brand's co-founder to see what it takes to start a fashion accessory business:   MAALs watches co-founder Andy Sealey FAULT: What was your primary inspiration for starting MAALS Watches? MAALs watches…

Celebrating 10 years of ‘Made of Bricks’ with Kate Nash

As soon as Kate Nash announced a tour to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of 'Made of Bricks', we knew we had to be there. On 9th August, Kate performed the first of two shows at Shepherd's Bush Empire, so we caught her backstage for an exclusive chat and shoot. You’ve smashed your Kickstarter Campaign, were you expecting the support you’ve received? I was nervous the whole way through, so…

#NoArtistsNoArt – Lights of Soho launch campaign to save Soho as London’s bright, neon beacon of creativity.

  Lights of Soho, located on Brewer St, London, is spearheading a new campaign entitled #NoArtistsNoArt, supported by local galleries, restaurants and bars around Soho that will remove or cover up every piece of art on their walls – a bleak intimation of what is happening because of the large rises in business rates, pushing out the independent operators in the surrounding area.  …

FAULT Focus: how to build a career as an indie musician – and actually get paid for your craft

    No matter what you might have heard, you do not have to be signed to a major label to become a full time musician. Just ask any of the hundreds of indie groups who are doing it their own way, every day: Pomplamoose, Zoe Keating, Amanda Palmer, Jonathan Coulton, and, well, everybody else who is doing it for themselves (and doing it well!). There is, obviously, a learning curve…

FAULT Focus: Crowdsourcing People Power – The Saviour of Indie Cinema?

Have you heard of Apocalypse Nerd? Chances are that the majority of you will draw a blank when asked. Such is the problem for an increasing number of indie film ventures such as this one; struggling to attract the funding necessary to realise their projects and -perhaps crucially- often curtailed in this by a lack of exposure. Indie flick Apocalypse Nerd is coming in 2014 - we hope!…