The Rassle

FAULT: What is the story behind The Rassle, how did you guys meet? ERIK:  We met around 3 years ago when I was playing drums in the Virgins and Reed and Blair were fronting Young Lords.  Both our old bands had played a handful of times together and we became friends. BLAIR: Of the four Virgins, Erik was the nicer one. He was the only one who would respond to texts about getting us on the…

Switzerland Refuses to Extradite Roman Polanski

Since director Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in September 2009, U.S. authorities have been awaiting word on whether he would be extradited to the U.S. for sentencing on charges of unlawful sex following decades on the run. The news arrived early Monday morning in America: Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says Polanski is "a free man," after Switzerland decided to deny…

New Designers Exhibition 2010: Dominika Seweryniuk

By: Joanna Prempeh Dominika Seweryniuk is a graduating creative from Edinburgh Napier University. The intricate and unique design on display in her latest project, instantly draw people in as she merges the practical with the fantastical. FAULT: How would you describe your work and where do your inspirations come from? My work stems from the ideology of Wonderland. It is about distorting…

New Designers 2010

By Joanna Prempeh Creativity thrived in London this week as The Business Design Centre played host to the New Designers Exhibition 2010. Graduates from universities all over the UK exhibited their products for design enthusiasts and businesses alike. There were many that stood out in the sea of creative individuals however Fault managed to narrow them down to a select few. Tina Wagner……

Bananas

These photographs were taken by a Polish artist/photographer Natalia Lach-Lachowicz in 1972. The work is titled ‘Sztuka Konsumpcyjna’ (Consumer art). Oh to be a nude, helmet-haired blonde eating bananas in the seventies…

FAULT FEATURED: Alexander Romaniewicz

By Tommy D Bridge Alexander Romaniewicz, the self-professed ‘Yorkshire Boy’ from Huddersfield, has made his first small steps towards recognition after winning the Stylesight.com Print Design Competition. Romaniewicz, a Digital Design for Fashion student enrolled at Preston University, created the winning designs – which ooze intelligence and ingenuity in their use of images and colours to…

FAULT FEATURED: Clare Whit

FAULT: Tell us about your designs? All of my designs are made using identical multiplied shapes to form one symmetrical piece. I made them in my specific envisionment of beauty, something that embodies both elegance and danger. For instance, my PlagueBoy Bunny Mask represents a rebellion to the PlayBoy culture, popularised in it's exploitation of the female form. FAULT: What is your…