The 37-year-old English artist M.I.A (real name Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam) is well known for her controversial and provocative techniques. Unwilling to be swayed by the media, she has firmly expressed her views in shocking and intriguing ways. With aggressive lyrics and catchy beats M.I.A. has carved a permanent and revered spot in music history. Steve...
Every week we compile a selection of music to sing you into the weekend and list them in a post called #bottomrightcorner. Sometimes new tunes, sometimes themed tunes and sometimes we ask a music aficionado to choose the tunes for us. This week, we hand over the selection process to our unofficial Detroit contributor, Mr...
Nine Inch Nails recently released a hard-hitting video for their song ‘Came Back Haunted.’ This video is not for the epileptic-prone as it cautions at the beginning of the video. Constant strobes and jumping between an insect girl and random flashing faces sets the video apart: it’s dark, eerie, and filled with sinister images. David...
Body art takes on a new level in the 15th annual World Bodypainting Festival held in Austria. The week-long festival functions as the Academy Awards of body paint. Hundreds of artists from around the world gathered to strut their stuff with intricate and colourful designs. Artists competed for the world title in five categories and...
ISO has released the official music video for their latest single ‘Heaven’, which is their third single from their fourth studio album titled Piece by Piece (2012). Back in 2011, the team at one small seed got a chance to follow the band on their journey to perform at Synergy Live… Check out both videos...
The word Babatunde is a Yoruba (Nigerian) name and when translated it means ‘the father returns.’ Born in the heart of Johannesburg’s CBD, Babatunde has grown from a headwear experiment into a concept brand. Babatunde launched in July 2010 with a range of hats and caps but has since grown into a concept brand including...
Over two days and nights in Johannesburg, South Africa, Rod Stanley & Chris Saunders travelled to illegal rooftop parties, warehouse raves, street fashion shoots and poolside jams to meet some of the young musicians, DJs, zine publishers and artists set on taking the SA scene global, and asked them how the city’s youth culture is...
At one small seed we believe in the power of unique ideas and novel concepts. Ranging from technology, design, art and music, we’ve compiled a collection of crazy, fascinating, funny and bizarre findings that we think would be of interest to you. Here are some of our favourite finds this past week. Stay tuned for...
What do Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, and Brigitte Bardot have in common besides eternal fame? They were all clients of the late fashion photographer icon Bert Stern, who passed away on June 26 2013.
DEAR READER returns with another powerful new video from her latest album Rivonia, out now through City Slang. Directed by multi-award winning Rob Savage, the new clip illustrates ‘Took Them Away’, one of the most heartbreaking tracks from this startling journey through a childhood spent in apartheid South Africa.
In the past century we have gone from handwritten letters and snail mail to social media obsessed zombies with iPhone apps for every situation in life. That’s why it’s not a surprise that the Apple Macintosh was recently selected as one of the greatest designs of the past century. What is shocking, are some of...
Only some witness the final product and the few moments of perfection from the viewers’ seats of the catwalk. Designers spend months immersed in their work to bring their visions to life at the show. Filmed at the 2013 SA Fashion Week and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, photographer Waldo Pretorius‘ short film, Backstage Epilepsy, offers a...
Body building is taking on a new form, and we’re not talking about gym-crazy beef cakes hyped up on steroids. Photographer Jess Bonham and set designer Anna Lomax are creating bodies from random materials in their latest project fittingly titled ‘Body Building.’ Set in front of plain white backgrounds, these artists have discovered a brand...
