one small seed Issue 08 – Part 1 one small seed Issue 08 – Part 2 ISSUE 08 FEATURES: FASHION: SH!T HOT COFFEE FASHION: KE-AI – THE ASIAN POP GLAM JUNK SHOP FASHION: DAVID TLALE PHOTOGRAPHY: ROSS GARRETT PHOTOGRAPHY: RICHARD KEPPEL-SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY: LEAH HAWKER & MICHELLE PRINSLOO ARTIST: MUSTAFA MALUKA DESIGNER: NIGEL MOORE ILLUSTRATOR: JOHDEL...
one small seed Issue 07 – Part 1 one small seed Issue 07 – Part 2 ISSUE 07 FEATURES: FASHION: MONSTERISM BY ROZANNE WHYTE PHOTOGRAPHY: FACE INVADERS BY XANDER FERREIRA PHOTOGRAPHY: LOLO VELEKO PHOTOGRAPHY: JAPANESE GHOST SPIRITS ILLUSTRATOR: LOUIS MINNAAR ARTIST: SCOTT ROBERTSON MUSIC: JOHNNY NEON MUSIC: HARRIS TWEED INTERNATIONAL: TOKYO-A-GO-GO MUSIC: JOZI IMMIGRANTS –...
one small seed Issue 06 – Part 1 one small seed Issue 06 – Part 2 ISSUE 06 FEATURES: PHOTOGRAPHY: ELEVATOR LOGIC BY INGE PRINS PHOTOGRAPHY: MILES DICKY PHOTOGRAPHY: JILLIAN LOCHNER FASHION: RUN WAY RUNAWAY ILLUSTRATOR: SHANE DE LANGE ARTIST: LOGAN HICKS INTERNATIONAL: LUXEMBOURG ARCHITECTURE: PHILHARMONIC ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE: MADAME MUDAM ARCHITECTURE: ELMO SWART INTERIOR DESIGN...
In issue 19 of one small seed, our feature fashion spread ‘Project Aiko: Rise of the Machines’ shows an exquisite collection by renowned local haute-couture fashion designer Hendrik Vermeulen, adorned by breathtakingly beautiful… female robots. Length 04:34 (11 March 2011) Project Aiko from one small seed on Vimeo. With one small seed editor-in-chief Giuseppe Russo...
We’re so excited. It’s going to be amazing. It’s better than Christmas. It’s coming March 14, 2011. What’s going on? Well you better watch the video to find out! Starring: aKING, The Dirty Skirts, Daniel Ting Chong, Haezer, Mark Niskerone, Pappa Smurf, Ryan Kruger, DJ Chubbi (YFM), The Plastics, Gazelle, Lindiwe Suttle and more!
one small seed made it to RAMFest 2011 in Cape Town, but barely made it out alive! Check out the footage to see what went down at South Africa’s only REAL Alternative Music festival. Length 03:29 (4 March 2011) RAMFEST 2011 from one small seed on Vimeo. Location: nekkies Worcester Music: ‘wtfih (cyberpunkers remix)’ Haezer...
Director: Adrian Loveland Starring: Ferial Haffajee, Robbie Brozin, Justice Malala and David O’Sullivan Category: Black Documentary
Spoek Mathambo is one of South Africa’s funkiest faces behind original, head-bopping musical collaborations. His latest project Mshini Wam is no exception. We recently profiled this new Afro-futurist supergroup in issue 21 of one small seed, and now Spoek’s latest music video has just premiered on Dazed & Confused‘s online platform, Dazed Digital. ...
The Number Gangs are a trinity of South African prison gangs feared around the world. Their primary locus is Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison at the foot of Cape Town’s Table Mountain Range, but their reign infiltrates across most South African prisons. Among the number, strict hierarchy commands that each gang holds longstanding roles, from protecting...
Born in the 1980s, the early days of the now highly controversial Mugabe rule of Zimbabwe, Sindiso Nyoni is heavily influenced by the politics of his country. Jessica Manim retraces his roots, and uncovers a body of artwork that puts message first and aesthetics second. Sindiso Nyoni’s creations strike their viewer in the gut, delivering...
The music video for ‘Caves’ is described by its directors, The Morcos Brothers as: “A single shot, breakout flash dance extravaganza”. Indeed, the entire video was shot in one take. In the video, a crazy-faced lead dancer Ross Bennet slides across the polished school hall floor followed by an enthusiastic posse, all expertly choreographed by...
Belgium street artist Roa has taken over London’s East End with his massive black-and-white murals of animals, hand-painted on walls of derelict buildings. Starting his work in the quaint cobbled streets of his hometown of Ghent in Belgium, his work now decorates buildings all over Europe and in New York. This year he held his...
In November 2010, one small seed TV met up with Roger Ballen for an enlightening one-on-one. Here we found out more about his time spent at the Boarding House, and took a closer look at his photographs. Three photographs that Roger Ballen discusses in this onesmallseed TV exclusive are ‘Pathos’ (2005), ‘Mimicry’ (2005) and ‘The...
