Music Mix Monday | ‘Paul’s Boutique’ remade by Cheeba, Moneyshot & Food

Mondays. Ugh. Fight the Monday blues with this unbelievable mix!



"3 years in the making, 3 DJs working with over 150 tracks to recreate one of the seminal sampling albums of all time, at last Cheeba, Moneyshot and I can reveal ‘Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix’. Our tribute to the classic Beastie Boys album ‘Paul’s Boutique’ remixed and re-imagined from all the original samples plus a cappellas, period interviews and the Beasties’ own audio commentary from the reissued release."

How to Tie a Scarf: 4 Scarves, 16 Ways

Totally impressed with Nordstrom's new scarf tying video...

My new fave is The Celebrity Knot (@ 0:30) and at a close second, the The Infinity (@0:59).

GRC X LOOMLAB Collaboration

We were so excited to work together with our friends at Grassroots California to collaborate on a scarf. State trees from 16 states are woven into this wool / cotton scarf. Can you guess which ones? We've only made a limited number, so make sure to pick up yours while they last!  Shop it here.

Cryptographer & Encoded Textiles

Wish we thought of this!  What a fabulous experiment in textiles... create a scarf with a personalized text message. "A personal message is more and more often sent digitally. Intangible, floating in the air, only readable on a screen. The Cryptographer generates pattern by translating words to a code. Bleached into fabric the message becomes tangible. Invisible words, with a physical impact. Controlled by text messaging each character is transformed into a specified icon, resulting in ever changing patterns, depending on the users input." via rawcolor.nl

Unique LA | May 12 + 13

Mark your calendars!  LOOMLAB will be showing at next month's Unique LA.  And we will be unveiling some new designs!  Ohh yeah!

F.A.T. Labs | QR HOBO CODES

F.A.T. Labs have take hobo codes into the 21st century.   They have generated QR_HOBO_CODES, a series of one hundred QR stencil designs which, covertly marked in urban spaces, may be used to warn people about danger or clue them into good situations.  

And I quote: These stencils can be understood as a covert markup scheme for urban spaces — providing directions, information, and warnings to digital nomads and other indigenterati. We present these as modern equivalents of the chalk-based "hobo signs" developed by 19th century vagabonds and migratory workers to cope with the difficulty of nomadic life. Indeed, our set of QR stencils port a number of classic hobo annotations to the QR format ("turn right here", "dangerous dog", "food for work") as well as some new ones, with a nod to warchalking, that are specific to contemporary conditions ("insecure wifi", "hidden cameras", "vegans beware").

View all 100 codes, including GPS is incorrect, good veg-burger, great dumpster, bad coffee, unexpectedly good coffee.

Natural Fractals from Cohabitaire

We love our fractals. Last season we made a scarf with a fractal print (mandelbrot-inspired to be exact).  Fractals are commonly found in nature.  Check below for some beautiful nature-made fractals.  All photos courtesy of Cohabitaire.

A fractal is an object or quantity that displays self-similarity, in a somewhat technical sense, on all scales (meaning no matter how much you zoom in or out the proportions will be the same.)  The object need not exhbit exactly the same structure at all scales, but the same 'type' of structuure must appear on all scales.