Recently GQ passed by Pharrell’s studio in Miami and sat down with the musician to talk about his upcoming projects – being a consultant for the Oscars, working with shoe designer Mark McNairy, releasing his book ‘Places & Spaces I’ve Been’. They also touch on the upcoming Billionaire Girls Club line and him working on ‘Glory’, the song that Jay-Z dedicated to his daughter.

“GQ: On Rick Ross’ Rich Forever mixtape you rap, “Black boy scoring his life/ I’m scoring the Oscars.” How excited are you for this opportunity—especially since you’re still essentially a music nerd from Virginia who made it big.
Pharrell: I’m just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that’s the most important message. I answer questions the best I can. But most of the answers usually feel the same. And that’s just me being very appreciative of the opportunity, because, like you said, I’m from Virginia Beach, VA. I’m glad that I can exhibit what we can do.

GQ: Academy rules won’t allow you to say what your current favorites are, but what are some of your choice Hans Zimmer-scored movies? He’s done plenty and won an Oscar for The Lion King.
Pharrell: The Dark Knight music was genius! I mean, Gladiator was great. Pirates [of the Caribbean] was great. But Dark Knight? That was, like, a whole different level of…

GQ: Film music?
Pharrell: Yeah!

GQ: Tell me about your upcoming travel book, Places & Spaces I’ve Been.
Pharrell: It’s just things and people that have moved me and inspired me around the world and that I am also honored to know.

GQ: You’re working on a new line of boots, right?
Pharrell: Yeah. We’re working on some boots for BBC [Billionaire Boys Club]. But I can’t really talk about it.

GQ: Well, speaking of BBC, you’re releasing a women’s line soon, BGC, right?
Pharrell: Yup! And it’s crazy!”

Read the full interview here.

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San Diego-based photographer Tim Mantoani undertook a fascinating project in which he photographed photographers holding some iconic imagery that they were responsible for. It’s always a great thing putting a face to something, as is the case here. There’s no doubt that you have seen some, if not all of these images at some point.

What’s also astonishing is that these were all shot with a large format 20×24inch Polaroid camera, which cost Mantoani $200 per photo. Over 150 portraits were created during a 5-year period, and with the camera company going under, it made it that much more of a mission to complete.

The book is now available in 2 versions at Behind Photographs. Check out the video below to get some insight into the project from Mantoani.

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In 2012 Stone Island will be celebrating its 30th anniversary. Having started in 1982 with just one fabric in six colors, the brand never stopped to innovate and is today doing better than every before. During Pitti Uomo Summer 2012, they will be hosting a show and a retrospective showcasing the brand’s vast archive and key areas. Furthermore they will be releasing a book for its 30th anniversary, featuring 300 iconic images. The book will release June/July 2012.

Of course there will also be special product for the occasion. One of three specials, we can already show you today – the Reflective Knit.

“Transferring technology from fabric to yarn, the ultimate in Stone Island research. Created using a Reflective yarn, built with micro plates covered with thousands of glass microspheres enclosed in a polyester net, printed using pressure/heat sublimation to melt the fibers and get an even surface with a jersey and high performance Windstopper® liner.”

You can be sure that we will report extensively about the other garments and events around the anniversary. A further look at the reflective knit follows after the jump.

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La MJC’s annual publication, All Gone, is back with an all new edition featuring last year’s best and brightest releases. The usual suspects such as Nike, Undefeated, Medicom, Stussy, adidas, Supreme, Converse and many, many more are all featured. Clean photography is a hallmark of the book, making it a great pickup for your book collection. Relive 2011 with your copy now.

Check out some images from the book after the jump.

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It is this time of the year again, the All Gone team from Paris is getting ready to release their wrap-up of the last 12 months. As usual you will find a book full of the most exciting products that released in 2011. Today we can give you a first preview of the covers of the new All Gone Book 2011. Coming in two colors, the book comes with a leopard print cover, which fits the strong use of the pattern this last year in fashion.

More info on the book will become available soon.

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After a preview earlier this year, we take a closer look at the new ‘Gucci: The Making Of’ Book by Rizzoli.

“An unprecedented publication showcasing Gucci as never before, including thought-provoking essays, commentaries, and authoritative anecdotes along with previously unpublished contemporary and archival photographs. Published in conjunction with the opening of the new Gucci Museum in Florence, Gucci is the ultimate celebration of the world-renowned fashion house. Told through a loose grouping of words, concepts, shapes, and moods, the book tells its story through new conceptual forms and the free links between images, symbols, and objects. Conceived by fashion curator Maria Luisa Frisa and W magazine editor in chief Stefano Tonchi, this comprehensive volume showcases the genius of the fashion house through an exclusive lens with inside looks into the inspirations behind the design.

This gorgeous book designed by Arnell offers an in-depth look into Gucci’s origins, identity, influence, and innovation, including fabrication methods and appropriation of signature materials, past and present, and its influence among high society and Hollywood. Featuring contributions by Lynn Hirschberg, Judith Clark, Katie Grand, Peter Arnell, Maria Luisa Frisa, and a wide variety of additional important commentators, the book is a heartfelt and personalized tribute to the heritage and influence of this iconic, multifaceted brand.”

The book comes in a beautiful leather make-up with the Gucci monogram all over, wrapped in the iconic Gucci green/red ribbon. It is now available for purchase.

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After the big success of their first book, Henry Hargreaves is back and presents the 3DD Deluxe edition – real breasts in even better 3D. “The compendium of un-augmented pairs comes complete with retro viewing specs to enjoy page after page of topless women. Hargreaves bumps up the quality in this edition with a new two-camera rig and better software that makes for a more life-like final product.” We can certainly see the benefits of 3D for these types of books and are sure many will agree.

The 3DD Deluxe edition is now available for 30 USD over at the 3DD online store.

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Terry Richardson’s new Lady Gaga photo book, Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson, features 350 original behind-the-scenes photos of Gaga taken over a 10-month period. Following nearly a year of her life beginning with Lollapallooza 2010 and ending with the final show of her Monster Ball tour, Terry took over 100,000 images, capturing Lady Gaga in a way never seen before. Released by Grand Central Publishing, the book is now available through various bookstores.

See ten more images from the book after the click.

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Fashion photographer and artist Raphael Mazzucco has teamed up with Jimmy Iovine and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on a new book entitled ‘Culo by Mazzucco’.

“…showcasing an art movement featuring images of the female backside. The mission of the book, which is out now, is to subtly push society’s standards of beauty – showing off a more genuine, bold, and realistic form and figure. Mazzucco was commissioned on a global tour, capturing the natural beauty of women from all walks of life, resulting in a portfolio of 248 stunning images that captures a raw, natural sense of emerging beauty. Here, an exclusive preview at some of Mazzucco’s works, combining abstract movements with compelling photographs.”

The book is out now. Take a look inside after the jump.

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Ever since ruffling the feathers of the music industry a little less than a year ago, hip-hop anti-heros, Odd Future, have defied convention with their sound, smashed business protocol with their approach and burned page after page of music industry constitution with their persistent unorthodoxy. Most notable among these transgressions is their continuous redefining of what it means to be a rap group.

As a talent showcase, Odd Future is every bit as nebulous today as they were a year ago—moving more as a mishmash gang of contributing homies than the traditional, band-member-centric model. Sure there’s definitive front men and media darlings like Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean and Hodgy Beats, but alongside them is an army of hard-to-quantify, non-musical, but often equally as prolific featured artists like Taco Bennett, Jasper Dolphin and others who continually make the lines between members and non-members a total blur.

On November 16, Odd Future got even blurrier with the release of Golf Wang—a two hundred plus page coffee table photo book chronicling the last year or so of their lives through a shmorgishborg of live photos, raw, point-and-shoot tour mayhem and an assortment of the otherwise gonzo imagery that’s come to define these youngsters’ crude and unrefined aesthetic. Odd Future photo lieutenants Julian Berman, Sagan Lockhart and Brick Stowell along with comrades Vyron Turner, Wolf Haley, Lucas Vercetti and Taco Bennett all have photos featured in the book alongside unofficial OF general, Tyler, The Creator.

Golf Wang contributors Julian Berman and Sagan Lockhart shared some of their photos that didn’t make the cut, gave us their thoughts on the ones that did and revealed the stories behind some of their favorite featured images.

Read the full Behind The Page of Golf Wang feature here.

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“From high fashion labels to everyday language, the hip-hop community is redefining American culture. To coincide with the release of marketing executive Steve Stoute’s debut book, “The Tanning Of America: How the Culture of Hip-Hop Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy,” HuffPost Black Voices presents the first episode in an ongoing video series, “The Tanning Effect.”

Check out part one of the exclusive interview above, featuring Jay-Z discussing the meaning of his joint album with Kanye West, Watch the Throne, which debuted at number one in 23 countries; on his epiphany that his music has a substantial impact on mainstream America; and on being an unpaid spokesman for Cristal champagne.”

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To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Japanese brand visvim is releasing a book, entitled ‘Dissertation on Self-Verification 2001-2011′. The book is being released on October 29th, 2011, along with the opening of an exhibition at the Gyre department store building in Omotesando, Tokyo.

A couple of months ago, we had the pleasure of checking out the book, which connects visvim products to its original references. The hand bound book comes limited to only 300 copies and also features two DVDs with exclusive films produced by the brand. Special items seen in the book, will go on sale at the exhibition as well.

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The authorized biography of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs was released today, following a in-depth interview with author Walter Isaacson on 60 Minutes last night.

Find parts one and two of the 60 Minutes piece embedded below.

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Pane is an Italian artist living in Amsterdam who recently partnered with Stussy, Slam Jam, Damiani publishing and VICE to produce a book and tee shirt series.

“People Think I’m Cool – The Life And Art Of Pane” is the first monograph on Stefano Pane Monfeli. The book documents in a work of self-analysis, the symbiosis between the art and life of Pane, with autobiographical stories, images of his work: drawings, paintings and photographic memories in a story of journeys and the inner struggle of the artist, where one opposes urban society and nature.

Check out Stussy.com to purchase the collection.

Amsterdam’s Precinct Five will also host a special event to showcase the works and present the book on Thursday, October 27, 2011. See their video below:

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As usual Pharrell Williams is keeping himself busy these days. In a recent chat with WWD, he announces a couple of interesting new projects that we will see unfold over the coming months.

Next to launching a proper Billionaire Girls Club collection for women, he is working in a shoe collection with New York designer Mark McNairy, which will release February 2012. Furthermore he is working with Ambra Medda, co-founder and director of Design Miami and Design Miami/Basel, on a book going by the title “Places & Spaces I’ve Been.”

We will of course keep you posted on the outcome of these projects.

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Hardly any artist has amassed so much myth, so many legends and gossip about himself, than UK graffiti artist Banksy. A new book will be released in November, Banksy: Myths & Legends, in which author and journalist Marc Leverton has collected myths, legends and stories about the artist, by talking to his surroundings, mostly in his hometown of Bristol. It took the author almost 3 years to get all the material onto paper.

“For me these stories illustrate the incredible audacity, originality and sheer bloody mindedness of Banksy. Obviously he will be best remembered for his art and exposing the hypocrisy and dumbness of our modern lives. The myths will be viewed as a distraction to some or part of the appeal for others. One thing is certain, the art and the myths are both larger than life and stick two fingers up at conformity. This book is a celebration of that anarchic, rebellious spirit.”

Look out for a release on Amazon, November 2011.

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Vans OTW and Mr. Cartoon proudly present the Art of Lettering, a limited edition book featuring Cartoon’s personal photography, published by Eric Elms/And Press. The first in a series of forthcoming projects from Vans OTW advocates including Cartoon, Elms, Dimitri Coste and The Blackouts, the book was created in conjunction with Mr. Cartoons “Art of Lettering” seminar held in Los Angeles this summer. The seminar featured Cartoon discussing how lettering has impacted his life – from graffiti art to vintage sign painting and modern day low rider script as well as illustration airbrushing and his concepts of tattooing. The limited run of 818 books are available at select OTW retailers worldwide.

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This month Terry Richardson will be releasing his new book ‘MOM & DAD’, published by Mörel Books. Without a doubt one of his most intimate works, Richardson pays tribute to his family origins. The books released September 26th, in a limited edition of 1000 copies.

colette will be hosting an exhibition for the launch and also a pop-up store, the Terry’ shop, which will carry a selection of unpublished products: t-shirts in association with Diesel, G-Shock and BabyG by Casio watches, glasses by Moscot, the collection Uncleterry, Terry’s bear, all the books, goodies and collection of shirts and vintage t-shirts having belonged to the photographer. The exhibition runs from September 26th until November 6th.

Take a look inside the book after the jump.

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We first announced that Lady Gaga and Terry Richardson would be creating a book together, and now we present the cover. The book’s now entitled ‘Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson’ as it features the pop-star in a jacket with her name emblazoned on the back.

The book will feature a foreword written by Gaga and, 350 color and black and white photos of her taken by the photographer Richardson, who had unrestricted access to the singer for a 10-month period. ‘Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson’ is to hit bookstores on November 22nd.

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For Fall/Winter 2011, Carhartt releases the latest edition of their Brand Book. Next to their current Fall/Winter 2011 Collection, the Brand Book No. 6 features Adam Kimmel, Hiroshi Fujiwara and everything about the latest interesting collaborative products that the brand has been involved in. You can get the Brand Book now from Carhartt stores around the globe.

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