Friday, January 21, 2011

L'Usine 1 Year Anniversary | Photo Gallery



Well, we're officially 1 year old now. We had a little shindig to celebrate the occasion and here are a few pics to show you how it went.  Thank you for everyone who helped make it a huge success.  We're excited for another great year! We can thank AnyArena for the first batch of pics. We'll update more photos when we have, but for now... Enjoy!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Onra on Vietnam



Our resident DJ Jase was mentioned by Parisian beat maker  Onra in an interview on Juno Plus.  Onra grabbed the attention of many when he after the critically acclaimed 2007 release of Chinoiseries, an album strung together using samples from old Chinese and Vietnamese records he found while crate digging in Vietnam.

Leszek Juraszczyk | Revolutionary Road


Talented designer Leszek Juraszczyk created this font Hessel Font. He's used that font to make these fantastic typography illustrations all inspired by Sam Mendes’s film Revolutionary Road.


Yumaki



Yumaki (the only funky dental care product we carry) has taken some new pretty pictures of their product range.  You may remember us blogging about Yumaki in the past... if you missed it click here

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

L'Usine is One!

Well, we can't believe it's been a year already since we first opened the doors to L'Usine & La Cafeteria de L'Usine.  On behalf of L'Usine I'd like to thank everyone for their support and loyalty throughout this year.

Here are some of our favourite L'Usine moments from the past year....

Our opening and YOUR NAME HERE exhibition by Tyke Witness and Propeller Group

When we helped The Beats Saigon bring Dj Premier & Nick Javas to town....here. Followed by an interview with Mr. DJ PREMIER himself in the flesh here

When we finally opened La Cafeteria de L'Usine here

Our District Eight Exhibition here

Tammy Nguyen's 'My Dairy from that battle of 10,000 ships' exhibition here

When our resident artist, Tammy Nguyen decorated L'Usine for the Christmas holiday season here

When Santa Claus came to L'Usine here

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

LOMO | Photography Inspirations

Today we're taking Lomography inspirations from Flickr. Here are some of our favourite shots.



Rolf F

Albert Memorial, London UK,

Lomo LC-A | Kodak Elite Chrome 100 (exp. 08/1997) | XPro

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