SANNA: Sejima x Nishizawa

Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa are the collaborative architects behind the minimal, yet consistently stark buildings appearing in unlikely areas. Sejima and Nishizawa have been working together under the name SANNA since 1995, since then they have produced the Dior store in Tokyo, the Zollverin School of Design in Essen and the New Museum in New York. With all three SANNA have used an excellent degree of proportion with the surroundings and the materials of glass and concrete give a minimal yet intriguing aspect to the design. The New Museum is set in the Bowery, between Stanton and Rivington and as you walk towards it the contrast of shops selling restaurant supplies seems strangely odd, against the child-like glass building blocks stacked up on top of one another. 'The New Museum is a combination of elegant and urban', they say, and we can only agree that this seems to have been achieved impeccably.

Erdem @ The Shop at Bluebird

Erdem's S/S 2008 Collection for London Fashion Week is understated beauty. He was awarded the coveted New Gen Fashion Award last year and the sponsorship has clearly gone far. This young designer has progressed his work to achieve a wearable, femininity to a collection that can arguably compete with the likes of Stella McCartney and Chloe. It only seems fitting then that such a collection should be stocked in the superb Bluebird, with it's eclectic interior and bright space, the King's Road boutique is the rightful place to offer a young designer the chance to grow.

Richard Boll: Photographer

Winner of the Photographic Portrait Prize 2006, this is Richard Boll's entry for this year. More information can be found on his website. The Photographic Portrait Prize 2007 is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London until 24 February 2008.

Colin Pantall: Photographer

New Puritans

These New Puritans are not only a hotly tipped band for 2008 but a look that is circulating the catwalk in a radical way. Puritanism in the 16th and 17th Century was an escapism from the church in search of purity. Simple dress and muted colours accentuated this. Interpreted for a modern look, Miu Miu amongst others have used the typical collars and cuffs but 'sexed' them up with a short hem line or luxurious fabrics. A juxtaposition to the true meaning of Puritan.

Marc Jacobs & Richard Prince

Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer collection 2008 sees a collaboration between the esteemed designer and the fashionable artist. Jacob's has used Prince's art to embellish his traditional LV logo bag and dressed his models synonymous to the 'Debutante Nurse'. Can fashion become art?

Richard Prince

The New York Guggenheim's latest exhibition on Richard Prince, Spiritual America is an exciting portrayal of the artist's work. His appropriation art is appealing to the retro scensters, apt then that it should be housed in the revered Guggenheim. His controversial, yet alluring work looks at Americanism in a way that both embraces and mocks it. He draws upon popular culture and mixes the norms we are used to create something truly intriguing.