Design Competition 8 - Winners Announced!

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For our 8th Design Competition we asked you to hit us with your best photographic interpretations of the theme "Escape". Now we are proud to present to you our jury's final selections. Congratulations to all our winners and thanks to everyone who participated!
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The X-Ray as Art

Nick Veasey takes a scientific approach to photography. See more after the click... more

Portfolio of the Week: Wayne Mitchelson's Haunting Panoramas

There is something decidedly déjà vu about the haunting panoramic images in Wayne Mitchelson's recent award-winning IN:LANDS series; they look like stills from a beautiful and mysterious film whose title is on the tip of your tongue. A shiny cadillac is parked in the desert at sunset; the lonely shape of a man hunches half-shrouded in fog under the eerie glow of a neon sign. Your mind fills in the rest of the story, as if you've seen it somewhere before...Read on as MINI Space fills you in via an exclusive interview with the artist. more

The MINI Design book

In the beginning, Sir Alec Issigonis created the MINI. Want to know what happens next? Win a copy of MINI Design, which may very well be the ultimate MINI-lover's Bible. Auto designer Othmar Wickenheiser has teamed up with Gert Hildebrand, the lead designer at MINI, to produce a volume entirely dedicated to the design of this enigmatic and iconic car. more

Portfolio of the Week: Stephanie Diamond, In the Rough

Remember when photos were something you could hold, and you glued them in albums, stuck them to your fridge, mailed them in envelopes? Those days may be ancient history for most of us, but the photographer Stephanie Diamond still takes her pictures the good old-fashioned way. She shoots on rolls of film, and keeps her photos archived in boxes - all 150,000 of them. And, even though she's also very web-savvy, her original and insightful projects often use photography as a way to connect and share with other people without using a computer. As hopeless screen-addicts, we were eager to get a chance to talk to her about her ideas and inspirations. more

Photography Competition: Winners Announced!

When we asked our MINI Spacers to submit photos that captured the theme of "duality" for our most recent competition, they got right to snapping and submitted an amazing total of almost 10,000 photographs. There were so many fantastic images among them, but our jury had to narrow down the selection to a top three... more

Portfolio of the Week: Cara Pastore - “Atlanta is the True Definition of a Renaissance City”

Photographer Cara Pastore has set up shop in the "ATL". Atlanta, Georgia serves as a launch pad and active site to her many projects, which range from portraits of MosDef and P. Diddy, to travel documentary photos of South Africa. Read on as Cara tells us about what's next on her creative To Do list. (Hint: it includes the words "Ewok Village.") more

Portfolio of the Week: Monica Lozano - "An Image Can Speak For Itself"

Photographer Monica Lozano impressed us in a big way at ITS#EIGHT with her ability to tell a whole story with each stark, honest picture in her amazing new project, "Borders: 11 Original Ways of Starting a New Life." In this edition of Portfolio of the Week, the MINI Space Team gives you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the photo shoot, and Monica talks to us about borders, her inspirations and dreams, and her favorite place in the world. more

ITS# Report: Industry Insiders

One great thing about going to an international competition for creative talent in fashion and photography is that you get to see THE most amazing creations. The other great thing about it, is that you get to meet the industry insiders who have been shaping creativity from the inside out. We were thrilled to sit down with both Cecilia Dean, the Editor of Visionaire, and Elisa Palomino the Vice President of Design for Diane von Furstenberg in Trieste, Italy during the ITS#EIGHT event. Both of them are acting as jury members and helping pick the winners in both the photography and fashion categories of the event. more

IT#S Report: Fashion & Accessories

While onsite at the annual ITS#EIGHT event in Trieste, Italy, the MINI Space Team got to check out high fashion concepts from young designers around the world. more

ITS# Report: Photo finish

Our favorite part of the visiting the International Talent Support awards weekend in Trieste, Italy was the ITS#PHOTO Competition. Now in the fifth year ITS#PHOTO is supported by MINI and 16 young photographers get the chance to compete for the MINI Clubman Photo Award that bestows 10,000 EUR and a photography campaign in GQ magazine to the winner... more

ITS# Report: Incubating International Artists in Trieste, Italy

On July 10th the MINI Space team headed to Trieste, Italy to report on the International Talent Support (ITS) main event. ITS is an international talent competition that features artists from around the world. It's goal is to create a bridge between young talent and the teeming fashion, design, and photography industry. more