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  • NYC To Install Free Phone Charging Stations
  • 16 hours ago · tech · 2 Comments
  • New York-based design consultancy Pensa are teaming up with solar company Goal Zero and AT&T to introduce 25 phone charging locations across New York City. Named Street Charge, the stations are entirely self sufficient with three...
  • Inside Google's New Dublin Campus
  • 3 days ago · Art & Design · 9 Comments
  • Google has recently moved their Dublin campus to a brand new building spanning four floors and covering a total of 47,000 sq meters. Designed by Camenzind Evolution in collaboration with Henry J. Lyons Architects, the interior has...
  • Isabel Marant To Collaborate With H&M
  • 6 days ago · style · 6 Comments
  • Following in the footsteps of Maison Martin Margiela, Versace, Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and Roberto Cavalli, French designer Isabel Marant will be designing an Autumn 2013 capsule collection for Swedish retailer H&M. The range...
  • Sony Unveil PlayStation 4
  • 1 week ago · tech · 0 Comments
  • In follow up to the rather unremarkable sneak peek video, Sony has unveiled the much anticipated PlayStation 4 at the company's E3 Expo presentation. The new straight-edged design features sharp purple accents dissecting an angular...
  • Apple Unveil New Mac Pro
  • 1 week ago · tech · 5 Comments
  • Today, another long-awaited release from Apple came in the form of a redesigned and reengineered Mac Pro which considers "every element that defines a pro computer — graphics, storage, expansion, processing power, and memory."...
  • Apple Unveil iOS 7
  • 1 week ago · tech · 16 Comments
  • During today's WWDC 2013, Apple unveiled a long-awaited new look for its smart device iOS operating system. According to Apple design chief Jony Ive, the aim with iOS 7 was to make the entire system appear "cleaner" and to help "elevate"...
  • The Maracana House
  • 1 week ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • Brazilian architects Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados have flipped the traditional rules of design on their head with a unique inside-out house that blends seamlessly with the outside environment. As you enter the open-plan ground...
  • Binary Prints by Alex Trochut
  • 1 week ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Illustrator and designer Alex Trochut has come up with an ingenious new printing technique (now patented) which allows him to display two separate images through a single surface. One which appears in the light, and one which only...
  • Japan Announce Luxury Bullet Train
  • 1 week ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Japanese train operator JR East has announced plans to launch a luxury train service in the quake struck regions of Tohoku and Shinetsu. The operations are scheduled to begin in spring 2016, with the trains entirely designed by renowned...
  • Loft Space in Camden
  • 1 week ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • London-based architecture studio Craft Design have transformed a loft space in London's Camden district. Originally used as an open plan office space, the challenge was to convert the 600 sq ft property into a bright and dynamic living...
  • Colette & Sunpocket Sunglasses
  • 2 weeks ago · style · 0 Comments
  • French luxury boutique have collaborated with Sunpocket - a sunglass brand who originally grew to popularity during the 1980s and have now been re-launched by Swedish entrepreneur Jacon Höglund. The smart, foldable and lightweight...
  • Splashh Playlist
  • 2 weeks ago · music · 0 Comments
  • In the lead up to Splashh's performance in Leeds as part of the Ray-Ban Envision tour, the Hackney-based four piece have put together their vision of the ultimate summer playlist, an exclusive 15-track playlist for us featuring Tame...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 2 weeks ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Patricia Sánchez is a Barcelona-based photographer who was born and raised on the small Balearic island of Menorca. It was while working as a graphic designer and fashion advertising art director that Sánchez realised her passion...
  • Ray-Ban ENVISION Tour
  • 2 weeks ago · music · 0 Comments
  • Using five of the unique features of their iconic lenses as inspiration, Ray-Ban are putting on a vision-based event series across the UK called ENVISION. For the Envision tour, Ray-Ban have enlisted Spector, Theme Park, Splashh,...
  • The Buccaneer 3D Printer
  • 2 weeks ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Yesterday, Pirate 3D celebrated as they smashed through their $100,000 USD goal on Kickstarter in just a matter of hours, reaching $300,000 USD with 29 days still left. The small startup based in Singapore aim to make 3D printing...
  • Coca-Cola Sharing Can
  • 2 weeks ago · culture · 11 Comments
  • Seeing as their "Share a Coke with…" campaign worked so successfully, with Twitter and Facebook feeds across the world filled with images of the bottle labels, Coca-Cola are continuing to push the sharable aspect of their drink...
  • Little Free Library in NYC
  • 2 weeks ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • In partnership with the Pen World Voices Festival, The Architectural League of New York have brought a "Little Free Library" to New York City. Ten designers were chosen to create one Little Free Library each in Downtown Manhattan,...
  • Flatiron Loft
  • 3 weeks ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • Located inside the world famous Flatiron Building in Manhattan, NYC, the aptly named Flatiron Loft covers a total of 3,000 square feet across two floors, defying "every spacial truth of city living." Inside the brightly lit apartment...
  • Rumour: Apple's iOS To Have A Design Overhaul
  • 3 weeks ago · tech · 8 Comments
  • Sources speaking to Apple news outlet 9to5Mac have unveiled that the new iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 7, will have a completely revamped design. Apparently Apple are ditching all the complex textures in favour of a design...
  • The Adastra Super Yacht
  • 3 weeks ago · tech · 3 Comments
  • Described by many as one of the world's most amazing super yacht, the 42.5 meter Adastra has now taken the crown for "Most Innovative Design" at the 2013 World Superyacht Awards. Designed by John Shuttleworth, the yacht was commissioned...
  • The Whitney Museum's New Visual Identity
  • 3 weeks ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • Small and independent Amsterdam-based graphic design studio Experimental Jetset have created a new visual identity for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The new logo works around the concept of the "responsive W", combining...
  • Amazon Propose Seattle Bio-Dome
  • 3 weeks ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Yesterday, online retail giant Amazon ran a proposal past Seattle's Design Review Board that would see a huge bio-dome structure added to their planned three-block inner-city Seattle office complex. The idea is that the plant-rich...
  • Spike Jonze's Film Her Gets Release Date
  • 3 weeks ago · film · 0 Comments
  • If you're a Spike Jonze fan, the countdown to his next film Her can now begin as we have an official release date of 20 November, 2013. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Rooney Mara, the film follows a lonely writer named Theodore...
  • House T in Tokyo
  • 4 weeks ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The concept of House T was to create a home that essentially doubles as one large bookcase, allowing various different voids to either be used as storage or as living spaces. Due to its location on a small plot in the center of busy...
  • Flickr Gets Redesign and More Storage
  • 4 weeks ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • Today, Yahoo's photo blogging service Flickr underwent a complete design overhaul, putting photos at the heart of the site's experience with less text and new full-resolution options. Of course, bigger images take up more space, so...
  • Video: Sony PlayStation 4 Teaser
  • 4 weeks ago · tech · 1 Comment
  • Sony have unveiled a teaser for the upcoming PlayStation 4 - the long-awaited new games console which will be official presented on 10 June at the E3 Expo. Not much is given away in the video, which simply shows close-ups of the machine's...
  • The Juvet Landscape Hotel
  • 4 weeks ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Architectural firm Jensen & Skodvin have completed what could be the world's very first "landscape hotel", designed to focus on the outside environment instead of the inside. Located in Norway, The Juvet Landscape Hotel is based on...
  • Sydney Install Water Curtain Signs
  • 4 weeks ago · tech · 3 Comments
  • To cope with the problem of large trucks driving into tunnels that are two low, the city of Sydney in Australia have created a stop sign that's impossible to miss. Much like the Japanese water clock in Osaka Station, a curtain of...
  • Brooklyn We Go Hard Open Paris Store
  • 4 weeks ago · style · 3 Comments
  • With the quick success and expansion of their brand, it was only a matter of time before Parisian label Brooklyn We Go Hard opened their first store. Moving into the market gradually, the first outlet is a pop-up that will be open...
  • The Honda Grom
  • 4 weeks ago · tech · 5 Comments
  • Honda have unveiled a new bike which takes inspiration from both full-size motorcycles and dirt bikes, offering something for first-time bike riders and experienced motorcyclists alike. Named the Honda Grom 2014, the bike features...
  • Apartamento Issue Nº11
  • 4 weeks ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Barcelona-based bi-annual magazine Apartamento have released their eleventh issue, focussing on the everyday interiors of photographers, filmmakers, artists and musicians. Unlike many interior magazines currently on the market, founders...
  • Video: The Potential of Google Glass
  • 1 month ago · tech · 7 Comments
  • Google Glass is still in beta mode, with its currently capabilities relatively limited, but with developers now constantly working on apps the potential possibilities could be endless. The above video from digital design agency Playground...
  • London Bridge Inspired by Japanese Fan
  • 1 month ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Bridge design specialists Knight Architects have announced that their Japanese-inspired hydraulic footbridge in Paddington, London, has been approved to go ahead. The Merchant Square Bridge is inspired by traditional Japanese fans,...
  • The Panorama House
  • 1 month ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • Designed by Seoul-based architect Moon Hoon, Panorama House manages to caters for the needs of both adults and children with a bookcase-cum-slide-cum-staircase installed right in the middle of the building. As if that alone wasn't...
  • A Typeface for the Dyslexic
  • 1 month ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • After studying the symptoms of dyslexia, Sydney-based designer Felix Lobelius found that people with the condition will often have trouble reading, seeing the text jumbled up and jumping around into new arrangements. In an attempt...
  • Whisk Egg Yolk Separator
  • 1 month ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Have trouble separating your egg yolks? Worry no longer, Chinese product designer Ivan Zhang has come up with a specially designed whisk that, while maintaining the original function of a whisk, integrates a void within the tip for...
  • The Denim Series by Norse Projects
  • 1 month ago · style · 5 Comments
  • As a homage to the timeless material denim, Danish label Norse Projects have released a new Denim Series cap pack. Influenced by the traditional American workwear of the 1870s, the design team selected specific denims from US suppliers...
  • Video: The History of Typography
  • 1 month ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Canadian designer and animator Ben Barrett-Forrest has created a stop-motion animation charting the history of typography, from its invention in the mid-15th century by German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg through to the current day,...
  • DipJar - Leave Tips With Your Credit Card
  • 1 month ago · tech · 12 Comments
  • As more and more people pay for their coffees with credit and debit cards, the amount of tips left has been plummeting, meaning that no matter if the store's busy or not, there is no financial upside for the barista's working there....
  • The Twitter Cuckoo Clock
  • 1 month ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Social media powerhouse Twitter have teamed up with London-based design studio BERG to bring the website into the physical world with a limited edition cuckoo clock. Named #FLOCK, the device is powered by tweets, emphasising the fun...
  • Inside Designer Rick Owens' House
  • 1 month ago · Art & Design · 11 Comments
  • Contemporary high-end fashion designer Rick Owens recently allowed The Wall Street Journal to have a snoop around his extremely stripped back Parisian home. Prior to Owens taking over the building in 2004, it was an abandoned office...
  • The Rain Room Is Coming To NYC
  • 1 month ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Upset that you couldn't make it to the Barbican's Rain Room because you live in New York? Well now the installation is coming to you. The Random International design piece will be on show at MoMA PS1 from 12 May until 28 July and...
  • HUF & Snoop Dogg Capsule Collection
  • 2 months ago · style · 1 Comment
  • HUF have now released their much-hyped collaboration with Snoop Dogg (not Lion), which includes a number of graphic t-shirts, socks, and snapback hats. Each piece in the capsule collection pulls upon some solid HUF staples, such as...
  • Maple Wood Kitchen Knives
  • 2 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • If you're into cooking and like things made out of wood, we have the perfect product for you. Created by Ottawa-based design consultancy The Federal, the knives feature a highly polished blade and a body made from Maple wood, offering...
  • Ricoh GR Compact Digital Camera
  • 2 months ago · tech · 0 Comments
  • After laying relatively dormant for a number of years, camera manufacturer Ricoh have returned to the market in an attempt to compete with the popular high-quality cameras like the Sony RX100 and Nikon Coolpix A. Ricoh have a relatively...
  • Hidden Bookshelf Planter
  • 2 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • At this year's Milan Design Week, Japanese design studio YOY presented a series of objects designed to enhance your current storage facilities. One of the stand out concepts was "book" - a cleverly disguised flower pot that can also...
  • Video: The Invisible Bike Helmet
  • 2 months ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • Wearing a bike helmet has never been the most fashionable thing in the world, but for a long time there was no other option when it came to protecting your head. Two Danish design students (Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin) decided to...
  • Video: Watch Marc Jacobs' Acting Debut
  • 2 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • Disconnect is a film from director Henry Alex Rubin starring Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgard, and… wait for it… fashion designer Marc Jacobs. The acting debut sees Jacobs playing an adult film baron who, in this sneak...
  • Nike Roshe Run Spring/Summer 2013
  • 2 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • Nike will be introducing some new colourways of their popular Roshe Run model, a shoe which is favourited by streetwear aficionados and passionate runners alike. The new colours will be released as part of the brand's Spring/Summer...
  • Nike & Hiroshi Fujiwara HTM Flyknit Trainer+
  • 2 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • In collaboration with fragment design founder Hiroshi Fujiwara, Nike have released a brand new colourway of the HTM Flyknit Trainer+. The new design sees the traditional Flyknit Trainer+ Zoom Air sole swapped out for a Lunarlon sole,...
  • Video: Alexander Wang Talks To Vogue
  • 2 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • As part of their Voices series, Vogue spoke to fashion designer Alexander Wang about how he got started in the industry, his creative process, and more. As well as having an eponymous label, Wang was also recently appointed as creative...
  • Roy Roger's Spring/Summer 2013 Lookbook
  • 2 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • For their Spring/Summer 2013 collection, Italian clothing label Roy Roger's have taken classic and timeless pieces like the Parka and reinvented them with modern technical elements to enhance the functionality and usability of the...
  • Birkenhead House
  • 2 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Birkenhead House is a family home located in Auckland, New Zealand, and designed by Crosson Clarke Carnachan. The architects' challenge was to create a living space that "connected to the sun and the views," offering a retreat from...
  • Monocle London Cafe
  • 2 months ago · culture · 5 Comments
  • In the lead up to the official opening on 15 April, the business, culture, and design journal Monocle have given us a preview of their new London cafe. Located in the affluent inner-city area of Marylebone and housed in a 18th century...
  • Nike SB Zoom Stefan Janoski in Digital Floral
  • 3 months ago · style · 6 Comments
  • Nike Skateboarding are kicking off the spring season with the release of a new floral digital camouflage colourway for the increasingly popular Stefan Janoski signature model. The unique new print covers the entire upper, while a...
  • Inez and Vinoodh's NYC Apartment
  • 3 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Architectural Digest recently visited the NYC residence of Dutch-born fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. The couple purchased their first loft in a turn-of-the-century ice factory on New York’s Lower...
  • Narrow House by Fujiwaramuro Architects
  • 3 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • On a tiny residential site measuring just 36.95 sqm, Japanese Fujiwaramuro Architects have designed the aptly named Narrow House. The home is a great example of how you can create a comfortable living space in a difficult location...
  • The Attendant Cafe in London
  • 3 months ago · culture · 9 Comments
  • After more than fifty years of lying dormant, an abandoned underground Victorian toilet has been transformed into a unique new cafe called The Attendant. The former Victorian Gentleman's convenience is located in the heart of London's...
  • Fresno House
  • 3 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by architects Felix Raspall + Federico Papandrea, Freno House is a small home located in an Argentinian forest near the South Atlantic Ocean. The slope of the site and the surrounding trees played a major role in the design...
  • La Maison Beaumont
  • 3 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Located in Montreal, La Maison Beaumont is the self-designed house of Canadian architect Henri Cleinge. Comprised of two raw concrete volumes, the home seamlessly blends in with the surrounding neighbourhood where residential duplexes...
  • Karl Lagerfeld Opens Store in Paris
  • 3 months ago · style · 1 Comment
  • Karl Lagerfeld, the current creative director of Chanel, has opened his first self-named boutique in the St Germain neighbourhood of Paris. The store has been designed to embody the designer himself, decorated in black and white and...
  • Philips DesignLine LED 3D TV
  • 3 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Pushing into the future, Philips have unveiled the ultra-thin DesignLine LED 3D TV which blends seamlessly into your home's environment. When it's turned off, it looks just like a black-to-transparent gradient mirror. When it's on,...
  • A Million Times by Humans Since 1982
  • 3 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Using almost 300 interconnected analog clocks, Per Emanuelsson & Bastian Bischoff of Stockholm-based studio Humans Since 1982 have created a 3.5 meter long display capable of showcasing customisable texts, patterns, graphics and of...
  • Nike Free Trainer 5.0
  • 3 months ago · style · 3 Comments
  • Continuing to push the boundaries of trainer performance, Nike have unveiled the Nike Free Trainer 5.0. Inspired by the traditional Chinese finger trap, the trainers utilise a woven Dynamic Fit System which enables the material to...
  • The Self-Destructing DRM Chair
  • 3 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • In a statement against the Digital Rights Management technologies, which limit the number of times software and hardcore (e-books, games and downloadable programs) can be used per sale, a group of designers have created a chair which...
  • GANT Rugger Autumn/Winter 2013 Lookbook
  • 3 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • American heritage label GANT Rugger present their Autumn/Winter 2013 lookbook, featuring rustic cable knit sweaters, preppy blazers, button-down shirts, and a wide range of outerwear stretching from smart wool overcoats to more casual...
  • Supreme & Vans Collaborate with New Order
  • 3 months ago · style · 4 Comments
  • This Spring, New York mainstay Supreme will be releasing three style of the Vans - the SK8-Hi, the Chukka and the Era - each of which will feature original album artwork from British band New Order's iconic album Power, Corruption...
  • Chloe Open NYC Store
  • 3 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • To celebrate their 60th anniversary in style, French fashion house Chloé have opened their second New York boutique, this time in SoHo at 93 Greene Street. Decorated with soft beige and ivory and filled with clean lines and curvaceous...
  • Maison Kitsune Tokyo Store
  • 3 months ago · style · 1 Comment
  • Maison Kitusuné have now officially opened their first two pied-à-terre in Tokyo. Located in the district of Ayoama, the store sits in a place where "temples and futuristic architecture, sanctuaries and fashion houses, historic samurai...
  • Saturdays NYC and Colette Capsule Collection
  • 4 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • As well as recently presenting their Autumn/Winter 2013 collection and releasing their summer range, Saturdays NYC have unveiled their debut capsule collection with Parisian store Colette. In keeping with the brand's roots, each of...
  • The Effing Typeface
  • 4 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Alex Merto - a designer currently living in New York and working at Penguin Books - has created a naughty typeface utilising graphic images of pubic hair, anuses, breasts, condoms, vibrators and much more. Entitled the Effing Typeface,...
  • Video: Dazed Digital - Model Behaviours Part I
  • 4 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • As part of a new Model Behaviours video series, Dazed Digital have profiled two young faces from their new Esprit shoot. Directed by Katia Ganfield, the short film features Polish model Agata Rudko frolicking around on a London rooftop...
  • Shades of Grey Autumn/Winter 2013 Collection
  • 4 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • Inspired by classic American outerwear like baseball jackets and boiled wool overcoats, the Autumn/Winter 2013 collection from Los Angeles-based label Shades of Grey features just the right mix of casual and formal styles to bring...
  • LN-CC Store Evolution
  • 4 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Moving into Spring/Summer 2013, east London store LN-CC have revealed a fresh store fit featuring two completely new areas. Replacing the original octagonal wooden constructs, the main "Secular Space" now features futuristic mirrored...
  • The Gentlewoman Issue Nº7
  • 4 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • As if past issues haven't flown off the shelves fast enough, The Gentlewoman have decided feature pop Goddess Beyoncé as their cover star of issue nº7. That alone would be enough for the magazine to sell out worldwide, but the excellent...
  • The World's First 3D Printed House
  • 4 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • With all the hype currently surrounding 3D printing and it's seemingly endless capabilities, the race has started to build the world's first 3D printed house. London architecture company Softkill Design joined that race the other...
  • Lacoste Autumn/Winter 2013 Collection
  • 4 months ago · style · 1 Comment
  • Pushing forward into the world of high fashion, French apparel company Lacoste and their Portugese designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista have delivered an Autumn/Winter 2013 collection filled with futuristic designs, modern materials,...
  • Chloe Sevigny & Opening Ceremony AW13 Lookbook
  • 4 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • International fashion store and label Opening Ceremony have unveiled their fifth consecutive collaboration with friend Chloe Sevigny. Inspired by youth protest movements (Sevigny was apparently heavily involved in the Occupy movement...
  • BAFTA Winners 2013
  • 4 months ago · film · 1 Comment
  • The 2013 British Academy Film Awards were held in London tonight, with critical successes like Life Of Pi standing up against Hollywood blockbusters like Django Unchained and Skyfall, all of which took away multiple awards. Ben Affleck...
  • Alessi Spring/Summer 2013 Releases
  • 4 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Iconic Italian homeware company Alessi (who count Philippe Starck amongst their designers) recently held a preview of their new Spring/Summer 2013 offerings at their San Francisco showroom. The latest products come from designers...
  • The Harold Street Residence
  • 4 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Located in the Middle Park area of Victoria, Australia, The Harold Street Residence was designed to adapt and evolve to the changing family needs of a couple with university age children. Architects Jackson Clements Burrows also attempted...
  • Dyson Airblade Tap
  • 4 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The latest product to join Dyson's roster of ingenious products is a new faucet named the Airblade Tap. Working in a similar way to Airblade hand dryer, which was released in 2009, the Airblade Tap is designed to be used in public...
  • Inside Look: Google's Tel Aviv Offices
  • 4 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • After recently moving to a new office space in Tel Aviv, Israel, Google hired Camenzind Evolution - a collaboration between Setter Architects and Studio Yaron Tal - to design the entire 85,000 sqft space. Occupying eight floors in...
  • DKNY Collaborating With Opening Ceremony
  • 4 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • In an exclusive collaboration with international retailer Opening Ceremony, New York-based fashion label DKNY will be reissuing 15 select pieces from their archives. The limited edition pieces come from DKNY's iconic streetwear collections...
  • Nike Flyknit HTM Chukka
  • 5 months ago · style · 1 Comment
  • In follow up to their hugely successful Flyknit Lunar 1, Nike have re-imagined the Flyknit crafted running and lifestyle show as a chukka boot. Made as a collaboration between Japanese producer and designer Hiroshi Fujiwara, Nike...
  • Alessi Beaver Pencil Sharpener
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Iconic Italian design label Alessi have teamed up with artist Rodrigo Torres to create a unique take on the traditional pencil sharpener. Doubling as a paper weight, the small chrome-plated wood chewing beaver was made from the 2013...
  • American Airlines Unveil New Logo
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 10 Comments
  • American Airlines have unveiled a brand new simplified logo designed for them by consultancy FutureBrand. The newly painted aircraft will be a pale silver with red and blue stripes on the tail fin to evoke the American flag. According...
  • The Silence Room at Selfridges
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • London department store Selfridges have now opened The Silence Room - a concept originally dreamed up by founder Gordon Selfridge in 1909 which, until now, hadn't come to fruition. Designed by Alex Cochrane Architects, the ground...
  • Inside Adobe's Utah Campus
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Award-winning design firm Rapt Studio have produced a short film showing us the interior design commission for computer software company Adobe. As company's like Facebook, Google, and Pixar have proved, for your team to be as productive...
  • See by Chloé Pre-Fall 2013
  • 5 months ago · style · 2 Comments
  • Inspired by 1960s London and the fashionistas of Carnaby Street, British designer and Chloé creative director Clare Waight Keller has produced a chic and easily wearable Pre-Fall 2013 collection for See by Chloé. Featuring tailored...
  • Defrosting A Frozen Building
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • When bike manufacturer SRAM bought ten-storey freezer for Chicago's Fulton Market District, they came across one large problem - defrosting the whole thing. After decades of use, the building had become totally frosted over like a...
  • Vogue Run Hurricane Sandy Fashion Shoot
  • 5 months ago · style · 14 Comments
  • In a move which has caused many to criticise the international publication, Vogue have run a fashion shoot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz entitled "Storm Troupers: Celebrating Hurricane Sandy's First Responders." Featuring...
  • Video: Vitsoe - Tidy Up Your Life
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • A new video from respected modern-furniture company Vitsoe demonstrates the timeless qualities of their iconic 606 Universal Shelving System by visiting two Vitsoe veterans "who have had Vitsoe in their lives longer than many of our...
  • Still Good Spring/Summer 2013 Lookbook
  • 5 months ago · style · 5 Comments
  • Inspired by the work of American abstract expressionist artist Barnett Newman, French designer Clément Taverniti's latest collection for his label Still Good features nautical button-down shirts, lightweight jackets with patterned...
  • The Selby Visits Christian Louboutin
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • French footwear and bag designer Christian Louboutin - famous for his signature shiny, red-lacquered soles - has become the latest celebrity to have his home and studio revealed to the public via. photographer and illustrator Todd...
  • InterLock Bike Lock
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • If you've ever wanted to go on a bike ride without a backpack, you'll know that taking a bike lock with you can often be cumbersome and annoying. Solving that problem, designer Adrian Solgaard Janzen has come up with the InterLock,...
  • Maison Boisset
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Swiss architecture firm Savoiz Fabrizzi have renovated an existing cabin in the alps and turned it into a stunning contemporary holiday home. By leaving the rugged exterior virtually untouched (apart from the addition of some large...
  • 2013 Oscar Nominees
  • 5 months ago · film · 2 Comments
  • The nominees for the 2013 Academy Awards were announced in Los Angeles today, with Steven Spielberg's biopic Lincoln taking the top spot by collecting 12 nominations. Emma Stone and Seth McFarlane (this year's Oscar host) made the...
  • 33M by Elenberg Fraser
  • 5 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Architects Callum Fraser and Zahava Elenber of Elenberg Fraser have unveiled their latest residential project - 33 MacKenzie Street in Melbourne, Australia. Inspired by the ancient myths of the angel Metatron (or Enoch, or Elijah)...
  • Stella McCartney Awarded OBE
  • 5 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • As well as recently being named Designer of the Year and Designer Brand of the Year at the British Fashion Awards, designer Stella McCartney has been rewarded for her work on the Team GB Olympic 2012 kit with an OBE in the Queen's...
  • Chucaknut Drive Residence
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by Seattle-based architecture practice Miller Hull, the Chucaknut Drive Residence is a 1400 sq. ft main house and guest house located on a heavily wooded cliff with beautiful views over the San Juan Islands of Washington...
  • Tossa De Mar Villa
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Nestled among the Catalonian cliffs of Tossa De Mar on the coast of Spain, this impressive 16,000 square foot property features three separate villas, each with stunning views of the Mediterranean Sea. The central house is entered...
  • £40 Billion Floating Airport for London
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Engineering consultancy Beckett Rankine have revealed a proposal for a £40 billion floating airport on the Thames estuary designed take some of the stress away from London's existing airports. As one of the busiest cities in the world,...
  • No Noise at Selfridges
  • 6 months ago · style · 1 Comment
  • In an attempt to showcase minimalist design at its best, London department store Selfridges have teamed up with The Idler and Headspace to create a No-Noise area opening on 7 January, 2013, and running through to the end of February....
  • YO!Home Transforming City Apartment
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Unveiled at the 100% Design Exhibition in London, the Japanese-inspired YO!Home is a clever apartment that transforms before your eyes, turning a bedroom into a home office and a guest room into a wine cellar in an attempt to maximise...
  • Myspace Launch BETA Version
  • 6 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Prior to the official launch of the brand new Myspace, the social network are offering people the chance to sign up to the BETA version, which is now live. Evolving organically over time, Myspace has now become a place for emerging...
  • The World's Largest Ski Park
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Danish architecture firm CEBRA have proposed an indoor ski facility for the city of Randers which, if built, would become the world's largest. At over one million square feet the park would be four times the size of the current largest...
  • Bread by Nacho Alegre
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Conceived by Barcelona-based graphic designers Ana Domínguez & Omar Sosa and shot by artistic photographer Nacho Alegre, this stacked bread still life series was commissioned by Italian interiors magazine Apartamento for their eighth...
  • AFP Pictures of the Year 2012
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 13 Comments
  • With the year closing down, major news agency Agence France Press (AFP) have compiled a list of the most impactful photographs of the year. Covering natural disasters, revolutionary politics, and mankind's technological progress,...
  • Interno Franciscio
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Designed by Gianluca Fanetti of Italian practice Studio Fanetti in 2010, Interno Franciscio is a house described as the meeting of rustic and contemporary. Featuring a wood interior structure, antique iron beams, and large stone slabs,...
  • Band Of Outsiders Boy Pre-Fall 2013
  • 6 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • Inspired by the famous Lightning Field installation by artist Walter De Maria - which consists of 400 stainless steel poles arranged in a rectangular 1 mile by 1 kilometre grid in New Mexico - fashion label Band of Outsiders have...
  • The Splinter Collection by Nendo
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by Japanese studio Nendo for famous manufacturers Conde House, the Splinter collection features a chair, a coat hanger, two side tables, and two mirrors. Each piece has been carefully crafted and split, adding a 'splinter'...
  • New Arrivals: BOOKMAN Bicycle Lights
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Founded by a group of like-minded friends in 2011, BOOKMAN is a cycling brand dedicated to making accessories that complement the bike instead of detract from it. The BOOKMAN Light is an easy to attach, bright, and compact light which...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 11 Comments
  • Currently attending the Savannah College of Art and Design, Rebekah Campbell is a young photographer currently shooting for various publications as well as undertaking personal projects and travelling as much as possible. While some...
  • Gummy Bear Chandelier
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • New York-based product designer Kevin Champeny was recently commissioned by home furnishings company Jellio to create a giant gummy bear chandelier. Constructed from 5,000 hand-cast, high-gloss acrylic gummy bears, this unusual light...
  • Video: The Oyler House Documentary
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The Oyler House is a new documentary from filmmaker Mike Dorsey which focusses on a house designed by the late, great modernist architect Richard Neutra. Built in 1959 in the Long Pine desert of California, The Oyler House was one...
  • The BB Little Garden
  • 6 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Living in bustling cities certainly has its downsides, one of them being that you often don't have a garden or any outdoor space, meaning that your herbs often suffer and die off due to lack of light. To fix this problem, designer...
  • Jean Paul Gaultier Planning Streetwear Line
  • 6 months ago · style · 3 Comments
  • French haute couture fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier has announced that he is planning to launch a men's and women's streetwear clothing line in Spring 2014. Apparently Gaultier is still hashing out the details of his five year...
  • Agnès b. Spring/Summer 2013 Men's Collection
  • 6 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • The new Spring/Summer 2013 men's collection from French fashion designer agnès b. draws its inspiration from two different French areas. The pieces featuring black and white and striped patterns pull from the city of Marseille, while...
  • The Present Seasonal Clock
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Designed by Booklyn-based creative firm m ss ng p eces (Missing Pieces), The Present is a seasonal clock which automatically sets itself to the current date when you turn it on, and then takes an entire year to make a full revolution,...
  • Piccolo LED Task Light
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • One day designer Mike Garner asked himself the question "does a desk lamp really need to use up as much space as it does?" Of course, the answer was no, and in response to that answer he has created the Piccolo LED Task Light. As...
  • The UP Coffee Table
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • British designer Christopher Duffy has unveiled the UP Coffee Table, a playful trompe l’oeil which gives the impression that a piece of glass is being suspended by small gold helium balloons. The table has been produced in a...
  • Kohler Moxie Speaker Showerhead
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • For a long time now various different companies have been trying to come up with solutions for listening to music while in the shower. Well,now bathroom accessories designer Kohler have one of the best we've seen so far with the Moxie...
  • Won Hundred Spring/Summer 2013 Men's Lookbook
  • 7 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • Continuing to show an appreciation for simplicity and understated design, Danish label Won Hundred have released a lookbook for their men's spring/summer 2013 collection. Taking inspiration from heritage gentlemen style, the range...
  • Plugg DAB Radio
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Designed by Norwegian duo Skrekkøgle, Plugg is a DAB radio which explores the physical and metaphorical interactions with digital devices. The small and brightly coloured device features a cork, usually only used in the realm of food,...
  • Video: Immersive Animations for Hyundai
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • In an attempt to foster creativity within their company, car manufacturer Hyundai hired creative agency Universal Everything (known for their impressive work with big commercial bands like Coldplay) to produce a giant, immersive dynamic...
  • Jeremy Scott for Smart Fortwo Electric Drive
  • 7 months ago · style · 3 Comments
  • Exuberant American fashion designer Jeremy Scott has teamed up with Smart Fortwo electric drive to produce a specially designed new model called Smart forJeremy. The battery powered electric vehicle was given a makeover by Scott,...
  • Video: Opening Ceremony & Yoko Ono Animation
  • 7 months ago · style · 3 Comments
  • To mark today's release of Opening Ceremony and Yoko Ono's capsule collection inspired by John Lennon's "sexy bod", the pair have released an animation inspired by the 1969 drawings Ono made for her late husband as a wedding present....
  • Indoor Cloud Concept
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Online furniture store Micasa has come up with a new concept design for a lighting fixture that would emulate the weather outside. By connecting to the Met Office via WiFi, Nebula 12 can use their meteorological data to decide how...
  • New Arrivals: ONLY NY
  • 7 months ago · style · 3 Comments
  • Founded in 1997, ONLY NY are a New York-based brand who combine innovative design with quality apparel to create classic and timeless clothing. Heavily involved with NYC's underground street culture, ONLY NY pull inspiration from...
  • Études Autumn/Winter 2012 Lookbook
  • 7 months ago · style · 7 Comments
  • French art collective and clothing label Études (previously Hixsept) have released a minimal and slightly surreal lookbook for their current Autumn/Winter 2012 collection. Designed by Aurélien Arbet and Jérémie Egry, the range of...
  • Sense Enhancing Cutlery by Jinhyun Jeon
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • When it comes to cutlery, most of us think the designs are pretty perfect already, functioning exactly as you would want at meal time, but Jinhyun Jeon felt there was some room for improvement. After graduating from the Design Academy...
  • The Treehouse
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by Andreas Wenning from the architecture practice Baumraum, this contemporary treehouse design, aptly named The Treehouse, is located in the Belgian province of Limburg and features two cabins on different levels, connected...
  • Nike Air Force 1 Popsicle Mold
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • While developing their innovative Lunarlon sole 30 years ago, Nike designers from the Innovation Kitchen department discovered that they could increase stability in the mold by freezing it. This turned out to be a key part of the...
  • Wooden Keys for Macbook Pro
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Taking the idea of a wooden keyboard one step further, Lazerwood have created individual wooden keys which fit perfectly with the sleek design of your Macbook Pro. Compatible with all unibody Macbook Pros and available in both walnut...
  • Miniature Chanel Hula-Hoop Bag
  • 7 months ago · style · 2 Comments
  • When Karl Lagerfeld unveiled a giant hula-hoop bag on the Chanel runway this year, many were left a bit baffled about who would actually buy this gigantic accessory apparently designed for use on the beach. It turns out that the bag...
  • Japan National Stadium by Zaha Hadid
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • UK-based practice Zaha Hadid Architects have been selected to design the new Japanese national stadium, winning the commission over nine other finalists. Replacing the existing Kasumigaoka National Stadium, the impressive new 80,000-seat...
  • Nest House
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Designed by Japanese practice UID in 2010, Nest is a small house located at the foot of a mountain near Onomichi City. Much like a nest you would find in nature, UID designed the residence to have very few space dividers, instead...
  • Charles Sowers: Windswept
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • American artist Charles Sowers, best known for his public artworks, has installed 612 rotating wind direction indicators on the outside of the Randall Museum in San Francisco. Named Windswept, the piece is designed to "visually reveal...
  • New Arrivals: Percival
  • 7 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • Founded in 2009, Percival are a fine men's clothing label founded by Chris Gove and Luke Stenzhorn. Placing emphasis on British-made quality workmanship, timeless styling and clever detailing over trend-led, disposable fashion, the...
  • Coca-Cola and Nendo Tableware
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • In order to reduce their carbon footprint, soft drink giant Coca-Cola have teamed up with Japanese architect and designer Nendo to up-cycle their glass bottles into glass blown tableware. Originally designed by Earl R. Dean in the...
  • The World's Thinnest House
  • 7 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • If you live in an expensive major city, you may think life is tough in your tiny apartment, but it's nothing compared to a new building designed for artist residencies by Polish architect Jakub Szczesny. Situated in Warsaw, Poland,...
  • Recommendations: Dean Fankhauser of NUJI
  • 8 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • "Recommendations" is the name of a new regular feature we will be running in which we ask industry leaders, creatives, and innovators to tell us what they do and what they love about the city they live in, recommending their favourite...
  • HUS-1
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by Torsten Ottesjö, Hus-1 is a small wooden house designed to fit in with its surroundings seamlessly. Built to be freestanding, the 25 sqm structure can be moved whenever necessary, "though the feeling is that it has actually...
  • On Space Time Foam
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Arts blog designboom recently met with Spanish artist Tomàs Saraceno to discuss a new piece of work he has on display at the Hangar Bicocca in Milan, Italy. Named "On Space Time Foam", the artwork is made from multiple layers of translucent...
  • Bichos Lamp Series by Martinho Pita
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Bichos (a Portuguese word which means "creatures") is a new series of lamps from Portugese architect Martinho Pita made using discarded Portuguese holly tree branches. Due to the nature of the process, each lamp is unique, but has...
  • Hue Wireless Lightbulb by Philips
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • To stop that WiFi enabled lightbulb we posted about taking away some of their market share, electronics giant Philips have come out with Hue, a wireless LED lightbulb that is controllable via an app and can display different tones...
  • Dank Issue Nº4
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Norwegian skateboard magazine Dank have just released their fourth issue, featuring a interview with Dylan Rieder, an article by Jai Tanju on "inspiration, mental health, being conquered by the digital age, and the power of printed...
  • Rio 2016 Olympic Typeface Unveiled
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have unveiled the official typeface for the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic games. Designed by Dalton Maag, the typeface intends to reflect the movement of the athletes as well as some of Brazil's...
  • Wake Up Alarm App from Uniqlo
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Lately, waking up on these ever darkening winter mornings has been a tiny bit easier, and it's all thanks to a new alarm app released by Japanese retailer Uniqlo. Named Wake Up, the iPhone and Android app features a sleek, simple...
  • Video: Steve Jobs' Yacht Design
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • After years of rumours that the late Steve Jobs was working on a yacht design with Philippe Starck, the vessel has made its first appearance. Christened "Venus" after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, the 230 to 260 ft long (according...
  • Antony Gormley - Horizon Field Hamburg
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Created by British sculptor Antony Gormley, Horizon Field Hamburg is a 2,500 square meter reflective black platform suspended 7.5 meters above the floor by eight 22-millimeter cables. Designed to disorientate and destabilise each...
  • Moneygami Origami
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Japanese graphic designer and origami expert Yosuke Hasegawa has combined both his talents to turn notes from various currencies into depictions of the world leaders and important historical figures wearing various different hats....
  • Apple Unveil iPad Mini
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • After the circulation of many rumours, Apple have finally unveiled the iPad Mini. Weighing in at just 0.68 pounds and featuring a 7.9" LED backlit display, the smaller version of Apple's hugely popular product has a 1024 x 768 resolution...
  • Busan Opera House
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The international architecture film Snohetta have won the competition to design the Busan Opera House in South Korea. Comprised of two subtly contrasting curves, the design was based around the Korean philosophy of Kun (Heaven) meeting...
  • The Plant Issue Nº3
  • 8 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Bi-annual magazine The Plant (previously The Plant Journal) have just released their third issue, offering plant lovers a look at beautiful greenery through the work of creatives who share their passion. By focussing on a particular...
  • Pilgrim's Column by Christ & Gantenbein
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • Placed along an ancient pilgrimage trail in Mexico, the Cerro del Obispo (or Pilgrim's Column) is a tall concrete column designed by Basel-based practice Christ & Gantenbein. The structure acts as one of nine landmarks along the 117...
  • Video: Human-Powered Helicopter
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • In an attempt to win a currently unclaimed prize of $250,000, Bowen-Davies and dozens of his fellow students from the University of Maryland are attempting to build an entirely human-powered helicopter that can reach a height of 10ft...
  • GoPro HERO3 Digital Camera
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Continuing to increase their market share, GoPro have released the HD HERO3 digital camera featuring a higher resolution and WiFi compatibility, all in a 30% smaller and 25% lighter camera. Coming in an edition of three (black, silver...
  • It's Nice That 2012 Annual
  • 8 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • To round up 2012, art and design blog It's Nice That will be releasing a limited edition cloth bound hardback annual filled with all the best content they've found over the last 12 months. At 264-pages long, book will feature the...
  • Jenga Building by Herzog & de Meuron
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Work is apparently set to recommence on a 250-meter-high residential building in New York dubbed the "Jenga Building". Designed by acclaimed architects Herzog & de Meuron, the impressive 60-strorey building will be located at 56 Leonard...
  • Video: The Worst Football Team in Britain
  • 8 months ago · film · 1 Comment
  • Directed by production studio Armoury, "The Worst Football Team in Britain" is part of series of films made for Channel 4 by award-winning content design and creation company Somethin' Else. The five minute short tells the story of...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 8 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • This week the eclectic work of graphic designer and illustrator Hrefna Sigurðardóttir caught our eye. Based in Reykjavík, Iceland, Sigurðardóttir uses collage, inks and photographs to produced varied work which has gained her the...
  • Opening Ceremony Open Covent Garden Store
  • 8 months ago · style · 1 Comment
  • Following from their pop-up store in London's Covent Garden, Opening Ceremony have just launched their permanent retail space two doors up the road at 35 King Street. The new space is a grand 7,500 sq foot and has been designed to...
  • Lacoste Essential Design Collection
  • 8 months ago · style · 0 Comments
  • To bring in Autumn/Winter 2012, iconic French label Lacoste have released a collection of classic footwear named "Lacoste Essential Design" (LED) which fuses the essence of the brand with purity and simplicity of design. Inspired...
  • The Rock Stadium
  • 9 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • MZ Architects - a Lebanon and Abu Dhabi-based practice - were recently approached to design a sports facility which would be situated in the heart of the city Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. With the aim of creating a building...
  • BaySixty6 Skate Park Revamp
  • 9 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Now that BaySixty6 skate park in London's Ladbrook Grove is now officially open to the public once again, we can provide you with a look at the revamp. Undertaken by creative design agency Brinkworth alongside Skatepark Amsterdam...
  • Chanel Spring/Summer 2013 Collection
  • 9 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Chanel unveiled their Spring/Summer 2013 collection amongst bright white wind turbines, which lined the entire length of the Paris Fashion Week catwalk. Because of this, the press were expecting an eco-friendly inspired collection,...
  • Functional Posters from Finn Magee
  • 9 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Innovative product designer Finn Magee has produced a series of three posters which function like the object they portray. Starting with Flat Light - "a desk light without the bulk" - Magee went on to create an alarm clock named Flat...
  • WiFi Enabled iPhone Lightbulb
  • 9 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • According to their Kickstarter page (where they've beaten their goal by more than 13 times with 49 days left to go), LIFX is the smartest light bulb you will have ever experienced. WiFi enabled and energy efficient, the multi-coloured...
  • Video: The New MySpace
  • 9 months ago · culture · 4 Comments
  • MySpace, the one-time social media giant who were quickly overshadowed by Facebook, have released a teaser video in the lead up to a big site relaunch. Following from investment and input from actor and musician Justin Timberlake,...
  • The Hewett Street Block Party
  • 9 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • To celebrate the end of London's summer, creative agency Protein are organising a free, one day street party with food, drink, music, and lots of nice bits and pieces to buy. The street party neatly coincides with this year's London...
  • Vimeo Introduce Donate Option
  • 9 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • To help filmmakers "build businesses around the films and videos they create," Vimeo have added two new features - a "tip jar" which encourages viewers to donate, and a pay-per-view option which will be rolled out soon. Speaking about...
  • Jonathan Ive for Leica
  • 9 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Jonathan Ive - the head of Apple design since 1997 - has agreed to create a limited single-edition version of the new Leica M camera which will apparently be auctioned off for charity. Apparently U2 frontman Bono will also be involved...
  • The Hasselblad Lunar Camera
  • 9 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Hasselblad, a camera company best known for their medium format models, are planning to release a mirrorless digital camera which will feature key parts made by Sony, such as a 24.3MP CMOS sensor, OLED True Finder EVF, and a TriNavi...
  • Jeremy Scott & New Era Caps
  • 9 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • After recently debuting his Spring 2013 cap collection produced in collaboration with New Era, the rather elaborate streetwear designer Jeremy Scott has given us a closer look at each of the pieces. Featuring stand-out gold fringes,...
  • eBay Update Logo
  • 9 months ago · Art & Design · 8 Comments
  • In the last few months several major brands, such as Microsoft, have unveiled brand new logos. Following suit, online auction site eBay have updated theirs for the first time in 17 years. The make-over was overseen by brand strategy...
  • Ideas Illustrated - The Luck Issue
  • 9 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • For Issue 5 of creative studio YCN's magazine Ideas Illustrated, the team turned to the theme of "luck", covering subjects from maths to medicine and from gambling to the current retail climate. Each article is aimed at those in the...
  • The Apple iPhone 5
  • 9 months ago · Art & Design · 9 Comments
  • Finally, after much anticipation, Apple have unveiled the iPhone 5 in a keynote at WWDC. The design of the phone is relatively similar to the iPhone 4 and 4S with an all glass and aluminium body, although to keep up with the current...
  • Kurk Cork Desk Lamp
  • 9 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Designed by Craig Foster, The Kurk is a flat pack cork desk lamp which requires no screws or glue to assemble. Speaking about the lamp, Foster says he focussed on the life cycle of the product, ensuring that all the parts can easily...
  • The Impossible Project Instant Lab
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 8 Comments
  • The Impossible Project, the guys who saved the last Polaroid production plant and started to make their own instant film materials, have announced their latest project - the Instant Lab. Designed to bridge analog and digital worlds...
  • Wooden Lightbulb
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Japanese product designer Ryosuke Fukusada has merged traditional craft techniques with modern design to create an LED wooden lightbulb which actually radiates light. The thin wooden shell which wraps the LED has been created with...
  • Nike & Dover Street Market Air Force 1
  • 10 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Nike have teamed up with London's Dover Street Market to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Air Force 1 by giving the classic shoe a makeover with Ventile - a super-durable woven material that is naturally waterproof and was first...
  • Hardy Amies' First Eyewear Collection
  • 10 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Hardy Amies - one of the first European designers to move into the ready-to-wear market back in the 1950s - have debuted their first eyewear collection featuring both glasses and sunglasses. Made in Japan and produced in an individually...
  • Vivienne Westwood Releasing Smartphone
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Following in the footsteps of Porsche, legendary British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is teaming up with one of Japan's leading phone networks Docomo to produce a collaborative smartphone called the SH-01E Vivienne Westwood....
  • SkyCycle Lanes Proposed for London
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • Plans have been released by the Major of London Boris Johnson to create a series of elevated cycle lanes across the city, much like the High Line in New York but on a larger scale. Called the SkyCycle, the proposed lanes have been...
  • PORT Issue 7
  • 10 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Featuring the ever-dashing and critically acclaimed actor Cillian Murphy as their cover star, issue number 7 of London-based magazine PORT is guest-edited by the director of the Design Museum - Deyan Sudjic. Inside, you'll also find...
  • Details Revealed About Spike Jonze's New Film
  • 10 months ago · film · 4 Comments
  • With filming now in full swing, a few more details have been released about director Spike Jonze's upcoming film. Entitled Her, the film is set in the not so distant future and tells the tale of a lonely writer named Theodore who...
  • JW Anderson for Topshop Lookbook
  • 10 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • JW Anderson has unveiled his debut line for Topshop with a new lookbook. Featuring apparel, footwear and stationary, the Irish-born designers range bridges "craft and modernity" and was apparently heavily inspired by his own ready-to-wear...
  • Arrested Development Film Still A Possibility
  • 10 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • With the new series of Arrested Development now in the works, many people were assuming that the previously planned feature film version may have been pushed aside, but according to creator Mitch Hurwitz that's not the case. Speaking...
  • Video: Herschel Supply Co. Field Collection
  • 10 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Herschel have released a new short video introducing their Field Collection for Autumn/Winter 2012. With the tough nature of rugby on their mind, the Vancouver-based accessories brand made the backpacks using Cordura Brand Fabric...
  • Rumour: Apple To Unveil New Headphones
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • According to a new YouTube video uploaded by a Vietnamese user, Apple are planning to unveil a brand new headphone design alongside the upcoming iPhone. While the current white headphones have become iconic in their own right, appearing...
  • Henry Holland Glow In The Dark Underwear
  • 10 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Brand new for Autumn/Winter 2012, British designer Henry Holland has released a series of glow in the dark underwear especially for iconic department store Selfridges. This is the designer's very first foray into undergarments so...
  • Magnetic LED Bike Light
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The Magnetic Bike Light is an innovative new product designed by Goodmorning Technology for Copenhagen Parts, who are currently seeking funding through Kickstarter in order to go into production. With an expected retail price of $40...
  • John Galliano Suing Dior For $18.8 Million
  • 10 months ago · culture · 6 Comments
  • John Galliano, the fashion designer who was dismissed from his position as creative director at Dior for his filmed anti-semitic rant in Paris in 2011, has decided to sue his former employees for the grand sum of $18.8 million USD....
  • Was Van Gogh Colourblind?
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • A new essay released by Japanese medical scientist Kazunori Asada argues that the famous painter Vincent van Gogh was in fact colourblind. Asada started to think about this possibility when he visited the "Color Vision Experience...
  • Chalet C7
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Located near Mount Aconcagua, 2900m above sea level in the Andes, Chalet C7 is an open-plan ski lodge designed by architects Nicolás del Rio and Max Núñez. To minimise interference to the view, the chalet has been tucked away into...
  • Infinite Stacking USB
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 9 Comments
  • Despite being designed and patented over two years ago, for some reason Chinese design student Gonglue Jiang's design for an infinite stacking USB plug has still not been put into production. The product would allow you to keep all...
  • Microsoft Update Logo After 25 Years
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • With Microsoft getting ready to launch a new wave of of products this year, they've also given their corporate logo its first update in 25 years. The new motif features a symbol made up of four separate coloured squares - reminiscent...
  • How The iPhone Could Have Looked
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • In the lead up to the release of the iPhone 5, we've managed to get hold of a patent submitted by Apple all the way back in 1985. The sketches are for a potential Apple flip-phone design which was going to be in the shape of an actual...
  • Alexa Chung Fashion Line
  • 10 months ago · culture · 5 Comments
  • British presenter, model and fashion icon Alexa Chung has started to make plans to launch her own fashion line. Speaking about the decision in an interview with Numéro Japan, Chung said: "I've got nothing to lose, it's a bit of fun....
  • Zippo Lighters From The Vietnam War
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Through the blog of bag label Jack Spade we've come across these ingeniously customised Vietnam-era Zippo lighters previously belonging to soldiers of the US Army. Each of the lighters have been specially engraved, reflecting the...
  • Opening Ceremony Launch Magazine
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • Now that Opening Ceremony have put their magazine available to buy online, we can have a first look at what to expect inside. Timed in nicely with the London 2012 Olympics, the inaugural issue of the annual focuses on sports and features...
  • Colouring Pencil Tree
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Artist and designer Dave Rittinger has proposed a new idea for a public art piece which would see existing (perhaps existing but dead would be more practical?) trees turned into art pieces by way of turning their branches into giant...
  • Video: The Lego Story
  • 10 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • To celebrate their 80th year, Danish company LEGO have created a short animated film which takes a look at their rich history, touching on everything from their iconic name came to the evolution of their colourful building pieces....
  • The Cost Of A Logo
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 76 Comments
  • With the highly controversial London 2012 Olympic logo soon to be gone from our billboards and television screens once and for all, we decided to take a look at some other well-known logos and find out exactly how much their respective...
  • Italian Restaurant Located In Sea Cave
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • A natural limestone secluded cave on the coast of Southern Italy, which has visited for hundreds of years, has now been transformed into an exclusive hotel featuring an Italian restaurant. While the twenty room hotel resides on the...
  • The New London Taxi
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • A couple of days ago the new design for the famous London taxi was revealed by car manufacturer Nissan. Named the NV200, the vehicle was created in collaboration with the London Taxi Company and, although not as iconic as black cab...
  • Wooden Keyboard For Easy Typing
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • Designed by Michael Roopenian, the Engrain Tactile keyboard is layered with sand-blasted wood grain cut to fit the keys of a keyboard. The idea of the design is to strengthen the relationship "between user and interface" says Roopenian....
  • The CUBE
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Designed by Spaceflavor, this tiny mobile cube was recently awarded an AIA small projects award for it's ingenious use of space. The CUBE is currently owned by a feng shui teacher who houses it inside his larger apartment. When students...
  • The Tube-Wringer
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • If you're the kind of person who has to squeeze every last drop of toothpaste out the tube, this $22 (approx. £14) device is the one for you. Aptly named the Tube-Wringer, the gadget claims to squeeze up to 35% more toothpaste while...
  • Motoi Yamamoto
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Art and design blog Booooooom.com have pointed us in the direction of an incredible Japanese artist named Motoi Yamamoto who creates breathtakingly complex maze and bubble-like patterns using carefully poured lines of salt. Yamamoto's...
  • Inside Look: Google's New London HQ
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • When it came to their new London HQ, Internet giant Google decided to recruit one of Europe's leading interior design and architecture studios to fit it out - PENSON. The team had complete reign of the 160,000 sq ft space in Covent...
  • Olympic Athletes' Meals
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designer Sarah Parker has teamed up with photographer Michael Bodiam and NOWNESS to visualise dishes recommended by nutritionist Dan Benardot (the man behind the diets of the USA's 1992 and 1996 gymnastic theme, as well as marathoners...
  • David Lynch Re-Designs Dom Perignon Bottles
  • 11 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Legendary Champagne label Dom Pérignon have enlisted the help of filmmaker David Lynch to re-design the bottles of their Dom Pérignon 2003 and the Rosé 2000 for a special limited edition set. Entitled "The Power of Creation", the...
  • Louis Vuitton Waffle Maker
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • A new waffle maker design from LA-based artist Andrew Lewicki allows you to add a high-end French designer twist to your dough-based snack with a signature Louis Vuitton "LV" monogram print (unlicensed of course).
  • MTV Europe Anti-Piracy Campaign
  • 11 months ago · Art & Design · 18 Comments
  • In an attempt to stop prevent music fans illegally downloading music, MTV Europe have created a "Download Bar" campaign which features a download percentage bar made up from hundreds of people. The blue people represent the average...
  • Tom Ford's Noir Fragrance
  • 11 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • American fashion designer Tom Ford has announced that he will be releasing a second signature scent - Noir - this coming October for £60 (approx. $94 USD). The fragrance promises to be a masculine scent with an interesting oriental...
  • Inside Look: Richard Kern's NYC Apartment
  • 11 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • International interview magazine Freunde Von Freunden have provided us with a unique look inside the apartment of New York photographer Richard Kern, known for his risque shoots for GQ, Playboy, numerous porn mags, Purple Fashion...
  • Herschel Autumn/Winter 2012 Lookbook
  • 11 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Continuing to expand their range in new directions, Vancouver-based bag and accessory manufacturers Herschel Supply Co. have introduced some vintage-inspired products for autumn/winter 2012, adjusting the designs to make them suitable...
  • Opening Ceremony London Store Opening
  • 11 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Right on time, Opening Ceremony have opened their very first London store on Covent Garden's King Street, stocking brands like KENZO and Rodarte, as well as special collections designed by Proenza Schouler and Chloë Sevigny especially...
  • Photographs of Fictitious Dishes
  • 12 months ago · Art & Design · 12 Comments
  • A new series by graphic designer and photographer Dinah Fried sees fictitious dishes from famous novels such as The Catcher in the Rye, Oliver Twist, Moby Dick, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...
  • The Regal Basketball Court by Nike
  • 12 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Continuing to push the basketball element of the company forward, Nike have invested in the redesign of a permanent basketball court in Vauxhall, London, named "The Regal". The high-spec court aims to encourage basketball players...
  • 1954 Taylor AEROCAR
  • 12 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Ever dream of owning a flying car when you were a kid? Well now, finally, you can make that dream a reality with the Taylor AEROCAR - available to purchase for $1.25 million (approx. £810,000). Only five of these strange machines...
  • SMS Audio by 50 Cent
  • 12 months ago · music · 0 Comments
  • O2 have announced that they are increasing their presence in the music industry by releasing ergonomically designed, professionally-tuned SMS Audio headphones by 50 Cent. The range includes three different models - STREET by 50 in-ear...
  • Del Popolo Mobile Pizza Delivery
  • 12 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Stepping pizza delivery up to the next level, Jon Darsky has worked with four designers and spent $180,000 fitting out a used shipping container with two large prep stations, an interior exposing wall of glass, and a traditional Italian-made...
  • The Box-Within-A-Box Apartment
  • 12 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Given the task of remodelling a badly planned 1,100 sqf t lost apartment situated in a former steam engine factory in California, designers Lynda and Peter Benoit (of Melander Architects) came up with the idea of an entirely custom...
  • Tampon USB Flash Drive
  • 12 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Ever since the invention of USB flash drives, people have been designing clever and strange housing units for them, but this one definitely has to be up there with the best/weirdest/worst. You can even decide how heavy a flow you...
  • WTHR iPhone App
  • 12 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The built-in weather app on the iPhone iOS is pretty nice as it is, but if you're really into the minimalist Dieter Rams-esque aesthetic you may want to think about upgrading to WTHR - a new 99 cent app which aims to "complement your...
  • The All-in-One Card Stamp
  • 12 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • If you're tired of constantly being on the look out for holiday, birthday and thank you cards and like a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour, designer Ji Lee has come up with the perfect solutions for you - the "All-in-One" stamp. Simply...
  • COMME des GARCONS Homme Plus SS13
  • 12 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Rei Kawakubo has shown off her more avante garde and experimental side once again with the COMME des GARCONS Spring/Summer 2013 collection presented at Paris Fashion Week. With simple silhouettes combined with a military sensibility...
  • Iris by Mimi Zou
  • 12 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Iris is a new concept camera design by London-based product designer Mimi Zou. The idea is that the biometrics enabled camera would be controlled by your eye and would understand what you're looking at by checking your iris signature....
  • Milan Fashion Week: Vivienne Westwood
  • 12 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Now that Milan Fashion Week has started, you can prepare yourself for an onslaught of new collection posts on HUH. First up is British designer Vivienne Westwood's Spring/Summer 2013 men's collection which is an interesting mix of...
  • Inside Twitter's New HQ
  • 12 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • With Twitter moving their HQ to the Mid-Market neighbourhood of San Francisco, local photographer Troy Holden went inside to get some shots of their new space. Twitter will be taking up three floors of the building, which is located...
  • Camp Woodward's New Snake Run
  • 12 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • California Skateparks, the people behind the new design and construction of the new Street League courses, have just completed a dreamy new cement poured snake run for Camp Woodward skatepark in Pennsylvania. Designed to mimic the...
  • Woolrich London Store Opening
  • 13 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • American outdoor lifestyle brand Woolrich, who have been around since 1830, have just opened an impressive new store on London's Brewer Street, just off Regent Street. With vintage sporting equipment in display cases, the store has...
  • Oliver Spencer Spring/Summer 2013 Collection
  • 13 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Oliver Spencer - a British fashion designers known for his modern fits paired with old style construction - has just premiered his Spring/Summer 2013 collection in London. Signature pieces like the Port­land jacket and Fisher jacket...
  • Jason Dill's Fucking Awesome Radio
  • 13 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Skateboarder, designer and photographer Jason Dill will now be hosting his own Fucking Awesome radio show on KChung Radio, which is based in LA's Chinatown. On the show, Dill will speak candidly about current events as well as playing...
  • H&M Collaborating With Maison Martin Margiela
  • 13 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Paris-based label Maison Martin Margiela have confirmed that they will be the next designer brand to join the extensive high-end collaboration series H&M have been doing. The collection is due to launch worldwide on 15 November, 2012....
  • The World's First Hermes Apartment
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Luxury residential developer SC Global have revealed a private apartment fitted out entirely by French fashion label Hermès. The one of a kind project was created by creative director of La Table Hermès, Yves Taralon, alongside Michelle...
  • Emily Evans: Calling Planet Earth
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • To celebrate their first birthday, independent art agency NO WAY are returning to Dalston's Print House Gallery (where their first show was held) for an exhibition of work by artist Emily Evans. Through a mixture of collage, vinyl...
  • Video: Maison Kitsune FW12 Battle
  • 13 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Each season French designer label Maison Kitsuné release a "battle" video in which two models compete to change into as many outfits as possible while accompanied by music from the latest Kitsuné compilation. For Fall/Winter 2012,...
  • Casely-Hayford FW12 Lookbook
  • 13 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • London-based menswear design duo Casely-Hayford have offered a first look at their upcoming Fall/Winter 2012 collection. The range builds upon traditional British heritage styles, adding in a contemporary twist for the modern fashion...
  • Guitar Pee
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • This is no joke - AlmapBBDO have actually developed the Guitar Pee musical urinal. Each time you "hit" a string, you are rewarded with a pre-recorded guitar lick "reminiscent of metal mayhem’s finest days." Your very own tune is then...
  • Jeremy Scott & Longchamp Keyboard Print Bag
  • 13 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • American designer Jeremy Scott has remixed the traditional French Longchamp bag, covering it with a brightly coloured keyboard design which fades from red, to yellow, to green down the bag. The bag is limited edition, although it's...
  • Supreme Beach Towel
  • 13 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • When it comes to Supreme designs, nothing can beat the traditional, simple, and to the point red rectangle logo. Good news then that the brand have decided to release a new beach towel comprising of exactly that and nothing more -...
  • Ji Lee
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Graphic designer Ji Lee, who now lives in New York but grew up in Brazil, has been receiving a lot of attention of late for his "Wordless Web" browser bookmarklet which takes out all the words from any website, leaving you with the...
  • House in the Pyrenees
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Designed by Barcelona-based studio Cadaval & Solà-Morales, House in the Pyrenees is a stunning contemporary living space built upon an existing dry stone structure. With two large windows at either end, the space is flooded with natural...
  • First Apple Computer Up For Auction
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • A rare working example of the first computer released by Apple - the Apple I - is going on auction at Sotheby's New York along with the original cassette interface, operating manuals and a rare BASIC Users' Manual. The computer, created...
  • Samsung Introduce Smart TV
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • To introduce their new interactive Smart TV, Samsung have recruited the services of Victoria's Secret model Angela Bellotte for a new commercial spot. The short sees Angela using the new motion control and voice control features to...
  • 3D Chess
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The director of Google's Creative Labs, Ji Lee, has developed a unique twist to a centuries old game by simply adding different height levels to a regular chess board. From above, the chess board is exactly the same as normal, so...
  • Pin Press Shelving
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • New from Spanish design studio OOO My Design comes Pin Press - an innovative children's shelving unit which, as well as being fun, is easily hugely practical. By pushing the brightly coloured pins (available in five colours) from...
  • Oriental Warehouse Loft Building
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Completed in 2010 by Edmonds + Lee Architects, the Oriental Warehouse Loft Building is a San Francisco building renovated into a spacious and open loft apartment. The architects have kept the whole space as flowing and unobstructed...
  • The World's Most Expensive Burger
  • 13 months ago · culture · 9 Comments
  • Serendipity 3, a restaurant in New York, have just become Guinness World Record holders with the world's most expensive burger ever made. Named "Le Burger Extravagant", the Japanese Wagyu beef burger will set you back $295 USD (approx....
  • Tom Ford Sells Mayfair Home
  • 13 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Tom Ford has decided to sell his 8,222 sq ft Georgian townhouse, located in London's Mayfair neighbourhood, and is currently looking for another place to stay in the capital. The fashion designer bought that house back in 2004 for...
  • OWEN Boutique
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • OWEN, a new boutique in the Meatpacking District of NYC, have opened with a spectacular interior designed by Jeremy Barbour of Tacklebox Architecture. Inside, the entire surface of a continuous wall and ceiling plane has been covered...
  • Raw Color for NOWNESS
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Inspired by Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed's recent overhaul of London's Sketch restaurant, culture website NOWNESS commissioned design duo Raw Color to produce a photographic series based on the new menu, which was conceived...
  • Daeyang Gallery and House
  • 13 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The Daeyang Gallery and House is a new underground gallery and private home in Seoul, South Korea, concealed by a pool of water at ground level. Clad in copper, the building has three pavilions that rise above the water to give access...
  • Tokyobike London Store Opening
  • 13 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Cult bike brand Tokyobike have just opened a brand new store in Shoreditch, east London, enabling Londoners to buy their lightweight (just 22lbs) bikes direct from the Japanese bike manufacturer, avoiding those costly shipping fees....
  • Isabel Marant FW12
  • 13 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • For Fall/Winter 2012 French designer Isabel Marant has taken on a distinctly American-style, perhaps due to the upcoming opening of her LA store on Melrose Avenue this coming September, and creates distinctly feminine pieces using...
  • Six Artists Customise Tokyo Bikes
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • To celebrate the opening of their new east London store, Tokyo Bike have teamed up with six different creatives to customise six different bikes. A.Four / Lucas Price, Mike Guppy, Alex Daw, Soju Tanaka, Simon Memel, Tom Pearson all...
  • Alexander Kent
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Ever since a client asked him to respond to a "perspective" based brief, photographer Alexander Kent has been exploring lighting, colour and shape in some unique ways. While initially developed for his personal book, the work has...
  • House in Kitasando
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • As well as being perfectly designed in its own right, this house in Shibuya, Tokyo, just continues to get better when you head down to the bottom floor and discover a fully-functional concrete skate bowl. Designed by Level Architects,...
  • Earth's Water
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The United States Geological Survey (USGS) have released an interesting new graphic illustrating exactly how much water is actually on the Earth. That sphere (which is 860 miles in diameter) represents the total volume of all the...
  • Une Bobine
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Une Bobine (French for 'A Coil') is a patent pending flexible cable which allows you to charge and sync your iPhone while keeping it upright the whole time. Why do you need it? Well, the main point they make on their Kickstarter page...
  • 24th Storey Glass Bottom Swimming Pool
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 22 Comments
  • The Holiday Inn have just revealed a new 24th storey swimming pool at one of their locations in Shanghai, China, which has nothing underneath the deep end apart from a pane of toughened glass. According to hotel staff, the 30-metre-long...
  • Video: House of Holland & Superga
  • 14 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Popular Italian footwear label Superga have teamed up with Britain's own Henry Holland to rework their casual classics. Incorporated in the news designs are Holland favourites like polka dots, leopard print and crochet knits with...
  • Bicycle Club
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by NL Architects, the Bicycle Club is a rooftop velodrome soon to be completed in Hainan, China. Supported by a glass-enclosed cafe on the ground lebel, the oval-shaped bike track also provides the perfect amount of shade...
  • Penis Leggings
  • 14 months ago · culture · 10 Comments
  • Dutch fashion designer Bas Koster has developed these totally NSFW leggings featuring an all over penis print. The leggings, named "Is that a cock on your leg?", are available for both men and women and, should you for some reason...
  • Chris Buzelli
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Chris Buzelli is a freelance illustrator who moved out to New York City to further his career after graduating from Rhode Island School of Design. As well as creating personal artworks, Buzelli has been commissioned by a number of...
  • Not Art by Kidult
  • 14 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Alright, so that wasn't the end of it. Kidult is just about to release (at 3pm today US time) a t-shirt featuring the same image of the graffitied store that Marc Jacobs used but with the byline "Not Art by Kidult", attempting to...
  • Liberty To Open Second Store
  • 14 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • In somewhat shocking news, Liberty of London are planning to open their second ever store, and it's going to be at the Stratford Westfield Shopping Centre. The store is just going to be a pop-up designed to cash in on the Olympics,...
  • Video: Behind-The-Scenes KAWS & Ikepod
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • As you may have seen, New York-based artist KAWS recently collaborated with watch makers Ikepod to produce a time piece that will set you back $14,000. Now, they brand have released a short video directed by Philip Andelman which...
  • The Golden Domsai
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by Matteo Cibic, the Golden Domsai is a tiny planter inspired by the mad Tamagotchi craze back in the 90s. Rather than focus on the plant, Cibic has decided to put a bit of life into the planter itself, turning it into a...
  • The Water Discus Hotel
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • A Dubai building company named Drydocks World have just signed a contract with a Swiss firm named BIG InvestConsult to develop a brand new series of underwater hotels - one of them being this Water Discus Hotel in Dubai. The design...
  • Hermes: Leather Forever
  • 14 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Ever since their founding in 1837, leather has been at the very center of the Hermés world, serving as a base for pretty much all their accessories. 175 years on, the French luxury brand are paying homage to the multipurpose material...
  • Camper Open Lyon Store
  • 14 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Spanish footwear brand Camper have opened a new store in Lyon, France, with an interior inspired by what we use the shoes for - walking. Design studio Studio Makkink & Bey are behind the idea, drawing on the work left by the pioneering...
  • 3DiT
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • 3D iT is a clever new program which uses CSS to convert any website into 3D. The idea initially started a joke amongst colleagues, but then Edan Kwan decided to develop it fully and received a great response, with 12,000 people now...
  • Bookshelf With Built-In Book End
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • It's quite surprising that nothing like this has been made available already - a shelf with a built-in, sliding book end. Designed by Brooklyn-based design studio Hold on Tight, the bookshelf is now available to order and will be...
  • Leica & Hermes - M9-P Edition Hermes
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • As well as recently releasing the X2, Leica have teamed up with French high-end designer label Hermès to create a beautiful special edition of the Leica M9-P called "Edition Hermes". This is the third time that the two companies...
  • Rihanna Designing For Armani
  • 14 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • After designing a collection for them last year and then featuring in a number of their campaigns, Rihanna has announced that she be working with high-end fashion brand Armani once again.
  • MUJI Checklist Rubber Stamp
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • MUJI, a Japanese retailer who have a knack for coming up with simple and useful products you wish you had thought of first, have now released a rubber checklist stamp which allows you to print the list format onto any surface and...
  • Interview: Ryan Hopkinson
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • If you're anything like us, you will have noticed that British photographer Ryan Hopkinson has been receiving a huge amount of press this past year - and rightly so! With each new campaign or personal series, Hopkinson goes from strength...
  • Is This Apple's HDTV?
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Rumours about what Apple's upcoming HDTV might look like and what it will be able to do have been cropping up ever since Walter Isaacson released his Steve Jobs biography, but now Cult of Mac are reporting a source has seen a prototype....
  • Shimao Wonderland Hotel
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • A flooded quarry in Songjiang, China, is soon going to become home to a breathtaking 17-storey hotel called the Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental. Despite not having a very catchy name, when completed the building is going to be...
  • USB Safety Pin
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • Russian design company Artemy Lebedev Studio are developing a tiny 4GB USB flash drive designed like a regular safety pin, allowing you to pin it to your clothing and keep it safe and easily accessible wherever you are. The device,...
  • Tom Ford Menswear and Eyewear SS12 Campaign
  • 14 months ago · culture · 4 Comments
  • We might not be getting any sun in the UK, but this bronzed up, saucy and playful campaign from Tom Ford for his 2012 menswear and eyewear collection certainly makes it like we are. Featuring the model Mathias Bergh and photographed...
  • Yohji Yamamoto Releasing Feature Film
  • 14 months ago · film · 1 Comment
  • News has emerged that legendary Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto (described by Julie Gilhart, fashion director for Barney's New York, as probably the only designer you could name who "has 60-year-olds who think he's incredible...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Established in 2010 by east London-based designer Paul Price, Signs of Affection is a project which "aims to make the walls talk" by posting short, positive messages in public places. Anyone can submit the words, and if you're chosen...
  • The Candy Room
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Designed by the Red Design Group, The Candy Room is a playful sweet shop in Melbourne, Australia, which looks like a 3D version of a Quentin Blake illustration. The brief given to the creative company was to create a store which...
  • Christian Louboutin at The Design Museum
  • 14 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • The Design Museum in London have opened a retrospective of the iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, celebrating his career and the many boundaries he's pushed in the world of high fashion shoe design. For over 20 years,...
  • Odd Future Skate Deck Release
  • 14 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • Following from their first drop of skate decks back in December 2011, Odd Future are planning the release of a new design featuring their trademark all-over donut design. By the looks of things the deck will be available in a few...
  • Yongsan Park, Seoul
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • A 234 hectare site in which was once a Korean military base is now being turned into a public park which fuses nature, culture, history and future. With Rotterdam-based design and landscape architecture agency West 8 and Korean firm...
  • Betsey Johnson Bankrupt
  • 14 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • American fashion designer Betsey Johnson, who will turn 70 in August, has filed for bankruptcy protection under the Chapter 11 US Bankruptcy Code. The filing will result in the loss of 350 employees' jobs, although Johnson will remain...
  • Datong Art Museum
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Work has just begun on the grand Datong Art Museum in Datong, China, which was designed by Foster + Partners. The building features four main pyramid-shaped roof peaks, each of which will be clad with corten steel - a material which,...
  • Design of the Year
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Design duo Barber Osgerby's interpretation of the Olympic Torch has one them the top prize at the prestigious Design Museum Awards. Other contenders included Foster + Partners and Mary Katrantzou, but Osgerby reigned supreme due to...
  • Video: A Preview of Photoshop CS6
  • 14 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Adobe have released a short new presentation showing us what the latest version of Photoshop - Creative Suite 6 - will be capable of. Promising to be "faster and more fluid than ever before", Adobe have added 60% more feature changes...
  • Opening Ceremony Opening London Store
  • 15 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • At the end of July, prior to the Olympics, Opening Ceremony will open a 3,000 sq ft pop-up store on Covent Garden's King Street. Kenzo and Rodarte will be amongst the designers stocked and Proenza Schouler and Chloë Sevigny will be...
  • How Will The iPhone 5 Look?
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 11 Comments
  • With the new iPhone expected sometime this autumn, people are beginning to speculate about what the phone will actually look like this time around. News from Korea is indicating that an entirely new design will be introduced and that...
  • Our Legacy Capsule Collection
  • 15 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • The Stockholm-based label Our Legacy have released a new lookbook for the mid-season capsule collection entitled "Splash". The series, which was shot by art director Tony Cederteg, continues to promote the brand's belief in simple...
  • First Look: Pharrell Williams' Book
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Musician and fashion designer Pharrell Williams is releasing a book named "Pharrell: Places and Spaces I've Been" on 16 October this year through publishers Rizzoli. The book will essentially be a coffee table style publication which...
  • Derek Jeter's NYC Penthouse
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • Now that American baseball player Derek Jeter has put his NYC penthouse back on the market, we're able to have a little sneak peek inside. The 5,425 sq ft Trump World Tower is now available for $17.95m, after it had no interest at...
  • The HemLoft
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • The HemLoft is a small but beautiful egg-shaped house built out in the woods near Whistler in British Columbia, Canada. It was designed and built by a Canadian software developer-turned-carpenter who, evidently, decided he needed...
  • The Magic Cube Laser Keyboard
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • A new product which allows you to use any surface as a keyboard has been developed by Celluon - a Korean technology firm. Named "The Magic Cube", the device projects the keyboard onto the surface using lasers which can pick up your...
  • Print Your House
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • With the amazing advancements being made in 3D printing technology, it is now possible to print out your entire house in a few days - and an entire estate in just a few weeks. The Contour, a gigantic version of a 3D printer which...
  • First Look: Maison Kitsune New York Store
  • 15 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Today saw the official opening of Maison Kitsuné's first retail space in New York City. Located at the NoMad Hotel, the space has been carefully merchandised to allow each item to speak for itself and was designed to feel like a "bourgeois...
  • USED Issue Nº3
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The increasingly popular USED Magazine (the last issue sold out multiple times) have just released Issue Nº3, which comes with a choice of two covers - a black and white one featuring a Marilyn Monroe impersonator (limited edition)...
  • Opening Ceremony 10 Year Anniversary Book
  • 15 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Opening Ceremony are releasing a book in collaboration with Rizzoli which charts their growth from a store on a little travelled block near Soho to a brand know the world over. The store began...
  • David Shrigley Font
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Love David Shrigley's naïve handwriting? Well now, thanks to Andy Leek, you can download an unofficial David Shrigley font in return for just a tweet (or, if you don't have Twitter, by sending him a nice email). The font has been...
  • Aquascutum Go Into Administration
  • 15 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Sadly the traditional British clothing label Aquascutum, who were founded way back in 1851, have gone into administration. Harold Tillman, who owns the company along with Belinda Earl, has pumped £30m (£12.5m of which came from Jaeger,...
  • Philips Energy Efficient Bulb
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • After winning the L Prize back in 2011 (they were actually the only company to enter the competition, so it's not a surprise) Philips were awarded with $10 million from the US Department of Energy to develop a new energy efficient...
  • P.O.V. Vase
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Nightshop, aka. Rotterdam-based design duo Ward van Gemert and Adriaan van der Ploeg, have designed the P.O.V. (Point Of View) Vase, which changes colour depending on where you look at it from. The vase is currently available to buy...
  • Rumour: iPad Mini
  • 15 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • The rumours that Apple are planning the release of an iPad Mini continue to grow after reports by The Korea Times that Samsung are supplying them with LCD technology suitable for slightly smaller devices - probably with a 7.86" screen...
  • QLOCKTWO W
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Clock makers Biegert & Funk seem to have taken some inspiration from Doug Jackson's Word Clock, creating the world's first wristwatch to tell the time in words. 110 characters have been cleverly arranged on the square watch face and...
  • Apple Not Collaborating With Philippe Starck
  • 15 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Following from rumours, an Apple spokeperson has said that the company is not working on a new product with designer Philippe Starck. The rumours first began to circulate when he told France Info Radio that he and Apple "have a big...
  • Aesop & A.P.C. Post-Poo Drops
  • 15 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Aesop now have all fragrance-based products covered. In collaboration with French clothing label A.P.C. they have releases "Post-Poo Drops", an oder designed to mask your unwanted post-number two offers with a disinfecting and anti-bacterial...
  • Inside Don Draper's 1960s Apartment
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • The LA Times have given us a close up look at Don Draper's new Manhattan home in the latest series of Mad Men. Played by Jon Hamm, Don Draper has moved away from the "dreary" old house he lived in with ex-wife Betty and taken up residence...
  • Dominic Jones AW12 Jewellery Collection
  • 15 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • For his Autumn/Winter 2012 collection, jewellery designer of the moment Dominic Jones has taken inspiration from faraway lands, while choosing his muses and models from closer to home. "The look book is very English feeling with Jessica...
  • TIME Magazine's All-Time 100 Fashion Icons
  • 15 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • TIMES Style & Design have chosen who they believe to be the 100 most influential icons in the world of fashion and style. The list begins all the way back in 1923, when TIME Magazine first began, and runs all the way through to the...
  • The Design of Eixample, Barcelona
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • In the late 1800s, the Eixample district of Barcelona went through a huge design overhaul. With visionary designer Ildefons Cerdà at the helm, the area was divided up into hundreds of octagonal blocks forming a grid design which allows...
  • Floating Cinema
  • 15 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • To end the Film on the Rocks Yao Noi Festival with a bang, Beijing-based architect Ole Scheeren designed a floating cinema which was situated in the clear blue waters of Nai Pi Lae lagoon on Kudu Island, Thailand. The guests were...
  • Pizza Button
  • 15 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • A take-away pizza chain in Dubai named Red Tomato Pizza have developed a new product which allows people to order a pizza delivery at the touch of a button. The magnetic button goes on your fridge door and connects to your phone via...
  • Interview March 2012
  • 15 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • The March 2012 issue of legendary print publication Interview just arrived in-store, featuring that shoot everyone talked about where Katy Perry looks exactly like Amy Winehouse, as well as a feature on Christopher Kane, an article...
  • Video: OCTV Je Veux Un Enfant
  • 15 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • American brand and store Opening Ceremony have released the second part of their AB/CD/CD spring video series. This time, the film is drawn from Godard's Une femme est une femme and there are "tantrums and trips down flights of stairs—all...
  • Rumour: H&M To Launch High End Fashion Brand
  • 15 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • Rumours are spreading around the fashion world that H&M are looking to add a high end fashion label to their brand roster, which currently includes COS, Cheap Monday, Weekday and Monki. In-house brand COS was H&M's first move towards...
  • Food iPhone App Icons
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Julian Burford, a Netherlands-based graphic designer, has turned eight different modern day food products and turned them into square iPhone app icons. Despite having to meet Apple's icon guidelines, Burford has managed to keep the...
  • Eley Kishimoto Fixed Gear Bike
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto (who together become Eley Kishimoto) have continued their series of collaborations and teamed up Tokyo Fixed to create this beautiful brightly coloured fixed gear bike and matching bag. The leather saddle...
  • CLAE, Our Favorite Shop
  • 16 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Our Favorite Shop, or OFS, is a new store that footwear label CLAE have just opened out on in Los Angeles. Designed by architect Nathan Lentz and Shin Azumi from the furniture design company WAKA with assistance from architect Francis...
  • Tunto PowerKiss Lamp
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by Finish lighting design company Tunto, this minimalistic LED PowerKiss lamp is made from ultrathin oak, walnut or birch (depending on your personal preference) and features nine lights that are turned on via a touch sensor....
  • FANTASTIC MAN Nº15
  • 16 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • The new issue of the increasingly great men's magazine FANTASTIC MAN has just arrived in-store. Features inside include an interview with Matthew Slotover - the man behind the FRIEZE art and magazine empire, a discussion with Australian...
  • GREY Issue Six
  • 16 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • GREY is a comprehensive hard-back fashion publication from Italy which prides itself on being entirely free of celebrity gossip. Inside you'll find features on poetry, fiction, and illustration as well as the expected fashion reportage...
  • Video: EDWIN Shoreditch Store
  • 16 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • What used to be Three Threads in Shoreditch, London, has now become an EDWIN only store, fitted out floor-to-ceiling with reclaimed materials like scaffolding boards. With a history in denim production that dates all the way back...
  • Damien Hirst Live Studio Feed
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Damien Hirst has launched a new website design which, as well as featuring over 250 of his works from the ast 31 years as an artist, has a live feed which enables viewers to look at what's going on in his studio 24/7. Check it out...
  • It's Nice That Issue Nº8
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Look what just arrived on our doorstep - the latest issue of the highly lauded magazine It's Nice That! With issue number eight, the It's Nice That team explore the theme of 'space' and all that it encompasses. The usual in-depth...
  • PUMA Amsterdam Store
  • 16 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • PUMA have opened an impressive new store in Amsterdam, filled with brightly coloured sports & lifestyle clothing and the latest technology to encourage interaction from customers. PUMA say the store has been designed to allow customers...
  • Video: Acid Drops
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Animator and graphic designer Matt Box has created a minute-and-a-half long video which sees art and skateboarding combine. Titled "Acid Drops", the video features tricks from influential pro skateboarder Dylan Rieder in bright watercolour....
  • Ryan McGinley Shoots Sienna Miller
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 10 Comments
  • Ryan McGinley has shot actress, model, and fashion designer Sienna Miller for the April 2012 issue of British Vogue. The New York-based photographer used a style similar to the one in his recent shoot for Edun, but swapped the butterflies...
  • Interview: Eve Van Dyck
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Eve Van Dyck is the founder and owner of Zangra, a Belgian online store selling old and new home accessories, lighting, stationary, knobs and handles, and other well-sourced bits and pieces. We caught up with her to see how it all...
  • Volvo Pedestrian Airbag
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Car manufacturer Volvo are taking safety one step further and releasing the first ever car which features pedestrian airbags. The 2013 V40 model also has pedestrian-detection, which automatically engages the brakes of the car if someone...
  • Alber Elbaz Book by Lanvin
  • 16 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • To celebrate and thank designer Alber Elbaz for working with them for 10 years, Lanvin are releasing a hardback book which documents the work he has produced for the label. The book comes in a deluxe edition featuring a handmade cover...
  • Loosdrecht Lake House
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Located on the waterfront of Loosdrecht Lake in the Netherlands is a brand new building designed by 2by4 Architects. The house may be tiny, but it's perfectly formed and features two transparent sides allowing the space to feel much...
  • Matadero Theater
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • The people at Matadero, a cultural complex in Madrid, Spain, have decided to dedicate a breathtaking new space to non-fiction cinema. Inside, visitors find a massive film library (which doubles as a learning center), a film set and...
  • Vans & Taka Hayashi
  • 16 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Vans have continued their rather out of the ordinary (but good) collaboration with Japanese designer Taka Hayashi (a self-taught illustrator, painter and graphic designer) for Spring/Summer 2012, producing some work-wear inspired...
  • Maison Kitsuné New York Store
  • 16 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Maison Kitsuné have flown from their native France and, in April 2012, will be opening their first store in New York. Conceived as an engaging experience in fashion, music, design and lifestyle, the New York store will present a unique...
  • MUJI: Product Fitness 80
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Minimalist Japanese retailers MUJI will soon be opening an exhibition at the London Design Museum which rethinks design and the way it affects energy use. Entitled Product Fitness 80, the show will poses the questions "What would...
  • Lost in Sofa
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • It may not be the most timeless design we've ever seen, but it's a novel idea nonetheless. Designed by Daisuke Motogi, the "Lost in Sofa" is composed of soft cubes which allow you to store little bits and pieces, such as remote controls...
  • Armada 3D Scanner
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed and developed by Isaac Blankensmith and Kyle DeHovitz, Armada is a new portable 3D scanner which enables the user to quickly capture the structure of any physical object. The data is then used to create an electronic file...
  • Instaprint
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Instaprint is a concept printer which would allow anyone at a specific event to wirelessly print their Instagram photos. All they would have to do is tag the photo with a specific location or hashtag - any photo tagged appropriately...
  • KAWS & Ikepod
  • 16 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Led by their new Australian designer Marc Newson, Swiss watch label Ikepod have teamed up with artist KAWS to create a new version of their Horizon model. The revamped piece is made of solid titanium and has some bold and KAWS additions...
  • A.P.C. Fall/Winter 2012 Women's Collection
  • 16 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • For their women's Fall 2012 collection, A.P.C. took inspiration from much the same place as the men's range, keeping consistency within the brand. Louis Wong, the spokesperson for the design team, says they kept things close to home...
  • A.P.C. Fall/Winter 2012 Collection
  • 16 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Speaking about the latest collection, Louis Wong (a spokesperson for the design team) said that they decided to stay close to home, taking inspiration from the "traditional bourgeois but a bit arty" people that roam the streets near...
  • Hermes Make A $2 Million Bag
  • 16 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Hermes have just created a bracelet in the shape of their classic Kelly bag, covered it with gold crocodile scales and encrusted it with 1,160 diamonds, leaving them with a piece of jewellery worth a staggering $2 million (approx....
  • Kanye West Fall/Winter 2012 Collection
  • 16 months ago · culture · 4 Comments
  • Kanye West's latest collection has been met with mixed (although mainly bad) reviews. The Fall/Winter 2012 collection revolves around black, white and tan and uses leather, fur and lace to create bondage-style collars and knee-length...
  • Our Legacy Stockholm Store
  • 16 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Continuing to expand at a rather astonishing rate, Swedish label Our Legacy have opened up yet another store, this time to cater for the increasingly hungry fashion scene in Stockholm. Designed by Arrhov Frick, the space seems cold...
  • PERCIVAL Spring/Summer 2012 Lookbook
  • 16 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • PERCIVAL, a clothing label founded in 2009 by designers and illustrators Chris Gove and Luke Stenzhorn, have released an SS12 lookbook. Once again the brand continue to focus on quality British workmanship (all their collections are...
  • Interview: Eugene Kan
  • 16 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Since it was founded in 2005 by Kevin Ma, digital culture & lifestyle magazine Hypebeast has continued to expand and now reaches over 3 million unique readers every month. Here we speak to Eugene Kan, their Managing Editor, about...
  • Ochre Barn
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Completed for a private client back in 2010 on a budget of £400,000, the Ochre Barn in Norfolk is a multi-purpose development which houses a retreat, studio space, and residential accommodation. Carl Turner Architects, who designed...
  • John's Phone
  • 16 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Now available to pre-order from Colette for 90 Euros, John's Phone (produced by John Doe agency in Amsterdam) is now possibly the most basic mobile phone in the world. All you can do on it is receive and make calls, that's it. No...
  • The Linear Clock
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Designed by Audun Ask Blaker, the Lineær clock initially looks like any other clock, but upon closer inspection you find out that the time is written on a continually rotating scroll, emphasising that time is in perpetuity. The simplicity...
  • Stefano Pilati Leaves YSL
  • 17 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • It's official. Stefano Pilati, the long serving creative director at YSL, has now officially stepped down, handing his position over to Hedi Slimane. Pilati's last collection with the high fashion label will drop on 5 March. Rumours...
  • Oscar Winners 2012
  • 17 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • The Artist, a silent film which we thought was absolutely fantastic, tied with the Martin Scorsese film Hugo at the 84th annual Academy Awards, with both taking home five awards. The overall victory was with The Artist, however, earning...
  • Tiffin Box
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • If you're in need of an sophisticated looking lunchbox, this tiffin box designer by Lorea Sinclaire could well be perfect for you. The two bowls, which have been cast in durable thin-walled ceramics, stack on top of each other and...
  • House in Aoto
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Located in Tokyo, Japan, this house has been designed around a central spiral staircase which enables inhabitants and guests to move through the building with ease, going up and down and from room to room at the same time. The total...
  • The Gentlewoman Issue Nº5
  • 17 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • For their fifth issue, the already massively popular magazine The Gentlewoman spoke to an array of "brilliant and inventive women" such as the actress/model Tilda Swinton, singer Sinéad O’Connor, Internet pioneer Martha Lane Fox,...
  • Interview: Chris McGuigan
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Chris McGuigan is the founder of Mini Title, a new creative agency representing Harley Weir, Robi Rodriguez, Carl Kleiner, Blommers & Schumm, William Selden, and other highly talented people. We spoke to him about setting up the agency...
  • Competition: Protein 2012 Calendar
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Granted, we're already two months into 2012 so it's a little late for choosing a calendar, but this one from our good friends at Protein not only works as a way of keeping track of the date - it also looks great on your wall. Designed...
  • Interview: Ben Rayner
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 20 Comments
  • In the lead up to the launch of photographer Ben Rayner's new book (UN)FAMILIAR at HUH. Store tomorrow night, we got in touch with the man himself and asked him a few questions about the project.
  • Thierry Mugler's NYC Penthouse
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • Located in Chelsea, New York, this penthouse belongs to fashion designer Thierry Mugler, but if you've got $8 million and like the look of it, it could soon be yours. Mugler recently put the 2 bedroom apartment on the market with...
  • All In One Spray Can
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Mister Solo, an artist living in Italy who apparently never ceases to amaze himself, has mocked up a concept spray can which can spray in three different colours, allowing the user to adjust how much of each (cyan, magenta, yellow)...
  • b Store & Liberty Temporary Space
  • 17 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Tonight sees the opening of a brand new temporary space in Liberty set up by our good friends at b Store. The installation space was designed by Tom Finch and Coville-Walker and will contain the new and exclusive b Store & Liberty...
  • Calais Skatepark
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • The large ferry town of Calais in France has found itself home to an amazing, spacious, all-wood skatepark designed by Bang Architects. The space, which used to be a peanut factory, is flooded with natural light and is very eco-friendly....
  • Noé Duchaufour Lawrance Ski Lodge
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • If being surrounded by the spectacular views of French ski resort St Martin de Belleville isn't enough for you, try adding a 5,700 sq foot ski lodge into the equation. Despite looking like a traditional stone and wood lodge from the...
  • Rumour: iPad 3 to be 8 Inch
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • OK, so maybe the iPad 3 won't exactly be miniature, but according to The Wall Street Journal (who have been leaking details about the iPad 3, received from anonymous sources), it could be 1.7 inches smaller than previous versions,...
  • Band of Outsider Autumn/Winter 2012
  • 17 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Band of Outsiders have just shown their latest Autumn/Winter collection on the catwalks of New York. Scott Sternberg, their head designer, has clearly been inspired by the wild west, adding in lots of boots and traditional prints,...
  • New York Penthouse
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Currently on the market for $19.5 million, this New York City penthouse located on Duane Street in Tribeca, Manhattan, features a private elevator, double height living room, a huge skylight and a fully landscaped private roof top...
  • Antilop for Coca-Cola
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • To mark the 125th anniversary of Coca-Cola, Antilop transformed Room 1 of Santralistanbul Gallery into a giant immersive environment. To create the room, the creative team used a 270-degree projection system, filling 90 sqm of wallspace.
  • Frank Leder Spring/Summer 2012 Collection
  • 17 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • This season's collection from German designer Frank Leder looks at travel as a major inspiration, specifically the emigration of Galicia (a community in northwest Spain) towards America. As a result all the designs are rooted in history,...
  • Rumour: Apple To Release iPad Mini
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • New reports by analyst Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research suggest that Apple may well be planning the release of a 7" tablet - basically an iPad mini - in an attempt to smack Kindle out of the eReader market. This report...
  • Fincube
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Studio Aisslinger - a Berlin-based architecture company, have designed the Fincube concept. The idea is that the home can easily be taken apart, transported, and quickly rebuilt on a new site - essentially making it a nomadic home....
  • Last Remaining Women's Sale
  • 17 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Most of the women's sale has gone, but (if you're the right size) you can still snap up an absolute bargain. Below we have remaining items from b Store, WeSC, and CTRL. b Store - Bree Upside Down Skirt. This warm black cotton and...
  • Video: Neon Indian - Fallout
  • 17 months ago · music · 0 Comments
  • Neon Indian has just released the new animated video for "Fallout" through Adult Swim. The video was directed by the Atlanta-based illustrator Lilfuchs, who has clearly been inspired by the many 80s cartoon of his childhood. The track...
  • Ogimachi Pharmacy
  • 17 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The Ogimachi Global Dispensing Pharmacy in Japan was designed by architects Ninkipen! in a way which allowed it to fit into a small, slim space between towering multi-storey buildings. Despite being made mostly from cold steel, the...
  • A.P.C. Spring/Summer 2012 Quilts
  • 18 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • New from A.P.C. come these Jessica Ogden and Jean Touitou designed Spring/Summer 2012 quilts. Each lovingly handmade piece features a wide range of colour combinations and patterns (like any good quilt should) and can now be purchased...
  • NY West Village Loft
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 8 Comments
  • Currently on the market for $19.5 million (although offers are coming in 40% lower at $12 million), this New York loft apartment was designed by renowned architect Michael Haverland who has thankfully left the space feeling industrial,...
  • 3D Beavis and Butt-head
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 8 Comments
  • Make-up effects artist Kevin Kirkpatrick, a man who's worked on TV shows like Arrested Development and How I Met Your Mother, has decided to make three-dimensional versions of Beavis & Butt-head. While clever and interesting, we're...
  • Trye Stool
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Made from just four parts, the Trye Stool by Paul Isabella is an example of "industrialized minimalism at its best." Featuring a cast iron base and a solid wood top, you can't get a piece of furniture more honest. Trained as a furniture...
  • Word Clock by Doug Jackson
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Doug Jackson, a man who works as a security consultant during the day, has designed a vinyl word clock which displays the time in an easy to read format using an LED display. The whole thing has been designed, assembled and tested...
  • Margaret Howell Autumn/Winter 2012
  • 18 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • British fashion designer Margaret Howell has unveiled her autumn/winter 2012 collection featuring lots of well-crafted, non-outlandish pieces to be worn in normal day to day life. A nice splash of colour here and there makes this...
  • Kitsuné Autumn/Winter 2012 Preview
  • 18 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • When Masaya Kuroki designed this collection for Kitsuné, he had the idea of a "very sophisticated chic man riding his bicycle in the city with a traditional outfit" running through his head. The result is a collection which adds a...
  • Video: Nike #makeitcount Campaign
  • 18 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • As part of their #makeitcount campaign, Nike have produced a new video which announced the release of a brand new "revolutionay" product "designed for all types of playmakers" such as skateboarders and basketball players. The official...
  • In Stock: Little Joe Nº3
  • 18 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • The third issue of bi-annual publication Little Joe - a selective and eclectic magazine "about queers and cinema" - commemorates the influential underground filmmaker George Kuchar, who sadly passed away in late 2011. You'll also...
  • Samsung Smart Window
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • We'll admit technology isn't our usual bag, but we've decided to make an exception for this - the Samsung Smart Window. Revealed at CES 2012, the device is a transparent one-way transparent touchscreen window which allows you check...
  • The BlancoWhite Series
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • The BlacoWhite series, designed by Estudi Arola, is a range of bookcases, shelves and benches, each featuring hidden LED strips that create a warm glow underneath the piece. All of the lights have been carefully arranged using micro...
  • Designs of the Year 2012
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The Design Museum have now announced the nominations for the Design of the Year awards, all of which will be on show at an exhibition opening on 8 February, 2012. The list so far is pretty long and comprehensive, so we've selected...
  • TUDOR Heritage Chrono
  • 18 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • In a very short time the Heritage Chrono has become the icon of the watch brand TUDOR. The design is inspired by the much-celebrated TUDOR Oysterdate Chronograph from the 70's, celebrating the vintage racing spirit of the original...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • HAYDANHUYA are a small company from Istanbul, Turkey, who hand make unique wood products including wallets, camera grips, bags, and kitchen utensils. Take a look at their full catalog here and some behind-the-scenes shots here.
  • Kanye West To Launch Design Company
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Today Kanye West announced the he will be launching a new design company named DONDA. The aim of the company will be to create "products and experiences" for people. The company will be sub-divided up into 22 different areas and will...
  • Zheng Yaohua
  • 18 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • According to Zheng Yaohua's biography, he didn't even begin considering photography as a serious artistic tool until he had worked as a writer, motion graphic designer, and video editor for more than ten years. Since taking up photography...
  • Bubble Calendar
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • If you're one of those people that likes nothing better than popping bubble wrap, this is the calendar for you. Created by Brooklyn-based designer Stephen Turbek, the four foot tall Bubble Calendar allows you to pop one day at a time...
  • Daily Pick: A.P.C. Quilted Wallet
  • 19 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Bringing in 2012, we've got a brand new daily post which will be aptly named "Daily Pick". As you might be able to guess from the name, each day we will select and feature an item which has a special place in our hearts. The item...
  • Sublime
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Released by the contemporary art and design publisher Gestalten, Sublime gives us a comprehensive look at the current trends in Japanese architecture. A quick browse through any popular architecture blog will let you know there are...
  • The Senescent Desk
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Feel like bringing a piece of the outside to the inside? Well, this desk from the Swedish-based designer Love Hultén could be the one for you. Name the Senescent Desk, the piece works a self-sufficient gardening system based on a...
  • New Google Engineering HQ
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Everyone always loves a good snoop around the offices over at Google, so here's a look at their new engineering HQ in London designed by Penson. As you can see, employees are encouraged to sketch on the walls and lounge on sofas....
  • New iPhone Design for Autumn 2012
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Rumours have begun to emerge that 2012 will see the release of an entirely new iPhone design. Sources have commented that the next generation model will be constructed from a rubber or plastic material that will probably border the...
  • New London Bus Design
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 17 Comments
  • Some new images of Thomas Heatherwick's London routemaster bus redesign have come to the surface. The new version of the iconic bus features two staircases and three doors - enabling travellers to once again hop on and off whenever...
  • Capa Desk
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by Reinhard Dienes Studio for design company Foundry Collection, the "Capa" desk aka. "Layers" desk (in Spanish), has been created to try and keep the studio environment free of messy cables and clutter.
  • Chevrolet Speedometer Designs
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Christian Annyas, a Dutch web designer and "online curator of all things typographic in cinema", has put together a selection of different Chevrolet speedometer designs from the past 100 years. To simplify things, the speedometer...
  • picNYC
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Designed by Haiko Cornelissen Architecten, picNYC brings a part of the rural life right to your table. The grass top also means you no longer need to worry about spillages - "Suddenly, spilling water becomes a necessity instead of...
  • House Industries for Hermes
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • All-round creatives House Industries have been commissioned by luxury French fashion label Hermès to create a wooden type-based window display for their flagship store in Tokyo. The main attraction is a solid cedar wood horse spelling...
  • Grafik To Cease Publication
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Despite coming under new ownership in February this year, Grafik magazine is set to cease publication once again - their last issue will be G193. The graphic design magazine's first owners went into administration in June 2010 after...
  • Ryan McGinley's Best Shot
  • 19 months ago · culture · 12 Comments
  • Speaking to The Guardian, New York photographer Ryan McGinley revealed what he believes to be his best ever shot. "It reminds me of The Wizard of Oz – but my own version, where Dorothy gets her clothes ripped off in the twister,"...
  • Forest Bath
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Forest Bath is an amazing new single-storey private home located in Nagano - a hilly area of Japan. Designed by Ozeki Architects & Associates, the home covers 768 sqm of land and has huge windows and clear, minimal, spaces, making...
  • Hidden Radio & Bluetooth Speaker
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • After posting their Hidden Radio concept on the Internet and receiving a phenomenal response, John VDN & Vitor Santa Maria have spent the last three years trying to make the product a reality. When the minimal speaker is asleep it...
  • Williams Studio
  • 19 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • Williams Studio is a new photographer's studio designed by gh3 and built above a boathouse on Stony Lake, Ontario, Canada. The space was built and designed with some basic concepts in mind - interior and exterior unity, material clarity,...
  • The Urban Umbrella
  • 20 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designed by Young-Hwan Choi and New York-based Agencie Group, the Urban Umbrella is a replacement for the ugly wood and steel scaffolding which cover pavements around construction areas. The design recently won the UrbanSHED competition,...
  • Kidrobot 3-Inch Animals
  • 20 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Kidrobot have produced an "ode to inflatables and the party art of balloon bending" with their new POP! Mini Series. The range features six different animals, each 3-inch tall and each made from a different metalised shade. Check...
  • Kim Jones Fashion Designer of the Year
  • 20 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Kim Jones has been named fashion designer of 2011 at the British Fashion Awards. After leaving his role at Dunhill to accompany Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton, Jones wow-ed the fashion world again, taking the award home for the third...
  • Lagerhaus Blog-Up Store
  • 20 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • In the lead up to Christmas we're all more familiar than ever with the concept of a pop-up store. Well, interior design retailer Lagerhaus have decided to take it one step further by opening the world's first ever Blog-Up Store. The...
  • Phillips de Pury Pop-Up
  • 20 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • In the lead up to Christmas Phillips de Pury & Company will be opening a pop-up shop full of unique works, limited-editions and prints by artists and designers such as Max Lamb, Martino Gamper, Michael Anastasiades, Tauba Auerbach,...
  • Patrick Norguet for McDonalds
  • 20 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Worldwide fast-food giant McDonalds have just commissioned designer Patrick Norguet to give their French restaurants a major facelift. Norquet's plan is to make the restaurants a place for families rather than teenagers, dividing...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 20 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Say What is a graphic design studio run by Benoit Berger and Nathalie Kapagiannidi in Paris, France. The pair deal with art direction, editorial design, branding and web design. Take a look at their current portfolio here as well...
  • Rumour: Thom Browne for H&M
  • 20 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • A few days ago we mentioned that H&M could possibly be planning a collaboration with Tom Ford, well, now American fashion designer Thom Browne has said he wouldn't rule out a partnership with the Swedish retailer either. Speaking...
  • Google Launch Music Store
  • 20 months ago · music · 0 Comments
  • The much anticipated Google Music Store has just gone live, marking the web giant's first attempt at moving across into the realm of music. The store has been designed to work hand-in-hand with their new cloud music solution, which...
  • The Chantal Table Lamp
  • 20 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The Chantal Table Lamp is a new piece of contemporary furniture designed by the American Stephen Burks for Ligne Roset. Even though the design is visually quite different, the design still retains the lamp's functionality and features...
  • Marc Jacobs' SS12 Line Stolen
  • 20 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Top designer Marc Jacobs has claimed that he has had his entire spring/summer 2012 collection stolen from a train in France. The brand made the announcement after canceling their press day on Wednesday. The press release read:
  • Plot 4328
  • 20 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Located in Kfardebian, Lebanon, Plot 4328 spans over 500 sqm of steep land, with a 10 meter drop between its road frontage and the lowest point of the site. The sloping plane at the back of the house leads residents and visitors up...
  • House NA
  • 20 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • House NA is a new construction in the suburbs of Tokyo designed by local practice Sou Fujimoto Architects. Designed with a "stack of boxes" in mind, each room of the house offers a small, loosely defined, unique space. These room...
  • Philips Eco Home Concept
  • 21 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Philips have created a concept for an eco home which helps to minimize waste by filtering, processing and recycling it instead. There are a total of six parts to the "biological machine" - the methane bio-digester (kitchen island),...
  • Frank Leder AW11 Collection
  • 21 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • German fashion designer Frank Leder, who studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and currently resides in Berlin, has just released his Autumn/Winter 2011 collection which is based on "The Inhabitants...
  • Lost & Found Furniture Store, Beijing
  • 21 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Located in Beijing, Lost & Found is a unique furniture store offering visitors a selection of mid-century furniture. The owners of the store say they are constantly inspired by the world around them. "The streets are filled with curious...
  • Trailer: Eames: The Architect and the Painter
  • 21 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • The preview for documentary Eames: The Architect and the Painter is now available to watch online through Apple. Directed by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey, the film is narrated by man-of-the-moment James Franco and tells the story of...
  • Ai Weiwei To Pay £1.5 Million In Tax
  • 21 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been ordered to pay 15m yuan (£1.5m) in tax by officials after being detained for almost three months this spring. After being released, Ai Weiwei told the Guardian that he did not owe any tax money,...
  • Twins
  • 21 months ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • If you're studying to become an architect, William O'Brien Junior will be no stranger to you. Having just won the 2011 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers, O'Brien went on to become a finalist at the MoMA...
  • Monocle Cafe Tokyo Opening
  • 21 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • A little while ago we posted about a Monocle Cafe which would soon be opening in Tokyo. Well, now that store is fully up and running. Housed in the basement of Hankyu Men's - a new eight floor department store aimed at the male shopper...
  • The Flatiron Building
  • 21 months ago · Art & Design · 19 Comments
  • Recently completed by the Eastern Design Office is The Flatiron Building - a unique apartment building constructed in the Youkaichi district in Shiga, Japan. Inspired by the shape of the land the property needed to be built on (no...
  • David Lynch for Supreme
  • 21 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • This week will see the release of five new t-shirt designs from Supreme, two of which will be designed by the film director David Lynch. One of the t-shirts will feature a drawing from Mr. Lynch, while the other will sport a still...
  • Ikea Olympic Eco-Homes
  • 21 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Giant Swedish furniture retailer Ikea have announced that they will be developing an eco-housing area next to the Olympic park in Stratford, London. There will be a total of 1,200 homes, each of which will run off the developments...
  • First Look: David Lynch's Club Silencio
  • 21 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • Filmmaker David Lynch has produced a small series of images capturing the self-designed interior of Club Silencio. The club itself is located six levels below ground at 142 rue Montmartre in Paris and was inspired by his film Mulholland...
  • Trailer: The Game of Things
  • 21 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Below is the trailer for a new fashion film entitled The Game of Things for the Hamburg-based designer Ethel Vaughn. The film is directed by Cristian Straub. Watch below.
  • George Condo: Mental States
  • 21 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Mental States - the first major retrospective of George Condo's work - has just opened at the Hayward Gallery in London after premiering to great critical acclaim at the New Museum in New York. Condo first rose to art world fame in...
  • Jeremy Scott, Adidas & 2NE1
  • 21 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • As part of his AW11 collection, fashion designer Jeremy Scott has hooked up with South Korean hip-hop/pop girl group 2NE1 to dream up the Adidas Originals JS Collage Wings shoes. The limited edition sneakers will be hitting select...
  • Video: Spike Jonze - Mourir Aupres de Toi
  • 21 months ago · film · 1 Comment
  • Yesterday, NOWNESS.com premiered a new short film from the celebrated filmmaker Spike Jonze. Made in collaboration with Olympia Le-Tan, the short sees her embroidered clutch bags (made in the design of famous books) spring to life...
  • Damien Hirst Spin Paintings
  • 21 months ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • British artist Damien Hirst has created two new "spin paintings" which, funnily enough, give the viewer the feeling of spinning. Entitled Beautiful Sunflower and Beautiful Fractional Sunflower, the paintings feature components taken...
  • Carhartt WIP Rome Store
  • 21 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Carhartt WIP (Work In Progress) have just opened up a brand new store on Via Delle Convertite in Rome. Furnished and designed by Italy's very own architect Andrea Caputo, the store is a simple, clean retail environment with a great...
  • Sofia Coppola for Louis Vuitton
  • 21 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Director (Somewhere, Lost in Translation) and actress Sofia Coppola has once again teamed up with high-fashion label Louis Vuitton to produce their 2012 Resort collection. Designed in collaboration with Vuitton studio design director...
  • Opening Soon: HUH. Store
  • 21 months ago · culture · 7 Comments
  • For the past two months we've been extremely busy working away on an exciting new project, which we are now proud to announce - a HUH. store. The store will be located in east London and will offer a carefully selected range of men's...
  • Letterheady
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Expanding on its older sibling Letters of Note, Letterheady is a blog which pays "online homage to offline correspondence." Unlike Letters of Note however, this blog doesn't care about the contents of the letter - just its design....
  • My Writing Desk
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Designed by etc. etc., My Writing Desk was created to help people keep their desk organised. The piece features storage troughs on three sides of the table top, allowing for messy papers, notebooks, magazines, pens and cables to be...
  • Jack Daniel's Re-Design
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • Cue, an agency based in Minneapolis, were recently tasked with the tricky challenge of re-designing the bottles for the iconic whiskey brand Jack Daniel's. The new packaging appears to be a little more masculine and has a trimmed...
  • Jil Sander Mobile
  • 22 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Jil Sander has just launched her very own smartphone, aptly named the Jil Sander Mobile. The handheld device has been produced in collaboration with LG and features a sleek, black design with accents of Sander's trademark electric...
  • 100 Days Boutique
  • 22 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • The Danish designer Henrik Vibskov has created a new touring pop-up store that will be open in one location for just 100 days at a time. Name the 100 Days Boutique, the store has just opened in Berlin and features a range of his winter...
  • The Ravenscroft Desk
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • The Ravenscroft desk, designed by Leonhard Pfeifer, recently launched at Maison & Objet in Paris. Characterised by functionality, essentiality of form, and purity of materials, the desk has been designed in such a way that makes it...
  • Daft Punk and Coca-Cola
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Daft Punk continue their collaboration with Coca-Cola by releasing a new set of limited edition bottles featuring distinguished 925 silver and 18k gold logo branding, along with “Daft Punk” custom caps. The bottles, of which there...
  • The Floating House
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 58 Comments
  • Built literally on Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada, by MOS Architects, Floating House is a private dwelling produced in such a way that it is unaffected by the lakes' drastically varying water levels. From month-to-month, year-to-year,...
  • James Perse Limited Edition Pool Table
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Having released a table tennis table in the past, James Perse are back, this time with a beautifully crafted limited edition pool table made from environmentally farmed teak. Just like the table tennis table (which actually wasn't...
  • Alexander Wang for Dior?
  • 22 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • According to fashion website Fashionista, Alexander Wang is in the running to become Dior's new head designer, replacing John Galliano after the recent controversy. Other designers rumored to be up for the position include Marc Jacobs...
  • MUR House
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • Designed by the Tokyo-based firm Apollo Architects & Associates, MUR is a private dwelling located in Yokohama, Japan. Built in the residential area of the city, the design is formed from a "box inside a box" concept, making room...
  • Apple Design Book
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • A new book to be released by German publisher Hatje Cantz will feature over 200 examples of groundbreaking designs from Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Jonathan Ive. Having been at the helm since 1997, Ive has...
  • Adidas Laces Office
  • 22 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The team over at Adidas Germany have just moved into their new corporate headquarters in Herzogenaurach. Designed by KINZO and named "Laces", the building combines he highest functional needs with a stunning aesthetic and features...
  • YMC Autumn/Winter 2011 Lookbook
  • 22 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • London label You Must Create aka. YMC have unveiled their autumn/winter 2011 lookbook and newly designed online store. The warm collection features knitwear, anoraks, parkas, camo trousers, jackets and more, perfectly combining style...
  • Stussy Deluxe Fall 2011 Lookbook
  • 22 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Original Stussy tribe member Jules Gayton has jumped in front of the camera for the latest lookbook from the streetwear label. Gayton was originally born in London, but moved to the US during the 80s to study at the Pepperdine University...
  • Nike Holiday Collection: Rain
  • 22 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • With rain possibly being the most unpleasant weather condition to run in, Nike have released a specially designed "Rain" collection for Holiday 2011. The Storm Fly X Max jacket is fitted with Storm-Fit 10 fabric, a material which...
  • Details: Kanye West's Fashion Line
  • 22 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Rumours continue to spread about Kanye West's supposed upcoming womenswear collection with Grazia Daily and nymag both reporting that West has begun work on his ready-to-wear collection under the guidance of British designer Louise...
  • Happy Socks Autumn/Winter 2011 Lookbook
  • 22 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Swedish sock label Happy Socks have just released a new lookbook showcasing their their autumn/winter 2011 collection. This season's range features a number of brightly coloured all-over patterns which see traditional geometric, argyle...
  • Carhartt Heritage Autumn/Winter 2011
  • 22 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • A new lookbook from classic American workwear brand Carhartt showcases their latest heritage line. The series also marks the line's 100th year of production. To commemorate this rather special occasion, a uniquely designed tag has...
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • 22 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • Summary: Amongst the machinations of the Cold War, ex-MI6 agent George Smiley returns from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet informant within "The Circus." Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of John le Carre's 1974 Cold War novel boasts...
  • New York Fashion Week: Perry Ellis
  • 23 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • For spring/summer 2012 unpretentious sportswear designer Perry Ellis has employed a selection of neutral tones and soft pastel colours, utilising linens and gentle cottons to create pieces perfect for an early year retreat. Lightweight...
  • Tres Bien Shop & Mark McNairy
  • 23 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Très Bien Shop & footwear designer Mark McNairy have once again teamed together to present a new navy suede country brogue, a classic British model with a suede upper and crepe sole. The luxury isn't just for show either - the shoes...
  • TrollHunter
  • 23 months ago · film · 4 Comments
  • Summary: Three Norwegian college students begin making a documentary about an alleged bear poacher, who, they learn over the course of the film, is actually a troll hunter. After learning of the existence of trolls, and the government...
  • Hunting and Collecting Store Redesign
  • 23 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Hunting and Collecting, a clothing store located in Brussels, Belgium, have given us an inside look at their new, ultra-minimalistic store layout for the autumn/winter 2011 season. Showcasing a mix of contemporary fashion, culture,...
  • Karl Lagerfeld & Orrefors Glassware
  • 23 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Swedish glassware manufacturer Orrefors have collaborated with the fashion mogul and and Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld to create a futuristic, clean-lined, subtle range of glassware which spanning several different uses...
  • John Galliano Found Guilty
  • 23 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • The flamboyant fashion designer John Galliano, who until earlier this year was at the helm of French high-fashion label Christian Dior as well as his own namesake line, has been found guilty of "public insults based on origin, religious...
  • Beck's Green Box Project
  • 23 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The Beck's Green Box Project is the world's first ever global Augmented Reality Gallery and an international commissioning project on a gigantic scale. Over the course of three years, hundreds of artists, musicians, and designers...
  • Derringer Cycles
  • 23 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Derringer Cycles, a creation of renowned industrial designer Adrian Van Anz, have released a range of motorcycles inspired by 1920s board track racers. Each cycle of the "Bespoke Collection" is unique and built to match the exact...
  • Video: Dior Homme's The Wanderer
  • 23 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Belgian fashion photographer Willy Vanderperre made a short film to present Dior Homme's Autumn 2011 collection. "The Wanderer" features Danish model Victor Nylander who's standing around and doing some goofy dances to show off Dior...
  • Marc Jacobs Exhibition in Milan
  • 23 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Next month Louis Vuitton will be unveiling a brand new exhibition paying tribute to their creative director Marc Jacobs - perhaps as a thank you before he leaves for Dior? The show will be taking place at Milan's Triennale during...
  • A.P.C. Beijing Store
  • 23 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Continuing to expand at an exponential rate, A.P.C. have opened a new retail store in Beijing, China. Located within the Sanlitun Village shopping district, the store was designed by the French architect Laurent Deroo and features...
  • House In Seya
  • 23 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Designed by architects Suppose Design Office, "House in Seya" is the home of a Japanese florist. Experimenting with the way nature and architecture interact, the house features spaces which are neither rooms nor gardens and is intended...
  • Video: Lanvin Autumn 2011 Campaign
  • 23 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • The latest video from Lanvin reveals the French high fashion label's sense of humour, featuring a number of models (Karen Elson, Raquel Zimmermann and Steven Meisel, and later on Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz) dancing along to "I Know...
  • Warstic Pantone Baseball Bats
  • 23 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • To separate themselves from the competition a little, the Texas-based Warstic Wood Bat Company have taken a colourful approach to their new range, detailing their maple and ash sluggers with bright Pantone dips. "There are very few...
  • Video: St. Vincent - Cruel
  • 23 months ago · music · 1 Comment
  • Directed by short film maker Terri Timely - "Cruel" is the first video from St. Vincent's upcoming album Strange Mercy, due out 12 September, 2011. The Huffington Post premiered the video alongside a write up from Annie Clark (St....
  • David Byrne: Social Media
  • 23 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Among other artists, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will be showing work at "Social Media" - an exhibition that opens at New York's Pace Gallery next month. Byrne's series is made up from fake, satirical, iPhone apps he...
  • Video: Slow Magic - Corvette Cassette
  • 23 months ago · music · 0 Comments
  • Designer and filmmaker Brendan Canty - also known as Feel Good Lost - directed this video for Slow Magic's Corvette Cassette. He used water footage samples to accompany the mellow chillwave tunes. Take a look below.
  • Peter Gregson for Coca-Cola
  • 23 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Graphic designer Peter Gregson has designed a series of collectable Coca-Cola cans to celebrate the brand's 125th anniversary this year. The Serbian designer referenced vintage Coca-Cola ads and posters from the '30s and '40s to create...
  • Trailer: Passion Of The Craft
  • 23 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Short documentary Passion Of The Craft first started when BANDIT - a strategic ideas agency in Copenhagen - realised their clients rarely understand the link between the lives of their consumers, and their brand. Because of this they...
  • Grain Design Utility Card
  • 23 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Created by collaborative design studio Grain, the Utility Card uses a word search puzzle to hide over 100 classic well wishes, making it ready for use for any occasion. All you have to do is circle the desired sentiment. If the word...
  • Folk Mayfair Store
  • 23 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Contemporary clothing label Folk have just opened up their fourth store in London, this time in the heart of Mayfair. The 800 sq ft space stocks a full range of menswear, as well as a selection of women's footwear, with the full women's...
  • Mark McNairy Wholecut Derby Shoe
  • 24 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • Footwear designer Mark McNairy has just dropped his latest design - a series of Wholecut Derby Shoes produced in full grain leather. The shoes come in both black and brown and are made entirely from one panel - a process generally...
  • Watch The Throne Pop-Up
  • 24 months ago · music · 0 Comments
  • Watch The Throne, the collaborative album from Jay-Z and Kanye West which is available in physical form from today, is now for sale through a pop-up store on Mulberry Street in New York City's SoHO neighbourhood. The store's façade...
  • A Look Inside Joya Fragrance Studio
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Jennifer Causey of The Makers Project has given us a unique look inside Joya Studio - a fragrance design studio based in Brooklyn, NY, who hand pour their own candles and bars of soap, as well as blending fine fragrances and diffuser...
  • First Look: Odd Future's Book
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • Just incase you haven't had enough of OFWGKTA - they're now releasing a new book called Golf Wang with publisher PictureBox. The book has been entirely created by the band and their circle of friends and will feature their own photography,...
  • Kanye West & Giuseppe Zanotti
  • 24 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • British newspaper The Telegraph have reported that Kanye West may well be collaborating with women's shoe maker Giuseppe Zanotti. Apparently West is working on a line of stilettos: "Kanye is always here in my factory. In the last...
  • Fred Perry & Amy Winehouse Collection
  • 24 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • The British clothing label Fred Perry have announced they will be releasing an Amy Winehouse collection that the late singer designed shortly before her death. After consulting with Winehouse's family, Fred Perry issued a statement...
  • Video: KAWS & Hennessy
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Lifestyle blog SLAMXHYPE recently spoke to artist KAWS about his collaboration with the cognac brand Hennessy. In the video, the Brooklyn-based artist discusses the project, in which he re-designed their bottle labelling, but also...
  • Anish Kapoor for Illy Coffee
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Coffee brand Illy have teamed up with the renowned British sculptor Anish Kapoor to create a set of espresso coffee cups. Kapoor has played around with the traditional form of the cup and "subverted its use: by placing the platinum...
  • Wood Wood Flagship
  • 24 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • The Danish streetwear retailer Wood Wood have just opened their new flagshop store in downtown Copenhagen. As well as stocking labels like Comme des Garcons, the space will also house their own collection, created by in-house designer...
  • Barcode House
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • Located in Washington, D.C., Barcode House is a new design from David Jameson Architect which explores the juxtoposition between the heady and light, the old and the new. According to the architects, the client's desire for a transparent...
  • The Hoxton Window Project
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Noticed that the office windows around London's Hoxton Square have had a bit of an artistic makeover? Well, it's all the work of creative production company Unit9, who have been commissioning visual artists as part of The Hoxton Window...
  • Hitchcock's First Film Discovered
  • 24 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • It has been announced that the first 30 minutes of The White Shadow, a 1923 silent film which is widely considered to be the first credit by Alfred Hitchcock, has been discovered. Although the film was actually directed by Graham...
  • Head Porter Plus Autumn/Winter 2011
  • 24 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Head Porter Plus have given us a look at the latest designs for the label's autumn/winter 2011 collection, which includes some warm coloured, comfy-looking flannel shirts, heavy knits, t-shirts, chinos and leather belts. Everything...
  • House Among Trees
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • House Among Trees is a 1,442 sq ft house completed in 2007 by architects Martin Fernandez de Lema and Nicolas Moreno Deutsch. The house, which is located in Mar Azul - a small coastal settlement near Buenos Aires in Argentina, was...
  • Sophnet Autumn/Winter 2011
  • 24 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Sophnet, a Japanese clothing brand designed and created by Hirofumi Kiyonaga, have just released their autumn/winter 2011 collection which finds a middle ground between casual workwear and sophistication. Take a look below.
  • BOXPARK
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Conceived by Roger Wade, the ex-owner of clothing label Boxfresh, Boxpark is set to be the world's first temporary shopping center. Located in Shoreditch, east London, the "pop-up mall" will be entirely made from shipping containers,...
  • Margaret Howell Autumn/Winter 2011 Campaign
  • 24 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Following from a preview of the range early in the year, British label/fashion designer Margaret Howell has now released a full look at the Autumn/Winter 2011 range through a campaign shot by photographer Alasdair McLellan. Look out...
  • Comme des Garcons Design Shop
  • 24 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Comme des Garcons have opened a new concept space in Tokyo, Japan, which plays host to a number of classic items set to stand the test of time. Curated by Kenmei Nagaoka, the shop will feature everything from clothing, furniture,...
  • Nobis House
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Located near to the city of Munich in Germany, Nobis house is a beautiful, minimal house designed by architect Susanne Nobis for her and her family. Sitting beside Lake Starnberg, the building acts as both a private residence and...
  • ABSOLUT BLANK
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • In collaboration with 18 artists from all around the world, ABSOLUT vodka have introduced ABSOLUT BLANK - a creative movement which involves films, prints, events and a digital art piece that "lives and evolves in your mobile phone."
  • Advertising Takeover App
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Hate having to look at advertisements everywhere you go? Well, thanks to Will Sherman you can now replace all those adverts with a curated collection of original street art, as long as you're willing to constantly look through your...
  • Fuse-Atelier House
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Tokyo-based architects Fuse-Atelier have created a new three-storey private house conceived for a couple who collect a lot of furniture. As such, the house revolves around a central double-storey living room which has been designed...
  • Nan Goldin's Best Shots
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Massively influential photographer Nan Goldin recently spoke to British newspaper The Guardian about the best shots she's taken during her career, which spans almost 40 years. About the photograph below Goldin said:
  • Video: Behind-The-Scenes at Mark McNairy
  • 24 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Below is a new behind-the-scenes video released by footwear brand/designer Mark McNairy. The short clip gives us a look at what went on during the shoot for the Spring/Summer 2012 lookbook and provides a peek at the latest pieces....
  • SHN House
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • SHN is a new two storey house designed by a Tokyo-based architecture firm called OUVI. The house itself is located in the the suburbs of Nagoya City in Japan, where many of the cities businessmen live. The architects' initial idea...
  • NY & LA Side Tables
  • 24 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • If you're one of those people who like to let everyone know what city they're from (and you're from NYC or LA…) you might want to consider investing in one of these side tables from Faktura Design. The design company, who are known...
  • Video: Neon Indian - Heart: Decay
  • 24 months ago · music · 2 Comments
  • Following from the release of the video for "Heart: Attack", the first installment of a "three-part instrumental movement" that appears of the album Era Extraña, Neon Indian has released part II - "Heart: Decay". The video was shot...
  • DR.S House
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 12 Comments
  • Japanese architecture studio SOY have just completed a large airy multi-story house for a single family living in Sendai, Japan. To eliminate the needs for walls, partitions, and doors, the house was conceived as a composition of...
  • Herschel Supply Co. Autumn 2011 Lookbook
  • 25 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • Bag manufacturers Herschel Supply Co. was founded with the goal of bringing high-quality, well-designed bags to the market. Taking their inspiration from vintage mountaineering equipment, American heritage, world travel, and fashion,...
  • New Kitsune T-Shirts
  • 25 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • French clothing and record label Kitsuné have just released a bunch of new t-shirts with designs from graffiti artist André, IS TROPICAL, Carine Brancowitz and more… The t-shirts are all made in Japan out of jersey cotton and are...
  • Tom Ford Autumn/Winter 2011 Lookbook
  • 25 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • The latest lookbook from Tom Ford gives us a look at the designers produce line for the upcoming winter months, with plenty of fine detailing and, of course, the utilisation of fine fabrics. Most of the collection features big shoulders,...
  • House of Santa Teresa
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Designed by Sao Paulo-based architects SPBR, this 5,182 sq ft contemporary home, located on a hill 125m above sea level in Santa Teresa, offers breathtaking panoramic views of Pão de Açucar, Guanabara Bay, and the world-famous Christ...
  • Pantheon Nube
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Spanish architecture studio Clavel Arquitectos have created a rather unusual mausoleum in Murcia, Spain. The tomb is made out of onyx and marble and has a zigzag façade with handleless doors - the entrance is secret and the façade...
  • Keds & Mark McNairy
  • 25 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • American shoe label Keds, established in 1916, have collaborated with American designer Mark McNairy to bring back their "Booster" model. The casual, sporty shoe has been given McNairy's signature preppy sensibilities to create an...
  • Video: Birkwin Jersey - Sixes and Nines
  • 25 months ago · music · 2 Comments
  • Nathaniel Whitcomb, a self-named designer/artist/musicphile/blogger/digital explorer, created this video for Birkwin Jersey's song "Sixes and Nines". Whitcomb used footage from Baraka, a film by Ron Fricke, that he calls "the most...
  • Sam Hofman
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Gloucestershire-born Sam Hofman is a talented young photographer now living and working in east London. Specialising in food, product, and object photography, Hofman collaborates with set designers like Sarah Parker and food stylists...
  • Tres Bien Shop Renovated Malmo Store
  • 25 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Contemporary retailer Très Bien Shop have just finished renovating their Malmö store and headquarters, collaborating with Arrhov Frick, who also designed the interior for Welcome, their Stockholm location. The new design of the space,...
  • Roll-Up Rooftop
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Anyone who has their own rooftop garden should definitely consider copying this beautifully curved roof patio and garden space in the heart of Manhattan, even if you don't have the surrounding views of NYC. The custom curved forms,...
  • A.P.C. New Rue Royal Store
  • 25 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • French label A.P.C. have just opened their latest store at 23 Rue Royale in their hometown of Paris, marking the brand's seventh store in the French capital city. Designed by Laurent Deroo, the architect behind Dover Street Market...
  • Fleet Ilya Leather Visors
  • 25 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Fleet Ilya are a relatively young label founded by Russian-born Ilya Fleet, who has a background in traditional saddle-making, and Resha Sharma, who studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins in London. Since starting out in...
  • Video: Buck 65 - Superstars Don't Love
  • 25 months ago · music · 1 Comment
  • Filmmaker Travis Hopkins has created the beginnings of an unofficial music video for "Superstars Don't Love" by Buck 65. Even though the one-and-a-half minute long video only covers the track's first verse, it still features over...
  • Man & Machine: Peter Leadbeater
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • In recent years there has been a huge return to natural, often wooden, furniture products. Peter Leadbeater is one of the masters in this craft, using a chainsaw to transform and breath new life into existing wood, otherwise destined...
  • Christopher Kane SS12 Men's Collection
  • 25 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Below is a closer look at Christopher Kane's men's Spring/Summer 2012 collection, following from his first ever men's collection last year. The line expands upon the previous line, which was predominantly t-shirts and hoodies, by...
  • Tom Ford: How To Be A Gentleman
  • 25 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Co-founder of Dazed & Confused Jefferson Hack recently interviewed fashion designer Tom Ford as the cover story for Another Magazine's SS11 issue. During the interview Ford, who directed A Single Man, gave five tips on "how to be...
  • It's Nice That Issue 6
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Art & design blog It's Nice That have released the first images of their sixth print magazine, due for release on 14 July. The issue, like others, features a great selection of unseen interviews and features as well as a selection...
  • Terence Conran Funds Design Museum Move
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Designer Terence Conran, who will turn 80-years-old this year, will be giving a huge gift of approx. £17.5m to help London's Design Museum move six mile west. Although the Design Museum are very happy with the building they're currently...
  • Cassette Playa Spring/Summer 2012
  • 25 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Cassette Playa, a label born during the new rave period, have released their Spring/Summer 2012 collection. Featuring bold colours and patterns, the "Human Katamari" range is exactly what you'd expect from designer Carri Mundene,...
  • N SKY C
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Mike Bodge, "an internet minded human and entrepreneur located in New York", has created N SKY C, a new project that takes a photograph of the New York skyline every 5 minutes and then posts it to the website, which reduces each image...
  • Margaret Howell Spring/Summer 2012 Lookbook
  • 25 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • A lookbook featuring all the men's summer blazers, knitwear, jeans, and shorts that Margaret Howell just present at Paris Fashion Week has been released. The British clothing designer's new range is classic, traditional and easy to...
  • Hermes Bracelet Campaign
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The latest ad campaign from French high-fashion house Hermès sees their new collection of bracelets incorporated into great paintings by the likes of Gauguin, Ingres, and Courbet. Take a look below.
  • Jeremy Dower
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Jeremy Dower is a Melbourne-based character and motion designer who creates digital 2D paintings using Photoshop. The series he made of hologramic drawings featuring cuddly animals with a rather creepy-crawly vibe to them was inspired...
  • Malthus, A Meal A Day
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • I doubt many of our readers are constantly thinking about the population bomb, wondering how on earth we are going to be able to feed all those mouths in the future, but just in case you were, you'll be glad to hear Conceptual Devices...
  • The Serpentine Gallery's New Pavilion
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Yesterday saw the grand unveiling of the Serpentine Gallery's new pavilion in London's Kensington Gardens. Designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, who won the Pritzker Prize in 2009, the space aims to act as a still place where...
  • Donhou Track Bike
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Tokyo Fixed Gear, a bicycle shop based in London's Soho, have just taken stock of Tom Donhou's latest bespoke track bike, made using Reynolds 853 standard size tubes, dropped seat stays, sleeved and C notched chain stays, hand cut...
  • Wright Conversion House
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Elmo Swart Architects have created "Wright Conversion", an unusually shaped house in Durban, South Africa, which uses a modern form and structure to both blend in and contrast with the surrounding picturesque landscape. Initially,...
  • Paris Men's Fashion Week: Raf Simons SS12
  • 25 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Raf Simons' latest collection mixes masculine, hard-lined shapes with pastel colours and floral prints, creating outfits that combine formal black trousers with lightweight, playfully plaid overcoats. Of course, the designer's signature...
  • Nike 1948 Re-Opening Recap
  • 25 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • The other night saw of the re-opening of Nike's east London concept store 1948. The space, which now predominantly aims to act as a place for young creatives to hang out, has had a dramatic re-design and now features four huge screens...
  • Vans Chukka Bardenas LX
  • 25 months ago · culture · 6 Comments
  • The Vans Vault line have a brand new addition coming this autumn - the Chukka Bardenas LX, a suede bodied shoe with inspiration coming from the iconic original Chukka design. The shoe has clearly been stripped right back to its core...
  • Brodmann Table Tennis Blades
  • 25 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Brodmann Blades have come up with an entirely new table tennis blade, made using two paddle faces (a front and a back) with a gap between for you to put your hand. You simply "wear it like a glove." According to the company there...
  • Nike 1948 Re-Opens
  • 25 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Tonight sees the re-opening of Nike 1948, an east London concept store that originally opened in 2008 with the aim of fusing sport and culture. The store has undergone an extensive re-design, with a new mezzanine level providing the...
  • Lucky Drops House
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 10 Comments
  • Atelier Tekuto architects have created a ridiculously small house in Tokyo, Japan. With its ten feet wide and three stories tall design "Lucky Drops" fits perfectly into the Japanese micro-home movement. The house is built on a extremely...
  • b Magazine Issue 4
  • 26 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • British Savile Row-based fashion label b Store have just launched "Heat Wave" - the fourth issue of their seasonal magazine. Among other things, the beautifully fresh Spring/Summer 2011 issue includes a shoot by Harley Weir, a feature...
  • Milan Fashion Week: Jil Sander Spring 2012
  • 26 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • For Spring 2012, fashion designer Raf Simons has taken Jil Sander in a decidedly dark direction, styling the models with slick wet hair and dressing them in minimal black and blue silhouettes which were highlighted by high-waisted...
  • Nike Swoosh Turns 40
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Unfortunately we're two days late on this, but the 18 June marked the 40th anniversary of the Nike "Swoosh" logo. Back in 1971 Carolyn Davidson, a young graphic design student at Portland State University was approached by Phil Knight,...
  • Casey Key Guest House
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 13 Comments
  • TOTeMS Architecture studio have designed this guest residence in Casey Key, Florida. The house is built on a barrier island where it is surrounded by oak trees. The owner asked lead architect Jerry Sparkman to built "a house in the...
  • The Magritte House
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 9 Comments
  • If you always dreamed of living in a sterile, cell-like space, perhaps the Magritte house by Japanese design studio Atelier Tekuto is the one for you. Located in a densely populated Tokyo neighbourhood, the tiny house is situated...
  • Nike+ NYC Infographic
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • A class studying Interaction at New York's School of Visual Arts recently set about creating an infographic based on a 500,000-point dataset of Nike+ users in New York. Between 7 September and 12 December 2010, the 1000 user tracked...
  • Airbus Concept Cabin
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Aviation company Airbus have just unveiled a new concept plane which features a transparent bird bone-mimicking cabin, a virtual golf course, and even virtual changing rooms for shopping. Proposed to go into production in 2050, the...
  • Eastpak Returnity Pack
  • 26 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • For their latest range of bags, entitled the Returnity Pack, Eastpak took a look at their own archive and decided to reproduce some original designs from 1976. The contemporary update of the original poly cotton pack pretty much maintains...
  • FriendsWithYou (done)
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Last week, Miami duo FriendsWithYou opened their first solo show at The Hole, New York. The exhibition is entitled ":)" and makes visitors wander into an interactive, experiential wonderland of pop-straction and participation. FriendsWithYou...
  • FriendsWithYou (done)
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Last week, Miami duo FriendsWithYou opened their first solo show at The Hole, New York. The exhibition is entitled ":)" and makes visitors wander into an interactive, experiential wonderland of pop-straction and participation. FriendsWithYou...
  • FriendsWithYou
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Last week, Miami duo FriendsWithYou opened their first solo show at The Hole, New York. The exhibition is entitled ":)" and makes visitors wander into an interactive, experiential wonderland of pop-straction and participation. FriendsWithYou...
  • Slowpoke Café
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • French graphic designer & visual artist Anne-Sophie Poirier, who's working under the name Sasufi, has designed the fitout for the Slowpoke Espresso Café in Melbourne, Australia. The eyecatcher is a twelve metre-long wall made out...
  • Video: Columbus - Hubble
  • 26 months ago · music · 0 Comments
  • Designer Alex Dueckminor calls the video he made for Munich-based Columbus's new single "Hubble" a mix between tropical mysticism, 90s dance videos, cheap 3D animation, and a summertime fruit cult. Do we need to say more? Take a look...
  • Family Bench
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Spanish designer Valentin Garal has created a bench with an integrated bird cage. The "Family Bench" is hand-crafted and made out of solid willow and first quality leather. Garal designed the bench for Mexico City-based furniture...
  • Sanomagic Wooden Bicycle
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • Since 2008 Sueshiro Sana, a ninth-generation Japanese shipwright, has produced eleven beautifully hand-crafted wooden bikes out of mahogany. This isn't just the frame either - by drawing inspiration using techniques learnt whilst...
  • Hermes Furniture Collection
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • Hermés have released a preview of the contemporary ultra-luxurious furniture collection they will be releasing this coming September. As you can see, everything has a clean, refined and minimal feel to it and rather reminds us of...
  • Teaser: KiD CuDi's Maniac Video
  • 26 months ago · music · 1 Comment
  • KiD CuDi has released a teaser for the soon to be released video for his track "Maniac", once again directed by young actor Shia LaBeouf. From the looks of it, the video will be more of a black-and-white short film than a regular...
  • Fogo Island Artist Studios
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Norwegian architect studio Saunders Architecture were asked by The Shorefast Foundation and the Fogo Island Arts Corporation to design a series of six artist studios on Fogo Island, Canada. The aim was to preserve the Islander traditions...
  • Parra - Take a Rest
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Belgian company Toykyo, who specialise in producing artist designed products, have just released the latest item from Dutch graphic artist Parra. "Take a Rest" has been produced in a limited run of 70 units, and that's 70 in total...
  • MAKR Horizon Two Wallet
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • US-based Makr Carry Goods, a company founded by Jason Gregory that designs and produces high quality leather goods, have created the Horizon Two Wallet. The two-pocket wallet is made of unwaxed, tan saddle leather and is hand sewn,...
  • Jarson Residence
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Architecture studio Will Bruder + Partners have designed this beautiful house in Arizona, USA. The Jarson Residence is built for a family of four and is embedded in the desert wash of the Paradise Valley. The sculptural form of the...
  • V-House
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The traditional "dolls house" roof was originally designed so that rain water could happily run down and off the house, right? Well GAAGA architects from the Netherlands have decided to scrap all that and create the V-House - a building...
  • Established & Sons' Loaf
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • London-based furniture and accessory company Established & Sons have just unveiled their latest product - Loaf. The simple yet clever natural beech wood bread bin was inspired by existing bentwood remnants, while the three holes in...
  • Anish Kapoor: Ascension
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Ascension is a new site-specific artwork by Anish Kapoor, a British sculptor of Indian birth. The installation piece is currently on show at this year's Venice Bienniale and explores the transience of smoke by creating a rising column...
  • La Ruta del Peregrino
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • For this year's La Ruta del Peregrino (Pilgrim's Route) a group of seven designers, artists and architects created various shelters, viewpoints and sanctuaries along the 117 km route. The walk takes you through the mountain range...
  • Mountain Dew Skate Pinball
  • 26 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • All in the name of advertising, PepsiCo subsidiary Mountain Dew have created a giant skatepark in the design of a pinball machine. The park is situated in New Zealand and, after a month of building, painting, and testing, has opened...
  • Eaves & Attic House
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • This stunning, slim new house was designed by Japanese architects ON design partners (Osamu Nishida, Takanori Ineyama, Rie Yanai). Situated on a hilly site in Tokyo, next to a cliff and surrounded by trees, ON design had to do the...
  • Mt. Rainier Camera Bags
  • 26 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • If you're in the market for a camera bag, you should take a look at what Japanese company Mt. Rainier have to offer. Inspired by the great North West and made using 60/40 fabric, this camera bag, which comes in two colours, provides...
  • Vans California Autumn 2011 Collection
  • 26 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Vans have just released a bunch of new sneakers as part of their Vans California Autumn 2011 Collection, which include the Chukka Decon, Authentic One Piece, Era Reissue and the Chukka del Barco. All of the silhouettes come in a number...
  • Terry Richardson for Mercedes-Benz
  • 26 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • The guys over at Mercedes-Benz have just released a new worldwide campaign, shot by photographer Terry Richardson and starring supermodel Jessica Stam. The commercial is for their new Concept A-Class, a car which takes its design...
  • Roberu & Blue Horizon
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Japanese leather brand Roberu have teamed up with their fellow countrymen from surfshop Blue Horizon and created a small capsule collection. The Blue Horizon x Leather Factory Roberu line consists of a five-pocket leather wallet,...
  • House O
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Japanese studio Jun Igarishi Architects have designed a rather unusual house in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. The single-storey residence is composed of multiple box-likes volumes and explores a new living space arrangement. "Each program...
  • b Store Open Two Pop-Up Shops
  • 26 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Last weekend saw the opening of two new temporary shops from b Store - one in London's Selfridges, the other in Printemps, a French department store. The London pop-up features a timber frame structure designed by Tom Finch and houses...
  • The Mörel Space
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Our good friends over at Mörel Books have just opened a temporary new space on central London's Kingley Street. As well as functioning as a bookshop and gallery, the Mörel Space will also be acting as a place for independent publishers,...
  • Limited Edition Table Tennis Table
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Fashion and furniture designer James Perse has jumped on the table tennis bandwagon with this rather nice, limited edition table, hand-crafted out of environmentally farmed solid teak. The table also features a removable net and can...
  • Magazine Stool from NJUStudio
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 13 Comments
  • All of you who have a large, ever-growing magazine collection and nowhere to store it will be pleased to see this Magazine Stool (Hockenheimer) from NJUStudio, which enables you to store away all your publications while creating a...
  • Ron Gilad
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Tel-Aviv-born artist Ron Gilad, who now lives in New York, plays with form and functionality to produce objects that "combine material wit with aesthetic play." Just like his work, Gilad himself sits on the fence between designer...
  • Kiehl's and The Sartorialist
  • 26 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Kiehl's, a luxury skin care company founder in 1851, have collaborated with Scott Schuman aka. The Sartorialist to design a special dopp kit for men, filled with essential summer grooming products (a scrub, a bar of soap, face wash,...
  • Video: Jean Touitou, Founder of A.P.C.
  • 26 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • Cool Hunting recently sat down with Jean Touitou, the founder of A.P.C. - a French label recognised the world over for classic, well-made clothing. "It's difficult to make a living with stylish garments, it's easy to make a shit-load...
  • Niseko Look Out Cafe
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Japanese architect studio Design Spirits have designed a stylish ski bar in Niseko Village - a ski resort on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. The Niseko Look Out Café was originally built 28 years ago, but this will be its first ever...
  • The Sophie iPhone Case Concept
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • The Sophie is a concept iPhone case designed by freelance graphic designer Mac Funamizu. The dock-cum-case, whether currently possible or not (for a reasonable price…), would work in a similar way to a Polaroid camera, printing off...
  • Villa Vals
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 22 Comments
  • If you're in Switzerland and looking for a nice place to stay, Villa Vals might just be your thing. The holiday house is created by Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Müller, respectively of architectural offices SeARCH and CMA. To...
  • Egg Pinhole Camera (done)
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Italian designer Francesco Capponi is the inventor of the "Pinhegg", a pinhole camera in an egg. Capponi wanted to create a camera that is sacrificed in the process of photo creation; the camera itself will become the photograph....
  • String Gardens
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 9 Comments
  • Produced by Dutchman Fedor van der Falk, String Gardens are a project he started working on a little over three years ago. Produced using a three-dimensional crochet filled with plaster, soil, moss, and grass, the beautiful Japanese-style...
  • Lumber Chair
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Jamie McLellan, a designer currently splitting his time between New York and New Zealand, has designed a beautifully simple wooden chair for Fletcher Systems using traditional log-cabin knuckle joints, giving the piece a strength...
  • Levi's & Monday Camera Strap
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Levi's have teamed up with Japanese label Monday to create a clean, denim camera strap produced with signature Levi's materials. The strap features embossed details on the leather areas and comes in both red and black. Take a look...
  • Darren's Great Big Camera
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • A new short documentary from Sultan follows photographer Darren Samuelson on a journey out to San Francisco's Lands End to test out his giant handmade camera, which shoots on 14 x 36" negatives and measures 6ft in length. "There was...
  • Roxanne Lowit
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • New York-based photographer Roxanne Lowit first rose to fame photographing fashion's "elite" and eventually found herself as much a celebrity as those she shot. After studying art history and textile design, Lowit decided to trade...
  • Dana Tanamachi for Ace Hotel NYC
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The Ace Hotel in NYC recently commissioned graphic designer and custom chalk letterer Dana Tanamachi to produce a mural in room 1021. The result is an intricate sign that reads "Free Admission To Those Who Dream" behind the room's...
  • Skyloft Penthouse in Tribeca, NYC
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • If you weren't impressed with the $30 million loft apartment we showed you before, here's a penthouse that costs $15 million more… The Skyloft Penthouse in Tribeca, NYC, is just under 7,500 square foot and features an all-glass exterior...
  • David Lynch Designs Silencio Club
  • 26 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The Silencio Club in Paris have announced that director and musician David Lynch will be designing their new interior. The space, which takes its name from the club in the Lynch film Mulholland Drive, features a concert hall, a cinema,...
  • Video: Frank Ocean - Acura Integurl
  • 26 months ago · music · 0 Comments
  • Recently a lot of the buzz has been moving away from Tyler, The Creator and on to fellow Odd Future member Frank Ocean, who first forged a career writing songs for Justin Bieber, John Legend, and Beyonce Knowles. In his latest video...
  • Inside Look: Sasha Grey, Neü Sex
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • We gave you a heads up on the release of Sasha Grey's photography book Neü Sex quite a while ago, but now we've been given an inside look at the publication. Made in collaboration with VICE and published by powerHouse, Neü Sex features...
  • ManCan Candles
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Ever wanted your place to smell like New York-style pizza, bacon, sawdust, Grandpa's pipe or campfire simply by lighting a match? Well, you'll be pleased to hear that's now possible thanks to Hart, a young business man from Ohio who...
  • Soot Architect Desk
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Note Design Studio have developed a desk in collaboration with cabinetmaker Karolina Stenfelt. The Soot Architect Desk combines old-fashioned built-in rulers, hidden magnets, and sketch paper rolls with USB hubs and power outlets...
  • The Natural Speaker
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • As a response to the lack of natural, ambient feeling products on the market, Dutch design studio Joon&Jung have created The Natural Speaker, handcrafted using porcelain and wood. The South Korean-born designers discovered porcelain...
  • The Ijburg House
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Created by architect Marc Koehler, the Ijburg House in Amsterdam stands as a solid mass with a central window column that appears, from the outside, to be chiseled out. Inside, the building has three bedrooms, a bathroom, and an open...
  • Endless Lighting System
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • At this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), Roll & Hill - a brand who focus on bringing back American industrial craftsmanship - presented Endless. Endless is a modular lighting system designed by Jason Miller...
  • Wren Compact Bicycle
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • New London-based cycling company Wren Bicycles have come up with a new design that will make everyone who doesn't want one of those hideous compact bikes jump for joy. Pete Richardson, graphic designer and founder of Wren, wants to...
  • Burning Car Candle
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • French design company ATYPYK have released a candle in the shape of an upside-down burning car. Not quite sure how practical this would be with the wax running right off and the fact that it probably wouldn't look like a car for long,...
  • MAS Museum (done)
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The Belgian city of Antwerp has got a new museum. The MAS - Museum Aan de Stroom, or Museum by the River in English - has got eight floors on each of which a different exhibition is shown. Dutch architects Neutelings Riedijk designed...
  • The Tray Design Concept
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 8 Comments
  • "The Tray" is the latest concept design by American designers Robert and Matthew Swinton and has been shortlisted for Designboom's "A Life With Future Computing" competition in collaboration with FUJITSU. The simple personal computer...
  • Museum of Ocean and Surf
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Steven Holl Architects have designed the Museum of Ocean and Surf - or Cité de l'Océan et du Surf - in Biarritz, France. The project, a collaboration with Solange Fabião, is based on the concept "under the sky/under the sea". The...
  • Cortes Island Residence
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Balance Associates have just completed the Cortes Residence, situated on a granite cliff face on Cortes Island, British Columbia. The cliff that the house sits on acts as a wind break (wind speeds can reach up to 100mph +) for the...
  • Chase for Altamont
  • 27 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Chase, named as one of Italian Vogue's favourite artists, has created a new collection of t-shirt designs for skate clothing company Altamont. For Chase, skateboarding as a kid in the streets of Belgium was crucial in forming the...
  • Closer To God
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • As said in the book, published by Gestalten, architects see the sacred building as the architectural brief par excellence. More than any other type of buildings, sacred buildings demand spatial and artistic coherence. Religious architecture...
  • Casa de la Flora Resort
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Located near Phuket in Thailand, these beachfront pool villas and suites, which are situated on 4900 sqm of land, aim to offer people the perfect holiday and offer "the perfect getaway from the bustling city life." Named Casa de la...
  • Notting Hill Penthouse
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • A stunning penthouse in London's Notting Hill, built of steel and glass on top of two period buildings, is now on the market for £7.85 million. Designed by Richard Hywel Evans architects (Studio RHE), the bright, airy and versatile...
  • Material World with Arto Saari
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Skate clothing company CCS recently spent some time at pro skateboarder Art Saari's house, where he showed them some of his most important/favourite possessions, including his pool which was designed and built by Lance Mountain. He...
  • Davidelfin & Dr. Martens
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Dr. Martens have just unveiled the fruits of their collaboration with Spanish-born fashion designer Davidelfin - a wood effect version of their well-known boots. We're currently unsure of where these will be available from and when,...
  • Bota Bota Floating Spa
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Recycling seems to be the big thing in architecture nowadays - today we have the Bota Bota floating spa, designed by Sid Lee Architecture for you. A 57-year-old ferryboat was used to create a Scandinavian-style spa in the harbour...
  • Inventory Issue 04, Behind The Scenes
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Vancouver-based publication Inventory have given us a behind-the-scenes look at the printing of issue 04 of the magazine at Hemlock Printers. "From the paper to the plates to the pigmentation, printing a publication is a pretty portly...
  • Found: This Is It
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • VBS have made a new little series in collaboration with Tiger Beer, entitled "Found", which portrays creative young people in their natural habitat. The latest episode features This Is It, a collective of twelve young artist based...
  • Recycled Materials Cottage
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Architect Juan Luis Martínez Nahuel has created a cottage made almost entirely out of recycled materials. The cottage is located in the woods near Pirihueico Lake, Chile. Since the place is difficult to access, Martinez Nahuel decided...
  • Nicholas Kirkwood & Keith Haring
  • 27 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Designer Nicholas Kirkwood has unveiled his much-anticipated collaboration with 80s artist Keith Haring at his new Mount Street store. The preliminary sketches have been circling around the Internet ever since the were unveiled in...
  • Seth Fluker for Reigning Champ
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Our good friend Seth Fluker has just shot a new campaign for Canadian lifestyle clothing label Reigning Champ, who pride themselves on a superior quality, fit & design. The shoot features amateur footballer Jeremy Aquing in training...
  • Pave Bike Store
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Architect Joan Sandoval has designed a bike store for cyclists who have grown tired of buying their equipment in garage-like, greasy places. The Pave store in Barcelona, owned by Javier Maya, is 700 square meters, displays bikes in...
  • Warriors of Radness and Opening Ceremony
  • 27 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • In a few days time, Opening Ceremony will be unveiling their partnership with California dreamers Warriors of Radness. The collaboration collection will be called Beach Crew! and will include a sporty capsule of pastel-grazed tanks,...
  • Foam Pop-In
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Today sees the official opening of Foam Pop-In - a temporary space on the Museumplein in Amsterdam that will act as a meeting place and source of inspiration for photography enthusiasts, photographers, photo editors, designers and...
  • CrouwelClock App By The Design Museum
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • To celebrate Dutch typographer Wim Crouwel's first UK retrospective, London's Design Museum have released an app called the CrouwelClock. The app acts as an alarm clock and features numbers designed by the typographer himself and...
  • St. Lawrence Funeral Chapel
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Helsinki-based Avanto Architects - or Avanto Arkkitehdit Oy, in Finnish - have designed a funeral chapel for the historic Church of St. Lawrence in Vantaa, Finland. Their design was entered into a competition held by the city and...
  • Hermés Home Textiles Collection
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Just after releasing their inaugural furniture collection, Hermés have announced that they will be expanding into the world of home textiles - not just with their trademark silks, but with cotton, cashmere, wool and linen versions...
  • HUF Spring/Summer 2011
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Following from the release of their lookbook the other day, HUF have now given us a closer look at their Spring/Summer 2011 range. Featured designs include the Genuine, Choice, Hufnagel Pro, Southern and HUF 1 and a two new silhouettes...
  • Tribeca NYC Loft Apartment
  • 27 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • If you like drooling over other people's luxury loft apartments, this stunning 13,500 sq foot triplex, located in the heart of Tribeca, New York City, will be right up your street. Located within an 1862 limestone loft mansion and...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Lenancker Romain is an art director and set designer from Stockholm, Sweden. He's also the founder of Lenancker Studio - an interdisciplinary design studio who specialise in creating intelligent branding, packaging and print media...
  • Todd McLellan
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 11 Comments
  • Canadian photographer Todd McLellan's latest series "Disassembly" captures relics of our past in a unique, dismantled and exposed form. Disassembled items include a typewriter, a push lawn mower and a rotary phone; each have had every...
  • Damien Hirst Ashtrays
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Artist Damien Hirst, known for his work containing skulls, diamonds and dead animals, has released a line of ashtrays for his restaurant "Pharmacy". Considering that his restaurant closed its doors in 2003, that might sound a bit...
  • Online Shop: BAG'n'NOUN
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Not only has our online shop had a facelift, but we're now stocking twelve beautifully hand-crafted bags from the Japanese label BAG'n'NOUN. The bags, designed by Takeshi Ozawa, come in a variety of shapes, sizes, materials and colours,...
  • Sooyeon Lee: Grand Slam
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Photographer and NOWNESS contributor Matthew Donaldson has produced a slow-motion video starring Korean table tennis champion, actress and former model Sooyeon Lee. "It's a vehicle to show how extraordinarily elegant she is," says...
  • Kanye West & George Condo Silk Scarves
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Kanye West and George Condo - the artist who produced his cover artwork - have teamed up with M/M (Paris) to release a series of silk scarves featuring a selection of artwork from his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Five...
  • Hope Autumn/Winter 2011 Collection
  • 27 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Stockholm-based Hope gives us a first look at their fall/winter 2011 menswear collection. The Swedish designers and founders of the label Ann Ringstrand and Stefan Soderberg, who launched their first collection is 2001, are inspired...
  • Apartamento Issue Nº7
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Below is an inside look at the latest issue of Apartamento Magazine - a publication interested in homes, living spaces and design solutions. "The magazine is a logical result of the post-materialist mind shift. People are bored with...
  • SUPRA Three Amigos Texas Tour Video
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • SUPRA have released a video filmed during the skateboard team's tour of Texas in support of the Amigo - the newest shoe from the brand. Team riders Furby, Spencer Hamilton and Horsey also designed the shoe in their own signature colours,...
  • Kate MccGwire: Corvid
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Since we featured the work of Kate MccGuire in a Submission Sunday over 9 months ago, the London-based sculptor has continued to go from strength to strength. Her latest piece, entitled Corvid, was recently on show at London's All...
  • Benny Gold for Real Skateboards
  • 27 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Benny Gold - a San Francisco based graphic designer - has teamed up with Real Skateboards to produce three skateboards and a t-shirt graphic, each featuring a jazzed-up version of the traditional Real logo. The decks are limited to...
  • Stadler Form Otto Fan
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Swiss designer and artist Carlo Borer has created a luxury fan for Stadler Form. The company, founded in Switzerland in 1998, focuses on designer items of practical use, for example air purifiers and heaters. The Otto Fan is adjustable...
  • Uniform Experiment and Leica
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Leica have teamed up with Japanese designer Hiroshi Fujiwara to create a limited edition version of their D-LUX 5 camera. Fujiwara is working under the name of Uniform Experiment, a Japanese experimental project for men's clothing...
  • Colette and Baxter Of California Candle
  • 27 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Parisen store Colette have teamed up with Baxter of California - a men's grooming product company - to produce a new candle entitled "Cruel Summer". The candle's packaging was designed by Marc Atlan - an art director who's extensive...
  • Metropol Parasol
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 9 Comments
  • The recently completed Metropol Parasol in Seville has taken the crown as the world's largest wooden structure. Designed by J. Mayer H. Architects, the shade-providing parasol covers over 5,000 sqm of its 18,000 sqm plot in the Plaza...
  • Adam Kimmel Bandana Tees
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Fashion designer Adam Kimmel is known for taking his inspiration from artists and cowboys, but more recently he's become obsessed with the style of hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg, who he grew up listening to. For Spring/Summer 2011 Kimmel...
  • Weinstein A|U for Gregg's Cycles
  • 27 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Architects & urban designers Weinstein A|U have designed a new Bellevue, Washington store for American bicycle retailer Gregg's Cycles. The 12,000 sqf building has been left as open, neutral and simple as possible and features an...
  • Video: Danger Beach - Apache
  • 27 months ago · music · 1 Comment
  • New Zealand animation designer Ned Wenlock have directed a video for Danger Beach's instrumental surf pop single "Apache". The cute video shows a couple of little Native Americans, animated by Rodney Selby, canoeing, riding trains...
  • Video: Moleskine Travel Collection Bags
  • 27 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Moleskine have released a new stop-motion video which uses freehand technical drawings, sketches and photographs to display their new bags. The range is part of Moleskine's "Reading, Writing and Travelling" collection, designed by...
  • Friends of Mr Porter
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Dutch artist Christian Borstlap has made a video to celebrate the launch of Mr Porter - a website that sells designer fashion for men, created by Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet. Mr Porter also features an online magazine edited...
  • Guinée Potin's Eco Museum
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Nantes-based architecture agency Guinée Potin have created an honest, eco-biological design for the Eco Museum in Rennes, France. This piece of organic architecture has its whole exterior facade draped in a skin of natural chestnut...
  • Leica & iPhone Concept Camera
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • California-based design company Black DA have created a new concept that can turn your iPhone into a Leica camera. The Leica i9's housing - that looks like an old 35mm film camera's back - can be easily attached to your iPhone and...
  • Wool and The Gang SS11 Collection
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • French photographer Martin Bruno, brother of fashion designer Vanessa Bruno, has shot the new Spring/Summer collection of Wool and The Gang. The brand, a ready-to-use knitting concept that was founded in 2007, posted a moodboard for...
  • Selgas Cano Architecture Office
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Below are the spectacular, self-designed offices of Spanish architect firm Selgas Cano. The low-impact, almost sub-terranean building is situated amongst downtown Madrid's trees and features a 2cm thick curved window running the entire...
  • Shelf-Pod Home
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • Designed by Japan's Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio in Moriguchi City - for a couple with an extremely large book collection - Shelf-Pod is a home entirely lined with pine bookshelves. With the collection consisting primarily of...
  • MMM Redesign Maison Champs-Elysées
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Parisian 5-star hotel La Maison Champs-Elysées has asked Belgian fashion labelMaison Martin Margiela - or MMM - to redesign, redecorate and reconcieve a big part of the hotel. According to the hotel's website MMM, known for its eccentric...
  • Opening Ceremony Varsity Jacket
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Lifestyle blog Hypebeast have beautifully photographed one of Opening Ceremony's latest offerings - the varsity jacket - a light-weight, water-resistant item which is perfect for this "between season" period. The design incorporates...
  • Taras Lesko's Paper Audi A7
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • This week saw Taras Lesko's stunning papercraft version of the new Audi A7 go on display at the New York Auto Show. The final anatomically correct model, which measures 4ft x 2ft x 2ft, was painstakingly created by graphic design...
  • Margaret Howell SS11 Lookbook
  • 28 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • British designer Margaret Howell has released a very concise lookbook, showcasing her Spring/Summer 2011 collection. The shoot is set on a beach, which displays the no frills, well-cut summer clothes to their full potential. "I'm...
  • Mjölk Autumn/Winter 2011 Collection
  • 28 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Scandinavian menswear label Mjölk have presented their Autumn/Winter 2011 collection. With this collection head designer Lars Stoten pays homage to the British working class and his amazing youth in the 80s, using minimal yet substantial...
  • En & Is iPhone Megaphone
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 8 Comments
  • Four-year-old Italian design partnership En & Is (En for designer Enrico Bosa and Is for Isabella Lovero) have created a large ceramic horn-shaped amplifier for the iPhone, designed to optimize the device's sound output without using...
  • Chloe Sevigny Nike Destroyer Jacket
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Actress, fashion designer and model Chloe Sevigny, made famous for her role in Larry Clark's film Kids, recently created her own custom Nike "Destroyer" jacket at the New York's Nike Stadium, one of the brand's six custom design shops....
  • Henrik Vibskov NYC Shop
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Following the opening of shops in Oslo and Copenhagen, Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov has set up a new boutique in New York. The store, as well as stocking Vibskov’s self-titled label, will sell brands like Cosmic Wonder,...
  • David Welch
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Material World is an ongoing series by American photographer David Welch in response to the contemporary consumer environment. By using cars, fast-food, packaging and clothing to create carefully arranged totem poles, Welch turns...
  • Experience Human Flight
  • 28 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Motion design company Betty Wants In have produced a stunning new video for the Melbourne Skydiving Centre which, in slow motion, captures skydivers in free fall far above the clouds. The video was shot using a wearable HD GoPro camera...
  • Video: Nike Presents the Lunar Flow
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • In this new video, Nike Sportswear footwear designers Nate VanHook and Bruce Kilgore discuss the history of their latest creation - the Lunar Flow. The pair talk about the sneaker's roots - all the way back to the Sock Racer in 1972,...
  • Berlin's Monument to Unification
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • After almost ten years of disagreement, the people of Berlin have chosen a final design for their National Monument to Freedom and Unity. The concept, which was designed by Milla & Partner together with Stuttgart and Sasha Waltz,...
  • Daft Punk's Ferrari for Sale
  • 28 months ago · film · 1 Comment
  • As part of EMI's family4Japan appeal, the 1987 Ferrari 412 which features in Daft Punk's film Electroma is being auctioned off on eBay. "Artists and songwriters from across the EMI family are raising funds to help the Red Cross support...
  • Video: Tom Vek - A Chore
  • 28 months ago · music · 1 Comment
  • Below is the accompanying video to Tom Vek's latest track "A Chore", which debuted tonight on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio One show. The 4-minute-long video is directed by Ollie Evans who, since studying graphic design at St Martin's (like...
  • Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Haus der Kunst in Munich are currently displaying an exhibition entitled "Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion". The show is divided into four sections - "Praise of Shadow" which is all about dark colours; "Flatness" which...
  • The WVIL Concept Camera
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • The award-winning design team over at Seattle-based company Artefact have come up with the WVIL Concept Camera, which aims to answer the question "what's next for camera design?" The patent-pending WVIL (Wireless Viewfinder Interchangeable...
  • Adobe Introduce Monthly Subscriptions
  • 28 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • We don't normally do posts on technology, but considering most of our readers probably use at least one program from the Adobe Suite, we thought we'd make an exception: Adobe are now offering monthly subscriptions. After realising...
  • Sixpack France: Detox in Phoenix Collection
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Sixpack France have teamed up with design studio //DIY to produce the "Detox In Phoenix" capsule, containing three t-shirts named "Horns", "Beast" and "Monks". The range takes inspiration from the spring/summer 2011 collection theme...
  • Rapha Mobile Cycle Club
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Rapha, one of the finest cycling clothing and accessories manufacturers in the world, recently commissioned the Wilson Brothers - Oscar, Ben, and Luke - to create The Rapha Mobile Cycle Club, a unique combination of a gallery, shop...
  • D&AD Introduce White Pencil
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • For their 2012 awards, D&AD (Design & Art Direction) are teaming up with Peace One Day to introduce the all new White Pencil - an award for a creative idea that "changes the world for the better and demonstrates the ability to influence...
  • Wye Oak - Fish
  • 28 months ago · music · 1 Comment
  • For the video for their new single "Fish" Baltimore-based folk duo Wye Oak collaborated with fellow hometown artists Katherine Fahey and Michael Patrick O'Leary. Fahey constructed and designed a shadow puppet show with hand crafted...
  • Curated By: Haw-lin
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 10 Comments
  • Haw-lin is a curated online mood board run by Nathan Cowen and Jacob Klein, who met while interning at HORT - a German design studio. The name Haw-lin represents the way the site combines their shared interests by taking three letters...
  • Band Of Outsiders, This Is Not A Polo Shirt
  • 28 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Band Of Outsiders, a label probably not best known for their brightly coloured clothing, have released a new polo shirt range called "This Is Not A Polo Shirt". The tennis court constant has been re-imagined by way of colour combination...
  • Tom Vek To Release New Album
  • 28 months ago · music · 1 Comment
  • After almost six years away from the music scene, Tom Vek has announced that he will be releasing his second album, entitled 'Leisure Seizure', later in the year. Next Monday will see the debut of his comeback single 'A Chore' on...
  • Mattiazzi Osso Collection
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • French design studio Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec created a new chair collection for Italian furniture brand Mattiazzi. The Osso collection contains a chair, armchair, children's chair, and high and low stools. Mattiazzi is a small, family-owned...
  • Bio Rio Cinema
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Biografteatern Rio - or Bio Rio - is an original 1940s cinema in Stockholm that recently got an impressive make-over, handled by Swedish design bureau 1:2:3 and Kristoffer Sundin. The cinema, which had its name changed from Rio to...
  • Francis Ford Coppola's Beach House
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • A.P.C.'s resident architect Laurent Deroo seems to be turning more and more into the Coppola family's favourite homeboy. The French architect not only designed Sofia Coppola's vacation home, but also Francis Ford Coppola's beach house...
  • Supreme Spring T-Shirts
  • 28 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Next week Supreme will be releasing six new t-shirt designs as part of their spring 2011 collection. The shirts, which come in a variety of colours and feature graphics on the front and back, will be available to buy both in-store...
  • HORT for Nike Empire Tested
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • German design agency HORT, formed in 1994 under the name EIKES GRAFISCHER HORT, were recently asked by Nike to develop and design a system for their ongoing Empire Testing campaign. The results are beautifully simple and use strong...
  • A.P.C. Brussels Shop
  • 28 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • French fashion label A.P.C., founded by Jean Touitou in 1988, recently opened a new shop in Brussels. It's the label's second shop in Belgium; the other one is located in Antwerp. The boutique is, as usual, designed by French architect...
  • Woody Allen's Favourite Typeface
  • 28 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • Jonathan Glancey has written a piece for The Guardian about Woody Allen's favourite font - Windsor-EF-Elongated, which he apparently idolised out of all proportion. TThe font has been used in the titles for most of the films Woody...
  • Comme des Garçons Singapore Shop
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Comme des Garçons have teamed up with Club21 to unveil their very first standalone store in Singapore, located within the Hilton Shopping Center. The concept and design was created by sole owner of Comme des Garçons Rei Kawakubo and...
  • Xavier Antin, Just In Time
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • London-based graphic designer Xavier Antin's latest installation piece Just in Time explores the printing process and deals with notions of production scale. By setting up a printing chain, made with four desktop printers which each...
  • Pictoplasma Festival
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Four days of artist presentations, conference lectures, an animation festival, workshops, installations, character walk exhibitions, performances, VJ battles and all-night parties; that's what the Pictoplasma Festival and Conference...
  • Comme des Garçons x Levi's Sweat Pants
  • 28 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Japanese fashion designer Watanabe, who has been working under his own name as part of Comme des Garçons since 1992, began collaborating with Levi's quite a few years ago. Since then they have been releasing some interesting and innovative...
  • NYTimes on Margaret Howell
  • 28 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Margaret Howell, the quintessential English fashion designer, has been featured in the NYTimes's latest Profile in Style piece. Fashion journalist Sandra Ballentine visited Howell in her beautifully quaint 1961 Modernist retreat on...
  • Miniot iPad 2 Cover
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Dutch accessory company Miniot have created an iPad 2 made out of a single piece of real wood. By utilising the built-in magnets on the latest version of the iPad, the case can firmly nest itself onto the device, just like the official...
  • Robert Geller Andreas Sunglasses
  • 28 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • New York designer Robert Geller recently launched a new style of sunglasses called the Andreas, which feature a rounded rectangular shape and come in both matte black and a slick clear finish. German-born Geller was an alumnnus of...
  • Container Atlas
  • 28 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The last couple of years there has been in boom in so-called container architecture. Although living containers may not seem like the most romantic thing ever, architects have been able to create some pretty impressive buildings out...
  • Starbucks by Hiroshi Fujiwara
  • 28 months ago · culture · 8 Comments
  • Starbucks have teamed up with Japanese designer, musician and producer Hiroshi Fujiwara to create a two-story concept store in Tokyo called "b-side". The so called "godfather of Harijuku" created a Starbucks unlike any other, with...
  • No Age Collaborate With Rodarte
  • 28 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • LA-based band No Age have collaborated with Rodarte by producing the eery, droning score for their short video called "Rodarte: States of Matter". The film is narrated by Kate and Laura Mulleavy - the designers behind the brand -...
  • Abe Burmeister, Founder of Outlier
  • 29 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Outlier is a brand whose quiet stylishness and simplicity belies the high-functioning nature of its garments, and whose premise is as brilliant and straightforward as its designs. They're the kind of company you would imagine have...
  • Elinor Carucci
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • After graduating with a degree in photography from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 1995, Israeli-born photographer Elinor Carucci instantly received critical acclaim. In just a few years her work had been included in a multitude...
  • Tim Georgeson, The Untouchables
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Having recently shot campaigns for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Colors, National Geographic and Dazed & Confused, freelance photographer Tim Georgeson is generally described as a commercial photographer. Last year however, Georgeson...
  • BMW Art Cars
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • The BMW Art Cars, produced by some of the world's most famous artists since 1975, have returned home to the BMW Museum, Munich, to go on show until 30 September, 2011. The art car concept began with Hervé Poulain, a French art auctioneer...
  • Liberty and Nike S/S11
  • 29 months ago · culture · 4 Comments
  • A curious thing happens every time the Liberty/Nike collaborations inevitably roll around each season, as despite having little-to-no interest in sportswear, and not being particularly enamored of florals, I'm usually inexorably drawn...
  • A Photograph By: Madi Ju
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Madi Ju is a professional writer and photographer living in Beijing, China. Her work has been published by Thames & Hudson, Foam Magazine and Rizzoli, and has been exhibited worldwide. We caught up with Madi to talk about just one...
  • Plumen Wins Design of the Year 2011
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Plumen, an imaginatively sculpted low energy lightbulb designed by Hulger and Sam Wilkinson, was announced as winner of the 2011 Brit Insurance Design of the Year award yesterday, beating the other 90 entires. Deyan Sudjic, Director...
  • How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?
  • 29 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • To celebrate the DVD release of the film How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? on 21 March, we're giving away a Foster 40 book boxset worth £100, and three copies of the DVD. The film charts the rise of Norman Foster as one...
  • Roger That!
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Roger That! is an exhibition at London's Kemistry Gallery that showcases a new graphic interpretation of the Phonetic Spelling Alphabet, developed in 1932 to ensure clarity of communication in the aviation world. By playing on the...
  • The Cube, Portable Restaurant
  • 29 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Created by the Milan-based architectural design studio Park Associati and commissioned by appliance maker Electrolux, The Cube aims to combine contemporary design and world-class cuisine with extraordinary, unique locations. The portable...
  • Foam Magazine Talent Call
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The 5th annual Foam Magazine Talent Call is now open for submissions - deadline 17 April! The Foam Magazine Talent issue is designed to showcase and expose new young photographers from all over the world, launching aspiring talents...
  • A.P.C. Kichijoji Shop
  • 29 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • French label A.P.C. have just opened a new retail outlet in Kichijoji, Japan, designed by Akihiko Yanagisawa, who was in charge of the design for the Osaka store. The space is very minimal, with a simple, clean design, ambient lights...
  • HUF SF Closing
  • 29 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Sadly, after almost 10 years of retail, the HUF shop in San Francisco - the birth place of the brand - will be closing its doors. Since 2002 the Keith Hufnagel owned shop has been one of the few places exclusive shoes can be picked...
  • What's On
  • 29 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Today we're launching a whole new section entitled What's On, featuring a carefully edited selection of music, art, design, film and theatre events throughout London, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Paris and Tokyo. As well as featuring...
  • Pick Me Up
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • On 17 March Somerset House will open the doors to their second edition of Pick Me Up, the UK's first contemporary graphic art fair. Artists exhibiting their work (which is also available to buy) this year include Kate Moross, Jules...
  • The V&A Underground Gallery
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Last week London's Victoria & Albert Museum revealed exciting new plans for a downwards spiralling gallery space in the Boilerhouse Yard. In 2004, plans were scrapped for an equally spiralling (this time upwards) gallery designed...
  • Tom Ford Singleman Glasses
  • 29 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Fashion designer Tom Ford has released a new style of glasses inspired by the character George Falconer, played by Colin Firth, in his debut film A Single Man. Featuring a dark brown tortoise shell frame accented by a small metal...
  • Mexico City's Soumaya Museum
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • This Tuesday saw the opening of Mexico City's latest private museum, The Soumaya Museum, belonging to Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim, a 71-year-old man whose wealth has been estimated to top $32bn. The museum, which was named...
  • The Fall Of Galliano
  • 29 months ago · culture · 5 Comments
  • It seems futile to explain the events surrounding John Galliano’s suspension from Dior here, not least because it’s been widely and hungrily reported everywhere else. The details of the story are extremely repugnant, after all (in...
  • Cody Hudson
  • 29 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Chicago-based artist Cody Hudson is the founder of Struggle Inc. - a commercial art house who have produced clean, simple, vibrant work for the likes of Nike, Krooked Skateboards, Virgin, Deitch Projects and now Sixpack France. To...
  • LFW A/W11, Katie Eary
  • 30 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Katie Eary was fascinated with the 1950s this season, it seemed, but in the same way that, say, John Waters was when filming Cry Baby. The acid-toned leopard-print which appeared on more than one of her garments recalled a dress worn...
  • LFW A/W11, Pam Hogg
  • 30 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • There are a few things which you can always expect from Pam Hogg, and none of them are particularly politically correct. There will be fur in some incarnation - you can be sure of that - and there will be tits, and there will be...
  • LFW A/W11, J.W Anderson
  • 30 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • J.W Anderson's creations often put one in mind of Blur's 'Girls & Boys', so divorced are they from any defined gender boundary. Ever since his inventive menswear collections began to leave him with a sizeable number of clamoring female...
  • Stüssy Lookbook by RJ Shaughnessy
  • 30 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • RJ Shaughnessy, an LA-based photographer who's garnered a credible following after shooting great campaigns for the likes of Microsoft, Adidas and Urban Outfitters, has been commissioned by Stüssy to shoot their Spring/Summer 2011...
  • LFW A/W11, Mark Fast
  • 30 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • There are two sides to the coin when a young designer immediately produces an instantly-recognisable aesthetic, as Mark Fast has done. On the one hand, being known for his "sassy", vulgar web-knit dresses has instantly placed him...
  • LFW A/W11, Christopher Kane
  • 30 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • In all honesty, Christopher Kane's vision for last season left me somewhat nauseous. The unusual fusion of retina-searing acid brights with prim and pedestrian knitwear (allegedly inspired by the notion of 'Princess Margaret on acid')...
  • LFW A/W11, Vivienne Westwood Red Label
  • 30 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • There was something so enduringly, endearingly British about the sight of Boy George slinking into the Vivienne Westwood Red Label show with a dominatrix in tow. Typically British, too, were the clothes on show here, merging the peculiarly...
  • Barbour Canvas Rucksack
  • 30 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Barbour, as well as redesigning their online store to be much more user-friendly, have released a new canvas rucksack which is available now for £160.
  • The Selby for Dockers
  • 30 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Dockers have recruited Todd "The Selby" Selby to shoot their new "Wear the Pants" campaign in which seven men, who are each pursuing their dream jobs, were selected from the SF Bay Area.
  • LFW A/W11, Charles Anastase
  • 30 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • The woman whom Charles Anastase designs for is one who is perpetually caught between childhood and sexual maturity. Not in a literal sense, of course, but in the way that his designs always evoke this same Lolita-ish precociousness,...
  • LFW A/W11, House Of Holland
  • 30 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • It's unlikely that there's another designer working in fashion today who's more aware of their own good fortune than Henry Holland. His brand is less about its higher-end clothing than its more egalitarian items - the kooky, patterned...
  • LFW A/W11, Paul Costelloe
  • 30 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • It's rarely - if ever - said that Paul Costelloe is a core-shaker. His designs, although serviceable enough, never veer into the territory of the avant-garde, nor break any new, uncharted ground; what he is recognised for, however,...
  • Self-Published Saturday
  • 30 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • This week's edition of Self-Published Saturday comes from photography and design duo Azita Rasoli and Marshall Rake with their latest release, They Magazine issue two. The zine is part of an ongoing project which, in this particular...
  • Deyrolle pour Opening Ceremony Lookbook
  • 30 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • For their Deyrolle pour Opening Ceremony range, Opening Ceremony visited the historic French taxidermy shop that originally inspired the butterfly, cat, beetle and fox patterned range. The accompanying video, which was also shot by...
  • Chanel Magazine, 31 rue Cambon, Issue No 3
  • 30 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Oliver Zahm, of Purple Fashion magazine fame, has given us a sneak preview of Chanel magazine's third issue through the Purple Diary. Entitled "31 rue Cambon", the magazine is art directed and designed by the Purple Institute for...
  • A.P.C. "Resort Collection"
  • 30 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • A.P.C. (Atelier De Production Et Creation) have just released their spring/summer 2011 "Resort Collection". The range is made up from casual basics with both classic and retro cuts, designed to be ideal for jetting off to the sun...
  • 10% Off All Black Dog Books
  • 30 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • To celebrate the introduction of Black Dog books to our online store, we're offering all our readers 10% off until 17 Feb, 2011. Based in London, Black Dog Publishing specialise in beautifully produced books that focus on contemporary...
  • Heidi Johansen
  • 30 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Norwegian artist Heidi Johansen studied drawing, graphic design and photography with various institutions in her homeland as well as at the prestigious Emily Carr school of Art & Design in Vancouver. Having primarily focussed on photography...
  • Kitsuné "Brokeback Mountain" Collection
  • 31 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Maison Kitsuné have just released a preview of their autumn/winter 2011 collection - a tribute to Ang Lee's much-talked-about film "Brokeback Mountain" and west American style in the 60s. Designer Masaya Kuroki has created some heavy,...
  • Limited Edition Coca-Cola Book
  • 31 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Assouline publishing have announced the release of their latest, limited edition, hardback book - Coca-Cola. The fully illustrated book celebrates the world's most iconic beverage with the brand's photographs, advertisements and designs...
  • A Room for London, 2012
  • 31 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • "A Room For London" is a new project by Living Architecture and Artangel, in association with the Southbank Centre, for a single room to sit on top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank during the 2012 Olympics. The room...
  • Dan Colen's Exhibition "Peanuts"
  • 31 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Click the title for images from Dan Colen's latest and largest solo exhibition, entitled "Peanuts", at Oslo's Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art. The opening featured a one hour artist talk between curator Hanne Beate Ueland and...
  • Nike SB January Releases
  • 31 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Nike SB have released a new signature model this month named the "Vulc Rod". As the name might suggest, the signature Paul Rodriguez model uses a vulcanized sole while maintaining most of the design elements seen throughout Rodriguez's...
  • Lady Gaga's Polaroid Creations
  • 31 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • This time last year Polaroid recruited Lady Gaga as their new creative director, it wasn't until last Thursday, at the Consumer Electronics Show, that we got to see the fruits of this collaboration. As part of their new range of products,...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 31 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • After studying Graphic Design in Melbourne, Australia, and starting his photography career shooting bar crowds in London, Bill Stepanoski moved to Brooklyn, NY, where he now works as photographer and film director. "I'm interested...
  • Mulberry Announce New York Flagship Store
  • 31 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Influential accessories designer Mulberry have just announced their signing of a lease contract to open a new flagship store in Soho, New York. The expansion comes after a very successful year for the company, having received the...
  • Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2011 Lookbook
  • 31 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • American fashion designer Tom Ford has released his menswear spring/summer 2011 collection lookbook featuring lots of brights colours, high waisted trousers and garish, "stand-out" patterns. The collection is now available from all...
  • Mt. Rainier Duffle Bag
  • 31 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Japanese label Mt. Rainier have released a small new duffle bag which offers "double reinforced straps with leather handles, adjustable shoulder strap with metal clasps, Mt Rainier 60/40 labels and outer flap pockets at each end."
  • Vans Vault Spring 2011 Lookbook
  • 31 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Hypebeast give us a look at the Vans Vault limited edition book - Between You and the Ground. The 30-page book doubles up as the brand's Spring 2011 lookbook and was produced in conjunction with San Francisco-based artist and designer...
  • Lasse Åberg
  • 32 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Although most well-known for his feature films, of which he has made six (grossing a total of $43 mil in his native Sweden alone), Lasse ?berg is also a well-respected artist who, to date, has produced 276 lithographs. In 1960 he...
  • 01 Magazine
  • 32 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The thought of an online publication had been floating around Redia Soltis's mind for sometime before 01 launched in 2009. With the help of her good friend and talented photographer, Jennilee Marigomen, the duo upload a new themed...
  • Curated By: Ken Miller
  • 32 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Ken Miller is the editor and curator of two popular books of art and photography. He is also an independent curator, consultant, and contributing writer for Interview, V, and The New York Times. After leaving the art and design magazine...
  • b Magazine
  • 32 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • If you have taken a stroll down Savile Row in recent years, you'll have probably noticed b Store; a company which first defined itself back in 2001 for shoemaking. Since its humble beginnings, b Store has planted its roots firmly...
  • Eastpak Artist Studio Collection
  • 32 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • Bag makers Eastpak have collaborated with 10 different Spanish artists to produce the Artist Studio collection. Each artist has reinterpreted the classic shape, either going down a subtle route; with beige's and browns, or a more...
  • Kiss The Past Hello, Larry Clark
  • 32 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • In the midst of World War ll, American photographer Larry Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the early age of 13, Larry gained employment with the family business; photographing newly born babies, on elaborately designed sets,...
  • Video: Moleskin Mini Planner
  • 32 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Moleskin, the legendary notebook company, have released a short new stop-motion video by Dutch visual artist Rogier Wieland which illustrates the multiple uses of the new, "super portable" Extra Small Planner.
  • Monocle Christmas Guide 2010
  • 32 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • The editors over at Monocle have scoured the globe for the top ten gifts "to make your loved ones happy" this Christmas and combined them into the below video clip. The list features a number of different products, from a compact...
  • Andrew Lewicki
  • 32 months ago · Art & Design · 6 Comments
  • Having grown up immersed in a world of design and deviant illicit artwork, it wasn't a far stretch for Los Angeles based artist Andrew Lewicki to reach his current position. His artwork, which sees skate ramps carefully crafted out...
  • Savile Row Book
  • 33 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Thames & Hudson have released Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke, a 255-page, 35 x 28 cm book which claims to be the definitive guide to all things Savile Row, a London street synonymous with elegance, sophistication...
  • Gabriel Dawe
  • 33 months ago · Art & Design · 10 Comments
  • After becoming bored and frustrated by the restraints imposed upon him by his graphic design course, Gabriel Dawe moved from his hometown of Mexico City to Montreal, Canada, and began creating artwork using techniques that were considered...
  • Inventory 03
  • 34 months ago · culture · 4 Comments
  • Below is a closer look at the Fall ? Winter 2010 issue of Inventory, the Vancouver based magazine that specialise in "ideas in product, craft & culture". This issue includes contributions from the Californian photographer Nicholas...
  • Anton Corbijn "Inwards and Onwards"
  • 34 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • The well-known photographer and director Anton Corbijn has created a new collection of black-and-white portraits featuring some of the most important names in art, fashion and music. The series is for a new exhibition entitled "Inwards...
  • Hedi Slimane "I Love USA"
  • 35 months ago · film · 1 Comment
  • TheCorner.com recently commissioned French fashion designer Hedi Slimane to create a short fashion film, entitled "I Love USA". The video project features two teenagers - Sydney and Wolf (who Slimane discovered at Coachella festival)...
  • Muji Book
  • 35 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Publishing house Rizzoli are releasing a new monograph which will provide us with an insight into the inner workings of Muji, one of the most successful and influential brands of sustainable design.
  • Sixpack France "Synesthesie" Lookbook
  • 35 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Sixpack France have printed up their lookbook for the AW10 collection - "Synesthesie", which was shot and directed by the design company ill-Studio. The catalogue consists of 10 separate pages which can be re-arranged into a Sixpack...
  • Lay Flat 02: Meta
  • 35 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Photographer and editor, Shane Lavalette, recently sent us the second issue of annual magazine Lay Flat - an impeccably designed contemporary photography and writing journal based in Massachusetts. The layout of Lay Flat is as simple...
  • Damien Hirst x Converse
  • 35 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • "All You Need Is Love", Damien Hirst's 2007 butterfly print which sold in 2008 for $2,420,000, has been incorporated into the design for the latest Converse (PRODUCT)RED Chuck Taylor All Star shoe. The shoe will be on sale from 5...
  • It's Nice That Issue 4
  • 35 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • By now I'm sure you've all heard of the popular design blog It's Nice That, well now they've released the fourth issue of their bi-annual magazine and we were lucky enough to be sent a copy. The issue features a smorgasbord of great...
  • Native Son SS11 Video
  • 35 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Native Son, the label created by Kyle Fitzgibbons, have released a video showcasing their SS11 collection, which is now available to buy from Opening Ceremony.
  • Animal Collective x Keep Slip-ons
  • 35 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • In collaboration with footwear brand Keep, Animal Collective have designed their own slip-ons. The band are reported to have a whole line on the way, but the first pair are designed by Avey Tare and come with a cassette of their music.
  • Cloudscapes
  • 35 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • For this year's Venice Architecture Biennale Tetsuo Kondo have teamed up with German climate engineers Transsolar to create Cloudscapes, an exhibition which sees Venice's Corderie filled with clouds. The clouds are created inside...
  • JH Engstrom
  • 35 months ago · Art · 0 Comments
  • JH Engstrom started photographing the woods when he was 15, to express how beautiful he found them. Then, in his early 20s, he landed a job as Mario Testino's assistant in Paris and, upon moving back to Sweden, Anders Petersen (who...
  • Phaidon Launch New Site
  • 35 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Book publishers Phaidon have launched a new site with two main sections - Agenda and Edit. Agenda is a weekly updated showcase of architecture, art, design, food, photography and video while Edit acts like a blog, spotlighting stories...
  • Simon Lee Gallery in Paris
  • 35 months ago · culture · 5 Comments
  • The London based Simon Lee gallery just announced an artistic exchange with the Parisian design gallery, Kreo. The London gallery will be inhabiting the space until the 25th of September, exhibiting a number of their represented artists...
  • Kitsuné Boutique at Barneys New York
  • 36 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • French fashion and record label Kitsuné have set-up shop in Barneys New York until 1 October. The boutique will be stocking items such as the 100% maille piquée cotton polo, made in France for men and women, and the Fall/Winter 2010...
  • KAWS for Dos Equis
  • 36 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Mexican lager company Dos Equis recently launched their new bottle, as designed by KAWS. Click the title for photographs from the launch event in Mexico City.
  • Hamish Morrow from Secret Cinema
  • 36 months ago · film · 0 Comments
  • With their next event looming (3-5 September), we caught up with co-producer and operations manager of Secret Cinema, Hamish Morrow, to tell us what it's all about. You most likely get annoyed with people asking you what Secret Cinema...
  • Shortlisted Fourth Plinth Designs
  • 36 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • A few days ago the designs from the artists shortlisted to occupy the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, were revealed. The winning piece will sit on the plinth in 2011, taking the place of Yinka Shonibare's current Ship in...
  • Alexander McQueen and the Rug Company
  • 36 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Before he passed away, fashion designer Alexander McQueen created an opulent six-piece collection for the Rug Company. In the past the English company has collaborated with Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith and Diane von Furstenberg -...
  • Fjällräven x Opening Ceremony Collection
  • 37 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Swedish label Fjällräven have collaborated with Opening Ceremony by adapting their classic 1978 K?nken rucksack. The bag's simple, functional design made it the perfect accessory for both brands. Available now from all Opening Ceremony...
  • Ralph Vaessen 2011 Collection
  • 37 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Ralph Vaessen, an eyewear designer who revealed his inaugural collection just a few years ago, has unveiled his 2010 collection. The range is entirely hand-crafted from his German studio and makes use of exclusive, and often controversial,...
  • Troika Design V&A Sign
  • 37 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Art and design studio Troika recently unveiled their new kinetic sign which directs customers to London's infamous V&A Museum from the tunnel at South Kensington tube station. The sign is a revolving V&A monogram suspended in a ceiling-mounted...
  • Curated By: Nous Vous Collective
  • 37 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Nous Vous Collective is made up of Jay Cover, William Edmonds and Nicholas Burrows, who are based in London and Leeds, UK. Their work, which has been created for clients such as Tokyo Police Club, ranges in medium, from photography,...
  • A.P.C. AW10 Men's Collection
  • 37 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • A.P.C., the French clothing label founded in 1988 by Tunisian designer Jean Touitou, have released their 2010 Autumn/Winter collection. The range, which can be bought online now through A.P.C.'s online store, focuses on the classic...
  • Music Video Monday
  • 37 months ago · music · 2 Comments
  • New music videos from the likes of Tennis, Chromeo, Caribou, Broken Social Scene and DELS. Tennis - Cape Dory. Directed by Richard Law. Caribou - Sun. Directed by Simon Owens. Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On. Directed by Keith...
  • Print Club London
  • 37 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Set up in 2007 and run by artists Fred Higginson, Kate Newbold and Rose Stallard (who we featured in a very early issue of HUH.) Print Club is a fantastic studio which enables designers to affordably go from "laptop to inky hands"....
  • Minimalist House
  • 37 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • The 102 sqm Minimalist House was recently designed for a couple in Itoman-shi, Okinawa, Japan by Shinichi Ogawa & Associates. Click the title for images and more info.
  • David Benjamin Sherry
  • 37 months ago · Art & Design · 7 Comments
  • New York based photographer David Benjamin Sherry (b.1981) has gained success in recent years through his bold experimentation with photography. After receiving an MFA at the prestigious Yale University School of Art, Sherry has gone...
  • Weekday Competition
  • 38 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • In conjunction with Swedish brand Weekday, we've decided to give-away two clothing kits - one for men and one for women. The men's kit contains: One Leon t-shirt (size M, striped long sleeved T-shirt in red and white) , one Denim...
  • Jaret Penner
  • 38 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Winnipeg born Jaret Penner earned an Illustration and Design diploma at the Capilano University in Vancouver between 1999 and 2001. Since then Jaret has been an unstoppable train of work, exhibiting in many different galleries and...
  • Dead Ends, Theo Simpson
  • 38 months ago · Art & Design · 5 Comments
  • In this weeks post I received a copy of Theo Simpson's latest book, Dead Ends; a collaborative project with graphic designer Ben Mclaughlin and writer Tom Common. This 22-page book features a collection of frustratingly crumpled and...
  • Nike SB Koston and Anderson Interview
  • 39 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Nike SB riders Eric Koston and Brian Anderson got the opportunity to design their own shoes with the Icon x Icon project. This video shows them talking about their show before and after the shoes were created.
  • Jacco Kranenburg from Roomservice
  • 39 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Two years ago Jacco Kranenburg, a Dutch designer, started bidding on eBay's many "Human Billboards" - people who offer their bodies and clothing as a place to advertise your company. The first issue of Roomservice magazine compiles...
  • Vans Grid Authentic
  • 39 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Vans have released a new version of the classic Authentic which mixes suede and canvas and makes use of a simple grid design on the upper panel.
  • Design Your Own Wallpaper* Cover
  • 39 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Today is your last chance to play art director and create your very own Wallpaper* cover. Your self-designed magazine will then be delivered directly to your door. Click the title for previous reader's efforts.
  • My Mistake, The ICA
  • 39 months ago · art & design · 0 Comments
  • Yesterday saw the opening of Oscar Tuazon's solo show, My Mistake, at The ICA, London. Tuazon, an American artist, writer and curator, creates sculptures and installations that are characterised by a sense of tension. The show is...
  • Curated By: Kimberly Lloyd
  • 39 months ago · Art & Design · 3 Comments
  • Kimberly Lloyd lives and works in Germany and the US as founder of Lloyd & Associates - an agency driven by intelligent resourcing and exceptional creativity. To date Kimberly has produced work for clients such as Adidas, Chanel,...
  • Starck
  • 39 months ago · Art & Design · 2 Comments
  • Whether you like it or not, Philippe Starck has become a household name and his designs are becoming increasingly unavoidable wherever you go. After designing our lamps, toothbrushes, lemon squeezers, luggage, beds, taps, houses...
  • Raf Simons Snake T-Shirt
  • 40 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons has created a ultra-light translucent snake print t-shirt to be part of the Raf Simons SS10 collection. The fabric is light but strong and hangs across the body.
  • Dana Lee Autumn/Winter 2010
  • 40 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Dana Lee, the New York based fashion designer who we talked about not that long ago, has just released her Autumn/Winter 2010 collection. Click the title to take a look?
  • Sotheby's Contemporary Art Auction
  • 40 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Last night Sotheby's evening sale of contemporary art sold for an incredible $189,960,000 (?131 million) ? $28 million above the estimate and $142 million more than last year. On of the key attractions of the night was Andy Warhol's...
  • Ralph Lauren's New Parisian Flagship
  • 40 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Ralph Lauren have just opened a beautiful new flagship store in Paris on Boulevard Saint Germain. The 23,000 sq ft store, that took a team of designers almost four years to restore, stocks all the essential collections and even serves...
  • OHWOW Book Club
  • 40 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • OHWOW recently opened their new Book Club, designed by Rafael de Cáredenas. The 150sq ft Book Club is located below street level at 227 Waverly Place, New York and echos the design of a black and white pre-war American bathroom.
  • Tokyo's North Face Concept Store
  • 40 months ago · culture · 2 Comments
  • SLAMXHYPE have provided us with a look inside the recently opened THE NORTH FACE STANDARD Tokyo Concept Store in Harajuku. Designed by Kunichi Nomura, each floor has a different theme, with the fourth floor dedicated to a gallery...
  • RSVP Gallery
  • 41 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Set up in August 2009, Chicago based RSVP Gallery quickly established itself as one of the leading high-end boutiques in the world, supplying their international clientele with hard-to-find and unique artist collaborations. Seven...
  • Blueprint x Mark Ward
  • 41 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Blueprint Skateboards have just released a new set of boards and wheels designed by Mark Ward. All of the decks are now available through selected Blueprint retailers.
  • Jeff Koons BMW Design
  • 41 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • BMW have revealed the results of their latest collaboration with infamous artist Jeff Koons. Inspired by the checkered flag, Koons has made his design for the M3 GT2 out of vibrant hues.
  • This Week's Music Reviews
  • 41 months ago · music · 2 Comments
  • This week we review the latest releases from Erik Enocksson, Sonny And The Sunsets, Twin Sister and General Fiasco. When Farväl Falkenberg hit the cinemas In 2006 it was with huge critical acclaim, both in Sweden and abroad. Everyone...
  • Dior Homme, "The Ritual of Dress"
  • 41 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Wonderland, Dior Homme and Verso recently collaborated to create a video titled "The Ritual of Dress". Styled by Way Perry and filmed in Camber Sands, the video gives us a look at the new collection designed by Kris Van Assche.
  • Walrus TV: Cody Hudson
  • 42 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Walrus TV recently met up with Chicago based artist Cody Hudson. Cody, who also founded design house Struggle Inc., has produced work for clients such as Nike, Stussy, The Cool Kids and A-Trak.
  • Supra Canvas Series
  • 42 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Supra have revealed their new Canvas Series for SS10. It consists of three of their most popular Supra shoe designs being offered in single colour canvas.
  • Tuesday Take Over
  • 42 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • This week's Tuesday Take Over comes from Monica Khemsurov ? co-founder of online magazine Sight Unseen, contributor to The New York Times and former senior editor of I.D. magazine. "This image by the late German artist Hans Bellmer...
  • Johansson / Heidi Nilausen
  • 42 months ago · culture · 5 Comments
  • Swedish artist Johansson and fashion designer Heidi Nilausen have joined forces to make this beautiful music video/fashion film for Johansson's single Blue Moon.. Video directed by Philippe Tempelman and Kian Zubicky, and DOP Axel...
  • Anna Ter Haar
  • 43 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Graduating from the well-known Netherlandish design school designacademy Eindhoven in June 2007, Anna Ter Haar's fashion and furniture work instantly received huge press coverage, forcing her into the public spotlight. Her recent...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 43 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • This weeks best submission comes from Studio Fantastico, a creative studio set up in 2009 and based in Milan. Click here to look at previous Submission Sundays. To submit your work email us 4-6 jpeg examples of your work (660 px width)...
  • Bloggers Delight II
  • 43 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • The second part of our blogger interviews. This time we interview the people behind doubleyouwhy.com, mosslessmagazine.com, holyghostzine.blogspot.com and pantherclub.tumblr.com. Why did you start doubleyouwhy.com? It's hard to say,...
  • Wizard Smoke - Salazar
  • 43 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • A beautifully shot and styled film from motion design collective SALAZAR, this is well worth watching to the very end. Based in Vancouver and made up of independent artists Jesse Savath, Bienviendo Cruz, Jeff Petry, and Nathan Drillot,...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 43 months ago · Art & Design · 4 Comments
  • This week's Submission Sunday winner is 22-year-old Sebastian Schwamm, a communication design student at Munich University of Applied Sciences. Here are some images from his latest zine 'Ich bin nicht der Raumschifflenker!' (I'm not...
  • Inside Jeff Koons Studio
  • 43 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • SLAMXHYPE have posted images from a look around American artist Jeff Koons' studio. Jeff Koons is currently working with BMW and will be the 17th Artist to be involved with their Art Car Program. Previous artists include Andy Warhol,...
  • Gaga as Polaroid Creative Director
  • 44 months ago · culture · 4 Comments
  • Lady Gaga was recently announced as the new Creative Director of Polaroid. Polaroid sees Lady Gaga as the "ideal spokesperson" for a speciality line. The singer posted a picture of herself on Twitter holding a business card that says...
  • Lionel Vivier
  • 44 months ago · culture · 3 Comments
  • Lionel Vivier is the founder and owner of the French clothing and publishing company Sixpack France. Founded in 1998, Sixpack have gone on to collaborate with companies like DC Shoes and artists like Jiro Bevis, Steve Nishimoto and...
  • eS and Krooked Skateboards
  • 45 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • eS have teamed up with Krooked to produce two new designs for the Square One and First Blood shoe models. Both feature Krooked logos and embroidery on the heel area and will be available to buy from select eS retailers.
  • No Age
  • 45 months ago · music · 0 Comments
  • No Age are an American band. They like skateboarding but they don't like cats. We caught up with them for a quick chat about skateboarding and their new E.P.
  • Music Video Monday
  • 46 months ago · music · 1 Comment
  • So, it's Monday again, and here are the music videos we've found (we've found quite a lot). Delphic ? Doubt. Digitalism ? Jupiter Room. "The video for Jupiter Room is based around the idea of abstract light design and movement complimenting...
  • Per Englund ? Life Geos On
  • 47 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • On a recent trip to Sweden I was lucky enough to be given Per Englund?s new book Life Geos On (that?s actually how the title is spelt). I need to nerd out a little bit here; it?s increasingly rare to find photo books with such high...
  • Bloggers Delight
  • 50 months ago · culture · 1 Comment
  • Who do you think of when someone says "top three blogs in the world"? Is it booooooom.com, itsnicethat.com and manystuff.org? I bet it is. So just for you we interviewed the people behind these great blogs, the people who scour books,...
  • Alexander Wang Men's Fall '09 Preview
  • 50 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Having previously only designed for women, Alexander Wang is branching out. Check out this video for an exclusive preview of his upcoming debut men's collection. It's a bit dull in my opinion, but he's known for his simple 'no frills'...
  • Dana Goldstein
  • 51 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • I was born and raised in Kentucky but spent majority of my life travelling. I picked up a camera for the first time in Tuscany when I was 13 years old. Shortly after my father bought me a dark room and set it up on our basement so...
  • RJ Shaughnessy
  • 51 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • RJ Shaugnessy was born in Hollywood, Florida and now lives in Hollywood, California. He recieved a BFA from the Art Center College of Design, and likes to read and write about photography. Now for a slightly more interesting fact;...
  • Keith Davis Young
  • 51 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Keith Davis Young's work is like an amazing mix of Edward Hopper, Andreas Gursky and, at times, Nan Goldin. Just like Matthew Genitempo, he's from a town just outside Houston, Texas, and he's a busy young man.
  • Aron of Mörel Books
  • 51 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • Aron Mörel is good friend of ours, he's a UK based independent publisher who set up shop in 2008. So far he's released books with Edwyn Collins from Orange Juice, our picture editor Jonnie Craig and Stella Vine amongst many others.
    We...
  • Nicolás Dodi
  • 51 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Nicolás is 22 years old and lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He's currently in college studying for a degree in Graphic Design and works a day job as a chef, which has already taken him two years of education. This job allowed...
  • Submission Sunday
  • 52 months ago · Art & Design · 0 Comments
  • A brand new Sunday, a brand new submission of the week (nothing to do with S&M). This week the submissions have been so strong it's been hard to find one we're not going to interview or feature properly, but here he is. Gareth Roberts.
    Gareth...
  • Boss or Toss
  • 52 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • For those of you who aren't up on the young folk slang of today, boss means good, and toss means bad. OK. Here are your boss & toss numbers of this week.
  • Blog To Bookmark
  • 52 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Here are our current favourite blogs for you to bookmark, obviously because they're our favourites, they'll be your favourites too.
  • Steve Hockett
  • 52 months ago · · 1 Comment
  • I'm a designer currently working freelance and for United Creatives in Manchester. I'm really into doing everything myself and learning new things, most recently I've been getting involved in public art, architecture and working for...
  • Leemun Smith of Kraffhics
  • 53 months ago · Art & Design · 1 Comment
  • Leemun Smith is the art director of Leeds based art collective Kraffhics, who have been hitting it big in the Leeds art scene recently, with t-shirts and stickers on everything you look at. Here's an interview with the guy.
  • Timberland Costa Dorada
  • 567 months ago · culture · 0 Comments
  • Recognising the recent popularity of their deck shoes, Timberland have released two new colour ways in their Costa Dorada 2 Eye Ox shoe, combining the classic older colours with their new contemporary shoe design.