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A New Sound: Sophie
Not much is known about Sophie, and that’s the way he likes it. Assumed to be male (though even this much is not certain) the London producer has thus far chosen to shelter his identity, in the manner of the principled artist, in order to let the music speak. And what music! Utterly immediate, giddily […]
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“Rough Sketch Products” Furniture by Daigo Fukawa
When you first look at “Rough Sketch Products” by Daigo Fukawa, they appear to be just messy scribbles of the sort found in the back of a sketch pad or the corner of your notes; then you see the smiling people sitting on them. This bizarre set of furniture, beautiful in its unique, unfinished style, […]
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James Murphy Breaks Up LCD Soundsystem, Makes Coffee
In 2012′s “Shut Up and Play the Hits,” a chronicle of the last days of LCD Soundsystem, Chuck Klosterman asks frontman James Murphy what he plans to do next. His seemingly-quaint answer: “I really like making coffee.” Turns out, he was serious. Working with Blue Bottle Coffee founder James Freeman, Murphy has developed a signature, […]
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“We Are All Connected”: The Year We Shared on Facebook
From sobering tragedies to pulse-pounding TV twists (Hello, Game of Thrones; hello, Breaking Bad) to everything Miley Cyrus, 2013 was an eventful year, and we’re betting you stayed up-to-date on all the latest thanks to Facebook. Facebook Stories, a site that allows people to share stories of extraordinary ways Facebook has enriched their lives, has compiled […]
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An Airbag for Your Phone: The Honda Case N
Every smartphone owner has it. Perhaps you’ve succumbed to it. The Fear. Now, thanks to automaker Honda, the age of worrying over nicks, scratches, and shattered screens is behind us. Meet the Smartphone Case N. Just kidding. You won’t see the Case N on shelves anytime soon; the prototype and accompanying commercial are just part of […]
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“Her” x Opening Ceremony: Love and Loneliness in Spike Jonze’s Near-Future Fantasy
“We wanted to make a movie about a sort of heightened version of what we live now. Both in terms of technology and in terms of loneliness and longing. Our lives today are so busy and so rich. But also, we experience a lot of longing and loneliness.” When Spike Jonze began working on “Her,” […]
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The Pop Up Flea: An Annual Celebration of Quality, Now Online
Five years ago, when Michael Williams of A Continuous Lean and PR firm Paul + Williams began planning a new kind of menswear event with business partner Randy Goldberg, the goal was a straightforward one: to gather nice things — well-made things, lasting things, things the two men themselves liked — together under one roof for […]
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Lather Up With Nintendo Soap Cartridges
There are some things that, no matter how long it’s been, will always hold a place in your heart; for the 80′s and 90′s babies, that includes Nintendo. So, even if you’ve since strayed from (I can’t bring myself to say ‘grown out of’) video games, you may find that these Super Nintendo and Game Boy cartridge-replica soap […]
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Bushmills x Grado: How a Collab with a Whiskey Brand Evolved a Design
Grado Labs has been making their headphones the same way for a long time. One constant has been an open-back design that allows a free-flow of air and a more natural sound (a sound, it should be noted, that also flows out of that same open-back design — for obvious reasons, considerate Grado users do […]
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Jee Young Lee Creates Surreal Dreamscapes, No Photoshop Necessary
Legend, The Dark Crystal, The Neverending Story – all of these movies were set in worlds that inspired whimsy and wonder. The set, costumes and props were crafted by hand. As the available technology improved, CGI and photo manipulation became the more affordable (not to mention less time-consuming) option. Korean artist Jee Young Lee recognized the […]
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“Innovation Is Always Going to Happen.”
From Esquire – “Gary Vaynerchuk: What I’ve Learned“: We, as human beings, love to draw lines in the sand when it comes to innovation. I’m not going to wear Google glasses — that’s like a robot. But go back in time and think about older people who said: “I’m not getting a color TV. […]
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The Gagadoll — Once More Unto the Uncanny Valley, Dear Friends
@ladygaga 27 Nov “Who needs barbies when you can own your own life size pop star that sings to you #gagadollz” Meet the Gagadoll, a life-size, singing replica of the pop star that’s begging for a hug. The Gagadoll is the result of a multi-company collaboration and was manufactured by Orient Industry, a Japanese company […]