Études Studio on Crossing Creative Lines: Fashion, publishing, a creative agency and a new pop-up are all in a day’s work for this hybrid collective

Études Studio on Crossing Creative Lines


Crossing lines and breaking boundaries is nothing new in the creative community—in fact, it’s largely what the industry is built upon. Communications designers become brand engineers, painters design textiles and ceramicists dabble in industrial engineering. However, few…

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Acid Magazine: A holistic approach to surfing in a beautifully designed print format

Acid Magazine


To the outside world, surfers may seem like an obsessive bunch. Piling into a station wagon, driving for hours in search of rideable peaks in the depths of winter, shuffling across snow-covered trails in nothing but a few millimeters of neoprene is not…

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Shinola + Bruce Weber: The storied photographer shares a few insights on his latest campaign with the Detroit-based brand

Shinola + Bruce Weber


Bruce Weber’s work—renowned for its powerful and iconic imagery that has graced gallery walls, billboards and the finest fashion magazines around the globe—is largely an extension of the way he sees the world. And when the…

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Interview: Steven Vogel of Black Lodges: Insights and ideas from the creative and rebellious Renaissance man

Interview: Steven Vogel of Black Lodges


Whether or not you’re familiar with the name Steven Vogel, it’s more than likely you’ve ogled his work in one field or another; be it his pioneering music and menswear blog, his expert projects for big shots like Burton and Levi’s, or his…

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Central Illustration: London commercial art agency looks to US market with limited edition prints

Central Illustration


by Gavin Lucas Reaching the ripe old age of 30 this year, London-based illustration agency Central Illustration is reaching out to American clients with two limited edition screen prints…

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ARC Magazine: A Caribbean publication puts island artists in the global spotlight

ARC Magazine


by Kyana Gordon Sips of rum punch, luxurious private villas and postcard-perfect white sand beaches are reasons many vacationers flock to the Caribbean. Holly Bynoe and Nadia Huggins, two ambitious women from the chain of glittering islands known as St. Vincent and the…

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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Bally Technologies: We explore the fascinating design and innovation behind slot machines, one of the world’s most unknown industries

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Bally Technologies


Slot machines—games of purely random chance—are often seen as mechanical gambling devices and not much more. During a visit to Las Vegas we had the opportunity to dig a little deeper with Bally Technologies’ Director…

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Essays on Reality: London-based Swiss director Greg Barth premieres his latest work

Essays on Reality

There’s a good chance you have come across Greg Barth’s work recently. In the past two years, the Swiss multi-disciplinary art and video director has gotten noticed among enlightened circles, as well as the general public, for his clearly identifiable aesthetic combined with audacious choices of content. After graduating…

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