Michael Leon + Arkitip Vexhall Series: The artist creates new flags as part of his ongoing project

Michael Leon + Arkitip Vexhall Series


by Eva Glettner Both an artist and an art director, Michael Leon never strays far from the tenacity and enthusiasm he picked up as a skateboarder in the late ’80s. He blends a DIY attitude with finely…

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The Silent Shout: Miniature sound installations concealed in mailed packages invade and travel through the public space

The Silent Shout


With thought-provoking art projects like “Geometric Porn” (an exercise in which simple shapes can imply something much more powerful—and, in this case, erotic) and “Enlighten the Unpredictable” (a hypothetical…

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Interview: Aaron De La Cruz: The San Francisco-based artist on his new Ace Hotel mural and embracing imperfections

Interview: Aaron De La Cruz


by Eva Glettner Prolific artist Aaron De La Cruz was initially inspired to paint because he idolized his older brother. His now-signature style—which bounces from design, graffiti to illustration—is highly stylized and technical, blending influences from Mayan…

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Interview: Michelle Dunn Marsh of Minor Matters: The art book publisher approaches the industry with a new and intelligent angle

Interview: Michelle Dunn Marsh of Minor Matters


Evolving technologies have required the publishing industry to become a business of creative thinking. So, in her new publishing venture called Minor Matters, Michelle Dunn Marsh takes a page from Kickstarter…

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Plumb Goods Notebooks: A new kind of journal, designed by different artists every season, that’s meant to be judged by its cover

Plumb Goods Notebooks


Just about every bookstore has that one display of notebooks up by the register; filled with the same, cookie-cutter selection of bound paper. The journals aren’t so much dated as they are uninspiring. Thus, we’re happy to have come across recordOutboundLink(this,…

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Blast Skates Illustrated Boards: Limited edition, artist-designed decks—handmade with love in England

Blast Skates Illustrated Boards


A little while ago London-based illustrator Matthew Bromley put his freelance illustration career on hold in favor of a nine-to-five design job. This regular salary has meant Bromley could fund his very own skate label, …

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The Thing Quarterly: Issue 22: Godfather of conceptual art, John Baldessari reimagines the pillowcase

The Thing Quarterly: Issue 22


John Baldessari, the prolific visual artist and living legend hailing from southern California, has left nary a medium untouched—painting, photography, printmaking, video, sculpture, installation and more—in his quest to find beauty, drama and art in the…

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