Studio Visit: Jacob Escobedo: The Adult Swim designer on creating album art for Broken Bells, The Shins and more

Studio Visit: Jacob Escobedo


The helmet-clad, naked woman gracing the covers of Broken Bells’ new album and previously released single are a reflection of the vibrant psychedelic visions of Atlanta-based artist recordOutboundLink(this,…

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Studio Visit: Silas Hite: Inside the award-winning composer and visual artist’s creative space

Studio Visit: Silas Hite


by Mya Stark Minds that are equally as agile in the realms of art and music are rare, but not unheard of. While most of the examples are musicians who dabble in visual art, there’s the odd one like Tony Bennett whose paintings…

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Cool Hunting Video: Juan Miguel Palacios: Giving a traditionally 2D medium more depth, this Brooklyn-based painter explores the human condition

Cool Hunting Video: Juan Miguel Palacios


A recent transplant to Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, Spanish artist Juan Miguel Palacios is making a splash in the New York art scene with a series of work focusing on the human form. Palacios uses a…

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Studio Visit: Tomokazu Matsuyama: A view of art history seen through the eyes of an astute color fanatic

Studio Visit: Tomokazu Matsuyama

Anyone concerned that our increasingly integrated, global world will lead to a homogenized population or uniform culture need to look no further than the artwork of Tomokazu Matsuyama to see how uniquely varied it can be. The Japanese pro snowboarder-turned graphic designer-turned fine artist uses an optimistically hued palette…

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Studio Visit: Fredericks and Mae: We stop by the designers’ studio for a chat about Yahtzee’s viking history and a peek at their new beach games

Studio Visit: Fredericks and Mae

When ascending the stairs leading up to Fredericks and Mae’s third floor studio in Bushwick, you can smell the alluring scent of a wood shop from the first step. And once you enter inside the quiet but bright space, the fragrance becomes intoxicating, adding olfactory depth to the ongoing…

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Studio Visit: Electric Love: The Brooklyn space where dreamcatchers are spun from leather and feathers

Studio Visit: Electric Love

Upon walking into the Brooklyn studio of Charlie Walker and Hitomi Matarese, the husband-and-wife founders of Electric Love, you feel an almost immediate calm, either from the gentle scent of patchouli and leather wafting through the air or the rhythmic sound of hands at work. “I’ve lived and worked…

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Thomas Sires : The design duo outfits a tropical country club for their debut wholesale collection

Thomas Sires

For the past two years, friends and designers Allison Sires and Fiona Thomas have been carefully cultivating an original storefront in the heart of Nolita which would reflect their desire to create a lifestyle brand that freely incorporates items from their travels, alongside their own seasonal womenswear collections. Aptly…

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Studio Visit: Shantell Martin: Wide awake within the illustrated walls of an English artist’s Brooklyn abode

Studio Visit: Shantell Martin

“All it cost me were pens and time,” says Shantell Martin of her Brooklyn home and studio. From the baseboards to the ceiling, the space crawls with a hand-drawn mural of Martin’s own design. The artist explains that she rents from a couple who support Martin’s scribbling habit so…

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Heineken Future Bottle Design Challenge 2013: Remix Our Future: The second annual competition encourages designers to embrace the company’s 140th anniversary as inspiration

Heineken Future Bottle Design Challenge 2013: Remix Our Future

Advertorial content: After the success of last year’s inaugural bottle redesign challenge—which saw over 30,000 entries from more than 140 countries—Heineken today launches its second annual global bottle design competition. This year, in celebration of their 140th anniversary, the iconic beer company opens the doors to its rich history of…

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Studio Visit: Jas M.B.: The Sehmbi family opens up their London workshop for a look at how they produce such covetable leather bags

Studio Visit: Jas M.B.

Stepping into the small, family-run facility that produces accessories for the decade-strong British label Jas M.B., you immediately know that leather is their business. The workshop-style factory—helmed by Jas Sehmbi and his son Taj—is packed wall to wall with beautiful hides of all colors and textures, which are soon…

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