Fraggle Rock Playing Cards: Hollywood’s The Spare Room releases a special deck commemorating the beloved TV show’s 30th anniversary

Fraggle Rock Playing Cards


To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jim Henson’s beloved children’s television program Fraggle Rock, Hollywood gaming parlor The Spare Room recently released a limited edition deck of Fraggle-branded Continue Reading…

Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity: Alan Siegel’s latest book shows what business can learn from simplicity and good design

Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity


Designers are more than floor lamps and logos—first and foremost, they are problem solvers. When Alan Siegel began his career in corporate design, he saw a problem with complexity. He saw insurance forms that were incomprehensible…

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Interview: Richard Dupont: The pioneering, digitally-minded sculptor shifts toward material and process

Interview: Richard Dupont


Artist Richard Dupont first caught our attention years ago as one of the early artists to experiment with distortions of digital models in a physical space. Fond of manipulating scans of his own body, Dupont has produced everything from shape-shifting statues…

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Studio Visit: Daniel Michalik and Mark McGinnis : The cork furniture designer’s toy boats buoyed by pithy type and clever illustration

Studio Visit: Daniel Michalik and Mark McGinnis


Through the large industrial windows of his studio in Brooklyn, designer Daniel Michalik looks out at a small harbor of the East River’s Maspeth Creek and the repurposed ferries that inhabit its quiet docks. It is…

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Guns and Ecstasy by Scott Hove: Violence, paranoia and buttercream frosting define the artist’s latest solo show

Guns and Ecstasy by Scott Hove


Between wedding cakes bursting with fangs and icing-piped assault rifles, it’s not hard to see why the art of Scott Hove has gained such a strong following. A new exhibition and installation at recordOutboundLink(this,…

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Interview: Joao Teigas : We speak with the founder of This Way Up Percussion about Cajons, capoeira and his obsession with geometry

Interview: Joao Teigas


by Emily Millett Whether he is tapping his feet in tune to the music or drumming his fingers along to an imaginary rift, Joao Teigas lives by an unstoppable musical beat, an organic rhythmic flow that…

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The Oasis Clubhouse: South America’s stylish travel site adds social utility with a Buenos Aires flagship

The Oasis Clubhouse


With both attuned expats and locals on the ground, boutique hospitality company Oasis Collections is doing the necessary footwork to create a highly selective portfolio of attractive properties around South America. The Airbnb-like service evolved in…

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The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Chip Kidd discusses designing the first English-language collection from “the master of gay erotic manga”

The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame


In book design, provocation is the name of the game. Intrigue the reader enough to pick up the work and open it—this is a process that Chip Kidd has turned into an art. From David Sedaris’ “); return…

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Paris Photo Los Angeles 2013: Rare vintage finds and cocaine compounded imagery at the fair’s first US edition

Paris Photo Los Angeles 2013


Having established itself as one of the most significant art fairs for collectors, dealers and artists involved in the photographic community, it seemed only natural that Paris Photo would try to extend its influence to a new stateside audience. The fair moved…

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Yue Minjun: L’Ombre du fou rire: Stories and works from the cynical realist’s fascinating career

Yue Minjun: L'Ombre du fou rire


Following a major retrospective last year at Fondation Cartier, a monograph of Chinese artist Yue Minjun’s work is now available through Thames…

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