Feb 27

Interview: Mario Testino: The intimate moments behind a whirlwind of glossy covers and a look at the illustrious life of an acclaimed lensman

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Interview: Mario Testino

by Vivianne Lapointe Less than a month after the closing of “In Your Face,” a dedicated retrospective at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, acclaimed fashion photographer Mario Testino unveils a series of never-before-published images carefully curated from his personal portfolio. The evocative selection encompasses favorite outtakes from the past…

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Feb 26

Highlights from the 2013 TED Fellows: The conference’s fourth anniversary beckons a new class of young visionaries

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Highlights from the 2013 TED Fellows

Four years have passed since the first TED Fellows took the stage, and in that time the community has grown to 310 total members representing 75 countries. The current crop of 20 impressed the crowd yesterday as they discussed current and future projects across disciplines. Part of the fun…

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Feb 25

The End Is Far by Olek: Camouflage crochet in a site-specific installation at Jonathan LeVine

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The End Is Far by Olek

Vibrant and painstakingly executed, the crochet installations from Polish-born artist Olek offer striking embellishment to familiar spots. Blanketing NYC landmarks such as Wall Street’s Charging Bull and Alamo (the Astor Place cube), Olek’s unmistakable work has thrilled residents and tourists alike by adding new dimension to classic monuments. Her…

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Feb 22

CH Luminaries: Oscar Niemeyer, Aaron Swartz, Helen Gurley Brown and more in our tribute to the pioneering figures that we lost in the last year

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CH Luminaries

In a nod to the tradition propagated by the Oscars, we decided to take time to acknowledge the most influential figures in our sphere that have passed away in the last year. While this list is in no way exhaustive—from music to art and design and more, the world…

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Feb 22

Something Wicked This Way Comes: We talk with the art writer and curator Stephanie Chefas about her latest show

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Vivianne Lapointe Something Wicked This Way Comes, a group exhibition curated by Stephanie Chefas, offers a glimpse of what’s going on in the wicked minds of ten of today’s most innovative and powerful contemporary artists: Annie Owens, Christian Rex van Minnen, Christine Wu, Chrystal Chan, David Ball, Fulvio Di…

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Feb 20

The Anonymous Sex Journal: Read people’s kinky secrets in a new publication

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The Anonymous Sex Journal

By Sabine Zetteler Bold, boundary-breaking and wrapped in wipe-clean plastic, a new publication thrust its way into existence on Valentine’s Day this year, promising to arouse, provoke, bemuse, move and surprise its readers. The Anonymous Sex Journal is exactly what it says on the cover: a collection of carnal confessions…

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Feb 20

99U Conference 2013 Speakers: This year’s inspiring lineup for the annual spring conference

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99U Conference 2013 Speakers

The speaker line-up for this year’s 99U conference—which we helped co-found with Behance in 2009—was announced earlier today. The conference, set to be held on 2-3 May 2013, will feature talks by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque, Hosain Rahman of Jawbone and returning speaker Charlie Todd…

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Feb 20

Aperture: Hello Photography: The medium’s most authoritative publication launches an outstanding new take on the subject in both words and pictures

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Aperture: Hello Photography

If the world is drowning in imagery, consider the newly designed Aperture Magazine your most dependable life preserver. As the esteemed print publication heads into its 61st year, they have paused to acknowledge the increasing surplus of imagery inundating our lives and ask, “What should a photography magazine be?”…

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Feb 19

The 2014 Bentley Flying Spur: Party in the front, business in the back, the company’s most powerful sedan yet

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The 2014 Bentley Flying Spur

No longer confined to its previous Continental badging, the all new 2014 Bentley Flying Spur sedan embraces its post-breakup makeover—worked out and muscled up, turning heads as it passes by. Faster and more powerful than any of the British auto maker’s previous sedans, the Flying Spur has been completely…

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Feb 19

Stone + Cloth: iPad cases and backpacks made in California raise funds for education in Tanzania

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Stone + Cloth

Standing high atop the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro Matthew Clough felt exhilarated and thankful. While testing his own personal limits both physically and mentally, Clough developed a deep admiration for his local porter Benson. “While I was descending from the top, I learned that Benson, who was waking me…

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