Anew: Explore the beauty in everyday objects at United Photo Industries’ group exhibition

Anew

In the same vein as Sam Hecht and Kim Colin’s thought-provoking book “Usefulness in Small Things,” the group photo exhibition Anew explores the beauty in everyday objects. Opening today at United Photo Industries in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood, the exhibit features nine photographers with an unconventional eye for revealing an…

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Interview: Jeremy Burke: We team up with Braun to talk to the comedian about his favorite Built to Perform possession

Interview: Jeremy Burke

Sponsored content: In a high performance world, Braun creates innovative designs built to last seven years. For the Built to Perform series Braun profiles 15 innovative guys in an intimate look at their life passions and the unique objects of design and durability that power their life. The creative idea…

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Interview: Gwenaëlle Chassin de Kergommeaux: We talk to the GCDK De.Sign principal about eggshell maps of China, furniture re-purposing and more

Interview: Gwenaëlle Chassin de Kergommeaux

Created in 2004 by Gwenaëlle Chassin de Kergommeaux as an artistic outlet, GCDK De.Sign is an unconventional furniture design company started in Paris and is now based in Beijing. Chassin de Kergommeaux bases her work on careful research of aesthetics and materials, using eggshells, silk, gold leaf, sharkskin, mother…

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Body Language: An exhibition in Paris exploring the relationship between photography and the human form

Body Language

The Centre Culturel Suisse in Paris has gathered a selection of photos focused on the concept of the body from the Fotomuseum Winterthur’s collection, as part of the city’s “Mois de la photo” (Month of Photography) event. Throughout its history as a medium, photography has entertained an exclusive and…

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Fashion and Technology: Innovations in clothing from zippers to the Internet on display at FIT

Fashion and Technology

Clothing defined by its connection to technology is the focus of “Fashion and Technology,” a special exhibit at the Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) in NYC. An arrangement of over 100 objects from the museum’s generous permanent collection of dresses, accessories and textiles, curated by Ariele Elia…

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Interview: Matt Kenyon: The cross-platform artist talks technology, politics and his newest work, SUPERMAJOR

Interview: Matt Kenyon

Best described as a bit of a tech nerd with creative interests, Matt Kenyon also has a score to settle with big business and irresponsible government. Reacting to the economic and social impact engendered by their misbehavior, Kenyon joined forces with Doug Keaton in 1999 to found SWAMP, a…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks: Yoko Ono vs. menswear, drugged-up spider designers, the year’s failures and more in our look at the web this week

Link About It: This Week's Picks

1. Yoko Ono for Opening Ceremony “Soooooo, this is actually, like, ‘art’ or something, isn’t it? No fucking way Yoko Ono thinks she can break up The Beatles AND ruin menswear.” Read more of Jon Moy’s appropriate reaction to Ono’s new Opening Ceremony collection over at Four Pins. 2….

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Cool Hunting Video Presents: The International Banana Museum: From soda to silverware, a look inside the largest collection of banana items on Earth

Cool Hunting Video Presents: The International Banana Museum

There are many interesting and odd things to be found off the shores of the dying Salton Sea in southern California but maybe one of the most unique is the International Banana Museum. Recently transplanted from Culver City, the museum occupies a squat building on the side of the…

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New Work by Ray Caesar: The digital artist’s newest bevy of scarily bodacious babes and demonic coquettes

New Work by Ray Caesar

A woman sits nonchalantly in a bland office chair under an interrogatory fluorescent light, with her long bare legs crossed in front of her. She appears to be some demonic temptress of a business woman, fixing us with a stare over horn-rimmed glasses, her jet black hair styled into…

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Triumph & Disaster: Kiwi former pro cricket player Dion Nash launches a new men’s grooming line

Triumph & Disaster

During his 18 years on the New Zealand national cricket team, Dion Nash learned the importance of putting in work during the day and cleaning up for post-match public appearances. After he retired from the sport he went on to work in the spirits industry and now, has once…

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