Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Uncomfortable objects, intellectual erotica, Frankie Knuckles enduring legacy and more in our look at the web this week

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. The Unknown Vivian Maier In 2007, a 26-year-old amateur historian named John Maloof paid $380 for a box of negatives and undeveloped film at an auction. Therein, he would discover the intimate, beautiful images of photographer ); return…

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YVMIN: The Beijing-based fashion and accessories label cites eclectic influences on the path to global recognition

YVMIN


The adornments lining YVMIN’s Beijing studio tell a lot about their work. An iridescent heart hangs on the wall alongside a set of plastic heads of Greek statues, and…

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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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IRENE #4: Sensual erotica inspired by the muse of René Magritte in the latest issue of the cult fanzine

IRENE #4

by Andrea Dicenzo There’s arguably no better place to speak candidly about an erotica magazine than a Parisian cafe. The whispered French and eruptions of laughter, the shuffling of waiters and the clanging of cutlery indicative of the romance of this sexy city—this is where publishers Lucie Santamans, Esthèle…

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Hawt!

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South African photographer Henrik Purienne produces gritty, sexy and nostalgic fashion photography. He has successfully blurred the lines between fashion and erotica in a way that seems somehow less pornographic than most mainstream fashion shots. (NSFW)