Interview: Joseph Ari Aloi aka JK5: The artist reveals his secret for creating a great tattoo, his new book and more

Interview: Joseph Ari Aloi aka JK5


by Hugh Hart Joseph Ari Aloi graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1994 armed with dozens of sketchbooks, self-described ADD, a set of tattoo implements and a headful of eye-popping mythologies inspired variously by Star…

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Tiny Tattoos With Parallel Backgrounds

Le photographe américain Austin Tott a fait une série intitulée « Tiny Tattoos » qui crée des correspondances et parallèles entre des tatouages aux poignets et le décor en fond. Un tatouage de vélo sur fond de New York, une lettre sur fond de courriers et des guillemets sur fond de livres : sa série est à découvrir.

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Interview: Marisa Kakoulas and Margot Mifflin on Tattooing in the New Millennium: We speak with the two experts on women in the industry on the eve of their Powerhouse Arena panel discussion

Interview: Marisa Kakoulas and Margot Mifflin on Tattooing in the New Millennium


All things counter culture reach a point of popularity where they cease to exist exclusively in the periphery—some just take longer than others to reach the tipping point. Tattooing, for example, has existed for thousands of years, yet only in the past few…

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WoodSnap: A unique, tattoo-like process prints images on wood while preserving the natural grain

WoodSnap


The concept of printing images on unconventional materials—be it food or fabric—has been around for years. Yet rarely do the results do the original image justice. California-based WoodSnap aims to prove wood is an answer…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : $2,000 beer, Hypercolor cars, Google’s Quantum AI Lab and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Google’s Quantum AI Lab In May, Google launched its collaborative computing project with NASA and D-Wave, which is aimed at pushing the limits of understanding in everything from medicine to space travel. Now we are getting a );…

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Black Tattoo Art 2: Added ink, artists and history in the second comprehensive volume of what many consider the “Bible of Blackwork Tattoos”

Black Tattoo Art 2


In 2009 tattoo expert and enthusiast Marisa Kakoulas released “Black Tattoo Art: Modern Expressions of the Tribal,” an extensive catalog of traditionally inspired and executed tattoos that has become known to many as the “Bible…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Prisoner art, prosthetic Lego legs, intuitive boarding passes and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Rick Owens Step Team In a drastic departure from what you would expect during Paris Fashion Week, designer Rick Owens replaced traditional runway models with a team of “plus-size” step dancers. From challenging the norms…

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WeAreUnlikeYou: A trio of Berlin creatives team up to start a talent agency devoted to real life characters

WeAreUnlikeYou


Certain things come to mind when the words “modeling agency” are mentioned. Rarely do those things include cabaret artists, stand-up comedians or burlesque performers. The new Berlin-based agency WeAreUnlikeYou aims…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Istanbul in photos, the Serpentine’s new cloud, Cape Town’s hailstorm and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Tom Ford’s Western When he’s not changing the face of fashion for brands like Gucci and YSL, the iconic Tom Ford spends roughly a quarter of his year on a 24,000-acre New Mexico ranch. The…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Penn Station redesign, Scott Campbell’s Mexican prison tattoo guns, Google Nutrition and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Google Blimp Wi-Fi Gone are the days of blimps being used solely for advertising at the Superbowl. Google is currently developing technology that will provide Wi-Fi to over one billion people in Africa and Southeast…

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