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The sleek presentation of Bang & Olufsen‘s BeoVision 10 shows that there’s plenty of room for making the modern television more refined, powerful and sophisticated. The LCD panel looks more like a decorative piece melding with interiors—a lesson in the Danish aesthetic. Designed by the native Englishman David Lewis in his Copenhagen studio, the curved edge of his design lends an effect of the BeoVision being almost embedded in the wall.

Well-thought out integration of LED light technology and structure, placing loudspeakers below the screen and LED lights throughout, achieves not just the chic super-slim appearance but also saves power. Encasing the TV in glass with anti-reflection coating, accented by high-gloss aluminum on the front and rear, enhances the surface. Optimum sound comes from a two-way stereo loudspeaker system that relies on a center bass port system for quality.

The cover (magnetically interchangable) comes in black, white, silver, dark grey, blue and orange for integration with any decor scheme. Retailing for $7,675, pick it up from Bang & Olufsen stores.

Located in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, Strawser & Smith specialize in home furnishings repurposed from America’s industrial past. The newly minted shop boasts a meticulously edited collection, primarily sourced from defunct industries of the Midwest. Many pieces date back to factories in Rust Belt cities like Detroit and Youngstown, that are refurbished in Cleveland before getting shipped to Brooklyn.

Currently, you can find a range of pieces, from authentic medical and stage lights to original maps from the 1920s and employee cubbies straight from a mid-century factory floor. Throughout the collection, you’ll notice a heavy reliance on cast iron and production methods no longer employed today.

The store’s ethos lies in a they-don’t-make-it-like-they-used-to-belief. Owners Fred Strawser and David Smith draw almost exclusively from the 19th and early 20th centuries, when American factories produced machinery and furniture of unparalleled craftsmanship and construction. Each piece has a history and a story of its own, evident in its unique wear after years of use.

And to celebrate ICFF, Strawser & Smith is throwing and in-store party tonight from 7 to 10pm. Expect music, drinks and the work of Pigeontail Design. See more images after the jump.

HIGH ART. Matthew Barney jumps on a room-sized trampoline to make marks on a glass ceiling as part of the tenth installment of his Drawing Restraint series, performed in 2005 at Japan’s 21st Century Museum of Art.

Join us in covering yourself with petroleum jelly in celebration of the Museum of Modern Art‘s latest acquisition: “Drawing Restraint,” the ongoing series of work by artist Matthew Barney. MoMA has acquired the complete archive of the series jointly with the Laurenz Foundation (funding organization of the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Schaulager in Basel), which will share equal ownership of the work. Begun in 1987 during Barney’s undergraduate days at Yale, Drawing Restraint explores how self-imposed impediments to drawing—from leg restraints and hockey skates to trampolines and the motion of the sea—can enhance an artist’s output. (Then there’s the 1993 installment, which features a couple of satyrs wrestling in a Manhattan-bound limousine, with the ewe attempting to use the ram’s horn to draw in the condensation formed on the moon roof.)

The various parts of the series capture aspects of Barney’s action in the form of drawings, sculptures, vitrines of objects, photographs, video, and film. “As remarkable as its precocious beginning is the fact that the series, now numbering sixteen, is still ongoing and evolving with no definite end after more than twenty years,” said MoMA director Glenn D. Lowry in a statement announcing the acquisition. “Drawing Restraint provides an autobiographical path through Matthew Barney’s work and, in its scope, ambition, and continuity, is exceptional not only in his oeuvre but also in the art of the turn of the century.”

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Alexander Esguerra’s It’s Just Sex represents a cultural examination and celebration of the “Literal Expressionism” that exists within everyone. Bringing together numerous partners from around New York, the exhibit transforms their manifestation of affection, seduction or pleasure into art – leaving a lasting mark that represents this moment of self-actualization. The exhibit sets out to break down the taboo that is sex, by showing it for what it is – an act of beauty and love.

Opening May 22, 2010 in SoHo, the one-night launch of It’s Just Sex will display the various canvases amidst a festive celebration featuring live performances by  Electric Slim and DJ MSB.