A new exhibition at the London Design Museum offers a closer look at the evolution of sneaker design and innovation. The show is called “Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street.” The LDM exhibition is timely. Or rather, it’s a long overdue survey of the sneaker as a designed object. As TheContinue Reading
On the edge of a Native American land tract on the outskirts of Palm Springs, California, stand a pair of bright-yellow cubes. These form a site-specific art installation titled “The Wishing Well” by Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey. The work is on view as part of Desert X, a sprawlingContinue Reading
We’re still in a bit of shock this morning after hearing about the passing of the artist BAST! We learned the news Tuesday evening via legendary graffiti-artist HAZE’s Instagram feed. Based in Brooklyn, the usually super-anonymous BAST was a pioneering stalwart of the New York City street-art landscape of theContinue Reading
Prince Philip, a.k.a., the Duke of Edinburgh, and husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, past away last week. There was live media coverage of the Duke’s funeral last Saturday. Attendance of the service was limited due to COVID, and the seating arrangements of attendees followed social-distancing protocols. One of theContinue Reading
On Monday we went to our first art exhibition in over a year. Our first since the start of the COVID pandemic era. For us, and many others in California, that era really started early one afternoon in mid-March last year. That was when everybody in our office was immediatelyContinue Reading
We’ve actually minted and released two NFTs! These are original images of surfers on waves at a couple of legendary surf spot near Los Angeles in January this year. It’s part of a series of images inspired by California beach and surf culture titled “On a Wave,” and can beContinue Reading
It’s back! And we are so very happy to see it! Desert X has returned. What’s Desert X? It’s the biennial contemporary art exhibition that dots the desert landscape and communities of the Coachella Valley with massive site-specific installation artworks. The art event, now in its third running, is centeredContinue Reading
. . . . . Daft Punk has split up. Has ended things. Called it quits. Called it a day. Broken up. Turned off the lights. Disbanded. Bid adieu. Said farewell. Are now officially defunct. (Or should that “de-funked”?) “Say it isn’t so!” we hear you exclaim in a despondent,Continue Reading
Netflix’s “Pretend It’s a City” takes its title from a remark by Fran Liebowitz. It’s a command to the tourists who slowly walk down the crowded sidewalks of Manhattan, jamming up pedestrian traffic and frustrating New York locals who are otherwise in a hurry. It’s one of innumerable anecdotes fromContinue Reading
The United States Postal Service has announced that this spring they will be issuing a new series of stamps featuring the androids from the Star Wars films, including C3PO and R2D2. It’s a big nod to one of the greatest and longest-running cinematic franchises in motion picture history, one thatContinue Reading
It was brilliant and funny for the first 24 -48 hours. The meme of U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders based on an image of him sitting alone in a folding chair in his casual puffy winter coat and knitted mittens, legs crossed, arms folded, pandemic mask on,Continue Reading
. . . . . Illusionist and extreme endurance performer, dare we say performance artist, David Blaine has just done another one of his stunt-spectacles this week. On Wednesday he floated into the sky strapped to dozens of helium balloons like the character Carl Fredrickson and his house in theContinue Reading
Mysterious and infamous U.K. artist Banksy has bankrolled a small refugee rescue ship sailing the Mediterranean Sea. The boat is named the M.V. Louise Michel. It’s run by a non-profit organization whose mission is to “uphold maritime law and rescue anyone in peril without prejudice.” The vessel is decorated withContinue Reading
An architecture firm in Montevideo, Uruguay is building the worlds first memorial to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The firm is GomezPlatero. Their vision is for a memorial located on the waterfront of a major urban area that serves as both a monument and a large pubic space. Rendering of theContinue Reading
The cover of Vanity Fair magazine’s September 2020 issue is a triumph. It’s a beautiful, bittersweet portrait of Breonna Taylor by the artist Amy Sherald. The issue is guest-edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates and includes a feature article edited by him in conversation with Taylor’s mother. Taylor was in the newsContinue Reading
Rest in peace, Milton Glaser. You did many things. Your creative achievements were many and influential. You created an enduring, brilliant, and beloved logo for New York that is a graphic design classic and timeless. “I Love NY.” You co-founded the great New York Magazine. You created that iconic posterContinue Reading
By the way, as some of our savviest readers have discovered, we’re on Instagram. In fact we’ve been there for a while now. Insta is where we share stuff that often doesn’t get posted to the blog due to time, and stuff that’s more random, immediate and personal. So checkContinue Reading
In light of recent news events in the United States and yet another deadly and senseless mass-shooting at a school, there’s this retro arcade-style video game on the web called Thoughts & Prayers, which makes a humorous, satirical but ultimately sobering and obvious point. Play it now for free. .Continue Reading