The Codes of Marques'Almeida
The LVMH Award offers new designers an opportunity like no other: €300,000 and a full year's assistance in brand development from the fashion powerhouse. Decided by industry veterans including the...
View ArticleArt Lies: Surrealist Air Collages
Picasso once said that “art is a lie that tells the truth”, a mantra for Brazilian-born Lorenzo Castellini, who less than a month ago decided to turn his appreciation for art into a project aimed to...
View ArticleAgnes Martin: The Art of Joy
On this screen, pixels – tiny squares upon squares – align themselves to present an image of Agnes Martin’s art that is clear and crisp. At Tate Modern’s new retrospective her six-by-six foot canvases...
View ArticleFrederic Sanchez on Miu Miu's Afrobeat Inspirations
The soundtrack to a fashion show is an element that can completely transform the atmosphere of a collection, and Frederic Sanchez has spent his career as an illustrateur sonore collaborating with...
View ArticleThe Most Amazing Places to Swim Outdoors
Just when all hope seemed lost, the sun has graced us once again with its presence. And what better way to celebrate than with some urban outdoor swimming? As amazing as it may sound, the Kings Cross...
View ArticleSacai: A Brand of Feminist Empowerment
Founded in 1999 by young mother Chitose Abe, Japanese clothing brand Sacai has established itself as one of fashion's cult heroes over recent years. Following eight years working at Comme des Garçons...
View ArticleThe Belgians: An Unexpected Fashion Story
Much has been said about Belgian fashion since the Antwerp Six emerged on the international fashion scene. Even more has been said in recent years, what with Raf Simons shooting to star-designer status...
View ArticleFive Good Things: Virtual Geometry To Minimalist Ceramics
Our favourite tumblr this week comes in the form of virtualgeometry.tumblr.com, a veritable feast of hard cornered buildings, furniture, art etc.read more »
View ArticleStandout Moments from Photo London
This weekend, London's Somerset House was transformed into a giant photographic fair, with over 70 exhibitors descending on the capital for the inaugral edition of Photo London. With galleries from...
View ArticleMary Ellen Mark's Greatest Photographs
"I note the obvious differences/in the human family…but we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike." These lines by Maya Angelou opened Mary Ellen Mark’s American Odyssey, her visual depiction...
View ArticleFive Film Firsts
This month, one film has got everybody talking – which is ironic because the movie itself contains no talking whatsoever – award-winning drama The Tribe by Ukrainian director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy....
View ArticleLofty Ambition
Recently the word loft has been thrown around quite a bit when it comes to describing interiors. It's been assigned to anything from large converted warehouses, to modern developments with open upper...
View ArticleCraftsmanship in the Postdigital Age
Since it first became available in the late 1980s, digital technology has permeated nearly every single aspect of our everyday lives, radically changing the way we think, work and perceive reality to...
View ArticleLessons We Can Learn From Punks
Karen Knorr and Olivier Richon determine the term punk as one which "designates without defining, a style and an attitude predicated upon disenchantment, nihilism, visual violence and theatricality"....
View ArticleThe Masters of Sensuality: Newton, Horvat, Brodziak
Three great names that stand for even greater talents. The undisputed masters of fashion and nude photography, Helmut Newton, Frank Horvat and Szymon Brodziak are the subjects of an exciting new show...
View ArticleNirvana in Dries van Noten
Twenty-one years on from his death, Kurt Cobain remains an icon, but his appeal extends far beyond the average star-who-died-too-young. There are those who worship at the altar of classic grunge, those...
View ArticleRiley Montana on Life in Detroit
Born and raised in Detroit, model Riley Montana has spent the past year travelling the world, as detailed on her Instagram. After debuting alongside Erykah Badu as the face of Givenchy in Spring 2014...
View ArticleWhat You Should Do at Hay Festival & How The Light Gets In
Be moved A stand out moment of the last few days was the unscheduled conversation between friends Stephen Fry and pianist James Rhodes who discussed, with heartbreaking honesty, Rhodes’ childhood...
View ArticleHedi Slimane's Interiors Paradise
Saint Laurent's flagship store in Rue du Faubourg has recently re-opened its doors after months of renovation in line with the label’s ongoing rebranding plan. Although its architectural clarity and...
View ArticleArchitectural Symmetry
When we think of the Netherlands we think of tulips, windmills, clogs, bicycles and from today also brilliant architecture. With a background in graphic design and a big love for colour, textures,...
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