BrandZ/Kantar just published a list of this year’s most valuable luxury brands, and the leaders share many secrets to selling luxury today. [ Continue reading ]

70% Linen 30% Cotton, Hand-Made in Turkey – Palestinian Hand Embroidered Detailing, Made by Nada’s team from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Occupied Palestine – Printed Graphic on both sides, Made in Israel – Size: 200 cm Length, 100 cm Width… [ Continue reading ]

An Irrational Element offers assorted apparel and goods to grow and be adopted into one’s life. Its name derives from the philosopher Karl Popper who noted that every new discovery contains an irrational element. [ Continue reading ]

The Pursuit of Simplicity Only Serves to Manufacture Our Consent, Not Our Understanding. [ Continue reading ]

Well-dressed men on the tailoring they’ve put through the ringer, and why they still wear it. [ Continue reading ]

No matter how hard you try to spin the house balls at your local bowling joint, they rarely curve. That’s because they are simple spheres built for durability, not fancy moves. But a small handful of companies-among them Storm Bowling -create gear that is surprisingly complex inside. [ Continue reading ]

Cover 1: LAURIE ANDERSON by Inez & Vinoodh Cover 2: RIANNE VAN ROMPAEY by Craig McDeanCover 3: WALTER HOOD by Mark Mahaney Cover 4: EARTHEATER by Ned Rogers FEAT. CONTRIBUTIONS BY: Inez&Vinoodh, Craig McDean, Harley Weir, Ben Gorham, Ottolinger, Wilson Oryema and many others… + Special on …… [ Continue reading ]

How “Blackbird Spyplane,” the pandemic project of veteran culture observers Jonah Weiner and Erin Wylie, became an internet hookup for trendspotting, vintage finds, and some surprising celebrity interviews. [ Continue reading ]

In his new book CAPS LOCK: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape From It (available at Valiz Publishers, Dutch designer and writer…… [ Continue reading ]

“Villain got banished/Refused out the U.S., he ain’t even Spanish.” These are the opening lyrics to DOOM’s 2012 collaborative track ” Banished” with Jneiro Jarel, released months before what would apparently be the masked rapper’s final attempt to enter the United States. [ Continue reading ]

A lattice of new platforms and tools purports to empower online creators. In reality, it’s turning digital content into gig work. [ Continue reading ]

Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits… [ Continue reading ]

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has long been a tourist hotspot. Now, in the face of this commodification, young Ukrainian men are breaking into the…… [ Continue reading ]

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the earliest humans began looking to the position of the sun to help guide them home from their daily hunting …… [ Continue reading ]

The Acne Paper Book draws attention to the caliber of the magazine’s contributors (Irving Penn, Bill Cunningham, Sarah Moon, David Bailey), and the vastness of its subject matter. [ Continue reading ]

It’s time to start some uncomfortable conversations. You know full well things are not just going to be bad for the next generation, the crisis is beginning to unfold right now. [ Continue reading ]

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For a small slice of time, being online was a thrilling mix of discovery, collaboration, creativity, and chaotic potential. Then Google Reader disappeared. [ Continue reading ]

In a world where we’re sold on being macho, being delicate is classier. [ Continue reading ]

MAEKAN Shop — Hard Work… [ Continue reading ]

Designer, researcher and educator Danah Abdulla on consumer capitalism, complacent convenience, political ‘wokeness’, and why we should all become design dissenters. [ Continue reading ]

Made in Japan. Our performance eyewear system was developed over a two year technical testing period, involving NYC athletes and Japanese engineering. The frame features D+ lens technology, an adjustable hypoallergenic rubber nose pad and temple tips with a titanium core. The Health In Mind edit…… [ Continue reading ]