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Avanti [Ah-von-tee]: Adventurer The Avanti by Ediké is a rugged, heirloom-quality bag handcrafted by skilled artisans. Created using time-tested Martexin 10.10 oz waxed duck cotton and Haitian whole-grain cow leather, TEX 90 bonded nylon military grade thread, and brass hardware, including a riveted collar. These bags are built to last, with materials designed to develop unique......read more
Upstart NYC designer Rebecca Atwood blends traditional textile techniques with hand-painting to create simple, luxurious products for daily life. These hand screen-printed pillows from her 2014 collection offer a nice example of her output. Inspired by drawings from her sketchbook, the artwork is printed on linen in a variety of designs and colors, each with a down feather insert. An exposed......read more
The Swedish sisters in First Aid Kit have unveiled a video for “My Silver Lining,” the lead single from their just-released album Stay Gold. Directed by Elliott Sellers, the spooky clip was shot in a mansion in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, and features the harmonizing sisters driving in a car with an invisible driver and shooting lightning from their fingertips. “We wanted to......read more
Phoenix, AZ design outfit iSkelter delivers another tech accessory win with the Chisel iPhone Dock. Featuring a minimalistic aesthetic with a dash of sustainability, the Chisel Dock is handcrafted from renewable bamboo and offers a nice alternative to run-of-the-mill iPhone stands. The dock is "chiseled" to provide a snug home for iPhone 5, 5c or 5s, with the lightning cable tucked away in a......read more
Via My Modern Met: In an ironic play of source material and subject, Paris-based artist, Eva Jospin, creates enchanting forests from cardboard by cutting and guling cardboard to craft dense, multi-layered, highly detailed forests with stunning depth of field. The cardboard’s corrugated edges form a convincing texture for the bark of the trees, and the paper’s natural color......read more
"Imagine roaming the world’s largest ocean year after year alone, calling out with the regularity of a metronome, and hearing no response." Ten years ago, a very unique, very lonely whale was recognized by the New York Times. Today, we are on a quest to find him. 52: THE SEARCH FOR THE LONELIEST WHALE, the documentary, is a cinematic quest to find the “52 Hertz......read more
If the hauntingly beautiful "What" is any indication, Swedish singer Alice Boman is one to watch. With glistening vocals set atop a delicate piano line, the song exudes pure, unadultered melancholy. The Fader-premiered video stars Boman and her pet labrador, who adds a minor dose of cheer to the sense of isolation. Directed by Studio Pop, the clip shows the pair walking along a deserted......read more
We just learned today of this pop up, and can only hope there's a plan to travel this incredible installation. Last November, nestled under London’s A13 highway, was a mysterious glowing orb that invited visitors to crawl inside and look at the cosmos. They call it Osmo and it was designed by the London studio Loop.pH for the city’s annual Light Night Canning Town. The......read more
Founded by photographer Levi Bettweiser, the Rescued Film Project works to recover and develop unclaimed rolls of film from the 1930s to 1990s in an effort to reveal hidden memories and significant moments from past decades. In late 2014 at an auction in Ohio, Bettweiser came across one of his biggest finds yet: 31 rolls of film shot by an unknown soldier during World War II. Labeled with......read more
SZA has released a video for her latest track "Babylon," which will be included on her debut album Z. The clip, directed by APLUSFILMZ and SZA herself, finds the vocalist casually disrobing before submerging herself in a pond, while singing about being crucified. The baptismal visuals are an appropriate fit for the singer's breathy vocals, as well as for the the gurgling, brain-melting......read more
