These awesome ‘Hexalights’ are a series of 2D cartoon pendant lamps by New York based Marcus Tremonto. Continuing to explore the manipulation of two and three-dimensional imagery, Tremonto has created a series of lights using electroluminescent paper and graphics, two dimensional drawings of “cubes” that suggest three dimensional objects. These lights READ MORE

Model of the moment Lara Stone goes back to her roots for T Magazine’s A/W’11 travel issue. Shot by Angelo Pennetta, the ‘Little Dutch Girl’ editorial sees Stone returning to the small town of Mierlo, Netherlands where she is captured hanging out with the rest of the Stones at her old family home before journeying to some of her favorite Amsterdam hotspots. READ MORE

Scheduled to be released this December 2011 by Rizzoli, just in time gifting for the Holidays, is the Dior Couture by Patrick Demarchelier book.  This book is a portfolio of over one hundred iconic gowns from the entire era of Christian Dior haute couture, including dresses designed by Dior himself and those of his successors, Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, and John Galliano. Each of these portraits were shot by READ MORE

Since 1987, Dutch Photo-realistic artist Tjalf Sparnaay has been working on his imposing oeuvre, constantly seeking new images that have never been painted before (mostly painting food). What he calls Megarealism is part of the contemporary global art movement of Hyperrealism, and with prices of  original oil paintings between 10.000 and 45.000 €, Sparnaay is now READ MORE

We had the pleasure of speaking with fashion icon Norma Kamali about how she has been doing what she does for so long, staying ahead of the curve and always paving her own path. After her 3-D presentation for this past S/S 2012 NYFW she tells us that “technology is the new communicator” and exploring new ways to integrate it into her brand keeps it all very exciting.

Directed by Ani Tzenkova
Filmed by Pat Lascu and Tomas Alvear
Edited by Hanna Farzin

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Ever since that Youtube cover of Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” hit my laptop, First Aid Kit has been on my radar. The Swedish sisters manage to construct an alchemy of vocal harmony READ MORE