Welcome to the inaugural edition of Checking In, the latest series in Lost In A Supermarket’s quest to cover all things we hold most dear. In this hotel review series sure we’d be tempted to just cover the most expensive or exclusive hotels in the world (who wouldn’t), but that will not be our sole […]

We’ve seen rings designed to look like Gotham City and tiny neighborhoods, and now comes a ring inspired by another architectural landmark in history: the pyramid. The bold three-finger ring let’s you rock the oft-imitated Pyramids of Giza look, and incorporates a sort of cartoonish effect via the thickly lined bricks done roughly in black. […]

Taschen has collected all the great work architect Richard Neutra has done in this country — including nearly 300 private homes, schools and public buildings — and compiled them into a 464-page hardcover tome aptly titled Neutra Complete Works. Born in Vienna, Neutra settled in the US in the early 1920s after initially studying under […]

One print, two cities: the duel begins between Paris and New York. Eiffel Tower vs. Empire State Building. Croissant vs. Street Dog. Pedro Winter vs. Drop the Lime. Dog crap on the sidewalk vs. urine on the sidewalk. Hairy, Smelly Hipster vs. Hairy, Smelly Hipster. You get the drill. Graphic designer Vahram Muratyan has started […]

Visual Acoustics is a tribute to a great artist, a world-renowned photographer who managed to define Los Angeles architecture through his lens. Directed by Eric Bricker and narrated by actor Dustin Hoffman, the documentary film follows the career of one of the most famous architectural photographers of all time, Julius Shulman. Working with such upper […]

Monstrously over-rated environmental installation artists Christo and Jeanne Claude have opted to collect their art in a massive Taschen coffee table book, which is fairly de rigueur for artists of their stature. What is not so standard, however, is the $50,000 pricetag they’re throwing on it. Seriously, $50K for a book. Obviously, the mindset that […]

A master of architectural writings has compiled a book on a master of architecture. Author Jodidio Philip brings the architectural world a compilation on the design works of the innovative and highly renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. The aptly titled Shigeru Ban Complete Works: 1985-2010 coffee table book compiles every architectural creation ever completed by […]

Taschen’s golden book of the month is, in their words, “an unprecedented architecture encyclopedia.” The A-Z of Modern Architecture is a 2-volume, hardcover immersive experience into the architectural world of modernism. What makes this series different is its focus on the designers as opposed to the structures themselves. The books features works from the present […]