It’s not often that you have the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of a $134 billion brand. But such was the case when we met up with Carlos Ghosn, leader supreme of the Nissan Motor Company — currently the world’s 6th largest automaker. As we’ve said earlier, we were asked to be part […]
Aaaah, metal. If you escaped the 80s without owning a Pantera album, or something from Slayer, chances are you were kind of a pussy. That’s not a smear, that’s just basic science. But metal has clearly survived the Reagan era, and is an entrenched culture everywhere from the frozen wilds of Scandinavia to the torrid […]
Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Os Gemeos (literally ‘the twins’ in Portuguese) and known to their mother as; Gustavo and Otavio, bring their amazing, surreal and humorous vision to a dynamic solo exhibition at Los Angeles’ PRISM Gallery which opened this past Saturday night. Miss You runs through March 24th and features Os Gemeos’ saturated colors and signature […]
Swiss watchmaker Hublot celebrates Brasilia (Brazil’s capital) and the architect who planned the modernist dream city with its aptly named Aero Bang Niemeyer watch. Hublot, as the official timekeeper of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, has worked with world renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer, to design the exclusive watch that commemorates Niemeyer’s 104th birthday. Niemeyer, […]
Inspired by a shooting at a carioca bar in Rio de Janeiro, Design da Gema, a Brazilian design studio, has produced the Stray Bullet Chair (also known as the “Survivor Chair”). The otherwise traditional plastic chairs are available in black or grey and, as can be expected, are customized to look like they (barely) survived […]
Last week we met with the fine folks at Pirelli and the ID Agency for a possible project, and in said meeting they were kind enough to hook us up with this year’s coveted Karl Lagerfeld-helmed Pirelli calender. Of course we previewed the mythology-based calender of International Supermodels Gone Greek back in November, but to […]
If you’re looking to kick your summer off right, then a pair of Havaiana flip-flops may be the way to get your BBQ/pool party juices flowing. And why pick up just any pair of the classic Brazilian sandals, when instead you can snap up a pair of their collaboration with Italian luxury house Missoni? Utilizing […]
If you enjoyed the Cut/Copy‘s mixtape A Tale of Two Journeys from last week (which a lot of you apparently did), peep their latest video for “Need You Now” from their brand new LP Zonoscope (Modular Records). The video was directed by Keith Schofield. Cut Copy – Need You Now from Cut Copy on Vimeo.