We met Heiko this spring while testdriving the new Mercedes Benz E-Class coupe in the gorgeous island of Sylt, a dune-swept resort island in the North Sea that’s long been dubbed “The Hamptons of Germany”. While that’s undoubtedly intended as a compliment, the truth of the matter is the Hamptons don’t touch the kind of […]

Benedikt Taschen and Sebastião Salgado talk in this 5-minute long video below about the 32 destinations visited by the latter — most of which had no roads leading to them except the ones made by human footprints. Salgado also discusses the effects the making of his book Migrations had on him — how the subject matter he chose […]

The latest piece of vinyl bad assery from The Loyal Subjects just hit digital shelves today (noon PST), so get your buying fingers warmed up. Their Chaos Bunny collection — designed by the great Joe Ledbetter — continues to grow, this time with a swarthy character dubbed Pirate Bunny. The eye patch donning, sword swinging, […]

If you grew up in the 80s then chances are you watched more than your fair share of Fraggle Rock, Jim Henson’s cult favorite TV show about a group of mythical Muppet-like creatures (which was also produced by HBO). The Spare Room obviously remembers too. Located inside Hollywood’s beloved (and haunted) Roosevelt Hotel, the cocktail […]

Legendary New York graffiti artist Futura 2000 lends his aesthetic to Beats by Dre for their latest revealed collaboration. Beginning with white Beats by Dre “Solo HD” headphones — which are made to be a lighter, on-ear version of the Studios — Futura uses elements from his Atom work by adding multi-colored paint streaks… making […]

Perhaps to feed Japan’s seemingly insatiable hunger for all-black G550 SUVs, Mercedes-Benz has announced the production of a vehicle they’ve dubbed the “Night Edition”. Only 100 of these blacked-out versions of the G550 will be built and sold exclusively in Land of the Rising Sun later this spring. The “Night Edition” gleams with an obsidian black exterior […]

Clearly the market for art-focused skateboard decks is a rapidly growing one, with seemingly new high end collector’s editions coming out monthly. Just last Friday we showed Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden Of Earthly Delights Skateboard Decks from Boom-Art, who’ve been making limited edition (and somewhat ribald) art decks for a minute. Now a new company is […]

Since their inception Bell & Ross have always been inextricably tied to aviation, their watches frequently taking aeronautic themes — whether it be their Vintage WWI Chronographe Monopoussoir Watch, their WWII Bomber Regulatéur Chronograph or the “BR01 Airborne II” Skull & Crossbones Wristwatch. Now they’ve stepped up their game by actually basing the aesthetic and even movement […]