Charles and Ray Eames are almost as synonymous with Los Angeles — namely Venice Beach where their studio was located — as Frank Lloyd Wright was to Chicago. They made their indelible mark as monumental designers inextricably linked to the fields of modern architecture and furniture for over a half century. The Eames Office, widely […]

Herman Miller Japan teams up with House Industries to create a highly exclusive edition of classic Eames wire-base tables (also known as LTR or Low Table Rod) featuring fonts lifted from the House Industries’ 2010 Eames Century Modern font collection. Each tabletop is hand-printed in House’s Grand Rapids, Michigan factory, returned to Herman Miller for […]

IFC yesterday debuted the video for Rusko’s latest single “Everyday”. Directed by Jason Miller, the video juxtaposes the positivity of Rusko’s dancefloor anthem with scenes from the Salton Sea — one of the most economically depressed areas of California, a standing environmental disaster a couple hours outside of Palm Springs. Regardless of what a shithole […]

Famed American furniture company Herman Miller and industrial designer and Fuseproject founder Yves Behar have collaborated to create the latest in seating technology, the Sayl Chair. Two and a half years in the making, the chair’s groundbreaking design has broken the boundaries of what can be done with seating. Inspired by San Francisco’s iconic suspension […]

Brooklyn’s latest overlords of the hipster world Sleigh Bells (vocalist Alexis Krauss and producer/guitarist Derek Miller) just released their second video off their eponymous debut. Although not all the tracks on the album are killer, this one’s one of the bigger bangers on there. Directed by Phil Pinto. Download Sleigh Bells’ “Infinity Guitars” mp3 Sleigh […]

The continuing saga of one girl’s plight with unemployment…(read vol I,  vol II, vol III, vol IV, vol V,  vol VI, vol VII and vol. VIII) Last week my dad gave me some career/life advice. It went something like this: Dad: Honey, I’m real proud of your writing. Me: Thanks dad! Dad: How’s the job […]

Saw the trailer to Sucker Punch at Comic Con this past week and boy does it look like a doozy. Not only have you got Madman’s Holy Movie Trinity involved (samurais, dragons, machine gun-toting females), but it’s actually directed by very capable hands. I am a legitimate fan of Zack Snyder’s, who I had hoped […]

As a pioneering producer of dubstep, Kode9 (aka Steve Goodman) has intricately explored the effects of sonic frequencies on human beings — used for positive results, his groundbreaking sub-bass tracks laid the foundation for the flourishing dubstep genre. But the doctor in Goodman (he has a PhD. in Philosophy from from the University of Warwick, […]