One of the best online boutique retailers, Oki-Ni, has initiated a series of mixtapes by some of their favorite artists. As they describe, “Working with world-renowned DJs, bands and producers the series aims to ‘venture off the dancefloor’, allowing the artists involved to produce unique and personal mixes to a theme of their choice. The […]
The ever awesome Black Lips are back with their first video from a track featuring the production skillz of Mr. Mark Ronson (the last one was a song produced by Deehunter’s Lockett Pundt). The pairing of Ronson with Black Lips should result in much musical goodness, and “Modern Art” is a great start. The clip […]
Twitter’s 140 character limit has only increased the usage of bad acronyms and fragment-filled jargon online, and now you can immortalize this poor grammar forever. Long gone are the days of long-winded romantic marriage proposals now that Twitter has taken over; forget popping the question — Tweet it. You won’t have to get down on […]
Although legendary Bauhaus architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was originally given sole credit for designing the Barcelona Chair — one of the most famous and timeless icons of modernist furniture — only recently has co-credit been given to his longtime partner, the architect/designer Lilly Reich. Designed specifically for the German Pavilion in the 1929 […]
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 […]
Adding another graffiti-focused book to his resume, Roger Gastman’s latest, Tools of Criminal Mischief, might just be his best published anthology yet. The book is a project he tackled to follow the history of graffiti and its writers throughout the century, starting as far back as the 1940’s with hobo train art, carrying through 1970’s […]
These finely detailed wooden sculptures bring home a taste of The Enchanted Forest to hang above your own hearth. It’s a delicately hand-carved and easily mountable trophy head for your home, and the best part is that there’s no hunting or killing of majestic natural beasts required — no worries for forest life, cause it’s […]
By all accounts, Generationals seem custom made for Lost In A Supermarket. First off, before forming Generationals Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner were in a band called the Eames Era. While naming your band after a Mid-Century Modernist legend would be enough to prick our ears, there are the additional points that he loves bourbon […]