The second installment of our Best Of 2011 retrospective series focuses on the Top 10 Books of 2011, including photo-heavy coffee table books, research tomes and literature. From the history of menswear staples to Japanese art to modernist architecture to the appreciation of the well shaped derrière, there were a multitude of books published covering […]

Aaah, the Russians. You can always count on them to do what America’s doing, only 10 years later and way cheesier. And usually bedazzled and drenched in Drakkar Noir. But that’s clearly not the case with Kixbox ‘s 2012 Calendar. The Russian online retailer really kind of nailed it with this one. You want some […]

Yesterday morning we brought you the Pirelli Calendar 2012 photographed by Mario Sorrenti, and today comes the video showing the Making Of process behind the endeavor. Included are interviews with Sorrenti who explains why he chose Corsica, as well as interviews with all the models. It’s worth watching alone to hear Milla Jovovich’s awkward explanation […]

When previewed this summer, Pirelli’s 2012 ode to feminine beauty promised to be another stunner. This time famed Italian photographer Mario Sorrenti took over head lensmen duty for the tire maker’s yearly supermodel escapade, the successor in a long run of world class photographers. Last night at a gala event in New York City, Pirelli […]

Wow — who would’ve thunk it? Already the 50th volume in our beloved and illustrious Because We Love You Series, and who better to knock it out than homegrown Los Angeles photographer Estevan Oriol. We’ve shown some of Oriol’s work before, including when we interviewed him for the coffee table book counterpart to this aptly titled […]

A nice video tour of famed American architect John Lautner‘s Sheats Goldstein Residence, one of Lautner’s most acclaimed structures (after the Chemosphere, probably). You might recognize the house as the place where the Dude gets drugged in The Big Lebowski, although that was supposed to be in Malibu, but who’s counting. The tour is narrated […]

Turns out to be a very musical Tuesday here at the LIAS bunker, as the first video from Odd Future sub-group The Internet hits the, ummm, internets. Syd The Kyd and Matt Martian together make up The Internet, and after releasing a couple tracks (“Love Song -1″ and “They Say”) have decided on making “Cocaine” the […]

With models touting perfectly red painted lips, seductive stares and a playful sensuality, Ellen von Unwerth captures moments of sublime female sexuality in her new hardcover, Fräulein. In this collection of photos spanning fifteen years of von Unwerth’s work, women are portrayed as cute, assertive, overtly sexual, soft and contemplative to explore all expressions of […]