29 Mar
Italy & Korea collaborate on acetate luxury eyewear

Seoul boutique 10 Corso Como lines up again with Milano eyewear makers SUPER to celebrate their 5th year in existence. Under the creative guidance of Korean pop star Super Junior, SUPER took its acetate Classic frame and added touches of gold detailing and matched it with multifunctional tobacco Carl Zeiss lenses. Meanwhile an “SJ” signature […]


3 Oct
The first official video from Toronto crooner Abel Tesfaye

While walking the streets of Seoul and Tokyo these past 2 weeks, a certain melancholia can overtake you while traveling alone. Sure there’s always a thrill and effervescence of spirit when exploring new lands, but there’s also a pervasive, penetrating loneliness that really affects every sense, an isolation from being so far from home and […]


24 Jan
Eric Perriard's photographs of isolation in Seoul, Korea,

The isolation of the urban landscape is captured sensitively by photographer Eric Perriard. Catching people off guard in their moments of self-reflection in the city of Seoul, Korea, Perriard examines how the individual copes with his/her environment. The subjects are surrounded by an overwhelming urban landscape that encapsulates them and makes them invisible by its […]


26 May
Korean artist Choi Xooang’s hyper-real hideous sculptures

Choi Xooang, a Seoul-based sculptor and painter builds bodies. And these bodies seem eerily real. His figures, made of oil on resin, use gestures that seem overstated to emphasize their existence. Choi is known for using art as away to grasp the world pathologically and his work has been seen around the world. From Vegetated […]


28 Apr
Future forward eyewear for Spring/Summer 2011

MYKITA has certainly never shied away from teaming up with an avant garde designer to offer a far-future look at eyewear. Their designs with Rad Hourani — as well as their headscratching Yuri sunglasses — are exercises in the eccentric. This latest collaboration effort with designer Bernhard Willhelm may not be as pioneering, but they’ll […]


22 Dec
Limited edition sneakers for the bold

These brashly illustrated limited edition sneakers by Pierre Hardy are the 7th version of the French label’s Blockorama high tops. The sneakers feature a variety of fabrics and prints, such as sky blue nubuck, gold and silver metal coated leather, and a cube perspective printed leather. They also have a velcro strap at the ankle […]


7 May
Lacoste x 10 Corso Como 'Dash' sneakers

Lacoste has collaborated with the Italian concept boutique 10 Corso Como to reinvent their Dash sneakers. The sneakers till features the preppy tennis-loving clothing line’s logo, an alligator, but this time around he is ever so gently carrying 10 Corso Como’s flower logo in his mouth. On the back of the shoe is a flower […]


One of the finest mass-produced scotches, Macallan has teamed up with Lalique to craft a one-of-a-kind decanter for charity. Created using the ancient cire perdue (“lost wax”) method, the decanter depicts a detailed panorama of the Macallan estate in Speyside — check out the main estate on the stopper. The bottle is based on a […]