Stephen Felton has been making art since he was 15, at first drawn to graffiti, spray painting walls turned to coloring abandoned houses and cars shades of pink and purple, he now makes art that is either really simple or really complicated, depending on how you look at it. Felton chooses to call his work [...]
Category Archives: Design
Grey’s Anatomy
October 19, 2011 – 5:04 pm
The first time I saw Agnes Martin’s work in a gallery space was at Dia:Beacon. As so many others have no doubt done too, I went there alone, to escape the city. It was a crisp Fall day and on the train ride up, the Hudson river flickered through the window in flashes of green [...]
Rotter & Friends x Dossier
October 16, 2011 – 10:03 am
Dossier‘s most recent issue features T. Cole Rachel in conversation with the legendary Stevie Nicks. In the interview, among other things, Stevie talks about the long-running NYC event Night of a 1000 Stevies, a costume ball full of ethereal Stevie Nicks gypsies. To accompany the feature, Brooklyn-based illustrator Jess Rotter has collaborated with Dossier through [...]
In Conversation with Peter Miles
October 10, 2011 – 5:10 pm
Peter Miles is behind some of today’s finest contemporary art direction and design. His work can be identified by immaculate spacing, tight cropping and striking fonts. Peter established himself in London, graduating from Royal College of Art before co-founding Fuel,an agency set up to dismantle the design industry. He then moved on to New York [...]
Pulse Art Fair
September 30, 2011 – 7:37 pm
If you are in LA this weekend, please stop by The Pulse Art Fair and say hi to us. Dossier is pleased to be participating by curating a video series exclusively for Pulse titled Industry of Fetish that centers around the fetishization of celebrity culture in Los Angeles featuring artists Rafael Rozendaal, Carabello/Farman and Rex Bruce. [...]
Lacoste La Machine L.12.12
September 27, 2011 – 9:46 am
Stop by Grand Central Terminal this afternoon to catch the final day of the Lacoste La Machine L.12.12 installation. Constructed by world-renowned high-tech collective Tronic, the innovative hexagonal sculpture melds animation and architecture with experiential and interactive design, with the purpose of introducing Lacoste’s Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 fragrance collection. It also allows up the [...]
Watch Your Step: Tokyo Subway Safety Posters from the 70s and 80s
September 21, 2011 – 4:29 pm
Do you ever find yourself gazing at mass transit posters, wishing that they would urge you to behave politely in a more intriguing manner? If so, check out this series of Tokyo subway manner posters from the 70s and 80s, posted by Retronaut. You will never look at public comportment in public transit the same [...]
If I Ran The Zoo
August 27, 2011 – 4:14 pm
How would you draw something you’ve never seen before? The Unseen Bestiary is an online, collaborative project created by Lindsey Carr in which she solicits descriptions of creatures, insects, and plants from participants and creates a series of etchings and paintings based solely off of the explanations. Carr explains on her website, “Bestiaries (a compendium of [...]
Grey Area
August 21, 2011 – 7:52 pm
One of the things I find most inspiring is people turning everyday objects into something more. Since launching in July, Kyle DeWoody and Manish Vora, the founders of Grey Area have been dedicated to curating a selection of such elevated objects that navigate the space in between art and design. They launched with a pop-up [...]
