“Everything should be beautiful, if you can just start from there.”- AJR Meet A. Jason Ross, the designer and master craftsman behind a stunning collection of accessories for men and women rapidly advancing into the realm of ‘must have’. In truth, Ross already has a cult following of fashionistas as well as those who love [...]
Category Archives: Design
Sight Unseen Shop
November 10, 2011 – 1:46 pm
SightUnseen, the online magazine devoted to all things design-y, has just launched their latest project, a shop featuring wearable art objects handmade from unusual materials such as copper, rope, powder coated steel, cork, silk, leather, and on and on. So far the artists are mostly known for other endeavors, like Iacoli & McAllister who make [...]
Sugar On Your Tongue
November 10, 2011 – 12:03 pm
First it was cupcakes. Then it was ice cream, followed by macarons. But the latest trend in desserts, namely the lowly popsicle, reaches its apex with these delicious-looking concoctions by Stoyn, a Russian “independent ambient advertising agency” based just outside of Moscow. The group describes these brilliant popsicles as a “design experiment” made in Russia [...]
Back to the Future
November 2, 2011 – 12:52 pm
The online art gallery It’s Our Playground was built with the idea that exhibitions could live in virtual galleries as well as in brick and mortar spaces. This week, art critic and Dossier contributor Timothee Chaillou curated a customizable triptych featuring an insanely long list of artists including Roe Ethridge, Andrew Kuo, Lizzi Bougatsos, Klara [...]
AA Bronson In Conversation
November 2, 2011 – 12:49 pm
For those who haven’t been, the NY Art Book Fair is held annually at MOMA PS1 and presents an exhaustive collection of artists’ books, contemporary art catalogs, monographs, art periodicals, and artist zines in one space over the course of a weekend. From the impassioned art-book obsessive to anyone with a remote interest in print, [...]
Stephen Felton
October 22, 2011 – 9:00 am
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 [...]
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. [...]
