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 [...]
Category Archives: Internet
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 [...]
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 [...]
In Conversation with Gloria Maria Cappelletti
December 12, 2010 – 10:18 pm
Images and text by Silvia Bergomi Silvia Bergomi: Briefly describe your career. Gloria Maria Cappelletti: I have been really lucky, working in the fashion industry with great designers like Stephen Sprouse, great photographers like Steven Klein and great stylists like Patti Wilson, but my heart has always been in contemporary art and I finally opened [...]
From Birth to Age Ten in 85 Seconds
December 6, 2010 – 10:53 pm
One of the things I love about the internet is the weirdness of it. It offers so many peeks into the odd behavior of other human beings, which can often be cringe-inducing, but when it isn’t, can just be fascinating to look at. Seeing all the strangeness that’s out there tends to have the effect [...]
Ari Marcopoulos Surfboard
November 29, 2010 – 4:59 pm
I love art on objects. Recently, I am also fascinated by surfing. Enter here art on a surfboard, in the form of the “Ari Biscuit.” Designed by Ari Marcolpolous, the limited-edition board (produced in ten numbered editions) is a special collaboration between the artist and ZED Surf of Byron Bay. The project is curated by [...]
Awkward Family Photos
March 25, 2010 – 2:36 pm
I’m not sure what to say about the Awkward Family Photos website. It is what it sounds like, and it made me laugh out loud. Click “Read More” for a selection, or visit the site to waste an hour.
The Flow and Tide of Commune Design
February 3, 2010 – 4:06 pm
Originally intended as a kind of pop-up-shop assemblage of graphic artists and architects, gathering together on a job to job basis, Commune has followed is own innate rhythms to become one of the hippest and most respected design firms working today. Their top-to-bottom build-out and decor of the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs was among [...]
Insp.
January 5, 2010 – 9:00 am
The proliferation of image blogs powered by the tumblr platform raises the interesting question of how the internet as a structured society of individuals can collectively produce a homeopathic response to itself. The relationship between the particular nature of the way information is disseminated online and our diminishing attention spans has become frequently remarked upon [...]
“I refuse to see Titanic, ever!”
November 20, 2009 – 4:14 am
I am regrettably more of a casual movie fan than I would like to admit. I often watch films months after the hype has worn down, not as some sort of statement, but because of my inherent laziness to actually go to the physical theater itself. Yet, despite being a casual fan of the cinematic [...]
