Renzo Piano’s New Museum
May 05th, 2008
Renzo Piano descends from a proud line of Italian builders but he diverged from his family’s professional lineage, becoming an architect in (Read...)
Is Album Art Dying?
May 12th, 2008
The music industry has undergone more drastic changes in the past 25 years then the previous 125 years before. In 1982, the compact disc was introduced to the public and replaced the need for LP’s and cassette tapes. With the introduction of Napster in 1999, music downloading has steadily become the recommended way to obtain music. Consumers no longer have to go to their local record store and buy music; it is now just a mouse click away. Moreover, there is no need to purchase an entire recording as you can now only purchase the tracks you want to listen to. … (More…)
Concrete Plans for Tomorrow
April 28th, 2008
When one thinks of the future of architecture and design, one is inclined to think about environmentally sustainable woods such as bamboo or (Read...)
Heroes of the Everyday: Street Furniture’s Role in Society
April 21st, 2008
Unassuming, unexciting, usually unnoticed – this is the fate of street furniture, the numerous items of public fixture that we take for gr (Read...)
Plywood Flowers: The Dysfunctional Art of Andy Ouchi
April 14th, 2008
Paula Vogel interviewed playwright Sarah Ruehl in a 2007 issue of Bomb Magazine. Talking about the drawn-out bickering that often occurs in p (Read...)
Introspection and Discovery. An Interview with Artist, Paul Fernandez-Carol.
April 07th, 2008
What inspired you to become a fine artist?
I enjoy the challenge of making images. I’ve always made images my w (Read...)
A New Take on the Oldest Art-form
March 31st, 2008
At Jimmy’s #43 on East 7th St in Manhattan, the branzino special is served to a table. Branzino is a Mediterranean sea bass, and in this pa (Read...)
Packaging Winners at Expo West
March 24th, 2008
My editor and I took a deep breath as we dove into the organized chaos that was the Natural Products Expo West in March.
Our mission w (Read...)
What’s Packaging Got to do With It?
March 24th, 2008
So it may sound a bit discriminating to judge by appearances only but if that’s all the information you have, you don’t have much of a ch (Read...)
Neurotic Design: Woody Allen’s Take on Interiors
March 18th, 2008
Woody Allen’s films are all about people with mucked up interior lives. Allen’s characters are often over dependent on their shrinks, stu (Read...)
