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The work of photographer Marc T includes striking cinematic street photography as well as stunning portraits and intimate editorials. Despite the wide range of his work, his photographs are imbued with an element of elegance and imperfection. In concluding a project that spanned several years, the artist has decided to […]
Growing up in the UK, photographer Jamie McGregor Smith was familiar with traditional churches and their historic architecture. After moving to Vienna, Austria in 2018, he observed cathedrals and churches across Europe constructed in a 20th-century brutalist style. Intrigued, McGregor planned a series of train journeys across Europe to find […]
OIEE is the colorful electronic solo project of Bence Kocsis launched in 2019. He is a well-known name in the Hungarian underground music scene as a producer-songwriter, organizer, multimedia artist, the host of live impro electronic music series ‘WOPO-WOPO’, and leading singer of bands Saverne and Window. OIEE’s main genres […]
“Do You Need Me to Remind You?” how good this is? If you haven’t heard it, probably, yes. April has not only provided some of the finest music from artists such as Alcest, Thrown, August Burns Red, and The Plot in You but has also offered some of the best […]
From a quiet university city in Western Poland, Izzy and the Black Trees bring raw punk energy, noisy psych guitar riffs, strong beats, and feisty melodies. After spending some time in London developing her songwriting skills, Izabela Izzy Rekowska founded Izzy and the Black Trees in 2018. Izzy and the […]
Currently based in London, Solnedgang is a Norwegian instrument-driven post-rock/post-metal one-man. As Solnedgang plays a brooding and emotive style of post-rock and post-metal with flourishes of black metal, doom metal, and shoegaze, the band’s founder Jon adds up to a whirlwind of heavy instrumental sounds that can be quite uplifting […]
David Lynch displayed his furniture design skills at the Salone del Mobile tradeshow during Milan Design Week, where he designed a large wooden chair in a room highlighted by a pattern resembling an ocean. Known for his dark Americana films, including Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, as well as the […]
With graphic design spanning so many different art forms, finding inspiration can therefore come from many places. For the Romanian designer cultatum, it comes from pop culture. His avant-garde work moves swiftly between experimental, media theory, and visual storytelling. This makes sense when seeing how full of production and drama […]
When things get pretty nasty and chaotic, sometimes claustrophobic in your life, music is a very potent escape hatch to make sense of it all. Norway’s dark synth-pop innovators The Holy Mountain probably feel the same way, because their music holds you together in one piece, without the fear of […]
The pop artist and producer Francesca Monte has a knack for creating authentically catchy music with an edge, finding her niche somewhere between alt-pop, indie, and easy listening while her lyrics delve into the painfully real experiences of her own life. Even as she coasts along on the success of […]
The design offices Modem and Panter&Tourron work at the intersection of products, technology, and art direction. This latest collaboration, TERRA, is a contemporary exploration of all three concepts, set against the scenic backdrop of nature. Inspiring by the simple concept of wanting to explore the outdoors without being concerned about […]