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May 5, 2008 | Products | by Yuko Shimizu |

At our studio, the recent obsession is Mighty Leaf Hand Crafted Artisan teas. Read more

May 5, 2008 | Eco | by Yuko Shimizu |

I read about Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Garden in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine. It seems like America is all about eco and green now days, and I thought nothing would blow me away at this point. But it did. Read more

May 3, 2008 | Events | by Yuko Shimizu |

If you are thinking of New York Chelsea gallery hopping this weekend, don’t forget to stop by the Paul Kasmin Gallery because the Tseng Kwong Chi Self Portraits 1979-1989 show is ending tomorrow. Read more

May 2, 2008 | Art | by Yuko Shimizu |

Sounds like a museum for grandma? Sorry, you’re wrong. The quiet neighbor of superstar MOMA, the American Folk Art Museum in New York in fact has lots of really cool, contemporary and edgy shows, sometimes even more so than the MOMA itself. Read more

April 30, 2008 | Art | by Yuko Shimizu |

My friend, the extremely talented artist Aya Kakeda, is launching a solo show of her new works at Metropolis Gallery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on May 2. Read more

April 25, 2008 | Design | by Yuko Shimizu |

I was able to get in to see a sold out lecture in New York by Chip Kidd, a genius book designer and author of two bestselling books, including The Learners, which just came out earlier this year (and for which he also designed the cover). Read more

April 16, 2008 | Products | by Yuko Shimizu |

I am obsessed with anything leather: jacket, bags, boots, you name it. Italians are so dedicated to fashion they even have Vogue just for leather, Vogue Pelle. Read more

April 7, 2008 | Trends | by Yuko Shimizu |

When Louis Vuitton used Mikhail Gorbachev for their ad, it was so sensational it got significant newspaper coverage. Read more

April 7, 2008 | Events | by Yuko Shimizu |

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami’s retrospective opened in New York on Friday and they turned the Brooklyn Museum garden into a series of Canal Street-styled knock off stores to celebrate his most counterfeited Louis Vuitton bag for the opening party. What a cool concept! [photos by Joe Fornabaio for the New York Times] Read more

April 5, 2008 | Film | by Yuko Shimizu |

There are three movie directors I absolutely trust whenever they put together their soundtracks: Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, and Wong Kar-Wai. Never heard of the third one? Well, you will from now on. Read more

April 2, 2008 | Places | by Yuko Shimizu |

This is my favorite place in New York to spend a Sunday afternoon. No, I’m not talking about Central Park. But rather, The Park, a restaurant in Chelsea which took its name from its past life as a parking garage. Read more

April 2, 2008 | Music | by Yuko Shimizu |

Have you listened to Erykah Badu’s album New Amerykah yet? Read more

April 1, 2008 | Illustration | by Yuko Shimizu |

I don’t want to play favorites. I love all my illustrator friends and their work. But it is also true that Edel Rodriguez’s theater poster images gives serious shivers. They are just too good! Like this one for As You Like It. Read more

March 26, 2008 | Art | by Yuko Shimizu |

I’ve known Tiffany Bozic’s work for years, but I think her paintings are now looking better than ever. Read more

March 23, 2008 | Products | by Yuko Shimizu |

I don’t have a kid, nephew or niece. I have no idea what to give to my friend’s babies. It has to be useful, visually beautiful, and original — something my designery friends want to put up on their walls. I’ve finally found it! Illustrator Ida Pearle’s Alphabet Cards fits every criteria, and it’s in such good taste, it even makes the giver look good. It just came out, and I’ve already ordered four boxes: $45 retail, $22 wholesale. [see also the Other store]

 

George Lois is the god of good ideas, or at least one of them. When I am stuck on ideas, I pray to George the God, or look through his works in hope of doing something one hundredth as good as his work. Read more

We spoke with Patience, lead singer of Australian band The Grates, about the new album the group are in the process of writing. Read more

Dear Miss Helena, one time host of children’s show Romper Room, you have a lot to answer for. Yes, squeaky clean Miss Helena of wholesome blouse and values, I have not forgotten those childhood years spent patiently glued to the television waiting for you to call out my name through the magic ‘looking glass’ — that portal to ‘good’ children everywhere. Read more

A project of my producer and drummer, Tucker Martine, Mount Analog’s soundscapes are gorgeous, melty mixes of organic and processed sounds. Martine brings the best musicians together to create strange and beautiful music.

This awesome promo video for the Lost At E Minor site was created by our friends over at New York-based design studio, Lifelongfriendshipsociety. Read more

Cheap Monday are arguably one of the biggest revolutions in denim since Levi’s. They’re pretty much the uniform second skin for the music totin’, cons scuffin’ youth of today. Read more

Maverick artist come architect, Michael Jantzen, has created this fantastic experiment as a design study for a modular prefabricated eco-friendly house. Read more


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Tiffany Bozic’s paintings

I’ve known Tiffany Bozic’s work for years, but I think her paintings are now looking better than ever. Read more

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Anoush Abrar

What would you do if you found a RealDoll in someone’s closet? Read more

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Massimiliano

Italian illustrator and designer Massimiliano creates vivid, dynamic and richly textured work. We caught up with him recently and asked him what had been keeping him busy of late. Read more

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Prefab House

New York and Connecticut based Brio54 have just added this design to their range of prefab houses. Read more

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David Choe

LA-based renaissance man David Choe draws from toy culture and comics as much as he does from Japanese painting and conceptual high art. Read more

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For the rest of this week, we have eight copies of the Anton Corbijn directed DVD, Control — the story of UK band, Joy Division — to give away to randomly selected new Australian-based Lost At E Minor subscribers. Read more

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