The closing of Barca 18 in Manhattan earlier this year left me a little saddened and, not surprisingly, craving the salt cod fritters and ham croquettes that once graced their menu; I can't really decide if it was because of…
Continue Reading →Via Thrillist, the lazy dude's incredibly well-informed, bicoastal best friend (that's right, it's in LA and SF now, so if you live in either of those locales, sign the hell up already), we get word of a new way to…
Continue Reading →If you're in the New York realm and lookin' for a little something to occupy your Sunday, stroll down to the Brooklyn Book Festival. If you're anything like me and you can spend hours wandering aimlessly around The Strand or…
Continue Reading →Ever find something that makes you regret not knowing about it sooner because in some esoteric, inexplicable way it makes your life better? I'm feeling exactly that way upon the discovery of artist Brian Dettmer's amazing, amazing work. With surgical…
Continue Reading →Anothercompany is the pseudonym of Joachim Baan, a Dutch graphic designer and photographer. Judging by the quality and prominence of his work, though, I'm not sure why he'd want to do anything to confuse people. See Baan's website is named…
Continue Reading →As the latest edition in the Cream series, Phaidon has recently released Ice Cream, another selection of 100 of the most significant emerging artists working today. Chosen by a team of ten internationally-renowned curators, Ice Cream familiarizes readers with their…
Continue Reading →For the past week, I have been diving head-first into my new day job -- learning the ropes, meeting my new teammates, and generally bracing myself for a return to the working world have all taken up much of my…
Continue Reading →Last night, around ten o'clock, I swooped a copy of Charlotte Rivers's Poster-Art; three hours later, I set it down, not even halfway through the 150+ pages of incredible poster design. A compilation of mass-market, personal, and limited-edition work by…
Continue Reading →I don't know what's more charming about [Art]ifact, the latest book from Hong Kong-based art publisher viction:ary, that it seems like a legitimately great coffee table book of full clever reuses for household items, or that its description on viction:ary's…
Continue Reading →We like it when our readers travel and keep their eyes open. So, a big shout out to Andy for giving us the heads up on something we really should have been all over: the grand opening of Amsterdam's new…
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