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Talking tattoo’s crucial cultural significance with Maxime Plescia-Büchi, founder of Sang Bleu

root — Mon, 22 May 2017 16:06:37 +0000

To describe Maxime as “multidisciplinary” is tragically reductive. During the interview he met with a new client, interviewed someone for a job, replaced three halogen light bulbs, put in a new order of tote bags, had lunch, and hand-drew the design for a massive tattoo of a pouncing lion—approaching each task with the ferocity of,

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FvF Mixtape #119: Lucia Cadotsch

root — Sat, 06 May 2017 02:20:22 +0000

The Swiss-born, Berlin-based singer’s first album Speak Low pays homage to some of her favorite songs, and brings them into the present with fresh arrangements and a modern sensibility. With Otis Sandsjö on the tenor saxophone and Petter Eldh on the double bass, the trio were able to create complex and unique renditions of the

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FvF Mixtape #117: Krystal Klear

root — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:02:19 +0000

Producer and DJ Dec Lennon, aka Krystal Klear, captures this timelessness and punches it up with the contemporary club in mind. He digs on old school house and disco tracks that never took off, dusting off grooves that have rarely been heard. In the tracks he produces, disco breaks are chopped into loops that can

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Sculpture and design intersect with Canadian Furniture Designer Zoë Mowat

root — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:19:18 +0000

Based in Montreal and born to a sculptor mother and a psychiatrist father, Zoë grew up with a balance of the sciences and humanities at home—a balance that seems to have carried with her. The objects she designs have obvious functions, whether it’s to hang clothes, display jewelry or act as writing surfaces. While these

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A tour through a former East Berlin power plant turned nightclub and venue with Marcel Weber

root — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:20:35 +0000

Of course, the inverse is true: the area is a cultural hotbed in Berlin for experimental music, art and techno. Tresor is an institution of Berlin’s nightlife and is the oldest legal club in Berlin (though only in name—the club moved from its original location in 2007), and the space even houses a smaller club,

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A mountain bike tour along the Baja California Coast

root — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 02:53:02 +0000

Days earlier the group, along with almost 100 other riders, were in San Diego, the start point of the Baja Divide. It’s a 1,700 mile long route along the Baja California Coast, mostly on unpaved dirt tracks winding through valleys and mountain ranges, that these people tackle sometimes with very limited provisions along the way—all

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3D printing design brand OTHR signals the coming of the third industrial revolution

root — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 03:20:37 +0000

But it’s our inability to keep up with the dizzying pace of technological development that’s holding us back. Drastic changes need to be made to our lifestyle from the top down and if not made willingly, they will be made out of necessity. This isn’t to say that no one is keeping abreast of what

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Crack & Shine International: Clandestine ops with Will Robson-Scott

root — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 21:26:29 +0000

Based in Brooklyn and constantly on the move, capturing everything from the grime scene in London, the violent streets of Chicago to portraits of dogs with their owners for his book In Dogs we Trust. Will is never short of material to work with and his curiosity gives him the edge he needs to reveal

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Mixtape #106: Alex Oxley

root — Fri, 06 May 2016 20:50:08 +0000

Seamlessly moving between genres from ambient electronic, to techno and post-rock, this mix is an exercise in musical gymnastics. Coming from the mastermind behind musical projects including Fleetmac Wood, the aptly named Fleetwood Mac tribute group. Living with his partner Lisa (together they make up Fleetmac Wood) in California by way of London, the DJ

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