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Madlib’s Medicine show #11

It’s that time again. The next instalment of Sir Madlib’s Medicine Show is ready for your consumption, and by all accounts it is most definitely one for the heads. Low Budget High Fi Music, is unofficially being referred to as the Dirty Demos selected by the Loop Digga, apparently a reference to a fire which – more

International Design Festival greets Berliners

Can you feel it? That’s the sound of every fashionista holding their breath. That’s right – it’s time for Berlin’s DYM International Design Festival. From bigwig designer to the casual on-looker: expect all of them to have the 6th through 9th of June marked. After spying on last year’s festival, we look forward to another – more

Matthew Rainwaters – Shoot Pictures Not People

What do you feel photographing a woman who stabbed her abusive husband 193 times? How do you get the right light-exposure for a man behind bullet-proof glass and under glaring prison lights? Matthew Rainwaters knows. The self-titled landscape photographer initially caught our attention with his stirring OFFENDER series, which was commissioned by Esquire UK and – more

Packing books in boxes

If you wish for a cheap make-over of your dull living arrangements, wooden wine boxes, shipping crates or old plastic cartons might just be the thing for you. On Design Squish, a blog focused on sustainability, we stumbled upon a charming roundup of old boxes, put into daily-use as shelves, drawers, chairs or even bike – more

Best of the Noughties – A decade in art’s ecosystem

In the last decade the art world inflated to a degree that no one anticipated. The market expanded and fairs such as Art Basel and Frieze dictated the art calendar for the year. Biennials became more popular as the queues for the blockbuster exhibitions became longer. The auction houses became more packed, with records for – more

TODAY WE LIKE: Paper Letters by Sveta Shubina

It is common knowledge that amazing art can be made with as little as some scissors and paper. Nevertheless each time we stumble upon something like Sveta Shubina’s paper art, we are amazed by the artist’s patience and accuracy in creating art form such simple resources. Russian artist Sveta Shubina shows off a small variety – more