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Taipei transforms its subway into sporting arenas in celebration of the Summer Universiade

Toby OrtonJuly 31, 2017

As Taipei City prepares to host the 29th Summer Universiade Games, the city has turned its transport system into sporting arenas to whip up the excitement. Gone... Read More...

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The dissected classical statues of Beijing artist Cao Hui

Kala Barba-CourtJuly 28, 2017

For Beijing artist Cao Hui, it’s what’s inside that counts. His resin sculptures of Venus de Milo or David are straight-out classical, but pull them apart and y... Read More...

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Striking portraits by photographer Kane Hopkins

Kara RubensteinJuly 28, 2017

Whether straight-faced or sporting a slight smile, the portraiture work of Kane Hopkins have the ability to draw you in. The Vancouver-based photographer's subj... Read More...

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Marisa Chafetz’s photographic exploration of being young in New York

Kara RubensteinJuly 27, 2017

Looking through the New York Diary seies of Marisa Chafetz is raw, intimate and powerful —- almost as if you’re prying back a private curtain. The images are pl... Read More...

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5 cool cabinets for your vinyl collection

Kala Barba-CourtJuly 27, 2017

Because your vinyls deserve the very best, here are five of our top record cabinet picks: Korgis Record Cabinet by Mitz Takahashi If you’re still in the proce... Read More...

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Olga de la Iglesia brings shape shifting, color popping beauty to her photography

Toby OrtonJuly 26, 2017

Mixing minimalism and somewhat surreal objects, the work of Olga de la Iglesia puts color and shape at its heart. Based in Barcelona, the art director and photo... Read More...

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Design

Floating Cloud by Richard Clarkson Studio

5 cool cabinets for your vinyl collection

This mix-and-match shelving system allows you to display oddly-shaped objects

Art & Culture

If Wes Anderson or Tarantino made recipe videos, they’d probably look like this

The gloopy goodness of paint brushes that look like ice cream

Lego sculptor Brick Monkey created a 20,000-brick replica of a Hamburg concert hall

Architecture

Fernando Abellanas builds his design studio beneath an underpass in Spain

The beautifully renovated Valiant House by A for Architecture

Is this the world’s most beautiful Starbucks?

Photography

Seph Lawless documents abandoned hotels in the former Honeymoon capital

Neon infused nightscapes of China and South Korea by Marcus Wendt

These photographs capture the child labor boom of early 1900s America

Taipei transforms its subway into sporting arenas in celebration of the Summer Universiade

The dissected classical statues of Beijing artist Cao Hui

Striking portraits by photographer Kane Hopkins

Marisa Chafetz’s photographic exploration of being young in New York

5 cool cabinets for your vinyl collection

Olga de la Iglesia brings shape shifting, color popping beauty to her photography