an old-school modern future

(But only temporarily.)

“A cyborg created with straight lines can only move straight ahead.” Spread from The Art Of Computer Designing: A Black and White Approach by Osamu Sato (佐藤理).

A new exhibition dissects the omnipresent nature of ‘the hoodie’ within the last century. Curated by writer and curator Lou Stoppard, the exhibition considers the role of the hoodie as a socio-political carrier and takes a deep dive into the story of the hoodie, tracing photography, film, installation, fashion, social media and other cultural artefacts. Photograph by Campbell Addy.

Fascinated by the black and white and the minimalism of the lighting effects, the photographer Hengki Koentjoro, a native of Indonesia, immortalized the young boys of the Indonesian island Alor. In his project "The Boys of Alor", he delivers a series of monochrome shots, most of them captured underwater. We discover a group of young boys having fun there, between the oxygen bubbles which rise to the surface of the water and the sun rays which cross it.

The Embroidered Computer is an exploration into using historic gold embroidery materials and knowledge to craft a programmable 8 bit computer. Solely built from a variety of metal threads, magnetic, glas and metal beads, and being inspired by traditional crafting routines and patterns, the piece questions the appearance of current digital and electronic technologies surrounding us, as well as our interaction with them.

Rocket Rollout by Jack Perlmutter.

Grid Oscillation by Clare Kirkconnell.

Painted on wood, the textures of Agostino Arrivabene‘s surreal works garner new, striking qualities.

Classic Tetra Pak advertising images

Located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, the Box House was designed by Flavio Castro of architecture firm FCStudio, for himself to live in.

marc newson has teamed up with apple’s chief design officer sir jony ive to design a lab-grown diamond ring for sotheby’s third (RED) charity auction. the one-of-a-kind piece of jewellery will be created by the diamond foundry, using its plasma reactor technology and a scientific process involving the manipulation of atoms to create a diamond block big enough to cut a ring in all its entirety.