Pattern Power: Superstripe Festival

Anna Murray speaks about the evolution of Patternity and their month-long celebration of stripes

by Sabine Zetteler Anna Murray and Grace Winteringham comprise Patternity, the two-person powerhouse consulting on pattern-inspired projects of various scale all around the world. After meeting through mutual friends they quickly realized that despite their seemingly disparate specialties—Murray’s in photography and art direction and Winteringham’s as a textile and product designer—they shared a strong aesthetic viewpoint. In 2009 they launched a website as a public-facing, …

Detroit Electric SP:01

Albert Lam revives an early 20th-century electric auto brand in Motor City

by Nicole Rupersburg As the automotive capital of the world, Detroit is known for the Big Three—GM, Ford and Chrysler. But a new player in town, Detroit Electric, aims to make a name for electric automotive in the Motor City. The name pays homage to an early-20th-century electric vehicle producer founded in 1906 that produced about 13,000 electric cars before closing in 1939. Detroit Electric …

I’m So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth

Artist Aïda Ruilova talks about themes of desire, exploitation and escape in her first West Coast show

by Vivianne Lapointe “I’m So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth,” a multidisciplinary exhibition by West Virginia-born, New York-based artist Aïda Ruilova, presents a new series of works on paper created out of 25 Emmanuelle movie posters collected over time, bought by the artist from posters shops and on eBay. The show marks the West Coast debut for the prolific artist, whose work has shown in …