Link About It: This Week’s Picks

12 worth-it links: Araki for Barneys, Kurt's guitar fragments, BBM for all and more

1. Mean’s Supervideo Series Launch The Los Angeles-based magazine Mean expands their media empire, seizing on the music video renaissance by introducing an experimental format that brings together top talent from film, pop culture and television to create short films (whether animations, abstract or otherwise) to track’s by contemporary artists. The first winningly pairs LCD Soundsystem’s “Pow Pow” with Academy Award-nominated actor Anna Kendrick and …

Circle Hook Light

A beautifully basic reinvention of a fluorescent bulb

by Barnaby Slater Striking the fine balance between sculpture and practical lighting, ITP alum and studio CW&T designer Taylor Levy continues to play with form and function with her new Circle Hook Light. Like her successful 8 Light ASCII Display Terminal, Circle Light Hook reinvents a simple concept through methodical construction. The fixture re-imagines the ubiquitous but often inconspicuous circular fluorescent bulb, primarily installed in …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Our weekly online snapshot: Big Bang chandeliers, Daft Punk's new track, animated booty claps and more

1. Portfolio Review: Stop Motion Video Animator/Illustrator Kirsten Lepore From her claymation “Booty Clap” to animated vintage board games, Kirsten Lepore’s slightly twisted sense of humor and gift for storytelling make the young artist’s portfolio a fun one to check out on a lazy weekend. 2. Yves Behar for Herman Miller Task Chair Creative Process FastCo Design takes us behind the scenes of the laborious …