Projections Film Festival

by Ariston Anderson Director and curator Aaron Rose's five-week film series, "Projections," brings some of the more obscure and rarely-screened gems of the silver screen to L.A.'s Roberts & Tilton Gallery starting this weekend. Like his renowned Beautiful Losers exhibit and documentary, the fest's setting lends white-wall cred to the often ghettoized micro-length format. As Rose explains, "Some of the most inspiring films I’ve ever …

Bolon’s Botanic Collection

by Richard Prime The latest concept from the incredible Sweden-based woven flooring company Bolon, their Botanic collection makes a revolutionary breakthrough in the field of vinyl. The new material uses plasticizers based on renewable raw vegetation material, maintaining the 50-year-old company's status as the archetype of contemporary vinyl floor coverings. (Click on images for detailed view.) The unique sheen and trappings of color combined with …

Steffen Dam: Specimen Panel

by Julie Wolfson The glowing Specimen Panel series created by Danish toolmaker Steffen Dam evokes a feeling of mystery with glass structures housing gorgeously creepy floating ocean creatures, plant life and magnified cells. Drawing on inspirations from geology, astronomy and mechanical constructions, Dam claims that he's not "a true scholar." Tending to forget the actual facts, Dam visualizes the images from memory, transforming them into …