Amandla Stenberg: Let My Baby Stay

Paired with a moody, minimal music video, Amandla Stenberg’s “Let My Baby Stay” cover is a thoughtful deconstruction of Mac DeMarco’s 2014 original. The song will appear on the soundtrack of Stenberg’s forthcoming film “Everything, Everything.” With a captivating vibe and lyrical conviction, Stenberg demonstrates she’s more than just a popular actor.

Illustrator Paul Tuller’s LGBTQ Chechnya T-Shirt

An important message attached to a necessary charity

In response to ​Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement that no gay people exist in Chechnya—and frequent reports that the region’s queer community is under grave duress—NYC-based artist Paul Tuller has created a LGBTQ Chechnya T-shirt. All 100% of proceeds from the shirt’s sales will be donated to The Russian LGBT Network, an NGO that has been working to extract members of the queer community from …

New York Design Week’s Exponential Growth

Now stretching across almost the entire month of May, New York Design “Week” has positioned NYC in the global design circuit with force. As Artsy notes, “By the 24th of this month, more than 500 design-related events will take place across New York City—and that’s just the official NYCxDesign calendar.” Design Week has long been centered around the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), but many …