BMW’s Newfangled Idea

In a brilliant new ad, BMW harks back to the dawn of the internet and features a clip of Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel wondering, “What is ‘internet’ anyway? Do you write to it like mail?” Fast forward 21 years and the duo now sits in the new zero-emission BMW i3 questioning whether the futuristic auto is propelled by either a fan, turbine or maybe …

Eminative + Four Tet: Makondi

Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) continues to push the boundaries of his discography. The difficult-to-categorize English musician spans electronic, house, and drum and bass. Now partnering with drummer Nick Woodmansey, who records under the name Eminative, Hebden expands into interpretive jazz with “Makondi.” Originally performed and arranged by trumpeter Don Cherry and drummer Ed Blackwell in 1982, this contemporary rendition is a minimalist version that …

The Rhino That Should Have Never Been Born

Photographer and filmmaker Adrian Steirn captures the miracle of life in the face of illegal poaching and extinction

Cape Town-based filmmaker and photographer Adrian Steirn is no stranger to working with icons. The Australian-born Steirn is known equally for his timeless wildlife images as he is his award-winning portraits of world leaders and cultural figures (including the late Nelson Mandela) most recently compiled in his “21 Icons” series. At the start of the new year however, Steirn faced the tragedy of one of …