Rebuilding Budapest’s Skateboard Scene

Balázs Jassek refurbishes a skatepark and films a documentary with the help of Vodafone's "Firsts" campaign

In spite of what the stadium hosted competitions, televised events and billboard cameos may portray, much of the core skateboard industry is suffering. To combat this, a sub-sect of small, independent brands have popped up both stateside and in Northern Europe, pushing skateboarding to return to its roots as a DIY-driven creative outlet. Hoping to catch this wave and encourage the youth of his native …

Michael Cina and John Klukas: She Who Saw The Deep

A collaborative show that combines photography with painting from two longtime Ghostly International artists

It’s not often two artists combine their talents for a collaborative gallery show—especially when those artists have as strong visions as Michael Cina and John Klukas. Cina’s career in visual arts, graphic design and art direction is a decorated one, having started three of his own operations (most recently Cina Associates, which boasts an A-list of Fortune 100 clients) and acting as an integral designer …

GODMODE + Shamir: Northtown

How a kid from Las Vegas found a young Brooklyn label and created this summer's atypical soundtrack

“I moved here for the music,” says Nick Sylvester, who’s been living in Brooklyn since graduating from Harvard a decade ago. A former music editor and comedy writer for The Colbert Report, Sylvester has been part of the music industry for years, writing about the subject professionally at Pitchfork, The Village Voice, The Wire, Vice and more. Sylvester tell us that during that period, things …