Secret 7″

London's charity art auction and its exhibition of specially designed 7" record sleeves

Opening in London tonight, 11 April, Secret 7″ is a charity art project which sees hundreds of artists—including the likes of Ai Weiwei and Gilbert & George—exhibit one-off, specially designed 7″ record sleeves that will be sold to raise money for the charity Art Against Knives. Now in its second year (in 2012 the project raised an impressive £33.5K for charity) and the brainchild of …

Cool Hunting Rough Cut: DJ Spooky at the Met

A look at the inaugural performer in the museum's new artist residency program

This year the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York developed its first artist residency program, kicking it off with DJ Spooky‘s live string quartet and video composition exploring the elements in its title, “Of Water and Ice.” We jumped at the chance to interview Paul D. Miller AKA DJ Spooky on the occasion of the live performance. Combining areas such as architecture, live music, …

Cook It Raw

Recipes, notes and photos of ultra-exclusive culinary adventures revealed to the rest of the world

Invited by consultant Alessandro Porcelli to explore sustainability through food for an event coinciding with the 2009 climate change summit in Copenhagen, the group of innovative chefs behind Cook it Raw—the ultra-exclusive organization that evolved out of that initial dinner—have gone on to explore culinary issues like environment, collaboration, creativity and tradition in an array of correlating locations. The current team of 27 chefs include …