The Playboy Commission

Filmmaker David Gordon Green fills us in on curating the choicest T&A of the past 50 years

The Playboy Commission, a panel of cultural experts tasked with curating Playboy’s archives, launched at an event last night with an exhibit of Playboy Club memorabilia, centerfolds and magazine spreads chosen by the new team. Hailing from all facets of the creative world, charter members of the Commission include society jeweler Waris Ahluwalia, hotelier André Balazs, Vena Cava designers Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock, author …

Tattly

Temporary tattoos for the modern design nerd

A giant leap beyond the rainbows and skulls procured from grocery store vending machines, Tattly this week released a series of fun temporary tattoos with plenty of personality, each individually designed by emerging artists from across the U.S. Among the fifteen different designs offered by Tattly, we were immediately drawn to the “I Heart NY” stamp (by James Victore) and Julia Rothman’s “Late” watch. Made …

The Machine

A look back at MoMA's 1968 landmark show on our changing relationship to technology

At the time of the MoMA‘s 1968 seminal exhibition, “The Machine,” modern technology was at a point of critical transition between the mechanical age and the rise of electronic development. The Machine stands as the first exhibition entirely focused on and in recognition of the mechanical influence on the Western World. Through the artists central to the Futurist, Dada and Surrealist movements the exhibition illustrated …