Bahdeebahdu

Repurposed and upcycled works of art confront throwaway culture

The Philadelphia-based multi-disciplinary gallery Bahdeebahdu looks to the natural elements of discarded objects to develop works of fine art, sculpture, furniture and one-off projects. Co-founded by interior designer RJ Thornburg, Bahdeebahdu‘s latest exhibition “Other Nature” included his own works alongside those of eight other like-minded artists. While cleaning the area around his country house, Thornburg accumulated a pile of rusted and deteriorated metal debris he …

Bicycle Film Festival 2010

The two-wheeled film fest turns 10 with a pyrotechnic trailer

Wheeling its way from Austin to Zurich this year, the Bicycle Film Festival enters a decade of bringing films, music and art to bike enthusiasts around the world. Marco Mucig, BFF art director, directed this year’s festival trailer again. With visual effects by David Lucas Vivaldini, dexterous cyclists ride and stunt in a pyrotechnic celebration—some bikes rigged with fireworks—culminating in a daredevil leap through a …

Jewnion Label

Jewish culture meets trade union emblems for a line that has us kvelling

The brainchild of husband-and-wife team Joshua and Stacey Abarbanel, Jewnion Label is a witty take on vintage union label design coupled with a love of Jewish culture. Joshua (a fine artist who honed his handyman skills as a teen doing apartment maintenance) was laughing with his wife over the notion of Jewish handymen—a group so uncommon they decided it needed its own union. The duo …