Nat Russell March to March Calendar

Nat Russell's "Always Late In 2008 But Just In Time For 2009" is the perfect solution for those of us who still haven't gotten around to getting a 2008 calendar. The calendar begins on 16 March 2008 and ends on 15 March of 2009, making you right on time to snatch up one of these limited edition posters. We think its also a subtly good …

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Olaf Breuning

We get a peak into Swiss multimedia artist Olaf Breuning's studio and, among other things, find an army of Chinese-made contraptions

In honor of Swiss artist Olaf Breuning’s inclusion in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, this video visits his Manhattan studio. In the midst of working on his two-part installation for the show, Olaf takes the time to explain his inspiration and thinking behind his mini army made of readymade objects and a recreation of a 1932 photograph. There’s also plenty of examples of his other playfully …

The Endless City

Phaidon's latest tome eschews art-and-design for facts-and-figures. The Endless City features essays by prominent architects, urban planners and other metropolitan experts who examine the modern urban condition and back up their conjectures with raw data. Edited by Ricky Burdett, a professor at the London School of Economics, and Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum, London, the book is a print companion to the Urban …