Interview: Photographer Stephen Iles

The former British music promoter discusses his experimental approach to capturing images

by Carol Huston “Photography is an experiment, but it’s the results that count.” Art rhetoric is no stranger to Stephen Iles, who divides his time between London and Manchester. A music promoter during Manchester’s media-crazed years, Iles (who studied fine art at the former Manchester Polytechnic) now directs his attention to the medium of photography. In particular, artists, art galleries and art studios provide the …

Art Basel Hong Kong: West

Highlights from the Western component of the recent fair

More than delivering the caché of the Art Basel name, the inaugural Hong Kong edition contextualized Asian art in the global community. Showcased aside it, an array of Western artists rounded out the festival with grandeur, color and abstraction. Cuban-American Luis Gispert‘s large-format photograph “C-5” (2013), seen within the Rhona Hoffman Gallery presentation, delivers the incredible realism of an airplane interior partnered with a fantastical …

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Calico Wallpaper

A look at the process behind the beautifully handcrafted wallpaper from a small Brooklyn-based duo

Those who spent some time at NYC’s recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair may have come across the duo behind Calico Wallpaper, who were at ICFF displaying their striking designs. The Brooklyn-based couple has been making large-scale marbled wallpaper prints since they were left stranded in their apartment for a week after Hurricane Sandy. In our latest video we witness the hands-on process behind their fantastic …