Totokaelo Art—Object

Fashion authority Jill Wenger expands into design with a new sister site

What might have been confined as one of Seattle’s best-kept secrets, Totokaelo fortunately grew from a brick-and-mortar shop in the Fremont neighborhood to an online boutique turning out a sharply edited selection of minimalist fashion. Founder and creative director Jill Wenger has honed an impeccable eye for clothing and accessories that balance timeless elegance with a sense of sartorial adventure—the name is Latin for “reach …

Swimming Studies

Leanne Shapton paints a portrait of her life in the water

As an artist, Leanne Shapton writes as if she’s painting words across a page, uncovering memories and emotions in sentences like brushstrokes. As a swimmer, she tells stories with the cadence of fluid, mesmerizing laps through a clear blue pool. The illustrator, author, publisher and former New York Times Op-Ed art director approaches her memoir, “Swimming Studies“, which releases 5 July, as a meditation on …

Suriani

Animal-human hybrid stickers invading Parisian streets and a gallery

While marketing and mainstream communications campaigns have derived branding inspiration in the comic-like cartoon style of street art, and the values attached to its culture—freedom, community, transgression—the paradox still exists to see it framed and sold through traditional art channels. We caught up with street artist Rafael Suriani at his recent show, “Collages Urbains”, at Cabinet d’amateur gallery in Paris, where he told us more …