“Makin’ Things” with Brooklyn Artist Jim McKenzie

Brooklyn-based artist Jim McKenzie launched a very sweet, very retro art show on YouTube in December and it’s as weird as it is entertaining. With his bilingual, rapping sidekick puppet King Gordo, McKenzie shows viewers how to make everything from a clay horse to a raccoon drawing and even how to offer a critique to a child. Enjoy watching the show, but expect more fun …

Best of CH 2016: Interviews

Talking with some of the most interesting figures, established and emerging, in design and culture

As a journalist, one immediately knows when an interview is going well. There is an understanding, or even connection, between the subject and an interviewer. One’s goal is never to land a quote that makes a point, but to have a substantial dialogue that yields new ideas and truths. Being at the cross of lifestyle and design, our publication allows us to have dialogues with …

Interview: Digital Artist Alex Czetwertynski

The Day for Night curator on the dynamic relationship between immersive art and live music

It’s 7PM on a Friday night in Houston, and Bjork is DJing. As if this weren’t already an uncommon enough statement, what’s crazier is that hardly anyone has noticed. Not because the ethereal musician is clandestinely performing within some sort of recreation of an Icelandic forest, but because goers at Day for Night festival are totally immersed in the slew of custom-built, digital art installations …