Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art

An interview with Steve Powers from the new encyclopedic book redefining street art

“Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art” is a behemoth of a book loaded with a who’s-who of the contemporary urban art scene edited by Patrick Nguyen and Stuart. Surveying the work from figureheads such as Aaron Rose, Wooster Collective, Deitch Projects, Stephan Doitschinoff, Faile, Brad Downey and Swoon, in-depth interviews supplement loads of color images and artist biographies to create a …

Taking Pictures of People Who Take Pictures of Themselves

Our exclusive pics from photographer Sidney Lo's new concept book of fashion portraits

Featuring an array of the Internet’s most devout fashion enthusiasts, “Taking Pictures of People Who Take Pictures of Themselves” is 23-year-old photographer Sidney Lo‘s self-published monograph. The San Francisco native traversed the world to capture a handful of the 60,000 people who responded to the question “What are you wearing today?” with photos of their daily threads on Superfuture‘s message board Supertalk. Often uploading images …

Cannondale x Mike Giant Graffiti Bike

An innovative bike, logo redesign exercises, light-triggered wallpaper, and more in our links of the week

In support of the Bahati Foundation, Cannondale enlisted the talented photographer and graffiti/tattoo/fine artist Mike Giant to create a one-off bike, up for auction on eBay. Currently up for $30,000, all proceeds benefit the program—a mission focused on empowering inner city youth.