Interview: Christian Zentner of Hot Wheels

We relive the best moments of the iconic American toy brand's history

Advertorial content: After a thrilling visit and video interview at the Hot Wheels design studio on their up-and-coming toys in the industry, we decided to delve deeper into the company’s history and the nostalgia of the brand. Hot Wheels, the toy brand that began under the American company Mattel in 1968, has been producing at its iconic 1:64 scale cars for almost 50 years. And, …

Dukes of Chutney: Domino EP

Filmmaker Dustin Lynn reveals his musical side with a new band embracing cinematic electro surf sounds

We first came across Dustin Lynn’s visual creativity in connection with David de Rothschild’s Adventure Ecology initiative back in 2007. When we interviewed him last, Lynn was with de Rothchild on the Toxico Mission in Ecuador, where he was working alongside artists like Gabriel Orozco and photography duo Oliver Chanarin and Adam Broomberg, documenting oil companies’ devastation of the Amazon rainforest. While garnering acclaim for …

Hiut Denim’s Year Book 2

The UK brand's publication celebrates big ideas and the people brave enough to bring them to life

by Emily Bihl With selvage denim’s ever-increasing popularity, the surfeit of new brands popping up seem to do little to differentiate themselves—but Wales-based Hiut Denim proves to be the exception. The brand’s remarkable yearly publication The Year Book, now on its second installment, is a coffee table-worthy tome that defies categorization. “I genuinely don’t know how to describe it,” says Hiut’s co-founder David Hieatt. “What …