Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Sending art to Trump, becoming a space archaeologist, a look at the real Playboy Mansion and more

1. Artist Sending Trump Artwork in Protest This past weekend, Paul Weston decided to send President Trump a piece of artwork every single day—but not as a gift, as a reminder of the importance of arts funding. This comes hot off the news that the new administration is planning to remove budgets for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for …

A/D/O Design Academy’s “Utopia vs Dystopia”

Celebrating creative, scientific and inspiring makers and thinkers at the impressive new Greenpoint space

We were quick to visit A/D/O‘s recently renovated Greenpoint space when it was unveiled, but our return this past weekend offered an opportunity to see it in action as the design community center it was always imagined to be. Attendees were eager to learn and be inspired by each other and the panelists who took part in the inaugural Design Academy—a forward-looking and workshop oriented …

How $10,000 Will Help These People Further Their Talents

Meet the first-ever #LiveThem Award finalists

Sponsored by Rémy Martin®

When we created the #LiveThem Award with our friends at Rémy Martin® and Gear Patrol we felt kicking off the year with a $10,000 award was a great way to help one of our readers further develop one of their talents, and today we are one step closer to making that come true. We are very excited to announce the five finalists, one of whom …