Cool Hunting Capsule Video: Zoomorphic Collection

Our video on London's most extensive and unusual collection of taxidermic antiquities

by Emma Hawkins, co-curator of the 2010 Hawkins Zoomorphic Collection exhibit in London. Put together in association with her father J.B. Hawkins, a 40-year-veteran of the antique industry, the collection contains over 200 animal objects, from hummingbird jewelry to a bull head snuff box. Here Emma shows off some prime examples of functional and entertaining taxidermy that has lasted into the 21st century.

Eric Tabuchi

A Parisian photographer's objective take on small towns in a dual retrospective

Upon first glance Eric Tabuchi‘s photographs merely feature disgraceful gas stations lost in no man’s land, Chinese restaurants in improbable settings and skate parks where dull gray tones consume the entire landscape. His subjects seem like superfluous outcasts with to no real place in in the world. His curiosity instead explores the metaphorical confines of belonging to nature, by portraying these humble, fading buildings and …

Concrete Ocean

Best-yet cases for iPads and iPhones, auto-tattoos, Slinkachu's new work and more in our weekly web round-up

Concrete Ocean, a solo exhibition of London-based artist Slinkachu’s miniature installations, continues to explore themes that “reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city.”