Interview: Sculptor Jaume Plensa

The figurative innovator on inspiration, process, the speed of the industry and his collaboration with Ruinart champagne

Among the roster of international contemporary artists frequently positioning their art in public (and outdoor) settings, few bend the mind as much as Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa. If his name isn’t immediately familiar, his work most certainly will be—from Chicago’s Crown Fountain to a pop-up installation in NYC’s Madison Square Park, his placement everywhere from a “Mission Impossible” film and hotel lobbies around the world. …

Interview: Alex McCrery and Jenny Goodman of Tilit NYC

The duo’s chef-inspired workwear brand reaches for Supreme status

For the past four years, husband-and-wife duo Alex McCrery and Jenny Goodman have been quietly stitching together what seems destined to become a future classic among American heritage brands. Tilit—short for utility—is their take on modern workwear, and is inspired by McCrery’s years working as a private chef (to none other than Jerry Seinfeld), when he loved the job but disliked the standard uniform. “I …

“Ren Hang” Celebrates the Chinese Photographer’s Work

We speak with Taschen's Sexy Books editor, Dian Hanson, about what makes Hang's work so powerful

Update 24 February 2017: tragically, it’s been reported that Ren Hang has passed away aged just 29 years old. Shooting on film, photographer Ren Hang captures his friends in trees and rivers in the woods, in his apartment and on the roofs of buildings in Beijing, all providing an escape from the imposing world around him and breaking from a pervasive Chinese sentiment of sexual …