A Night Club Map of Harlem

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Originally published in a 1932 issue of Manhattan Magazine, ” A Night Club Map of Harlem” plots out points of interest and places to be during the NYC neighborhood’s heyday. The painstakingly-detailed illustration is the work of Elmer Simms Campbell, the first African-American cartoonist to be published in national publications like The New Yorker, Esquire, and Cosmopolitan.

Proenza Schouler Fall 2010 Campaign Video

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Set to a dreamy soundtrack by Washed Out, this atmospheric Proenza Schouler video by our own Greg Mitnick evokes the modern sensuality of the collection. Much more effective than many of the fashion videos and ads we’ve seen lately, the seductive short film shows just enough to make us want to buy all the clothes.

Cigarette-Smoking Machine

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A machine built for the sole purpose of performing the nastiest of human habits—cigarette smoking—this all-too-clever video will surely have cigarette companies kicking themselves for not thinking of it first.