Bad for Me

A gluttonous, gun-slinging, pill-popping pop-up at Shizaru Gallery in London

“Bad for Me,” a pop-up shop that seeks to explore the complexities of what is considered harmful, opens at the Shizaru Gallery in London’s Mayfair this week. Curated by Grey Area, the shop presents objects without judgment to allow audiences to draw their own conclusions. From a small pile of fabric cigarettes, to sculptured glass droplets of blood that can be worn as jewelry, to …

Global Model Village

A conversation with Slinkachu on his international street installations

A de facto ambassador for “little people,” London-based Slinkachu delights passersby with diminutive scenes left in unexpected locales. From dunking basketball players and magic carpet riders to hanged men and lonely brides, Slinkachu’s tableaus show off the many faces of the human condition. The quick-witted artist has been doing some traveling recently, and is celebrating with a book and two solo exhibitions, collectively titled “Global …

Out of The Woods

RCA students camp out in Terrence Conran's backyard to produce 12 chairs featured at the V&A.

by Monica Khemsurov While wood will always be a well-respected classic in the furniture world, these days it seems like we’re constantly hearing about yet another designer making yet another new chair out of walnut or oak. But the news that 15 of them have spent a week camping in Terence Conran’s backyard while producing 12 chairs they’ve just installed in the V&A’s storied British …