Cool Hunting Capsule Video: Desmond Payne

Beefeater's master distiller shares his gin secrets in our latest video

by Beefeater Master Distiller Desmond Payne lets us in on some of his more unusual approaches to finding inspiration, and helps fill in the backstory of how the gin’s 2010 launch, 24, came to be. Stay tuned for our video on Payne’s former employer and sister brand, Plymouth.

Kesh Continues

Online reinvention, imagination and the art journey in our interview with Los Angeles' newest creative transplant

Owing as much to ’80s pop icons like Grace Jones and Madonna as she does to more contemporary influences (she counts M.I.A. and Jeremy Scott as friends), the eccentric style of 24-year-old British artist Kesh has the same “downtown” roots that has defined generations of young creative types. Having graced the pages of Vogue, WAD and i-D, dressed stars from Mariah Carey to Lupe Fiasco …

Usefulness in Small Things

A study of everyday objects

Simple but telling, a visual taxonomy of price tags on the cover of “Usefulness in Small Things” cleverly sets the tone for the book, pointing out the subtle differences in a well-designed, but widely overlooked bit of industrial design. This meditation on little objects is the work of Sam Hecht and Kim Colin, co-founders of London design studio Industrial Facility, whose interest in the relationship …