Michael Jang’s Vintage Family Photos

Candid shots of the photographer's Chinese-American family in the '70s on show in LA

While SF-based photographer Michael Jang has taken famous black-and-white shots of Jimi Hendrix, Ronald Reagan and David Bowie, he’s become well-known for doing what people do everyday all over the world: taking photos of their family. Jang began documenting his relatives in the summer of 1973, in Pacifica, California, when he was a student at the California Institute of the Arts. Jang spent the summer …

John Knuth’s Fly Paintings

We speak with the LA-based artist about his unique technique on utilizing common houseflies

To create the paintings for his “Master Plan” series (on show now at Chicago’s Andrew Rafacz Gallery), LA-based artist John Knuth feeds a mixture of sugar and watercolor paint to hundreds of thousands of common houseflies. As the flies eat, they digest externally, and over time they regurgitate millions of colored specks onto the canvas. To control this process, the artist builds boxes that limit …

Ilan Dei Venice: The Cruiser Collection

The furniture designer's Porsche 356-inspired retro aesthetic sets the mood for this summer's garden parties

Based in Venice, California, Ilan Dei perfectly captures the region’s quintessential laid-back, communal atmosphere with his outdoor furniture. The studio’s latest line, just in time for summer, offers four new pieces inspired by Hot Rod culture of the ’50s and ’60s—one car in particular; the vintage Porsche 356. Melding aluminum, steel and fiberglass, the designs are edgy (without sticking out like a sore thumb) and …