First Kiss

First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

There’s a beautiful, nervous energy surrounding a first kiss. Ten of those moments were recently captured in a short video, appropriately titled “First Kiss” and directed by Tatia Pilieva, for the fashion brand WREN. In a white room, with cameras rolling, strangers meet and lock lips. While there’s controversy over the casting of models as a handful of the 20 individuals shown, it can’t be …

Ar(t)chitecture

First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

Life imitates art and art imitates…buildings, thanks to Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina, who delves into a more literal exploration of the symbiotic relationship between art and architecture. Check out his collection of 27 images, titled “Archist,” to see Richard Serra, Piet Mondrian, Salvador Dali, Mark Rothko and more, imagined as houses or museums. Viewing the buildings not as virtual CAD or standard architectural …

Sir Tim Berners-Lee and 25 Years of Internet

First kisses, net neutrality, Bill Cunningham and more in our weekly look at the web

On 12 March 1989, Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed a network of information sharing which would become the universally loved World Wide Web. Now 25 years later, the same brilliant mind is encouraging a net neutrality. Berners-Lee and a team of global advocates are campaigning for the Web to be free to everyone, and stand by their position that access to the internet is a basic …