Missoni and Converse Auckland Racer

Revolutionary camera focusing, a working urban farm, embroidered portraits and more in this week's look at the web

For their Spring/Summer 2012 collection, Missoni swathed Converse’s ’70s-era running shoe, an Auckland Racer, in their quintessential knit—a collaboration fit for any fashion fiend or Huxtable fans.

Skye Parrott

Photographer Skye Parrot's path from political science to indie magazine publisher

As the daughter of an art photographer, it never occurred to Skye Parrott to take up photography as a career herself. Though she grew up around cameras, Parrott thought she was going to major in political science. “I thought I was going to law school.” Instead, Parrott went to Paris. After a few internships and a stint as managing editor at Self Service magazine, her …

Andy Warhol Photobooth Pictures

A rare book of the pioneering pop artist's legendary photo strips

When Harper’s Bazaar commissioned Andy Warhol to do a layout for a feature on the arts in 1963, the artist turned to photobooths. The project launched a three-year obsession with the machines, resulting in images of himself, people he knew and famous faces of the era, as well as one of Warhol’s first commissioned portraits. Still the most cohesive reference on this period, “Andy Warhol …