Happy Birthday Dear Academie

The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and its renowned Fashion Department celebrate their 350th and 50th anniversaries in a major joint project

London, Paris, Milan and New York are usually the first cities that come to mind as the breeding grounds of art and culture. Yet it’s in Antwerp, Belgium (with a population of around 500,000), where the Royal Academy of Fine Arts has been producing artists who shook up the art world—from Vincent van Gogh to Luc Tuymans. Founded in 1663, it’s the fourth-oldest art academy …

Warby Parker Fall 2013

The new collection from the innovative eyewear label features '60s-inspired looks with a modern touch

Advertorial content: Fall: it’s the perfect time of year to tuck in your shirt and pop a collar. Adding glasses to any outfit lends a bookish style, which seems more appropriate as activities head indoors. With their new collection of early 1960s-inspired frames, New York City-based eyewear purveyor Warby Parker offers eight styles in an array of seasonal hues and nostalgic silhouettes. Harkening back to …

Fashion X Technology: Ricardo O’Nascimento

Popkalab's founder turns "what if?" into the wearable future

British sci-fi author and 2001: A Space Odyssey writer Arthur C. Clarke famously claimed “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Evidently agreeing with that concept is Popkalab, an innovative platform that helps turn “What if?” into a pioneering step towards the future. Founded in the Netherlands and Brazil by new media artists and researcher Ricardo O’Nascimento, Popkalab develops interactive video installations, walls and …