Behind The Scenes With VistaJet

Hop aboard our tour of Bombardier and the making of their Global private planes

When back to back meetings happening on two different sides of the world is a common work scenario, private jetting serves as more than an opulent way to get around—it becomes an essential way to save precious time. Not only can these aircraft fly over the Arctic Circle, whittling a trip from NYC to Hong Kong down to a 15-hour, nonstop journey, but they allow …

Jemmy Button

Separated by land, sea and language, illustrators Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali collaborate on the historical tale

As the incredible true story goes, in the mid-1800s the HMS Beagle, captained by Robert FitzRoy, landed in Tierra del Fuego on the coast of Patagonia. After one of his boats was stolen Fitzroy reportedly took a group of hostages including a boy he paid for with a mother of pearl button. He renamed the boy Jemmy Button and took him back to England to …

Mike Mellia’s American Dream

Barbie pink and psychiatric green in an exhibition on perfection and perversity

“I am interested in exploring a fine art approach to advertising, and an advertising approach to fine art,” says photographer Mike Mellia. His latest show, “The American Dream,” explores the poles of perfection and perversity in society at large. A series of portraits and still lifes, the images bear a likeness to Mellia’s other work in advertising. Glossy and glorified, the somber messaging falls even …