Vignettes at Capsule

The NYC menswear edition invites other design disciplines to take the show beyond fashion

Now in its fifth year, Capsule aims to offer something different than the expected fashion tradeshow. Inspired by the simple idea that expanding one’s awareness beyond their primary industry fosters creativity and progress, this season the New York installment of Capsule introduces “Vignettes,” a set of unique installations that bring together ventures in art, design, literature and beyond for the opportunity to share experiences and …

Stukenborg Press

Alternative approaches to the letterpress arts

Based out Detroit’s “Ponyride” studios, Brian Christopher Baker and his company, Stukenborg Press, are at the forefront of the ongoing letterpress resurgence. His prints embrace non-traditional materials—specifically, geometrical arrangements of dice that he uses to create intricate patterns. As a contract for The New York Times Magazine, Baker blanketed the publication’s iconic gothic “T” with a layer of red 5s and 2s. We recently toured …

Studio Visit: Miya Ando

Steel kimonos, diamond-plated skateboards and hand-anodized aluminum paintings

The anodization of aluminum—a process common in everything from carabiners to satellites to medical equipment—is yet another factory method to fall under the provenance of fine art. Miya Ando‘s work, created through a process of dip-dying aluminum blocks in electrically-charged vats, are nothing short of industrial watercolors. “I like this ability for a plate of metal to evoke soft imagery and ephemerality,” says Ando. The …