Phone-Free Concerts

Vitra goes to Africa, the Indienet, a people's history of coffee and more in our look at the web this week

Glowing screens at concerts can be annoyingly distracting and disruptive. New SF-based start-up Yondr aims to fix this by removing phones from the equation. They plan to give specially made cases to all show attendees, which will lock the device once it’s entered the designated phone-free area. If the user receives a call or text, they can leave the no-phone zone to regain access to …

Danny Macaskill: The Ridge

Vitra goes to Africa, the Indienet, a people's history of coffee and more in our look at the web this week

With each video outdoing the last, when bike-handling expert (and proud Scotsman) Danny Macaskill releases a video it’s most certainly worth watching. His latest release “The Ridge”—filmed in the remote reaches of Macaskill’s native Isle of Skye—is an HD feast for the eyes. The technical riding combined with the sweeping, grand beauty of the Highlands makes this video a must-watch—and one that is sure to …

Andy Warhol and William Morris Unite

Vitra goes to Africa, the Indienet, a people's history of coffee and more in our look at the web this week

“Love is Enough”—opening this December at Modern Art Oxford—brings together an unlikely pair: artists William Morris and Andy Warhol. And while they might not seem like the most obvious of exhibition mates, curator Jeremy Deller (himself a Turner Prize-winning artist) makes clear that they are most certainly a natural fit. Both were print fanatics who chartered new ground in mass production, and both fixated on …