From Skate Rat to the Oscars: Spike Jonze

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Taking home the Original Screenplay Academy Award for 2013’s runaway technology love story “Her,” writer and director Spike Jonze has solidified his place in mainstream Hollywood, but Jonze didn’t take the direct path (if there is one) to stardom. The longtime Jonze supporters at London-based Huck magazine sent their congratulations via retrospective, highlighting Jonze’s transition from making low-budget skate videos around LA with the likes …

Nendo for Disney Japan

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In what seems like an unlikely collaboration, highly influential design studio Nendo created a series of Winnie the Pooh-inspired furniture for Disney Japan. To reflect the bucolic setting of the beloved story, Nendo used a textural maple wood while adding slight hits of color and contrasting texture with knit elements to further characterize each piece. The work reflects a great design studio’s ability to cater …

Impossible Stairs

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Calling to mind the warped realities of artist M.C. Escher, Lionel Penrose and his son Roger have created a new variation on their Penrose Triangle. This endless staircase is a 2D depiction of steps that make four 90-degree turns; in essence meaning a person will always be climbing on a loop, but never get any higher. The artwork is housed in Munich, but because of …