Japanese artist Sebastian Masuda, who helped bring “kawaii culture” mainstream, wants to create a giant, cute time capsule in the shape of a Japanese bear in New York City. In this interactive art project, called Time After Time people are encouraged to fill a semi-transparent bear-like character with keepsakes and other personal items, creating a […]
Between December and January, five banners demonizing Mayor Bill de Blasio flew through New York City’s skies while cops were turning their backs to him during the Eric Garner protests. On January 16, three days after the fifth and craziest banner flew (“DE BLASIO GET OFF THE POT. RESIGN. WE ❤ NYPD“), ANIMAL decided it […]
Last month, a startup called Party NYC launched a Kickstarter to raise funds for a product called Disco Dog, an LED-light-equipped vest for dogs. It seemed very silly. Now, DNAInfo reports, it’s very successful: with a little more than two days left in the campaign, the project has raised more than $5000 over its goal. […]
Have you ever wanted to be a corporate-level patron of art, commissioning artists to make something that’s all about you, but you don’t have the money? Well, this new Kickstarter from Electric Objects will allow you to become a mini-Medici. At the completion of the drive, each backer will receive a short survey about who […]
If you have a shitty dog that no one pays attention to when you’re walking around, or you have a cool dog that you want to draw even more attention to…or you’re a tech industry dingbat who wants everyone to know how much you love wearable technology…OR you like spending way too much money on […]
Last year, One Grand Gallery in Portland put on an exhibition called Ready To Die: A Group Show to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Notorious B.I.G.’s landmark debut album. The show collected Biggie-related art from artists and designers both depicting and inspired by the rapper. After a successful stint in Seattle, One Grand Gallery […]
According to a new study, New York is fucked in the near future, along with Baltimore, Houston and Miami. Like other coastal metropolitan areas, urban expansion is making the city more susceptible to flooding. Regardless of climate change, the chances of a deluge will increase, say researchers at Texas A&M University: “Urban areas exposed to […]
Wednesday afternoon marks the final 24 hours of a now-viral Kickstarter campaign to erect a museum for figure skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan in a Brooklyn apartment hallway. With the modest goal of $75 having been met and far surpassed, the museum is already underway. The museum’s proprietors are Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen, […]
Hillary Clinton may have found herself in the middle of an email scandal, but it’s nothing she can’t handle. At least, that’s what the makers of a new Hillary Clinton action figure hope. Brooklyn design studio FCTRY and Art Army General Mike Leavitt are Kickstarting the mini-Clinton to show support for her potential presidential bid. […]
Last week, the Film Society of Lincoln Center concluded its beautiful ode to an era, “Tell it like it is: Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986.” The survey of more than a dozen titles produced during the period, some never-before seen, offered a peak into an unheralded, often forgotten moment of visual storytelling which is […]
