We spent the day in Jen's studio talking about psychedelia, plants, and her collaboration with Miley Cyrus for the MTV Video Music Awards in this Amadeus short directed by Matthew Kaundart.
Gruesome yet seductive women permeate Los Angeles-based artist Kristen Liu-Wong's fluoro-colored paintings and illustrations. We spend some time in the studio with Kristen, where she shows us some of her favorite pieces and fills us in on the allure of making lewd yet lustful images.
While BackBeatRags remains an homage to the classics, owner Isadora Alvarez has a keen eye for incorporating contemporary colors and shape to each garment.
Drawing from her personal stream of consciousness, while still referencing indigenous cultures, fables, and fairytales, Chau’s work explores symbolism, as well as solutions to the devastating and irreverent conditions of our world.
“Music is art,” states Indiana-based designer, Aaron Lowell Denton, who never envisioned art and design as a career path, but rather a means to further express his longtime love for music.
The searing style of Potty Mouth, the garage-like candor of Pinky Pinky, and eager anticipation of BRONCHO made the energy inside the venue practically palpable.
Pearl Charles looks like Linda Ronstadt, sounds like Emmylou, and writes like Gram Parsons, complete with a Byrds ability to harmonize and master arrangements
Sofia Wolfson's new single, "Nothing's Real," is a great sampler of what the budding artist is capable of. We liken the song to the last cigarette in the pack because though you wish you had more, it was still absolutely satisfying.
Adrianne Lenker is the most vivid image of a songwriter I can imagine; pure, raw, and masterful as they come, dwelling on details and turning a simple moment into an emotive tale.
Historian, archivist, and activist of his people, photographer William Camargo points his camera at his Chicanx community to shape its collective identity.
Wolfman Books has quickly come to represent both the physical space where new and used books are sold, where words are read and bodies perform but also encompasses that sense of wonder and urgency to pursue the creative unknown.
Kelly Wang founded Ziran, a sustainable womenswear and menswear brand that aspires to weave tradition into the modern world and lead a new generation to live natural, spontaneous and free.
Visual aesthetics meets musical function in the Prisma Guitar workshop. Skateboards and guitars. The two have always been close to one another, but Nick Pourfard smoothly took the relationship a little further.
Skateboarding has not only become King's therapy, exposing her to a close-knit community of women skaters, but also serves as a catalyst for her creativity and ultimately has put her in a place where she feels like she can be her authentic self.
In Venice Beach, California, the all-women skate crew GRLSWIRL takes its cues from the smooth, graceful style of the 1970’s to create an atmosphere for women to take up the sport without judgment or inhibitions.
Jared Mell expertly maneuvers south swell Malibu traffic with his signature style, in this new video "Bikini Visions," shot on 8mm by Matt Grote for Crap.
Sofia Wolfson's new single, "Nothing's Real," is a great sampler of what the budding artist is capable of. We liken the song to the last cigarette in the pack because though you wish you had more, it was still absolutely satisfying.
Adrianne Lenker is the most vivid image of a songwriter I can imagine; pure, raw, and masterful as they come, dwelling on details and turning a simple moment into an emotive tale.
Incorporating a look and feel that connotes the visual essence of the legendary Joan Miró, Zebu’s Jazz-like colors and compositions provide a much-needed smile in today’s crazy world.
Dedicated to blending the boundaries between modern design and traditional craft, Someware Goods is a socially conscious lifestyle brand that focuses on housewares and accessories handmade by artisans in Colombia.
Sickid is… well, one fucking sick kid. Harlots, fast food, dildos, and pro wrestling are just a few themes that frequent this up and coming youngsters work.
Polo & Pan brought a laid back attitude to their set. No fancy bells, whistles, pyrotechnics, or epileptic lasers; they simply let their music do the talking and fans do the dancing.
Brendan Donnelly is an interdisciplinary trickster—an artist working at the nexus of being both an appreciator and interpreter of subculture, an angry old man shouting from a soapbox plunked at the corner of fine art and bullshit.
