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Climbing the Walls

09/27/2012 03:02 am
 
Climbing the Walls
A bespoke built abode for two bouldering fans: welcome to ‘House in Izumi-Ohmiya’, one of the most unusual residences in Osaka, Japan. A bespoke built abode for two bouldering fans: welcome to ‘House in Izumi-Ohmiya’, on... read more

JR: A Magician with Paper and Glue

03/13/2012 06:28 am
 
JR: A Magician with Paper and Glue
  The world as a canvas — the portraits by photographer, filmmaker, activist and street artist JR render the invisible visible. For JR, no gallery is big enough. The photographer, filmmaker, activist and street artist u... read more

Holiday Homes in England: Avant-garde architecture – the perfect escape

03/01/2011 05:00 am
 
Holiday Homes in England: Avant-garde architecture – the perfect escape
Modern architecture should not just be seen but experienced first-hand, claims the writer Alain de Botton. And because he's somebody who puts his money where his mouth is, he launched the project Living Architecture to e... read more

Replay Online - Jeans from the cathedral, the Replay success story

03/15/2010 04:45 am
 
Replay Online - Jeans from the cathedral, the Replay success story
Replay is to fashion what MINI is to cars: a brand that unites tradition and innovation in perfect style. The jeans label, founded in 1981 by Claudio Buziol, hails from Asolo, a small provincial town northwest of Venice.... read more

Revolution in the music business: Girl Talk’s career is based on stolen hits

03/15/2010 04:45 am
 
Revolution in the music business: Girl Talk’s career is based on stolen hits
Gregg Gillis, better known as DJ Girl Talk, uses up to 150 samples to create his tracks. He shamelessly snaffles sounds from world-famous bands as diverse as Abba and ZZ Top. Gillis celebrates the fragments he uses: "If... read more

Deep house from the Ruhr takes off

12/21/2008 02:07 am
 
Deep house from the Ruhr takes off
Yes, there's the Love Parade and Herbert Grönemeyer's song "Bochum", but there's a great deal more to music in the Ruhr region than that. Because so many different people live in this vast conurbation, the music scene is... read more

To hell with fashion

12/21/2008 02:03 am
 
To hell with fashion
Gothic is at the cutting edge. True aficionados don't buy their sombre gear from Dolce & Gabbana or Givenchy, but in the "Kohlenpott", the Ruhr's former coalmining area. To be precise, they source their clothes from a fa... read more

Dancing for green energy

09/17/2008 03:51 pm
 
Dancing for green energy
The Temple at the Zen Compound entertainment complex is arguably the greenest nightclub in the world. This 3,700-square-metre complex in San Francisco's trendy SoMa (South of Market) district also houses the Prana Restau... read more

Current TV

09/10/2008 11:50 am
 
Current TV
An alternative TV channel from San Francisco takes a radical departure from conventional structures. At Current TV the programmes are produced by the viewers themselves. An alternative TV channel from San Francisco takes... read more

AVAF: Art Brazil – Guaranteed Focus

03/01/2011 05:00 am
 
AVAF: Art Brazil – Guaranteed Focus
With their collective Assume Vivid Astro Focus, or AVAF for short, Eli Sudbrack of Rio de Janeiro and his partner Christophe Hamaide-Pierson turn art into an orgiastic spectacle of colour. AVAF is a dangerous virus. AVAF... read more