Inside An Experimental Off-Grid Modern Cabin || Unique Spaces || Architectural Digest

Today Architectural Digest brings you two hours north of New York City to Rhinebeck, NY for an in-depth look at a home that feels like an inhabitable work of art.

Architects Steven Holl and Dimitra Tsachrelia explain the design philosophy and inspiration behind their secluded, off-grid "architectural wonder in the woods," breaking down the intent behind each design choice and how they work together to create a uniquely meditative but stimulating space.

 

Autumn Keys || Harvest II (Full Album)

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Why Supreme Is So Expensive || So Expensive

From the eye catching logo, to limited product releases, and artist collaborations, Supreme has transitioned from small skateboarding store in New York to a $1 billion dollar streetwear company over the past 20 years.

But for its fans, Supreme is more than just a brand — it’s often an obsession and an entire subculture of its own.

 

The Story of || David Hockney (1937-today)

Born in 1937 in Bradford, the United Kingdom, David Hockney is a contemporary artist currently residing and working in Normandy, France.

The British artist is one of the most famous painters today, internationally lauded for his impressive body of figurative artworks, encompassing seven decades.

 

Karavelo || It's Not You, It's Me (Full Album)

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Unridden || Go Where You Feel Most Alive

Unridden is a Nordic cold water brand founded in Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Emerging from the frigid, dark waters, Unridden is all about exploring the raw and unpredictable nature that surrounds us as a means to finding genuine happiness within ourselves. 

Unridden wants to inspire and dress people to go outside and explore. 

People spend most of their time indoors in front of screens. 

Unridden wants to change that. And encourage people to explore the outdoors. 

To go where you feel most alive.

Unridden — Go Where You Feel Most Alive from Ian Isak on Vimeo.

 

The World of Jean-Michel Basquiat || Short Film

A look at the life, work, controversies, and iconic mystique of Jean-Michel Basquiat, an artist who conquered the art world, defined a generation of 1980's expressionist painting, and became a celebrity doing it.

Basquiat was an artist with preternatural talent who created art inspired by Jazz, Beat poets, Cy Twombly, Leonardo da Vinci, graffiti, hip-hop, and nearly everything else under the sun.

He took on racism, politics, and art history itself in his short but exceptional career.

 

Cookin Soul & Jinsang || BOA BUNDA (Full Album)

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Cycle through the streets of New York City in this short film of remebrance || NOWNESS

Watch Gabriel Frilando (aka CheatDeathNYC) cycle through the streets of New York City in this short film of remembrance.

 

How Ben & Jerry's Makes Nearly One Million Pints A Day || Big Business

To pump out its famous flavors like Half Baked and Cherry Garcia, Ben & Jerry's Vermont plants run 24-7, operated by hundreds of workers and flavor gurus.

Business Insider visited the St. Albans factory back in 2019 to see how these iconic pints flip their way to our freezers.

 

Sleepy Fish || Like the Sky, or Something Else (Full Album)

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A Portrait on Jamie Thomas || Short Film

The skate legend opens up in this new film.

From the outside looking in, it would appear as though Jamie Thomas always had his shit together. Notoriously disciplined and driven, few have left an indelible mark in skateboarding like the Chief. As a pro skater, filmer, editor, brand builder, entrepreneur, and designer, Jamie has built a legacy on being meticulous, laser focused, and detail-oriented that hasn’t been matched since his meteoric rise to the top. If you grew up skating in the ’90s or 2000s, there’s a very solid chance that Jamie was your favorite skater and Zero was your favorite brand. Hell, even Graham Coxon, guitarist of Blur, wrote a song called “Jamie Thomas” at the height of their collective fame.

Now approaching 50 with a new perspective on balance and life, Jamie reflects on his decades of experience, acknowledging that his obsessiveness was actually a self-destructive coping mechanism—a fatal flaw preventing him from being the well rounded family man he’s become today. That’s isn’t to say he’s not still completely obsessed with everything he does. It’s just that he’s learned to compartmentalize his time in order to live a more balanced and fulfilled life.

Don’t think you’ll see him slow down anytime soon, though. As he says, “I don’t really think about retirement. I don’t want to just sit somewhere. That sounds like purgatory. I just want to keep learning and growing.” Without further ado, we’re proud to present A Portrait on Jamie Thomas, a short film about Jamie in 2022.

The good, the bad, the Chief.

 

24 Hours With Designer Jeremy Scott (ft. Vanessa Hudgens) || Vogue

24 Hours with designer Jeremy Scott is just as much fun as you’d imagine.

Watch the Moschino designer go hiking with Vanessa Hudgens and more.

 

Get LeeN & Stay Classy || Get LeeN and Stay Classy (Full Album)

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Earthrise || Short Film

Earthrise tells the story of the first image captured of the Earth from space in 1968. 

Told through the voices of the Apollo 8 astronauts themselves, the film recounts their experiences and memories and explores the beauty, awe, and grandeur of the Earth against the blackness of space. 

This iconic image had a powerful impact on the astronauts and the world, offering a perspective that transcended national, political, and religious boundaries. 

Fifty years later, Earthrise compels us to remember this shift and to reflect on the Earth as a shared home.

Earthrise from The New York Times on Vimeo.

 

How Carhartt Became A Streetwear Brand || Short Film

How did this famed workwear brand go from producing strictly high-quality durable pieces to selling Carhartt branded Bluetooth speakers, coffee pots, margarita glasses, and more???

 

Cultura || Beats To Skate To, Vol. 1 (Full Album)

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TURNOUT || Michael Van Swearingen

Tobin and Sven are street artists involved in a shady lifestyle as middle-men. 

After Tobin announces leaving his criminal past behind, along with the city, they proceed to finish one last drop off of an unmarked bag. 

Upon entering a graffiti soaked alley way, they’re confronted by a police officer and make a run for it.

 Ducking and diving through the glowing alley, they make their way towards a trainyard. 

With the cops following close behind, a split second decision decides their future.

TURNOUT - Michael Van Swearingen from Michael Van Swearingen on Vimeo.

 

Explore art as therapy with Julien Jaca || French tattoo artist turned painter

This short documentary is a journey through Julien’s life, exploring how art helped him to recover from a personal tragedy and how self-expression can fight inner demons...

 

FloFilz || Close Distance (Full Album)

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Why Hasselblad Cameras Are So Expensive || So Expensive

Hasselblad cameras have taken some of the most iconic photos of the 20th century.

From the first moon landing, to The Beatles crossing Abbey Road, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe.

But the company has gained a reputation for having extremely expensive cameras.

Hasselblad’s H6D-100c camera costs over $30,000.

But its cameras weren’t always this expensive.

 

The Future is FOAM || Behind The HYPE: EVA

EVA foam has been injected into sportswear products for the past century.

It dates back to the days when Bill Bowerman engineered the first Nike Waffle sneaker in 1974 and has been utilized in other items such as fishing rods, boxing gloves and ski boots.

Until recently, the tech material was solely viewed as a means of support as opposed to the primary aesthetic component.

EVA has become way more omnipresent as various brands like Balenciaga and YEEZY have revolutionized the industry with new culture-shifting products.

The luxury fashion house joined forces with Crocs to create a divisive platform and Kanye West, Steven Smith and adidas shook things up when they introduced the sought-after YEEZY FOAM RNNR in 2020.

In addition, Crocs has tripled down on its initiatives by aligning with various high-profile celebrities and streetwear brands and designers for special projects.

Team-ups with the likes of Justin Bieber, Post Malone and Bad Bunny as well as Salehe Bembury, BEAMS, Palace and others have resulted in an overwhelming demand for the imprint’s products.

 

NasteeLuvzYou || Resurface (Full Album)

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HOW TO SEE || Joan Miró

As an artist obsessed with vision and “the eye of the picture that looks at us,” Joan Miró is a perfect subject for our series "How to See."

Here, on the occasion of the exhibition "Joan Miró: Birth of the World," curator Anne Umland and the artist’s grandson, Joan Punyet Miró, examine the ways in which Miró worked to achieve a heightened state of awareness in which to paint.

Hear about the monsters of the subconscious, the way that history guides the moral imperatives of his art, and why he loved New York City.

 

Propo'88 & Kick Back || Cosmic Trippin' (10th Anniversary Edition) Full Album

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Why Single Malt Whisky Is So Expensive || So Expensive

Single Malt whisky is one of the most revered spirits in the world. It is exclusively made from barley, which is quite a cheap product. A bottle of The Macallan 1926 60-year-old recently sold for $1,512,000 in auction, marking the largest single sale ever for a bottle. Over the past 50 years, single malts have become increasingly popular. Scottish single malt exports grew by 14.2% in 2017 to reach nearly $1.5 billion.

Glenfiddich distillery in Scotland is the world's largest exporter of single malt. Started in Dufftown in 1886, it ships 1.2 million 9-liter cases each year.

Making single malt is a difficult and lengthy process. Barley is ground down and added to spring water. Heated to 64°C, it turns to sugar, dissolving into a fine sweet, tangy liquid called wort. The wort is drained, cooled, and passed into wash-backs. This is heated and condensed in copper wash stills for its first distillation, and a second time in spirit stills. This spirit trickles into the spirit safe, ready for maturation, and then is batched in casks with spring water. Casks spend years in the warehouse, maturing into a single malt.

An aged 30-year maturation can have 30% to 40% of the alcohol evaporated in the barrel, or over 1% each year of the whisky’s life. This is because of "Angel's Share" — the natural evaporation of the liquid into the atmosphere over time. So older whiskies are expensive not because they’re old, but because they are rare.

Fashion, and the collector's market, also have something to do with the rise in popularity. Christie's Director of Wine Tim Tiptree oversaw the sale in 2018 of The Macallan 1926 60-Year-Old, which sold for $1,512,000 to a private buyer. According to Tim, the collector's market will continue to grow.

India, China, and Japan, are now main players in the single malt market. Particularly successful is the Yamazaki distillery in Osaka prefecture. Rare whiskies from their collection of single malts now sell for thousands of dollars.

We tried a 12 year-old single malt worth $36, and the 50 year-old bottle worth $30,000.

 

The Story of: Gerhard Richter || (1932-Today)

Gerhard Richter was born in 1932 in Dresden, and currently resides and works in Cologne. The German artist is best known for his meticulously rendered photo paintings, in contrast to his bold abstract paintings using a large squeegee instead of a paintbrush.

Richter is arguably the most famous painter today, and is one of the most important contemporary artists in general. He shifts from a photographic realism with a blurred effect, to pure abstraction, as no other artist has ever done before. His oeuvre is the result of an ongoing examination of painting as a medium an sich.

With shows at the most renowned institutions across the globe, encompassing major retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, up to Tate Modern in London, Richter’s impressive career spanning across over half a century has been a certainty in today’s art world.

But how did a boy from Dresden become one of the greatest artists in the world to wield a paintbrush? Welcome to the complete biography and disquisition of his oeuvre, a digital retrospective, and (written) film.

Welcome to the story of Gerhard Richter.

 

E. Lundquist || Multiple Images (Full Album)

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The Untold Truth of Vans Shoes || Short Film

Everyone's heard of Vans shoes.

These days everyone wears them... moms, dads, uncles, teachers, skaters.

Vans is up there with footwear giants like Nike, Converse, and adidas - in terms of popularity and relevance.

But one thing most people don't know is... Vans almost failed multiple times.

Yes, FAILED. Once in the 80's and again in the early 2000's.

So how'd they save themselves to become the billion dollar company we know today?

 

On Running || Nicola's Spirit

It’s rare in sport to go out on top, to make the final chapter of a sporting career worthy of all the chapters that preceded it. 

But, Nicola Spirig has made a habit of doing the seemingly impossible.

On June 5th 2022 she set out to add one last epic achievement to her resume: Become the first woman in history to complete a full-distance triathlon in under 8 hours. 

A lot has changed over the course of her twenty-year career but one thing has remained unchanged and unbreakable Nicola’s spirit.

On Running - Nicola's Spirit from Andrew Telling on Vimeo.

 

Psalm Trees & Moose Dawa || Dreams From The Shore (Full Album)

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