Mark Grattan Shares His Must-Have Fitness Products
Mark Grattan is the cofounder and creative director at Mexico City furniture design studio VIDIVIXI. The Ohio native moved from New York City to Mexico City in 2016 when he met Adam Caplowe, originally from London, at a friend’s birthday party, and they started their...
A New Platform for Creatives in War-Torn Countries, Netflix’s ‘Lupin,’ Flying Cars, and Other News
Every Thursday the Sixtysix newsletter delivers the latest creative news, designs, and insights straight to your inbox. Here are this week’s highlights. Not on the email list? Subscribe now. *** Social enterprise platform ISHKAR gives creatives in countries like...
Agam Darshi Shares Her Top Feel-Good Finds
Agam Darshi is an award-winning actress, writer, director, and producer. Born in England and raised all over Canada, she currently lives in LA. You can catch her in a lead role in Funny Boy, based on Shyam Selvadurai’s best-selling novel, on Netflix. As an activist...
Take Five and Unwind with Actor Al Coronel
Al Coronel has been a victim, hero, salsa dancer, and video game character—some in real life and on-screen. In reality he’s an actor, veteran (eight years as a Marine), and world-recognized salsa dancer. The LA native landed his first film role in Johnny Depp’s Blow...
On the Road to Vermejo Park Ranch in the 2021 Volvo V90 Cross Country
In between the southern stretch of the Great Plains and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains lies Vermejo Park Ranch—558,000 acres of wilderness now owned and cared for by 82-year-old media mogul Ted Turner, the third biggest private landowner in the US (John Malone,...
Elle Lorraine’s Must-Have Products to Get Through a Long Winter’s Night
Elle Lorraine stars in Bad Hair, a 2020 Hulu original that debuted in October 2020 to rave reviews. This horror satire set in 1989 follows an ambitious young woman who gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. But her career...
How Niels van Roij is Bringing Back Coachbuilding in Automotive Design
“I’m always in a three-piece suit,” Niels van Roij says. “They’re tailor-made with fabric from cars I’ve worked on.” The 36-year-old designer’s studio specializes in coachbuilding, a throwback to the days when cars were sold as a rolling chassis and the body was...
Dave Kindig on Design and Building the Greatest Custom Cars
“I have a very creative mind. I don’t sleep much,” says Dave Kindig of Kindig-It Design, a premium custom car shop and the subject of the reality TV series Bitchin’ Rides, now in its seventh season. Dave built a special ’58 Lincoln Continental named Maybellene. “It’s...
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Touré on Finding a Quiet Space to Write and Digging into the Work
Touré talks about finding a quiet space to write, his favorite tools, and digging into the work.
Jo Nagasaka’s Koganeyu Brings a 21st Century Update to the Japanese Bathhouse
In a time when public bathing is rapidly diminishing in popularity, designer Jo Nagasaka took on the task of modernizing a local sento, or Japanese bathhouse, called Koganeyu. Jo’s imaginative work engages tradition and contemporary style in one space. To bring modern...
Johanna Grawunder on the Power of Designing Experiences, Light, and the Digital Revolution
Johanna Grawunder lights the way in design with installations that combine light, furniture, and color. Here’s how she does it.
Inside JARtB House, Billy Kavellaris’ Museum-Inspired Home
JARtb House includes more than 30 works of art—sculpture, paintings, and large-scale installations alike—made by artists all over the globe.
Xiaopeng Yuan on Self-Publishing and Working With International Photographers and Writers
Xiaopeng Yuan spends his days living and working in Shanghai, splitting much of his time between taking photos and importing books. The 33-year-old is the cofounder of Same Paper, a self-publishing book and photography studio that started as a blog to share Xiaopeng...
Yinka Ilori on How His Technicolor Designs Tell Stories of His Nigerian Heritage
London-based Yinka Ilori brings optimism and light to unexpected places with work across mediums. In summer 2019 Yinka’s “Colour Palace” emerged outside Dulwich Picture Gallery as a celebration of his native London as well as his Nigerian roots. Striking in its...
Eny Lee Parker on Paying the Bills and Breaking the Mold
Eny Lee Parker grew up in São Paulo and moved to LA when she was 13 years old. There she was reunited with her Korean mother who didn’t speak Portuguese, but with the help of friends she learned Korean and then English. “I had a typical immigrant experience in LA. I...
Dominic Ciambrone, “The Shoe Surgeon,” on Deadlines, Drugs, and Depression
Dominic Ciambrone, also known as “The Shoe Surgeon,” shares how he got his start in shoe customizing—and kept with his art despite setbacks.
Élise Rigollet, a Risograph, and a World of Gems
Graphic designer Elise Rigollet on her love of the Risograph, her parents’ gem collection, and studying and working in New York and Paris.
Gufram Declares That ‘THE END’ is Here
Welcome to the end of the road. THE END BLACK from Gufram laughs in the face of endings as the most recent edition of the ironic epitaph created in 2014 by Italian artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari. THE END was designed to establish the “end” of the...
Bureau Fraai’s Black Gems Townhome was Designed Around an Unexpected View—A Car
Some people prefer a valley view when they look out their window; others want to see a city skyline. At architecture studio Bureau Fraai's Black Gems townhome in Amsterdam, one couple sees their most prized possession on display—a Jaguar XJS convertible. The project...
Photographer Cam Hicks on Louis Vuitton, Taking Risks, and Moving to LA
Cam Hicks shares some of his personal stories and dreams on the heels of his new photo book, “For the Porch.”
Paul Wraith on the Human-Centered Design Behind the New Ford Bronco
“It’s complicated," says Paul Wraith, the chief designer behind Ford Bronco. This is not the answer I was looking for. I had asked, in a long, meandering, chat-cast kind of way, essentially this: “So, how did you create the all new Ford Bronco?” Dumb, I know. “It’s so...
Film Director Bao Nguyen Shares His Favorite Documentaries
You can see Director Bao Nguyen’s Be Water as part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series. The documentary, released in June 2020, tells the story of Bruce Lee’s return to Hong Kong to work in film and explores the difficulties he faced along the way using rare archive footage,...
Inside the Design of BDI’s Corridor 8172 Audio Tower
BDI's Corridor 8172 is perfect for the audiophile who has multiple electronic components, whether or not they choose to incorporate a turntable. “This is a cabinet for someone who may not have an extensive grouping of components but still wants a beautifully designed...
How the Cosmic Paintings of Umar Rashid Tell a Deeper Story
“I’ve always considered myself an amateur historian, especially as a Black American in the US, where histories are very conflated,” says artist Umar Rashid. “It’s not like, ‘Hey, I’m Irish.’ Nobody really knows where they come from. In the case of African-Americans...