by Laura Rote | May 3, 2021 | Studio Tours
I’m pretty sure Bartees Strange is washing dishes when I call. He’s got an hour before he has to be at the recording studio. “I feel really grateful,” the 32-year-old tells me, looking back over last year. “I thought Live Forever was special, but I had no idea I would...
by Laura Rote | Jan 5, 2021 | Design
Touré is almost always writing—for his Touré Show podcast or working on his new book, an oral history of Prince, or in the midst of a movie script or TV show. He was quite literally working on all of these projects when I spoke with him in November. “Writing is a...
by Lark Breen | Dec 10, 2020 | Products
After hours of careful listening and dozens of tweaks and adjustments, Yoshinori Ogata, Marantz sound master, is satisfied. Melding timeless style with innovative sound, the most recent Marantz offering, fine-tuned by the master himself, is the Model 30, an integrated...
by Jessica Mordacq | Mar 5, 2020 | Design
Designer Aaron Denton is inspired by minimalism, modernism, and easy living. Since he started freelancing full-time in January 2018, he’s used these influences to create hypnotic band posters and album covers from the comfort of his Bloomington, Indiana home. The two...
by Laura Rote | Nov 15, 2019 | Design
You can feel the anticipation the moment the lights go down. The musicians step out and the crowd goes wild. And the band—whether it’s Van Halen or Phantogram—is buzzing with energy, too. Not with noise and incredibly loud stage volume, but with the sound of Westone’s...
by Chris Force | Nov 7, 2019 | Travel
Somehow Berlin escaped us. Sitting patiently at the top of our to-visit list, it seemed to always slide further down the calendar. Despite countless friends, colleagues, and music, design, and culture fans raving about trips there, be it for vacation or work, we just...
by Skye Rossi | Sep 28, 2019 | Design
I work with Rhymesayers, the independent hip-hop record label and artist management firm based in Minneapolis. Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Brother Ali—that’s us. Over the last 15-plus years, I’ve taken a lot of photos of what we do. Most weren’t planned but instead...
by Scott Morrow | Jul 12, 2019 | Design
Creativity is in the DNA of siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman, also known as the multicultural pop group Wild Belle. Born to musicians with a deep appreciation for art and travel, the two have been inspired to create their whole lives. But it’s not just music...
by Jane Gayduk | Jul 10, 2019 | Studio Tours
Stefan Sagmeister appreciates a good view. His design studio, Sagmeister & Walsh, which he runs with his partner Jessica Walsh, overlooks New York City’s bustling Broadway Avenue, the Flatiron portion, and his West Village apartment looks out on 14th Street. He...
by Stephen Gossett | Apr 9, 2019 | Design
Few artists have shaped the visual language of contemporary underground punk and hardcore as much as Alexander Heir. His designs have featured on album covers on vanguard DIY labels like Static Shock and Toxic State Records (where he’s also released his own...
by Stephen Gossett | Mar 21, 2019 | Design
Nikolai Senin has done graphic illustration work for some of Russia’s biggest companies, including energy titan Gazprom and Aeroflot, the country’s de facto national airline, but it’s the personal work he shares on his website and Instagram that...
by Laura Rote | Jan 14, 2019 | Travel
Forget everything you think you know about Colombia. While the capital city of Bogotá (population 8 million) was one of the most violent cities in the world in the ’90s, today’s Bogotá is a vastly different, happier place, with an emphasis on art. We asked...
