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The Disappearing Romance of Russia’s Window Art

Man oh man, do I need to get myself over to Russia. If like me, you lust after the architectural aesthetic of places like Cuba, the French quarters of New Orleans, India, Portugal, Barcelona, Venice; all that intricately carved, colorful old stuff that gets so much love on Pinterest and Instagram; then it’s probably time you discovered an…

Bohemian Grove: The Secret Society Summer Camp

I just spent the morning finding out everything I can on the Bohemian Grove. For two weeks every summer, the 2,700 acre secured private camp in the Ancient Redwood Forest of Northern California, plays host to some of the most powerful men in the world. Every republican U.S. president since 1923 has been a member of club, including…

Into the Woodstock Crowd, 1969

Forty seven years ago today, nearly half a million music lovers descended upon a dairy farm in the Catskills for three days of peace, love and rock’n’roll. The year was 1969 and a total of 32 bands performed at the event that would make music history. But today, we’re veering away from the stages that Hendrix and Joplin immortalised…

Floating Utopia: An Artist’s Remote Waterworld

Some people might just be a little bit more creative than others when it comes to breaking away from mainstream society. Wayne Adams and his wife Catherine King decided to make their own utopia a floating one, tucked into an inlet of the Clayoqout Sound off Vancouver Island, an hour upstream from the closest town. And as…

The Barbershop Clubhouses of South Africa

I‘m currently going through the early stages of a re-design for this site and trying to decide on a theme I like for the header. My ideas range from a route 66 diner, a lighthouse, to an old world Parisian newspaper kiosk. Maybe a combination of them all? I’m basically a designer’s worst nightmare. And now I’m tempted…

Inside the Olympics of Taxidermy

Can you name a famous taxidermist? Me neither. When most people think of taxidermy, they think of dead animals hanging on a dark wood walls, but at the World Taxidermy Championships founded in 1983, the participants are trying to be accepted in the art world and see their creations recognised alongside the greatest art sculptures in the world. “You have…

One Guy’s Quest to Save the 1960s Time Capsule Homes of America

Miles McDermott might just be the youngest person to restore a time capsule home. An award-winning designer, local tastemaker and fellow old soul living in Phoenix, Arizona, he’s just spent the last few years transforming his own mid-century style home– which he found looking worse for wear on Craigslist– into a virtual museum of 1960s interior…

Beautiful Tomboys of the 1930s

I was tumbling through Tumblr, one of my favourite places on the internet to discover history’s lesser-known muses and there, on page thirty-something of my browsing, I stopped at a photograph of an androgynous woman taken by Marianne Breslauer, a name unfamiliar to me. As I began googling her work, my screen was soon taken over by black…

The Cave-Dwelling Flamenco Dancers of Andalucia

“Gypsy” conjures up all kinds of stereotypical images of a wandering foreign community that live in caravans and vardos on the outskirts of cities. But today I fished a rare photo story out of the LIFE archives that gives us a fascinating glimpse into their lesser-known heritage. Shot by Dmitri Kessel in 1949, we’re taken inside a mid-century…

10 Indigenous People being more Inventive than the Fashion Industry

You won’t find them on the front row or posing for the street style photographers during fashion week, but in my mind, these are the real heroes of fashion… 1. Khampa beauty’s hair braided and adorned with amber chunks Khampa lady resplendent in traditional headdress adorned with amber chunks at Litang Horse Festival’s costume parade. Photo…

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