THE SPRING ISSUE
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Denzyl Feigelson
Denzyl Feigelson is a music industry pioneer and leading consultant in the international digital media sector. He was instrumental in the worldwide success of Paul Simon’s album, “Graceland,” and produced the first grand-scale, multi-racial “Concert in the Park” in South Africa in 1982. After founding a successful management company, with a roster that included Ladysmith […]
Marcel Wanders
The days of cold industrialism are gradually melting away, and making way for empathetic environments that integrate sustainability and architectural history, thanks to iconic architect and designer, Marcel Wanders. Known around the world for the creation of the knotted chair, Wanders is starting a movement in design toward an age he calls the “Contemporary Renaissance […]
Todd Francis
Hand Signals While it’s common for great artists to create controversial storms, Todd Francis is known for creating hurricanes. With the comical, grotesque qualities of R. Crumb and the political freedom of Paul Conrad, Francis’s cartoonish work provides a poignant, and often unsavory, underlying message. Todd Francis has created a number of iconic skateboard and […]
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Martin Vallin A youth of skateboarding, painting, and reading in the 80s combined with a young adulthood studying philosophy and journalism have left their mark on the colorful career of photographer, Martin Vallin. Vallin now splits his time between Paris and Stockholm, and works with clients such as Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, and Nike (just to […]
Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre is known as the iconic Electronica pioneer of our time. It’s a blanket term to summarize the man who has fought relentlessly for a musical and humanitarian vision to come into fruition. When Jarre released his breakthrough album Oxygène in 1976, it was an international success that topped the charts. People gravitated to […]
John Jay
John C. Jay was voted one of the “Top Ten Most Influential Art Directors of the Past 50 years” by Graphic Design USA Magazine and has received numerous awards for his work in advertising, which includes campaigns for Nike during his time at Wieden+Kennedy as Global Executive Creative Director. Today, Jay serves as President of […]
TADASHI SHOJI
For more than 30 years, Tadashi Shoji has crafted impeccable and elegant garments for women. Born in Sendai, Japan, Shoji apprenticed under artist Jiro Takamatsu, then costume designer Bill Whitten, before debuting his own, Los Angeles-based design studio in 1982. These days, his designs are red carpet fixtures, worn by Dita Von Teese, Octavia Spencer […]
Isabel Marant
Synonymous with luxury fashion, Isabel Marant built her enigmatic brand brick-by-brick in order to achieve her vision with freedom and integrity. Marant’s relationship with garment-production began at fifteen, sewing and reworking vintage army jackets. She established her brand in 1994 and the influence of hand-altered army jackets remains ever-present in her modern collections. Offering a […]
Phil Oh
Fashion photographer Phil Oh, best known as the creator of the online street fashion bible Street Peeper, arrived at his passion after several career detours including failed Internet startups, trashy novel writing, telemarketing, and bussing tables. The Chicago native is a contributor to Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Elle, and his skills are in high demand […]
Firooz Zahedi
Firooz Zahedi has spent the majority of his life capturing arresting images. His body of work runs the gamut from portraits of personalities including Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, and Angelina Jolie. He has covered everything from advertising campaigns, print media and album covers, to fine art photography and collages. Born in Tehran, Iran, Zahedi grew […]
Rozae Nichols
Fashion designer Rozae Nichols, who grew up in Los Angeles and still lives here after a stint in Paris working for legendary French visionary Serge Bensimon, believes strongly in her California roots. This has forged her insistence on producing garments locally, in a sustainable and responsible fashion. Nichols started out as a fine artist and […]
Jess Glynne
Since the death of Amy Winehouse in 2011, the entertainment press, especially in Britain, has been in a perpetual search to crown her “successor.” Jess Glynne actually came up through the UK dance scene, providing exuberant vocals for chart topping hits by Clean Bandit and Route 94 in 2014. Her debut solo album, I Cry […]
Russell James
“Taking pictures of women for men is easy. It’s taking pictures of women which women find beautiful that’s challenging,” Russell James explains to a gallery visitor during the closing reception of his exhibition, “Angels.” The show, a retrospective of his 18-year career shooting for Victoria’s Secret, has toured Aspen, New York and Miami, and is […]
Mark Cavagnero
A Master of Architecture from the University of California Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, from Harvard is a promising way for renowned architect, Mark Cavagnero to begin what would become a prominent career. One of four sons raised in a small town in Connecticut, Cavagnero started his career in the New […]
Christopher Makos
When it comes to the history of art, there’s a special place for the man who taught Andy Warhol how to take a photograph. Christo- pher Makos, Warhol’s longtime confidant and collaborator, also studied under the legendary Man Ray—and as such has key in- sight into the word of modern photography and its artistic impact. […]
Nigel Barker
After seventeen seasons on the judging panel of global TV phenomenon America’s Next Top Model, Nigel Barker has made the move to host Oxygen Network’s The Face, alongside modeling legend Naomi Campbell. Barker’s entry into fashion was originally in front of the camera; while he was studying biology, chemistry and physics in the late ‘80s, Barker’s […]
Steven Kolb
“Success does not come overnight. Spend time working with experienced people and learn from them. Take small steps, and have fun working.” That is the advice given to emerging designers by Steven Kolb, Executive Director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America and self-described “accidental fashion drone.” Kolb joined the CFDA in 2006 and […]
Kenji Toma
Kenji Toma is no stranger to introspection. The Tokyo-raised photographer believes that everyone should be asking the eternal question,“Why are we here?” and should never be satisfied by any simple answers. Toma moved from Tokyo to New York in 1990, currently dividing his time between the city that never sleeps and Paris. He has been […]
Chad Farmer
As one who believes advertising should always “tell a story” while simultaneously stirring desire for the focal selling point, Chad Farmer has become well known for his clean aesthetic and evocative imagery through his work as an Art Director. After attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, he worked his way to becoming Senior […]
Farah Zulaikha
Farah Zulaikha is a NYC-based Fashion Ambassador, Humanitarian and TV Host earning international recognition amongst the world of Fine Arts, Fashion and Media. Farah Zulaikha is best recognized for her large-scale role in charity medical camps across the globe, mentoring young and aspiring fashion professionals across the U.S. and Europe, as well as her […]
John Doe
John Doe was “born” in 1977 when he arrived in Los Angeles and began the punk band X with Exene Cervenka. Before that, he was John Nommensen Duchac from Decatur, Illinois. In 1981 the sophomore album Wild Gift established X’s place in musical history with such songs as “White Girl” and “We’re Desperate.” From 1978-1993, […]
Sean Lennon
Sean Lennon is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and like his parents, he has a restless creative spirit that’s constantly veering off in unpredictable directions to create adventurous music. He has made solo albums of dreamy pop with a bossa nova flavor, co-written songs with Lenny Kravitz, played bass in the quirky […]
Billy & Heather
The love story between Billy Kidd and Heather Huey is one born from mutual admiration of each other’s work, and it was their work that ultimately brought them together. Kidd, an aspiring photographer, moved to New York with the intention of working for the late, great Irving Penn. Sadly, as Penn passed away within a […]
Sara Ferrari
Sara Ferrari was born in Brescia, Italy. After her graduation at MACHINA Lonati Fashion and Design Institute, she moved to London where she started different collaborations with product and interior design practices. In 2009 she founded Sara Ferrari Design. Her work is already recognized internationally: the cardboard chair PAD was selected as a winning entry […]
