I am currently crying robot tears…

The Monotron by Korg looked like a genius move when we first encountered it: a genuine analog synth, priced for recession-era hipsters at a cool sixty bucks! But them we got our hands on an actual Monotron, and…. WOW.

Duke University’s exhibition, The Record, is a massive examination and expansion of the circular, dusty, untenable, near-perfect vinyl-pressed recording. The show has every medium under the sun: photography, painting, performance, sculpture, installations, video, and, but of course, sound.

Nerds, unite: we’ve found some vintage videogame buried treasure.

Those geniuses at The Guardian over in the U.K. have compiled the ultimate list of Internet sports dominating our laptops and generally causing us to hope no one notices what exactly we’re doing at our computer when we should be working.

Two great tastes that go great together: the coolest, most forward and backward gold-standard hip-hop/music in general head and the coolest, most forward illustrator/designer around.

We’ve heard a lot about how the iPad can be used—for, like, reading books and s***. But we’re most excited about turning the iPad into an old-school video game arcade cabinet!

The coming week bodes well for lovers of culture on both coasts. From Los Angeles to New York, art, music, and happenings combine in a series of events that both bend genres and break rules. The May 1st weekend proves particularly action-packed in Los Angeles, as far as categories blurring.

You wouldn’t think Giorgio Moroder could get any cooler. Well… Think again! The maestro recently released a book, Extraordinary Records: Any Color Except Black—The High Baroque Of Vinyl Recordings, that does for album visuals what Moroder’s synthesizers did for sound.

The British Pavilion’s exterior is constructed from 60,000 thick fiber optic juts, the tip of each twenty-five foot rod implanted with a smattering of seeds. The result is some sort of alien brain, a shifting and caressed experiment in affective space. The structure was designed by Thomas Heatherwick and his Heatherwick Studio.

For all of SXSW’s web-savvy “interactivity,” it’s the gloriously old-school paper and ink of Flatstock that provided some of the week’s greatest artistic thrills, as you’ll see here…

Born in Amsterdam in 1967, Niels Muelman became ‘Shoe’ at the age of 12, tagging through teenage nights while the form was barely out of its diapers. Six years later he was infamous, co-founding the still-esteemd Crime Time Kings crew and transitioning to commercial lettering work.
The genre of ‘calligraffiti’ owes its genesis to Meulman’s mentor [...]

Okay. So we covered this film from a few angles already, but being one of our childhood favorites, Where the Wild Things Are as a real film is some kind of fantasy — something to get excited about — especially a new flick directed by Spike Jonze. The creative forces behind the film have built a pop-up space…

This is a great profile of the classic American graphic designer Milton Glaser, a video directed by designer Hillman Curtis. It’s amazing that you could really almost predict the level of personality that comes with his level of talent, but what really inspires is his passion for teaching.

Since Thom Browne came onto the men’s fashion scene, he’s been know for updating the classics — iconoclastic 50s/60s work and leisure wear. Revisiting the land of traditional with a twist, he’s managed to reinvigorate old school houses like Brooks Bros…

Sometimes it’s best to let classics alone – let them do their thing the way they always did. They’re classic, after all! But other times, it’s amazing how well the classics stand up to a little remixing. Really, it’s all about taste level and execution, and maverick designer Alexander McQueen has both in spades in his take on the absolute masterpiece of mid-century modern design, the “egg chair.”

Recently, Wired did an article on the steps to make your own custom skateboard deck. Turns out, it’s the internets FTW. Zazzle is a company that allows you to pick from a variety of styles, and make your own design online

Louis Vuitton has designed a futuristic pod-like “trunk” to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo’s first moon landing.

The Chinese took sports architecture to bold new artistic heights in the last Olympics, but now it looks like Taiwan has shot the latest salvo in this realm. For their new stadium to host the World Games, Taiwan started the game with a decisive choice – hiring innovative Japanese architect Toyo Ito.

Now this is chic. Take a gander at the sleek and modern design of the BauBike by Danish designer Michael Ubbesen Jakobsen. Noticeably influenced by the school of Bauhaus, these wheels bring math and style all together for the road.  Good to see a bike have some square moments.
Even the kiddie seat is uber-stylish as to be expected. um [...]