Slide from Pattie Maes’ TED 2009 presentationThe TED conference experience incorporates all the senses including those yet to be introduced.
The 2009 TED Conference was literally jam packed with amazing presentations from speakers around the world. I’m excited that Flux was part of this year’s TED (now in its 25th year), it was also the first […]

Happy New Year! Here’s the year end picks for the Year of the Rat…onto the Ox!
Best use of store window stuffed animals:

Bergdorf Goodman. Bergdorf’s windows are typically stunning, made better with taxidermy.
Nice to discover, especially after finding out that Paris’s Deyrolle (the wunderkammer of fine and fantastic creatures) had a fire in February.
Best functional […]

It is that time of year when holiday greetings come from far and wide. We’ve gotten some pretty cool e-cards, but our favorite so far is this handcrafted, laser-cut, numbered edition card from filmmaker Jared Eberhardt.
But then Eberhardt has made his name with his crafty videos and spots for CSS, Hisma and Alfa Romeo.
The Post-Its […]

Student-made zines from the Make Something workshops on display in the Montalbán’s reception space
Anyone who attended one of the Cinema Tuesdays evenings at Nike Sportswear’s Montalbán Theater in Hollywood this year, probably wondered what was up with crazy upstairs room covered in doodles and strung with DIY posters, t-shirts and sneakers.
The Nike’s launch of the […]

While visiting the new California Academy of Sciences over the Thanksgiving holiday I spotted their unique trash receptacles. While recycle bins are quite common, I had not yet seen bins labeled “compost” and “landfill” at a public facility. It is cool to encourage people to think about where their waste actually goes.
On top of the […]

Todd’s wood sculptures and graphics have long been beautiful works of art we already know and love. His latest series of innovations is not only timely after 6 years of process, it also reflects a certain existential yet organic quality.

A peek into the mind of the very talented Sophie Gateau reveals multi-disciplines and multi-tasking with academic roots in architecture and art history and an impressive work log as a graphic artist on heavyweight projects like Matrix Revolutions and Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046.

Italian filmmaker, Lorenzo Fonda calls himself a “nerd,” and says his intentions are to “bring very serious matters back to a more human level.” Case in point: Fonda’s first full-length feature, Megunica, an ambitious coupling of the director’s self-deprecating sense of humor in the form of a multi-media, multi-curated, multi-genre documentary.

Spring in Paris…..

A few weeks ago I stopped into my neighborhood coffee shop when the girl behind the counter handed me my latte with a big sunny smile and said “I hope you like my little rooster”.