Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at Peabody Essex Museum

French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot is a trained musician and composer whose installation featuring 70 zebra finches and a slew of tuned, amplified guitars will be on display at the Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA). As the birds nest, feed, flock, and perch on guitars and cymbals, the sonic experience unfolds. The piece was originally designed for the Barbican's Curve Gallery in 2010, but will be on view on in the P.E.M.'s 2,000-square-foot walk-through aviary starting on January 18.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Peter Jungmann | "Ufogel" | Austria

Architect Peter Jungmann designed the minimal 484-square-foot Ufogel, which is located in the Austrian Alps. 

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Kenzo F/W 2013 | "Cloudbusting"

When you saw the Kenzo Fall/Winter 2013 video, "Cloudbusting," it was a reminder of the amazing job creative directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim have done in bringing the Parisian label back to relevancy. Below is an interview that you conducted with Leon and Lim, the brains behind Opening Ceremony, about the process. It originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 2012 issue of Essential Homme