Pound for pound Lucien Freuds ‘Benefits Supervisor Sleeping’ is over-abundantly yet gloriously fleshy, with paint gathered in great gobs and whirls, the finite details of his subject picked out in loving virtuosity. A mighty explosion of all things woman, in every possible sense. Next month, the work, painted in 1995, and now on public view [...]

Earlier in the week we wrote about the Milan Design Week listing the Top 100 ‘not to miss shows’, including some of the smaller & less recognized brands. One showing we failed to include however, was Reflections an exhibition of works produced by Marko Macura & Jacco Bergonje. From the 16th – 21st of April, [...]

There is nothing cooler than a company that strives to not only produce great products, but to keep things local. There is something to be said about an organization that cares enough to realize the unique proposition a locally made product has over its competitors. Blank, a Canadian company that sells blank T-shirts and clothing [...]

In the latter years of the 19th century, Joseph Pulitzer stood out as the very embodiment of American journalism. Hungarian-born, an intense indomitable figure, Pulitzer was the most skillful of newspaper publishers, a passionate crusader against dishonest government, a fierce, hawk-like competitor who did not shrink from sensationalism in circulation struggles, and a visionary who [...]

A couple of weeks back we wrote about custom kicks, and the trend of sneaker customization; though it seems Robert B. Martin Jr. is taking it to another level. Growing up he found himself delving into his motherss safe and using her jewerly and diamonds to freshen up his kicks. He would take the jewerly [...]

From 16th – 21st of April 2008, the Milan trade fair (Milan Design Week) will host the Salone Internazionale del Mobile and the Salone Satellite which is the International Furniture Fair from Wednesday 16th to Monday 21st of April 2008 (9:30am to 6:30pm) trade only, though will open on Sunday 20th April to the general [...]

We’re not overly political here at Cartel, though we couldn’t help but notice the attention Senator Barack Obama’s campaign is receiving with respect to his typography choices. It’s one of the most visible choices the Senator has made, and it’s burning up the blogosphere and YouTube, being debated on the radio, printed in publications the [...]

Celebrating its 30th year, the Pritzker Prize has been awarded to french architect Jean Nouvel named the 2008 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, architect’s highest honor. A prize granted in previous years to other industry heavy weights such as Renzo Piano, Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, Thom Mayne, I. M. Pei, and Frank Gehry, to [...]