Thursday 1 October 2020

40 Years of the Casio keyboard celebrated in new free fanzine

Charting four decades since the Casiotone 201 ushered in a new era of electronic music, the zine features stories of how the brand has influenced artists from Leonard Cohen to Salt ’n Pepper via Jarvis Cocker.



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100 Great Black Britons features dozens of creatives from Steve McQueen and Lubaina Himid to Edward Enninful

The book by Patrick Vernon and Angelina Osborne renews the original project from 2003, aiming to honour the achievements of Black British individuals across history.



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Between Two Naps is a collection of high-fashion helmets for dozy dogs

The New York-based creative director Rajeev Basu got the idea for the project just over a year ago, when he adopted Remy, a puppy who loves to snooze.



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“I remove all the imperfections”: Christopher Hartmann on his artificial and figurative practice

The painter’s generic, unblemished figures are a direct reference to all that we’ve experienced over the last year.



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Creatives can genuinely shape culture and society by working with progressive brands

On Tuesday, Studio Yukiko, Joshua Kissi, Karabo Poppy Moletsane and Eddie Opara called in from across the globe to tell us about some recent work and the ethics behind their practices too.



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