Inside the Chaos and Craftsmanship of Tom Sachs’s Immersive Space Programs
By Adam Savage Tom Sachs’s workshop in lower Manhattan is a labyrinth of rooms packed to capacity with customized cabinets,…
From Submarines to Starfields: How ‘The Temple’ Is Expanding the Legacy of Half-Life 2 Modding
For fans of claustrophobic, vehicle-based horror, David Szymanski’s 2022 hit Iron Lung carved out a uniquely terrifying niche. Pushing players…
Naomi Watts Opens Up About Hollywood Hardships, Breaking Through with David Lynch, and Finding Freedom in Vulnerability
Before achieving global acclaim and cementing her status as a cinematic icon, Naomi Watts endured a grueling decade of rejection,…
MoMA explores the useful beauty of information design
This modern impulse to translate complex realities into visual graphics raises a broader question about how major cultural institutions perceive…
Inside the High-Octane World of Japanese Morning TV and the Vanishing Art of the Western Cub Reporter
Tokyo, early Monday morning. Flipping between Japan’s commercial news broadcasts offers an immediate, high-energy immersion into a television culture that…
Food Thoughts Unveils Vibrant New Packaging Identity Designed by Into the Light to Transform the Baking Aisle
Home baking packaging infused with a distinct sense of personality is far more likely to capture a consumer’s attention and…
Behind the Wheel of Saber Interactive’s Bold Nostalgia Trip: How Stuntman: Hollywood Resurrects a Cult Classic with Blockbuster Movie Power
For gamers of a certain vintage, the mention of the word Stuntman evokes a very specific mixture of high-octane excitement…
Mozilla Brings Document Picture-in-Picture Support to Firefox 151, Unlocking Floating Web Widgets
With the release of Firefox 151, Mozilla has officially shipped support for the Document Picture-in-Picture API. The capability marks a…
House in Kagurazaka: Takumi Wakui and Riho Wakui Architects Intertwine Tokyo’s Historic Alleyways with Modern Domesticity
In Kagurazaka, one of Tokyo’s most historically layered and atmospheric districts, architecture firm Takumi Wakui + Riho Wakui Architects has…
Standard Earplugs Dig In or Fall Out, But the French-Designed Ears 360 Silence Does Neither
Traditional earplugs have long forced users to choose between two equally frustrating outcomes: they either wedge deep into the ear…