Cool Hunting
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Hope Gangloff
by Letizia Rossi
We love Hope Gangloff's pop culture-heavy designs for Built by Wendy and her subtly dirty illustrations for Sweet Action. Her offbeat, somewhat diaristic ballpoint pen drawings range from scenes of party life and debauchery to still lifes of roadside views and the contents of a purse. For her first solo show, she will exhibit a series of pieces in ink and a large latex paint wall mural at Susan Inglett Gallery, running from 14 September 2006 to 14 October 2006.
Opening reception, Thursday 14 September 2006, 6-8pm
Susan Inglett Gallery
534 West 22nd Street, 6th floor
New York, NY 10001 map
tel. 01 212 647 9111
Good Magazine
by Ami Kealoha
Premiering this month, Good is a smart bimonthly magazine that encourages and inspires conscious global citizens to band together and “give a damn." The inaugural September/October issue speaks to a generation of new capitalists (i.e. those who "embrace the merger of capitalism and idealism") with articles that include a primer on the upcoming mid-term elections to New Yorker writer James Surowiecki's insightful essay on the U.S.'s cultural, economic, and political relationship to the rest of the world. Other sections profile honorable people (like Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Stone Barns' creative director Dan Barber), illustrate statistics about contemporary issues, and report on the latest socially-minded creative projects, including Object Orange, a house-painting art collective that raises awareness of urban blights and the original pirate store-slash-tutoring center, 826 Valencia. For all the weightiness of the topics, an optimistic point-of-view coupled with elegant layouts, photography and illustration (that often add a dose of humor) keeps the LA-based magazine accessible without losing its intelligent edge.
Printed on recycled paper, natch, the $20 subscription cost goes entirely to the non-profit of your choice. If that's not a Good enough reason to subscribe, subscriber-only launch parties are planned for LA and NYC on 16 and 21 September 2006 respectively.
by Todd Thomas
Jeff Zimmerman: Soft Explosion
by Letizia Rossi
Inspired by Harold Edgerton's famous "Milk-Drop Coronet" image Jeff Zimmerman's Soft Explosion collection for Steuben Glass evokes the random beauty of natural phenomena. Zimmerman's coveted sculptures employ the techniques of advanced glassmaking and the defining properties of glass itself to create narratives of the explosive patterns that occur in nature that he calls "soft explosions." The artist's first work in lead crystal, the collection is comprised of six designs including bowls that describe splashing water (perhaps the most literal rendering of Edgerton's work), vases that evoke growing trees, sprouting seeds and a limited-edition monumental centerpiece of fallen forms that appear to redirect a path in the forest. Starting at $1,900, Soft Explosion will be available in October online or by calling 1-800-steuben.
