Simon Critchley on Finding Clarity in Philosophy and Comedy
Simon Critchley has seen his share of accidents. In his younger years, he damaged his hands while working in manufacturing plants, and ruined his hearing by rehearsing with a punk band in spaces with ...
27 Jan 20211h 8min
Monique Péan on the Transformative Nature of Fossils, Rocks, and Meteorites
New York–based jewelry and object designer Monique Péan sees fossils and extraterrestrial materials as portals to another time, space, and place. Pyritized dinosaur bones, woolly mammoth tooth roots, ...
16 Des 202057min
Dan Colen on Shifting Perspectives Through Farming and Art
Artist Dan Colen built Sky High Farm in the same way all his ideas are realized: intuitively, and with the faith to see it through. A 40-acre self-sustaining ecosystem in New York’s Hudson Valley, the...
18 Nov 202058min
Angel Chang on Building Resilience Through Centuries-Old Crafts
To make her namesake womenswear line, New York–based designer Angel Chang had to forget everything she knew about fashion. Her label’s clothing is made using age-old techniques developed by China’s in...
21 Okt 202055min
Daniel Boulud on Maintaining Consistency Over the Long Haul
Asked how the coronavirus pandemic has affected his relationship with time, Daniel Boulud chokes up. The New York–based French chef—who owns 13 restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Daniel on Ma...
30 Sep 20201h 1min
Tom Kundig on the Parallels Between Mountain Climbing and Architecture
Tom Kundig brings a refreshingly laid-back, aw-shucks, go-with-the-flow attitude to an industry that seems, on the whole, largely to lack that kind of demeanor. Architects tend to be a rather uptight,...
25 Jun 20201h 6min
Ibrahim Mahama on the Great Potential of Art to Change How We Look at the World
Over the past decade—and especially in the last year—the Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has swiftly risen to become one of the most prominent African voices in art. At age 32, he has already exhibited...
1 Apr 20201h 11min
Julia Watson on the Power of Indigenous Technologies to Transform Our Planet
Julia Watson is really into TEK. Not necessarily the Silicon Valley variety of tech, but rather traditional ecological knowledge. An anthropologist, environmentalist, activist, and landscape designer,...
25 Mar 20201h 4min
