Hypebeast caught up with contemporary artist, Lucien Smith, to see what he’s been up to and to take a look at his Montauk home and studio.

-Staff

Test Pressing is one of the most fantastic places that we’ve recently stumbled upon for tunes to play in the studio. Let’s kick Monday off with this mix by Virgil Abloh. Read the write up about his process of curating his sound and track list and then hit that play button so you can get those creative frequencies flowing. If you happen to be curious of what CDJ’s he uses, you can view them here.

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Hedi Slimane has curated a list of 10 classic films from the 60’s and 70’s for you to stream from home. 

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The Hong Kong based Polaroid camera artisans known as MiNT®, just released a limited edition batch of SLR-670s cameras. Limited to 24 hand-crafted units and priced at $809, these will never be released again. 

-Staff

The Standard Hotel (London) has curated multiple playlists capturing the moody vibes of their famed UK lobby for you to enjoy while you work from home. Take a deep, eccentric musical journey through sound at Sometimes Radio.

-Staff

032C just released a fanzine that you can download for free. 

-Staff

Kaws is weird topic when he gets brought up in our studio. On one hand, we admire his creativity and boyish-like imagination and color palette, and frankly, we would be lying if we said we didn’t marvel at his ability to translate his viewpoint at an astronomical scale. There’s maybe a handful of living artists that have a cult-like following like his with an age group across the spectrum. A kid sleeping on his Bape’d out bunkbed can own a Kaws toy, and also an industry mogul fresh off the PJ (private jet) can have the walls of his Givenchy Royal silver chandelier lit foyer adorned with a $500,000 canvas by said artist. Building an audience with that kind of longitude and latitude is a work of art in itself. Then on the other hand, you simply get to an age where cartoons and toys aren’t really what gets your rocks off anymore. Or, at least that’s what happened to me when a girl tossed my XX eyed “stuffed animal” off the bed and told me to grow up. So, maybe my quarrel isn’t with Kaws but more so my relationships? Anyway, if you dig his work or it moves you in any sort of fashion and wish to have a print of his on your wall, you can now bid on some here. And hey, if you don’t have that sort of confetti to throw around but still want to look at art, you can take a stroll through his living situation and all of the cool work he’s personally collected over the years.

-Staff

In the wake of social-distancing and self-quarantine, galleries have had to strategize on new ways to prevail during the absence of the life line and heartbeat that allows them to survive; social gatherings and foot traffic. There’s an amazing article about the fast transitions these establishments have to, or have already done, in order to fight the tide that will undoubtedly affect nearly all businesses. You can now virtually walk through private viewing rooms to stay current, procure and adore the works that move you.

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A quick drive through our local canyon into Malibu today was much needed. Usually there would be an endless sea of people out enjoying the 85 degree weather but as you can imagine, everywhere seemed like a ghost town. Now back to work.

-Danny

We’re going to be alright.

-Staff