Blogging is affecting many industries as social media spreads its way throughout mainstream culture. One of the industries experiencing a paradigm shift due to blogs is the fashion world. Presented at a blogger panel for the Premium Fall/Winter 2010 Symposium, “On Fashionblogs” is a short film by Mary Scherpe examining blogs and their [...]

We’ve been mighty bummed about Kanye’s post-VMAs self-exile for a while now. Not only has he disappeared from the public eye completely, but his blog updates have been lacking as of late. Thankfully, dude has come back in full force with a fire-and-brimstone post in his signature all caps style. When we read Ye’s rant [...]

With the folding of the beloved I.D. Magazine, former writer and editor Ralph Caplan issued a bit of an obit for it on AIGA.  For those of us still mourning the loss of this design icon, Caplan takes us through the magazine’s inception, his time at I.D. and its legacy.  An interesting story he tells [...]

Looking like a combination of the two Coppola siblings (Roman and Sofia), Steven Ilous brings us the video for “Lightworks” by Acid Girls.  Starring creations by Los Angeles based Jamaica’s Cakes, the video features sweet slow motion and delicious rewinds and replays of cakes being exploded and tossed about – dessert being the ammunition of [...]

Another mix for the season, Nat Thomson of A Silent Flute released the latest ASF mix “Version City II“.  Perfect for those days when it’s wet outside and jazzy inside, the mix invites you to take a sip of your coffee (Kahlua optional) and then do something creative.  Don’t clean or do your bills to [...]

Something amazing happens when social media is applied in creative ways: it makes us less jaded and it shows us the possibilities of a medium.  As part of the promotions for Sunday night’s award show, the Grammys have put up the site We’re All Fans – mosaics of grammy-nominated artists are composed of real time [...]

Every week on The Modern Muse, in-house muse and fashion guru Monique Cortez waxes poetically about her favorite It Girls, European waifs and other noteworthy titans of steez and fashion. This week, she focuses on socialite Vanessa Traina.
Vanessa Traina:
a feathered wisp of a woman
with enough authoritative confidence in style and façon d’être
to carry the heaviness of [...]

Moses has arrived with his tablet and its MSRP is $629 with WiFi and 3G.

The sky is not falling, it may have just gotten bigger and that much sunnier.

Philadelphia Freeway and Jake One have a new album coming out February 16th and Rhymesayers put a new video out showcasing a hands-on experience with the package design for the cd.  Entitled The Stimulus Package, the album comes packaged as folded up money with the artist and title labeling on the bill strap.  Remove the [...]