Articles By: Nikolai Soudek

Video: Talking Funny: Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Louis C.K. & Ricky Gervais

Video: Talking Funny:  Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Louis C.K. & Ricky Gervais

Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Ricky Gervais, and Louis C.K. sit down for a revealing and hilarious chat on this HBO special. The four stand-up legends discuss their approach to their material, how they first got into the business, the merits of on-stage profanity, and how far each is willing to go to push the limits of taste and originality.

The Lonely Island: Jack Sparrow (feat. Michael Bolton)

The Lonely Island: Jack Sparrow (feat. Michael Bolton)

The Lonely Island is back with “Jack Sparrow,” their first cut off Turtleneck & Chain. The video features Michael Bolton (who else?)…needless to say, hilarity ensues.

Pleasure Principle Black Skull Tank Dress

Pleasure Principle Black Skull Tank Dress

Pleasure Principle has released an all-black tank dress with a skull pattern cut out of the back of it. Some say that the use of skulls in apparel has long been played out, but I think this is a pretty sweet design.

The Oatmeal: Why you don’t like changes to your design

The Oatmeal: Why you don’t like changes to your design

The Oatmeal strikes again with “A meditation on how designers can be just as guilty as clients.”
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Women of the Underground: Music

Women of the Underground: Music

Women of the Underground: Music—Cultural Innovators Speak for Themselves is a series of 20 interviews with influential female musicians from a variety of genres ranging from rock, punk, goth, industrial, ska, performance art and more.

Anthony Larrisey: Body Art

Anthony Larrisey: Body Art

Anthony Larrisey is an internationally-acclaimed body painter whose work spans the worlds of Fashion, Film, Photography, Television, Events and Private commissions.

Amila Hrustic: Plato’s Collection

Amila Hrustic: Plato’s Collection

Amila Hrustic’s Plato’s Collection examines the concept of geometrically arranged and structured space in relation to the human body. The collection consists of five unique dresses crafted from a combination of paper and textiles.

Krunk Pony: Curator of Fun

Krunk Pony: Curator of Fun

Krunk Pony is an NYC-based DJ, graphic designer & party promoter who is known to set dancefloors ablaze with her upbeat mashups of boogie, breaks, funk, disco and classics. She is also the founder & curator of Krunk Tips, “funky life advice for the unusually krunk.”

Anya Porter: Breakti Founder, Movement/Wellness Specialist

Anya Porter: Breakti Founder, Movement/Wellness Specialist

Anya Porter’s passion for dance, yoga and overall spiritual & physical wellness led her to found Breakti, an ongoing workshop in NYC most simply described as a fusion of Breakin’ and yoga.

Alex Gilliam: Cheerleader of Possibility

Alex Gilliam: Cheerleader of Possibility

Alex Gilliam is a national expert on K-12 design education and the founder of Public Workshop, an organization dedicated to helping individuals, schools and communities achieve great things through design and maximize its potential as a tool for positive social change.

Video: Lynx’s Augmented Angels

Video: Lynx’s Augmented Angels

Augmented reality has been a buzzword for quite a while now, and yet it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that an ad campaign appeared that used it for seemingly obvious means—using virtual babes to market to men (duh).

Howard Shindler, Painter

Howard Shindler, Painter

Howard Shindler is an artist based in New York City. I knew him first as a DJ on the local club circuit, but as we became better acquainted I discovered and became a fan of his visual art.