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Ombre Is The New Tie-Dye
Once a cheap way to make colorful clothes, high-end designers have brought back tie-dye and even given it a new name. -
'Great Outdoor Fight' Flows From Web To Page
Chris Onstad's web-comic <em>Achewood</em> may be modeled on stuffed animals, but it's anything but cuddly. The new print compilation of the strip highlights <em>The Great Outdoor Fight</em> — featuring three days, three acres and 3,000 men. -
Sandbag House Wins Humanitarian Award
This week, the Curry Stone Design Prize was awarded to a South African architecture firm that figured out how to make a cheap house with a timber frame and a whole lot of sandbags. The houses are energy efficient and easily assembled, and could replace more hazardous structures in the shantytowns around Cape Town. -
Howard Bingham: Photographing Ali And America
Howard Bingham describes himself as the "Forrest Gump of photojournalism" — frequently "popping up" at just the right time to document some of the greatest moments in U.S. history. He is best known for his portraits of boxing great Muhammad Ali. -
Artist Taps Into Anger At Corporate CEOs
A Brooklyn artist is giving Wall Streeters the opportunity to vent their irritation with corporate America. Geoffrey Raymond takes his over-sized paintings of CEOs to Wall Street, then asks passers-by to write comments on his artwork. -
In San Francisco, Making Art At The Dump
San Francisco recycles or diverts 69 percent of its trash, but sends 1,800 tons of garbage to the landfill each day. One way the city makes a dent in its landfill load is through an unusual program — sponsoring artists who turn garbage into art. -
'Pushing Daisies,' Alive With Fantasy, Mystery
In the ABC series, <em>Pushing Daises</em>, co-executive producers Barry Sonnenfeld and Bryan Fuller combine romance, fantasy and mystery to tell the story of a man who can bring the dead back to life. The first season of the show is now out on DVD. -
Prefab: From Utilitarian Home To Design Icon
Architects' answer to efficient design is the prefab home, which has been both a design sensation and a cookie-cutter bore over the years. A current MoMA exhibit explores the history of that house and shows how technology could make innovative design more affordable. -
Daniel Mendelsohn, Examining The 'Beautiful'
A classical scholar with a voracious appetite for high and low culture alike, he's dauntingly smart — but far too interested in why we love what we love to be a snob. Jacki Lyden talks to Mendelsohn about his new essay collection. -
Pigs Out, But Artist Sells Tattoo Off Man's Back
Eight tattooed pigs were supposed to be part of Wim Delvoye's exhibit at a Chinese art show. But authorities didn't consider them art, so Delvoye tattooed an elaborate scene on a man's back and displayed him instead. A collector has purchased the tattoo — with the right to remove it after the man dies.
