Friday, 7 February 2025

LINKED UP 110


A Feel for Fashion: Jonah Weiner and Erin Wylie, Blackbird Spyplane 
(FHCM)

The cult menswear designer’s latest exhibition is less about selling and more about vibes. (i-D)

On beating (then eventually becoming) the real thing. (WITI?)

How Knocked Loose Won the Grammys Red Carpet in Avant-Garde Menswear
The metalcore heroes brought the heat in a cavalcade of Bode, Rick Owens, and Goodfight. “This is absolutely an example of us sneaking into situations that our band was never meant for,” frontman Bryan Garris tells GQ(GQ)

Hyperview Turns 10 (Stereogum)

We ask MIKE alongside the release of his latest album Showbiz! 
(Monster Children)

A founder of Murder Inc. Records, he helped launch the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti and was credited as a producer on 28 records that made the Billboard Hot 100. (NYT)

In honour of Black History Month, we asked inspiring Black creatives - spanning fashion, photography, acting, music and poetry - to share the movie that has had the biggest impact on their life and why it means so much to them. (Mr Porter)

Inside the Major New Exhibition of Noah Davis’ Extraordinary Paintings
The Noah Davis retrospective at the Barbican brings together over 60 artworks and pays tribute to the beloved artist’s brief but prolific life. 
(Dazed)

Esteban Jefferson Brought the Brooklyn Banks Indoors
In a big way, on view in NYC now. (Monster Children)

What’s It Like to Live In an Art Gallery? 
“People are weirded out by the fact we live here.” Izzy Bilkus speaks to Final Hot Desert founders Marina Moro and Ben Anderson who run a gallery from their flat. (Plaster)

A video for the new single ‘Man Made of Meat’ riffs on the readymade, satirises zombie formalism, and parodies action painting. (Hyperallergic)

Wherever it goes, Heavy Traffic draws a stylish, contrarian crowd. (NYT)

The Candy-Coloured Shelves Infiltrating the Neutral Millennial Home
How USM, the once-staid Swiss office furniture specialist, turned shelves themselves into a work of art. (GQ)

We Have Nothing for Sale. Support These Brands Instead 
Most days of the year, we have nothing for sale. So, we've put together a list of the other brands we love to support, and we hope you will too. (Paynter Jacket Co.)