The Dapper Alchemist

Sorry about the delay folks, it’s been a Hell of a day.

Tongue-in-cheek typography (Bravo DDB, bravo!) [DDB via I Believe in Advertising]
A pop-up book for adults or very forward-thinking children [Rizzoli New York via Cool Hunting]
Kehinde Wiley’s first solo is a must see [Studio Museum Harlem via TAC :: BLOG via HIGHSNOBIETY]
Monocle’s Things to improve […]

(Episode 3) People do not like Kesan. Even after he apologized at the end of the last episode, the other gentleman-in-training are after him. It certainly does not help that Cee is playing Machiavelli and is painting Kesan in a bad light. So the day ends with ever more antagonism in the […]

For all you design nerds out there, TeeFury has the shirt for you (Today only) [TeeFury via NOTCOT]
Adventures in Flash [Mr.doob’s blog via FormFiftyFive]
Clever and darling are two words I never thought I’d use when describing a dish rack [Yanko Design]
In Praise of Sartorial Individuality by Winston Chesterfield (the author’s name evokes such class) [Men’s […]

I think I’ve found my heaven [Dunhill via men.style.com]
J. Crew’s selling Rolexes? [The Pipeline via The Frisky]
LEGOs go to space [UNR via Engadget]
Fantastic Photographs: Nathan Schroder [Nathan Schroder via Communication Arts]
Personal fireworks [Vimeo via Fubiz via NOTCOT]

Kitchenware like this might get me to start cooking again [Morph via Fubiz]
Business cards meet style [Funnel Paper Goods via Design*Sponge]
For those in the Chi, the Palmer House is on the right track [Palmer House via men.style.com]
Mad Men Milanese [The Sartorialist]
Who wears short shorts? [LATimes via NOTCOUTURE]

This is the first of what I’m hoping becomes a weekly post on science, design, fashion and technology. More specifically what happens when science and technology influence fashion and design, and vice versa? For those astute readers out there I have used the union symbol (∪) to replace the U in union. […]

Chanel Mobile Art lands in Central Park [NYTimes]
Mad Men, Mad Style [Valet.]
Animation Weekend at BAM [BAM]
JellyNYC Pool Party with MGMT [JellyNYC]
Dance Party at PS1 featuring LCD Soundsystem [PS1]

Today’s edition starts off with Carmensita, a Bollywood-inspired video by Devendra Banhart. It’s pretty obvious that his first name is Indian, however I don’t know if that gives him the right to use Hindu myths as a source of kitsch. Oh well, maybe I’m being too harsh, the video does star Devendra’s cute […]

With the second season of Mad Men coming up, three days and counting, I could write about Mad Men’s influence on style; but there are already plenty of pieces written on the subject, including a recent GQ spread featuring John Slattery. I’ve actually been more interested in the show’s portrayal of office culture, in […]

The labs come out at night, the labs come out at night [Seed Magazine via Josh Spear]
Trapped in the Closet with The Sartorialist [men.style.com]
Our Legacy S/S 2009 [h(y)r collective]
Feudal Japan meets the skateboard [The Moment]
Gorgeous illustrations by Alan Witschonke [Alan Witschonke Illustration]