‘Portals will be as important as the car’: the architects exploring gateways to new dimensions | Art and design

Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg of Space Popular.

With its hidden doors, folding walls and clever optical tricks with mirrors and light-wells, Sir John Soane’s Museum feels like just the kind of place you might stumble across a portal to another dimension. Moving […]

Court Reassigns NMPA Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Vinkle

Court Reassigns NMPA Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Vinkle

Photo Credit: David Veksler Earlier this month, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) spearheaded a copyright infringement lawsuit against the China-based parent company of video-making app Vinkle. Now, the court has recused itself from the […]

Universal Music Group Launches UMusic Media Network Following Beta

Universal Music Group earnings

Photo Credit: Tony Webster / CC by 3.0 Amid a broader embrace of non-music entertainment from artists, Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially launched UMusic Media Network, which higher-ups describe as “a comprehensive media and […]

how the reality show could model a radically sustainable future for its young viewers

A close up image of the Love Island app icon alongside other apps on a smartphone

A recently announced partnership between ITV reality show Love Island and secondhand e-commerce giant eBay sends a strong positive signal about prioritising sustainability over fast fashion. After receiving a strong backlash against Love Island’s promotion […]

Hipgnosis Joins NMPA Copyright Infringement Litigation Against Vinkle

Hipgnosis Acquires Sam Hollander's Music Catalog

Last week, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) revealed that it had filed an infringement lawsuit against video-making service Vinkle as part of a broader crackdown on apps. Hipgnosis and others have joined the complaint […]

The archive saving home sewing history from the trash

Director of Distinctive Collections, Karen Morse gives a tour of the Consumer Pattern Archive housed in Carothers Library at the University of Rhode Island. The largest of it's kind in the world, it contains over 60,000 patterns dating from 1847. Kingston, Rhode Island on April 21st 2022.

Lara A. Greene keeps her antique sewing patterns in plastic tubs, stashed in the first-floor workshop of her old Victorian home so she can throw them out the window if her house goes up in […]