Arc'teryx Veilance Quoin Jacket

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—01. Righthand pocket doubles as a stuff sack.

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A new Arc'teryx Veilance design for Spring '16, the Quoin Jacket is insulted with Polartec Alpha fleece, while the outer layer features nylon ripstop taffeta. The simple snap-front, coach-style piece is wind and water-resistant, combining the Canadian brand's technical perspective with a classic silhouette.

—Available from Haven

Hostem Spring Store

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Hostem Spring Store
28 Old Nichol Street
London E2 7HR

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Following the temporary closure of their Redchurch Street store for what promises to be an ambitious facelift, Hostem have relocated to a new home around the corner. The short-term space on Old Nichol Street is defined by an Oscar Tuazon-inspired oak framework, displaying Spring-Summer '16 items from the likes of Comme des Garçons, Loewe, Raf Simons, Thom Browne and Yohji Yamamoto, alongside special pieces by Amy Revier, Geoffrey B. Small and Heikki Salonen, among others. Elsewhere, artworks by Kika Karadi, Graham Collins and Lucien Smith combine with Pierre Jeanneret furniture and a huge Douglas fir picnic table to create a unique yet welcoming environment, below beautiful vaulted glass ceilings.

—Hostem

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Ellsworth Kelly Monograph by Phaidon

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Hardcover, 368 pages
305 x 238mm
350 colour illustrations
Published by Phaidon, 2015

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With the sad passing of Ellsworth Kelly in December of last year, Phaidon's completion of this definitive monograph, covering the artist's entire career from the 1940s onwards, could not have been more well-timed. The 368-page hardcover book features all of his major works from early drawings to public sculptures, alongside texts by Robert Storr, Gavin Delahunty and Richard Shiff which help to illuminate things even further.

—Available from Phaidon

Stone Island Nylon Camp Cap

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—01. Made in Italy.

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While Stone Island make more impressive pieces than this camp cap, it's sometimes the simple things that stand out. Combining versatility, a good fabric choice and some nice branding, it's hard to say anything bad about it – or too much more.

—Available from Nitty Gritty

Kenneth Noland: Unbalanced

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Paul Kasmin Gallery
515 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
January 28 – February 27th, 2016

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"It’s been on my mind – what would something be like if it were unbalanced? It’s been a vexing question for a long time. But it took the experience of working with radical kinds of symmetry, not just a rectangle, but a diamond shape, as well as extreme extensions of shapes, before I finally came to the idea of everything being unbalanced, nothing vertical, nothing horizontal, nothing parallel. I came to the fact that unbalancing has its own order. In a peculiar way it can still end up feeling symmetrical." Kenneth Noland, 1977

—Paul Kasmin Gallery

Subtle Crew Neck Zip-Up Jacket

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—01. Zip front.
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Here’s a liner jacket design from the Japanese brand Subtle that, much like their name suggests, offers an understated layer to make the transition from winter to spring a more graceful one. The fit is impeccable as are the details, which include a two-way zipper, boa pile lining, dual front pockets and leather piping around the cuffs. 

—Available from Silver and Gold

Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture

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Tate Modern
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
November 11, 2015 – April 3, 2016

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While the initial press coverage has certainly died down and fans of Calder's work have surely seen the show, Performing Sculpture at London's Tate Modern has almost two months of its lengthy run to go. Charting the evolution of the American sculptor's practice, from early wire forms to his career-defining mobiles, the exhibition uses pieces from museums around the world to tell the story of one modernism's most important figures. With a strong focus on the 1930s and early '40s, particular attention is paid to the Cirque Calder performances that captured the imagination of the Parisian avant-garde; a revelatory visit to Piet Mondrian's studio; and the essential role of motion. If you live in London or find yourself in the capital before April 3rd, you really should make time to go. Like the Agnes Martin retrospective that preceded it, this is not something to be missed.

—Tate Modern

Veilance Ambassadors: Atsushi Nishijima

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Although our thoughts have increasingly turned to spring, this pair of films promoting the Fall-Winter '15 collection by Arc'teryx Veilance are no less enjoyable. Focused on the New York-based photographer JIMA and shot on the streets that have so frequently featured in his work, the beautiful black and white videos discuss categorisation, the search for character and narrative in every image, and the climatic challenges faced by the city's residents.

—Arc'teryx Veilance
—JIMA

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