Retro airline art from the Golden Age of air travel
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Retro airline art from the Golden Age of air travel

Fly TWA: San Francisco, Fly TWA: New York, and Fly TWA: Los Angeles 14"x11" ($60) | 20"x16" ($240) | 24"x20" ($600) | 40"x30" ($1800) The best things in life are three. Preeeeetty sure that’s what the proverbial “they” meant to say, and this extra-special triple edition release is evidence. These midcentury airline ads are the nifty fifties artworks (and present-day travel aspiration inducers) we’ve been hunting for. Graphic, gold-washed, vibrant, and vivacious, they sum up their respective...

5+5: Eliza Blank. Plant Purveyor. NYC Biz Boss. Flower Fiend.
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5+5: Eliza Blank. Plant Purveyor. NYC Biz Boss. Flower Fiend.

We’ve got a soft spot for female CEOs running cool NYC companies—call it a “like attracts like” sorta thing—and a growing affection for today's contributor Eliza Blank. Founder of The SIll, Blank is the quintessential small-biz superhero, re-defining plant retail one potted perennial at a time. The green-thumbed go-getter launched her brand to fill a void she’d pinpointed in the modern indoor plant market, perfectly on cue with an uptick in millennials making their homes...

New artist! Michelle Rial keeps it real in “Plant Parenthood”
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New artist! Michelle Rial keeps it real in “Plant Parenthood”

Plant Parenthood by Michelle Rial Does your urban jungle overfloweth? If you could envision yourself starring in an episode of Hoarders: Houseplant Edition, you’re not alone, and the newest artist to join the 20x200 fam is right there with you. Introducing Michelle Rial, with a handsome hand-drawn chart sprouting scanned-in live leaves that perfectly captures the struggle of plant multiplication: Plant Parenthood. Houseplants are having a moment, because every space—and everybody—benefits from a touch of botanical beautification....

Get personal: Qiana Mestrich mines her own identity for art.
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Get personal: Qiana Mestrich mines her own identity for art.

Qiana Mestrich's work recently appeared in MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora. If you’re in the market for some motivation, Qiana Mestrich might inspire your inner mover and shaker. Wowing collectors with her debut 20x200 edition is just a blip of what she’s been up to. For a taste: this past November, Mestrich’s art was featured in the debut issue of MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora, a captivating collection of work by one...

Holy guacamole! Feast your eyes on this vintage avocado illustration.
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Holy guacamole! Feast your eyes on this vintage avocado illustration.

Persea: Blakeman, a 20x200 Vintage Edition We’re excited about avocados, and we aren’t afraid to own it. This kid gets us. Our renewed enthusiasm is thanks to today’s edition release—a gleaming, enticing example of outer beauty equaling inner, it makes us think of all that we love about the infinitely versatile, iconically delicious, impossibly spreadable tree-hanging delight. Just like your average millennial, we’d choose avocado toast over home ownership any day! (Literally never.) We’d also choose Persea:...

Attis Clopton’s Art Mixtape: pairings to perk up your ears + eyes
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Attis Clopton’s Art Mixtape: pairings to perk up your ears + eyes

Drummer, photographer and Brooklynite Attis Clopton has been making music for over a decade, and living an NYC life for nearly as long. In his photography, he gravitates toward the people that pound the Big Apple pavement, going for snaps that give a sense of the soul on the front end of the lens. Clopton clearly draws inspiration from New York City, and that seems to pour into his life as a full-time musician as...