Create + Explore | 004 ItsForGotham x Alexander Spit | New York (USA) | By Lee Fleming

A conversation between mediums, Create + Explore is a intersectional platform that merges visual and auditory content to create an artistic collaboration. The process is straightforward, a beatmaker and photographer are paired together, the beatmaker creates orginial music that's sent to the photgrapher as an impetus and inspiration to create a pictorial exploration. The platform's creative path links two of our most indeliable sensory experiences through photographic interpretation of original music.

Create + Explore is curated by musican Taku and photographer Michael Salisbury and features asethically pleasing branding by transient designer Scott Mellor whose based between Perth and Los Angeles.

The above short film shot in New York see's visuals by ItsForGotham mixed with music by Alexander Spit, to view all the Create + Explore series visit their website.

Heather Mcgrath | Wanderlust Series | Iceland | By Lee Fleming

Boston-based photographer Heather McGrath grew up in her grandparents’ hardware store and now takes a distinctive DYI approach to photography. McGrath graduated from the New England School of Photography before relocating to Los Angeles to take up an apprenticeship under Art Brewer, a legendary action photographer. Under Brewer’s guidance, McGrath developed her photography skills, learnt the importance of client relationships and most importantly was able to come back with impressive shots.

Seven years on and McGrath works from her own studio in the south end of Boston. Alongside an impressive client list that includes Complex, Harvard University, Surfers Magazine and Surfers Journal, McGrath’s wanderlust series documents her excursions to unknown locations. The above image was taken from a seven week tour of Europe in 2012 where McGrath photographed the beautiful landscapes of Iceland and Ireland.

To view more of McGrath’s wanderlust series visit her website.

Masha Ryskin | Time Travel | Boston (USA) | By Lee Fleming

Masha Ryskin is a Russian-born printmaker and multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Providence, Rhode Island. Currently represented by the Candita Clayton Gallery, Ryskin has worked, exhibited and taught in the United States, Europe, Costa Rica, and Indonesia. Ryskin’s art is best described in her on words:

“A sense of place and belonging is increasingly important to me, especially since my immigration from the Soviet Union. As a result, my work explores landscape and its elements through direct experience of the environment around me. I take bits and pieces of my surroundings and assemble them into imaginary environments. The work investigates the concepts of history, personal memories and everyday rituals, as well as identity and assimilation.”

Ryskin’s limited edited book Time Travel is a beautiful, ethereal accordion book screen-printed on both sides of a sheet of double-matte mylar (Dimensions: 5” x 25”). She created each of the ten books by embellishing them with pen and thread, combining layers of textural drawings, halftone elements and snippets from her sketchbooks.

To view more of Ryskin’s works visit her Website.

Heka | Cook's Canvas | London (UK) | By Emma Harrison

Designed by Royal College of Art graduate Lauren Davies, the Cook's Canvas is a handmade kitchen apron made from organic linen. Folding up into a shoulder bag to use for foraging or for collecting ingredients, the design features an adjustable natural cow leather strap, adjustable sheepskin apron ties, solid brass features and a hand whittled sycamore spoon made by Barn the Spoon.

Over time the canvas will pick up dyes and act as a memo of your trips. To see more of Lauren’s work, visit her design studio, Heka.

Foster Huntington | Home Is Where You Park It | (US) | By Lee Fleming

One of the most recent publications to be added to the IDMC° bookcase is Home Is Where You Park It, a photographic exploration from photographer and nomad Foster Huntington. After the first 2000 copies sold out immediately and proved immensely popular, Huntington released a much anticipated second edition of his photo series.

In 2011, Foster Huntington left his dream job designing for Ralph Lauren, packed up and drove out of New York City in a VW Vanagon in order to travel around North America. With eighty thousand miles on his camper, Huntington lives a self-contained and spontaneous life, covered in detail on his popular daily blog A Restless Transplant, a journal that documents fellow travellers and their campers of all shapes and sizes.

Under the #vanlife hashtag, Huntington uploads his shots to Instagram and gives a personal insight into the campers, people and stories that inspire him on a daily basis. Before long #vanlife grew into a photography project, funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign, that highlights his favourite camper vans, pickup trucks and the unpredictable delights of life. Designed by New York-based Doubleday & Cartwright, who are also responsible for the Victory Journal, Home Is Where You Park It is a 125-page photography book dedicated to life on the road, steeped in the ‘keep on Trucking’ nostalgia of the 1970s.

To purchase the photographic exploration of #vanlife by Foster Huntington, visit his website.