Question: You’ve got the perfect meal queued up—what music do you play to go with it? Among the brilliant moves of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto was the 2018 compilation of a customized playlist for his favorite neighborhood NYC restaurant, Kajitsu. Sakamoto, who is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of synth pop and techno, is also master of the art of soundtracking. From 1983’s ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence’ (starring David Bowie) and 1987’s ‘Last Emperor’ to the highly disturbing and affecting movements of 2015’s ‘The Revenant’ (not to mention the video game ‘tracks and more), Sakamoto’s textures, moods, and nuanced story...

Built in 1948, Casa Luis Barragán in Mexico City was first a bachelor pad (for its architect, Luis Barragán), then a family home (for the architect’s family), then a masterpiece of Mexican Modernism frozen in time, and now, since 1994, an archive and art space for global artists such as Danh Vō.  In the winter of 2018/2019, the Vietnam-born Danish artist exhibited “Garden with Pigeons in Flight” inside the structure that sits on Mexico City’s Calle General Francisco Ramírez. In actions that included rearranging the furniture, removing original carpets to reveal sun-bleached floors, and installing a nearly room-to-room, wall-to-wall supply...

UK-based designer William Kroll brings history and integrity to our daily lives with Tender Co, an always evolving collection of workwear pieces adopted and adapted from Industrial Revolution-era garment construction, materials, and aesthetics. In this edition of our (Re)thinking Global series, we check in with William on how the pandemic impacted his workflow, and we hear about his continued efforts in clean sourcing and zero waste.  “All my products are made in the UK, as are all the fabrics—apart from some Japanese denim, which, luckily, I keep in stock,” he told us. “My mainline sewing production is made by just...

The first stop on a hypothetical summer travel itinerary based on the transcendental architectural projects of Hiroshi Sugimoto would be The Glass Tea House Mondrian, as installed at the Palace of Versailles outside of Paris, France between October 2018 and February 2019 for ‘Sugimoto Versailles; Surface de Révolution.’  “I like to think that this tea house was built by Mondrian after he heard Sen no Rikyû speaking to him through the singing of the birds,” said Sugimoto at the time of the exhibition.  From there we’d make our way to the Enoura Observatory overlooking Sagami Bay at the Odawara Art...

Our series “Fashion Going Forward” is about understanding how this time of isolation and ambiguity is changing the lives and work of the brands and designers we work with at Pylon. Today, we hear from Anne McCaddon of COATZ.  “To be honest the word ‘fashion’ has never really resonated with me. I was a painter and started making indigo jackets because I wanted one … and then my friend wanted one … and then I realized they were works of art too; an extension of my art practice,” she told us. “I named them, I titled them, and I got...