Beginners directed by Mike Mills will open June 3rd. Watch the trailer now.

Damien Hirst is looking for an apprentice to help create his next masterpiece, but he can only afford to pay that person £20,000. Read more about it here.

These Friends at This Gallery in Los Angeles. With over 100 artists participating including Aaron Rose, Geoff McFetridge, Jason Lee, Michael Leon, Jim Houser, and Andy Mueller.

If all goes well the Guggenheim Lab, which we previously mentioned, will take residency at 33 East First Street in the LES. The temporary space is designed by Atelier Bow Wow.

A glimpse at Tom Ford’s home outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico designed by Tadao Ando.

A tour through an artist’s live/work space in Berlin, filled with Prouve’s, Grcic’s, and a kitchen island designer by Otl Aicher.

Everything you wanted to know about Vitra. Watch this lecture with Rolf Fehlbaum, the CEO of Vitra from last year at the Dansk Arkitektur Center.

Original Charley Harpers on view at Altman Siegel in San Francisco. The show also includes works by Chris Johanson and Matt Keegan.

Rin Tanaka’s vintage clothing and Americana global gathering returns on February 11th and 12th. Inspiration will be held at the Queen Mary in Long Beach this year.

Vincent Tsang from On & Beyond has been traveling throughout Japan. Lucky for us, he’s been photographing his trip along the way. Gotta love The Big Picture layout.

A retrospective on George Condo titled “Mental State” will be on view at The New Museum starting January 26th.

Product design in America gets some recognition from The United States Postal Service. They will be releasing a new set of stamps called Pioneers of American Industrial Design this July.

Ace Hotel launches a new weekly film series starting this Sunday at Liberty Hall. Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs will be present on January 23rd to screen Tell Them Anything You Want.

01 Magazine’s latest issue celebrates the Independents. People working in the field of music, photography, fashion, graphic design and publishing. We enjoy the amount of real estate the photographs occupy in every feature, similar to Boston Globe’s, The Big Picture.

A mini site just launched for Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere. This is separate from the movie’s main site which features video outtakes and interviews along with on set photography from Coppola herself. (via The Director’s Burea)

Nowness visits French heritage brand Saint James, known for their iconic striped t-shirts.

Grain Edit returns with another one of their giant giveaways. Their holiday edition will be just as big as their previous. Posters, prints, and publications. Our buddies from Friends of Type and enormouschampion are participating.

Tyler Brule is just getting started with Monocle. Though the magazine is only three years old, he’s already accomplished so much, product collaborations, a quarterly newsprint edition, a weekly online show, and four retail outlets. Next up is a television show on Bloomberg, he’s doing it all. And even though he vehemently opposes apps, he almost begrudgingly reveals that there will come a time when Monocle will have one of its own. Read more in NY Mag.

It’s been up for some time, but we’ve been nominated for the Best Web Magazine on EveryGuyed’s Cravat Awards. Go vote for us now!

Dan Funderburgh’s Utilitarian Objects opens tonight at Voos Furniture in Brooklyn. See more works from the exhibition at MocoLoco.

Brooklyn is getting its fair share of attention lately in the publishing world. Last month saw the release of two books about the borough, The New Brooklyn Cookbook and Lines & Shapes’s Brooklyn Diary featuring photographs from Brian Ferry. Have a look at his outtakes from the book.

Levi’s opens its 4,500 square feet concept store in the Meatpacking District that will feature a few of their collaborations and includes a tailor shop. 414 West 14th Street, New York City.