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Hosted by FilmGate space in Downtown Miami at their Downtown Media Center, Mandala: A Brief Moment in Time is an immersive theater experience for 3-6 people that uses group discussions to tell di...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2023/03/19/filmgate-miami-presents-mandala-a-brief-moment-in-time-is-an-immersive-theater-experience-2023/

Real talk, I never skated. No, I was the BMX kid that broke his permanent front teeth trying to do a 360 off the curb but I always sweated skateboards -especially the artwork- and there was never...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2023/03/15/must-have-reference-guide-rizzoli-x-universe-1000-skateboards-2023/

Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style is set to be one of 2023’s stand outs. An extension of a special Exhibition at the Museum At FIT, this book by Authors Elizabeth Way -Associate cur...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2023/01/20/rizzoli-teams-up-with-slick-rick-and-fits-elizabeth-way-elena-romero-for-fresh-fly-fabulous-50-years-of-hip-hop-style-2023/

The 9th installment of the FilmGate Interactive Media Festival was in full effect again for 2022 building off 2021’s success Participants were able to experience some of the most amazing cuttin...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2022/12/12/art-week-2022-brings-xr-vr-immersive-art-installs-a-beyonce-artist-collaborator-parties-performances-to-downtown-miami/

The FilmGate Interactive Festival, described as “a one-of-a-kind international festival, taking place in person and virtually in Downtown Miami and Miami Beach”, is designed to highlight and ...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2022/12/03/art-meets-tech-pull-up-to-the-2022-filmgate-interactive-festival-in-down-town-miami-miami-beach/

Rizzoli has teamed up with LA based Braindead  for this special book that chronicles Braindeads continuously evolving brand. Founded by Kyle Ng and Ed Davis in 2014 Brain Dead quickly grew a glo...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2022/11/02/visual-candy-brain-dead-clothing-for-a-curious-from-rizzoli/

LRG has been actively been pumping out the goods for over two decades and when you are in the game that long you are bound to have some fan favorites.  For 2022 they have brought back this iconi...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2022/10/31/a-quick-chat-with-lrg-vice-president-of-marketing-kevin-delaney-about-friday-the-47th-jadakiss-and-upcoming-projects-2022-and-beyond/

From the streets of New York to the sky’s of the world jumping out of planes with bike in hand, Nigel Sylvester has been on a mission to live life to the fullest and Harrison Boyce has been the...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2022/10/05/nigel-sylvester-harrison-boyce-rizzoli-go-2022/

When the Nike Air Trainer 1 released back in 1987 it was a game changer.  By now you already know most of the stories surrounding the shoe’s legacy -epecially the stories involving John McEnro...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2022/04/11/nike-air-trainer-1-chlorophyll-2022-retro/

Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s in New York -and without cable in the house- it was all about channel 31 (and later 25) and Ralph McDaniel’s Video Music Box. Ralph provided a platform that ...

https://www.defynewyork.com/2021/12/05/a-lifetime-in-the-making-the-nas-directed-video-music-box-documentary-on-showtime-is-one-of-hip-hops-most-important/