The multi-hyphenate British designer, creative director, and artist Samuel Ross, founder of the fashion label A-Cold-Wall and the industrial design studio SR_A, talks about notions of ritual, essence, and alchemy; how his work straddles the line between the organic and the synthetic; and why he always thinks in threes.
Jun 24
Dries Van Noten on the Meaning Found in Making
Dries Van Noten’s lifelong fascination with craft and making runs deep. He grew up in a multigenerational family of retailers and tailors in Antwerp, and in the 1980s, he was part of the famed avant-garde Antwerp Six group of Belgian fashion designers. From 1986 to 2024, across 3 ... Show More
1h 3m
Jun 17
Felix Burrichter on Print’s Enduring Power in the Algorithmic Age
Through PIN–UP, the German-born, New York–based editor, curator, and founder Felix Burrichter continues to expand the possibilities of what an architecture magazine can be. He constructs intuitive bridges between creative sectors—whether art, design, and music, or fashion, film, ... Show More
1h 25m
Jun 10
Maria Popova on the Role of Chance in Shaping Our Lives
Through her multifaceted work, the Bulgarian-born, Brooklyn-based writer, reader, and researcher Maria Popova, founder of the “free, ad-free, A.I.-free, fully human” website and newsletter The Marginalian, braids together literature, science, philosophy, poetry, and art in beauti ... Show More
1h 2m
Feb 2022
Samuel Ross on Designing Objects That Record and Reflect on the World
British designer, creative director, and artist Samuel Ross, founder of the fashion label A-Cold-Wall, speaks with us about his reverence and respect for materials; essentialism as a response to excess; and why art, at its best, provokes questions. Episode sponsored by Grand Seik ... Show More
48 m
Sep 2020
Samuel Ross on A-Cold-Wall's Groundbreaking Collaborations
The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Samuel Ross, one of UK's most significant fashion designers. He's worked along side Virgil Abloh on a number of projects such as Been Trill, Off-White, Kanye West, GOOD ... Show More
1h 9m
Mar 2021
Sterling Ruby on His Boundary-Bending Work in Art and Fashion
<em>In the latest edition of the BoF podcast, Tim Blanks talks with the artist, designer and first American in over a decade to present at Paris haute couture week.</em> Even though he’s worked with Raf Simons at Calvin Klein and runs his own brand, SR. STUDIO. LA. CA., Sterlin ... Show More
55m 42s
May 2021
Fashion, Art, and the Body
Wearing denim, workwear, or sharp tailoring makes a statement about how we think of ourselves. Charlie Porter has been exploring the relationship between artists and clothes. He joins writer Olivia Laing and Ekow Eshun for a conversation about clothing, bodies, and our expression ... Show More
45m 35s
