Crushing On: Beautiful Minds
There is something wonderful about connecting with a like-mind, and something beautiful in the appreciation of a fellow creator’s work, practice or ideas.
While episodic moments of solitude can be fertile ground for creativity, the culture of creativity thrives when there is:
- an exchange of tools and techniques
- mutual appreciation
- network effects of success
- tolerance for the new and maverick
Here we celebrate creative camaraderie and colaborations to encourage new blooms of mutuality, generosity and goodwill …

Lou Reed & Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol managed and funded the groundbreaking Velvet Underground for a couple of years in the 1960s before parting ways. Warhol’s ideas on art, culture and work ethic had an indelible impact on Reed.

Karl Lagerfeld & Zaha Hadid
When Karl Lagerfeld commissioned the multi-award-winning architect Zaha Hadid for a Chanel project he described her as the greatest architect of our time …

Donald Glover & Hiro Murai
Donald Glover & Hiro Murai. beautiful minds When actor-writer-rapper-stand-up-comedian Donald Glover released the music video for his alter-ego Childish Gambino’s This Is America, it set

Marc Jacobs & Yayoi Kusama
Marc Jacobs and Yayoi Kusama beautiful minds Under Marc Jacobs’s 16-year tenure, Louis Vuitton became known for it’s iconic clothing and accessories with some of

Mugler & Beyonce
Manfred Thierry Mugler & Beyonce beautiful minds An iconic couturier and fashion revolutionary Manfred Thiery Mugler created his namesake label in 1974 designing ready-to-wear and

David Bowie & The Velvet Underground
David Bowie & the Velvet Undergound beautiful minds Previous Next David Bowie, A former manager of mine, Ken Pitt, had done some type of work

Tracey Emin & Frida Kahlo
Frida on My Mind. Tracey Emin. beautiful minds Tracey, Some people say there are similarities between Frida Kahlo’s work and mine. I think it has

Dries Van Noten & Elizabeth Peyton
Dries Van Noten & Elizabeth Peyton beautiful minds Dries Van Noten has been designing his namesake label since 1986 and the first exhibition dedicated to

Lady Gaga & David Bowie
Lady Gaga & Bowie. beautiful minds Lady Gaga, “The moment that I saw the Aladdin Sane cover for the first time, I was 19 years

Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty beautiful minds Stevie, In 1976, I’d been in Fleetwood Mac for about a year when I heard Tom Petty’s debut. I
Image attributions: Top Photos by: Lady Gaga by Tommaso Boddi, sourced from mirror.co.uk; Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty onstage 1981 from the Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives. Sourced from rollingstone.com. Yayoi Kusama sourced from Hypebeast. Images used under Fair Dealing terms [AU]