Welcome Digest [12.29.25]
David Lynch's never-before-seen artworks, new Ye album, fashion illustrations, and more
Welcome To December 29th
Today’s Important Headlines
🪑 All of Jimmy Carter’s stuff is up for auction
Beyond the usual presidential memorabilia, the Christie’s sale includes furniture Carter built himself and pieces from his deeply specific wardrobe: ties, peanut scarves, even a cowboy hat. The real grail though, may be the chairs from one of the most unintentionally Lynchian photographs ever taken.
🎥 David Lynch’s never-before-seen artworks will show in Berlin
Speaking of Lynchian: never-before-seen works by David Lynch will be exhibited at Pace Berlin starting January 29. The show offers a rare look into the director’s visual practice beyond film, spanning sculptures, paintings, watercolors, photographs, and videos across multiple periods, expanding the Lynchian universe in unexpected ways.
🎒 Someone made a fully functional Geek Bar backpack
Artist Kaigh Attaura has turned the iconic disposable vape into a fully functional Geek Bar backpack. Part of his A Scattered Dream collection, the piece is 3D-printed and hand-painted with visible signs of wear, blurring the lines of ironic fashion, sculpture, and consumption culture commentary.
💷 EsDeeKid reportedly signs biggest record deal ever for a UK rap artist
EsDeeKid reportedly inked a $30 million deal with Capitol Records, setting a new benchmark for UK rap. While some online question whether the move could compromise his creative freedom after finding massive success independently, the figure signals how seriously global labels are now betting on UK talent at scale.
👞 This upcoming shoe brand has us excited for 2026 footwear
The debut footwear line of Martin Sallieres’ eponymous shoe brand soon is on the horizon, and the early silhouettes feel distinctly post-Kiko: sculptural, technical, and forward-looking. It’s colorful and playful design language and low profile align with where footwear is headed in 2026.
🎤 Ye confirms new album at Deon Cole’s comedy show
Ye made a surprise hometown appearance at fellow Chicagoan Deon Cole’s show last night, casually confirming that a new album is on the way. Online reactions were split over his shy subdued presence, with some reading it as calm and content, others as something more concerning, alluding to him potentially being overly medicated.
Headline curation and words by Mikail Haroon (@mvkail)
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From The Archive
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Fashion illustrations by Eri Wakiyama
Born in Fukuoka, Japan, Eri Wakiyama moved to the United States as a child and later studied fashion design at Parsons School of Design in New York. She has produced illustration work for Alyx, Calvin Klein Platinum Label, Estée Lauder, Miu Miu, Sephora, and Supreme, and held her first solo show in 2019 at Procell in New York.
Her drawings feature elongated figures, compressed poses, and dense line work, with clothing rendered as part of the body rather than a finished garment.
