Ace Hotel, the chain born in Portland, Oregon, and which has since expanded to Palm Springs and New York, is synonymous with art and innovation. The hotel (and its founder Alex Calderwood) has made a point of partnering with a fantastic array of creatives on varying projects since the hotel's nascent stages. And, with two new projects -- porn and a pop-up shop -- slated for the hotel's Palm Springs and New York outposts, respectively, there's no shortage of stuff to pique the interest of prospective guests. First off, New York's Ace Hotel is gearing up to debut a pop-up shop come November 14.

According to Dossier, goods for sale will include "items from Opening Ceremony, classic Chuck Taylors, limited edition Lucien Pellat-Finet sneakers, and more." All proceeds will go to benefit the magazine CRUSH -- self-described as a quarterly fanzine -- and work towards funding its next issue. Definitely a unique take on methods for saving print. Meanwhile, Ace Hotel is also lending its support to BUTT, the Amsterdam-based "pink fag rag" founded by Gert Jonkers and Jop Van Bennekom (who likewise started Fantastic Man). According to The Moment, BUTT will "curate 16 homoerotic films for the video-on-demand service at its New York and Palm Springs, Calif., properties."