Cool Hunting Video: Helen Levi: Artful production ceramics and collaborations from a fresh Brooklyn-based designer

Cool Hunting Video: Helen Levi


As a deeper appreciation and understanding of craftsmanship continues to permeate our culture, it becomes more and more challenging as a consumer to identify value—something that is now more often about personal appeal, rather than price. When holding a handmade item, we…

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Maison & Objet 2014: Glass: Exploring the integration of history in contemporary design in glasswork at the Paris design fair

Maison & Objet 2014: Glass


When considering the work of glass, two places in the world are famous for the refinement of the tradition: the Czech Republic’s Bohemia region and Venice, Italy. While tradition is often a source of inspiration, we are in an era in which tradition…

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Cool Hunting Video: MB&F: A look inside the workshop of the most creative mind in contemporary watchmaking

Cool Hunting Video: MB&F


For the first video in our Lincoln Hello Again series, we traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to visit one of the most forward-thinking watchmakers on the planet. In the digital age, when the smartphone has become the…

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Cool Hunting Video: Cantabile Piano Arts: A glimpse into the intricate process of reconstructing vintage pianos

Cool Hunting Video: Cantabile Piano Arts


In Yonkers, NY, an extensive collection of piano cases, keys, pedals, bridges and strings reside in the Cantabile Piano Arts warehouse. Each part is waiting in queue to be utilized by a passionate team who…

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Schofield Watch Company: Blacklamp: The young watch company releases its second manual timepiece, made from NASA-developed material

Schofield Watch Company: Blacklamp


Since Schofield Watch Company’s Signalman was released, its designer Giles Ellis has been riding his self-made wave of design-inspired success right into the upper echelons of modern horology. With his second timepiece, the recordOutboundLink(this,…

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Filson + AEV: Some of America’s finest specialty manufacturers kit out a special edition Jeep

Filson + AEV


The revitalization of US manufacturing in recent years has led to a boom in high quality, proudly American-made products. Heritage brands like Seattle-based Filson have been making handmade products since 1897, meanwhile relative newcomers like Detroit’s watch, bicycle and leather goods outfit…

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Cool Hunting Video: Nakashima : Behind the scenes at the serene studio of an American design legend

Cool Hunting Video: Nakashima


In a secluded part of the quaint town of New Hope, PA, we came upon the nearly 70-year-old property of the Nakashima furniture company. The Nakashima’s nine-acres of land houses every stage of the production…

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MB&F Legacy Machine No. 2 : Maximilian Büsser and his team tackle the dual regulator and celebrate creativity in watch making

MB&F Legacy Machine No. 2


Max Büsser knows watches better than most but isn’t a trained watchmaker. He instead serves as a muse of sorts, the Johnny Knoxville of modern horology, tempting the friends he collaborates with to dare to dream as big as he does. The latest…

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Unmarked: Leather and suede boots and brogues blending classic construction and contemporary design

Unmarked


Nobody wants to admit it, but summer is on its way out. And while we’ll all miss the casual clothing that goes along with sun-soaked days, the thought of welcoming boots back into rotation is pretty damn nice. It was good timing then…

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theFINproject by Timothy Hogan: Celebrating the beauty and role of the fin and its creators throughout surfing history

theFINproject by Timothy Hogan


Sometimes the most integral aspects of a craft receive the least attention. This rings especially true in surfboard design where the fin is often overlooked. But theFINproject, a new photo series and upcoming documentary by still-life…

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