Lemongrass Body Oil by S.W. Basics: Founder Adina Grigore on why raw ingredients are best, and her new summer product out today

Lemongrass Body Oil by S.W. Basics


If you glance over the label on any skincare product sitting on your shelves, you’ll most likely find a long list of chemical or synthetic ingredients. Resolutely taking the opposite approach is Brooklyn-based S.W. Basics. To…

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Cool Hunting Video: Upstate: Handmade tie-dye garments for the fashion-forward bohemian

Cool Hunting Video: Upstate


We first came across Upstate back in 2010 and were intrigued by their intricate tie-dyed run of flowing garments. Recently, we had the chance to revisit the duo behind the dye at their studio…

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Test Drive: 2013 Lincoln MKZ: We test drive the revamped American luxury sedan through Brooklyn’s waterfront

Test Drive: 2013 Lincoln MKZ


American luxury car-maker Lincoln, a division of the Ford Motor Company, is transforming. Long known for their plush sedans, the Lincoln Motor Company is making a push from their…

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Pattern Recognition at MoCADA: A class of young, multidisciplinary artists break the norm with a show of ideological and aesthetic patterns in contemporary abstraction

Pattern Recognition at MoCADA


Coming from a background in marketing, Dexter Wimberly isn’t afraid of a hard sell. Since moving to the art world as an independent curator, Wimberly has worked to discover and promote talent that is…

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Nikon Coolpix A: We put the powerful point-and-shoot to the test at Chef Daniel Burns’ new restaurant Luksus

Nikon Coolpix A


Thanks to Instagram, in 2013 everybody is a food photographer. The plethora of filters the social app provides has undoubtedly contributed to making culinary still lifes more visually intriguing, but it’s done little to heighten the medium of photography itself. Nikon aims to…

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99 Problems by Ali Graham: An illustrated journey through Jay-Z’s numerable troubles

99 Problems by Ali Graham


by Gavin Lucas Inspired by Jay-Z’s track “99 Problems,” British artist Ali Graham has been creating an illustration every day since the first…

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Cool Hunting Video: Juan Miguel Palacios: Giving a traditionally 2D medium more depth, this Brooklyn-based painter explores the human condition

Cool Hunting Video: Juan Miguel Palacios


A recent transplant to Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, Spanish artist Juan Miguel Palacios is making a splash in the New York art scene with a series of work focusing on the human form. Palacios uses a…

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“Market Hotel” by Adam Krause: A photographer’s final look at the rock culture and loft-style living at Brooklyn’s alternative-arts venue




Photographer Adam Krause has lived in Brooklyn since 2007 and is well-versed in the young artist lifestyle that the borough so often invites. Growing up in the punk rock scene…

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Marques Toliver: Land of CanAan: A classically trained violinist’s path to a soulful R&B release

Marques Toliver: Land of CanAan


A debut album set in motion by busking from New York to Belgium, many factors play into the soulful joy of Marques Toliver’s Land of CanAan. Chance, talent, a voice and a violin have mingled, coalescing…

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Postalco Totem Key-Holders: The Brooklyn-born, Tokyo-based brand refreshes the standard key-ring

Postalco Totem Key-Holders


For fall, the beloved craftsman behind Postalco introduces a clever and sleek alternative to the keyring. “It’s the simple things that are the hardest to redesign,” says Mike Abelson, Postalco co-founder, pointing out his shiny new Totem Key Holders. Made entirely of…

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