10 Shirts and Shorts: Stripes, patterns and color to work into your warm weather wardrobe

10 Shirts and Shorts


A style once reserved for cubicle jockeys and gas station attendants, the short sleeve button-down has picked up speed in the menswear market in recent years. And shorts? Well, they’ve always been popular. To celebrate the recent uptick in temperature most of the Northern Hemisphere is finally experiencing, we’ve pulled…

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Interview: Patricia Urquiola: We speak with the Spanish designer about briefs, color and the contract space

Interview: Patricia Urquiola


In the 25 years since taking the reins at Kartell, owner and CEO Claudio Luti has collaborated with nearly every industrial designer of note, transforming the over 60-year-old company into the king of polycarbonate furniture and…

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DQM Mayfield Anorak: Side-zipping, water resistant and color-blocked—a pullover perfectly fit for spring

DQM Mayfield Anorak


Thriving in a city where style trends come and go in a matter of minutes isn’t easy, but DQM does it with ease—as seen in their new spring 2013 collection, launched today 17 April. Included are a few button downs, camp caps…

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Eames Collection Update by Vitra: Ray and Charles’ most iconic designs re-imagined in all black for the first time

Eames Collection Update by Vitra


While the work of Charles and Ray Eames is practically synonymous with Herman Miller for most of us in the States, several works by the prolific designers are actually under license by ,…

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Alite Designs Squirrel Pack: Get outdoors in bright, lightweight style this spring

Alite Designs Squirrel Pack


Operating under the belief that getting outside should be fun and easy rather than intimidating, San Francisco-based outdoors company Alite Designs foregoes expensive, specialized gear for woodsy pursuits in favor of the lightweight recordOutboundLink(this,…

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Mack Weldon Update: Eight months after launch the superlative men’s basics brand is focused on what’s to come

Mack Weldon Update


Advertorial Content: When we last caught up with Mack Weldon founder Brian Berger the brand’s impending launch took center stage, and they gave CH readers the first go at the new line of men’s…

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Chrome and Concrete Candle Sets: Two Icelandic designers explore a similar silhouette in different mediums

Chrome and Concrete Candle Sets

Much like Ólöf Jakobína’s Marmo table, So by Sonja is similarly inspired by Iceland’s imposing lanscape and brightly colored architecture. Created by Sonja Björk Ragnarsdóttir, the range’s first product, Candlestick 5, take its name from its form. The pentagonal shape makes for non-linear arrangements, a subtly purposeful detail which…

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Studio Visit: Tomokazu Matsuyama: A view of art history seen through the eyes of an astute color fanatic

Studio Visit: Tomokazu Matsuyama

Anyone concerned that our increasingly integrated, global world will lead to a homogenized population or uniform culture need to look no further than the artwork of Tomokazu Matsuyama to see how uniquely varied it can be. The Japanese pro snowboarder-turned graphic designer-turned fine artist uses an optimistically hued palette…

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Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works: The South African portraitist’s latest exploration of a person’s true identity

Zwelethu Mthethwa: New Works

For his sixth solo show at NYC’s Jack Shainman Gallery, photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa presents three new series of works that continue to establish his role as one of South Africa’s most perceptive portraitists. Born in Durban, the Cape Town-based artist draws on personal reflections when conceiving a new project,…

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Poppin’s Color-Conscious Evolution: The stylish office accessory company expands and refines its line

Poppin's Color-Conscious Evolution

Poppin, the maker of stylish but affordable office products ranging from thumb tacks to notebooks to ping pong conference tables, launched its beta site the spring of 2011. Since then, the much-buzzed-about company has more than doubled in size, growing from 12 to 30 employees. With its official launch…

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