Cool Hunting Video: Shinola Leather Factory: Continuing their quest to revive American manufacturing, the Detroit brand brings their leather work in-house

Cool Hunting Video: Shinola Leather Factory


During a trip to Detroit’s Shinola headquarters, we got a first-hand look at its recently opened leather factory and design studio—another step in their continued quest to revive American manufacturing. The brand has commenced operations…

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Handmade Kitchen Goods from Makers & Brothers: The Irish team presents a stunning new cheese board and peppermill at their pop-up shed in The Standard East Village’s garden

Handmade Kitchen Goods from Makers & Brothers


For five days, the Irish team behind Makers & Brothers (an online retail site that celebrates making, founded by siblings Jonathan and Mark Legge) recreated their off-the-radar shed in the garden of The Standard, East Village…

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Italy’s Stylish, Customizable Dudebike: A vibrant modernization of vintage cycling craftsmanship that’s customizable and doesn’t “make you look like a nerd”

Italy's Stylish, Customizable Dudebike


Francesco Bordin—creative director and co-founder at Dudebike—best explains the recipe that led to the increasing success of its new creation: “Take a typical Italian folding bike of the ’60s and ’70s with 20-inch wheels, take away…

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Oroma Elewa Launches Online Store: The Pop’Africana founder opens a webshop full of treasures found on her extensive adventurous travels

Oroma Elewa Launches Online Store


Already a CH favorite, Oroma Elewa has just stepped it up a notch, launching her online store. As expected, it’s a place to admire (and purchase) some of the…

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Japanese-Influenced Ties by Kiriko: The Portland-based duo introduce a line of silk-lined ties inspired by a grandfather’s style

Japanese-Influenced Ties by Kiriko


As we’ve seen in previous products from the Portland-based project of co-founders Dawn Yanagihara and Katsu Tanaka, Kiriko holds a deeply personal connection to each of the pieces that they create. Take for example, the new…

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ICFF Preview: Assembly Design + New Friends’ US Chair: Two NYC studios’ styles collide for a striking, limited-edition furniture collaboration

ICFF Preview: Assembly Design + New Friends' US Chair


In anticipation of the second official NYCxDesign week and this weekend’s opening of ICFF, New York-based furniture studio Assembly Design paired up with textile innovators …

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ICFF 2014 Preview: Wintercheck Factory: Furniture and lighting from the Brooklyn-based design-and-build brand

ICFF 2014 Preview: Wintercheck Factory


Since 2010 Brooklyn’s Wintercheck Factory has routinely rolled out new designs across apparel and homeware, to furniture and lighting. While the urge to design across all platforms is still alive and well, founder Kristen Wentrcek…

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Omnom Chocolate: Carefully selected ingredients and intelligent design from Iceland’s very own bean-to-bar operation

Omnom Chocolate


Many dream of opening a restaurant, or starting their own culinary-centric company, but few have the experience or knowledge to do so. This was not the case for Kjartan Gíslason, a chef-turned-chocolatier and co-owner of Omnom…

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Moroso Banjooli Collection: Brightly colored furnishings made with fishnet and inspired by ostrich mating dances

Moroso Banjooli Collection


While the latest in material tech is sure to generate buzz for your brand, sometimes taking a step back and looking to nature will work wonders for inspiring new designs. Italy’s Moroso did just this with…

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Heritage-Paris: Custom bicycles for those who want to ride an objet d’art

Heritage-Paris


by Dora Haller When a navy blue Aston Martin with a cream-caramel interior stopped in front of Heritage-Paris’ atelier, founder and owner Cyril Saulnier figured the driver must be lost. Turned out it was a…

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