Commodity’s Fragrance Fitting Kit: A try-before-you-buy approach to fragrances for men and women from the LA-based outfit

Commodity's Fragrance Fitting Kit


Sleekly and simply packaged, Commodity’s collection of handcrafted, small-batch fragrances for men and women offer an opportunity to find one’s signature scent far away from the beauty counter. Adapting a Warby Parker-like model, the LA-based brand’s…

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Emily Reinhardt: The Object Enthusiast: The Omaha-based artist creates made-to-order ceramic vessels to hold all your treasures

Emily Reinhardt: The Object Enthusiast


Ceramic artist Emily Reinhardt has given herself a very apt alias: The Object Enthusiast. The Omaha-based creator makes vessels that are part geometric and part organic; looking like something naturally grown, yet with tinge of human interference….

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RAGGEDedge Pack Mule : A limited edition duffle bag handmade in Virginia from water-resistant sailcloth

RAGGEDedge Pack Mule


Founded in 1997 by a group of accomplished sailors with a knack for sewing, RAGGEDedge uses sailcloth, kevlar and carbon fiber to create small batches of bags and wallets in their Virginia-based workshop. With a distinct,…

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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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Emily Green Jewelry: The Melbourne-based designer makes candy-colored earrings that are part modern-day and part Flintstones

Emily Green Jewelry


Melbourne-based designer Emily Green made a name for herself by designing bright, handmade polymer clay necklaces a while back. She has since taken part in a number of artistic and home…

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Studio Visit: Ben Medansky Ceramics: The LA-based ceramist on his inspiration, motivation and making art a career

Studio Visit: Ben Medansky Ceramics


On a misty LA morning, the act of sipping a warm cup coffee out of a Ben Medansky mug at Go Get Em…

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Portland General Store Women’s Range: At last, the brand announces its debut line of organic and preservative-free products for ladies

Portland General Store Women's Range


by Emily Bihl Portland General Store’s thoughtful, distinctive men’s skincare products have been longtime CH favorites, and many have been hoping for a sister line that would bring the same…

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Affinity Kissena World Champion Edition Track Bike: The Brooklyn-based shop celebrates the unrivaled success of their proprietary design with a limited-edition frame

Affinity Kissena World Champion Edition Track Bike


Since its founding in 2006, Brooklyn’s Affinity Cycles has made quite the name for themselves worldwide thanks to a knack for developing innovative track and road frame designs—not to mention an impressively stocked Williamsburg shop. While…

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Bridget Bodenham Ceramics: Refined yet organic vessels inspired by the Australian bush

Bridget Bodenham Ceramics


Australia conjures different images for different people. Locals might recall their childhood homes, tourists might think of white-sand beaches and those who’ve yet to visit the land down under might just envision kangaroos and boomerangs. Yet Victoria-native ); return…

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Black on Black Denim: An exploration of black denim manufacturing methods through six pairs of superior jeans

Black on Black Denim


Though we’ll never turn our back on indigo denim, lately we’ve been thinking more and more about the world of black denim. A lengthy discussion with leading denim authority and Self Edge co-founder Kiya Babzani on the three main modes of making black…

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