Impossible Project 8×10 Portrait: Sit down for an instant large format photo in a naturally-lit studio

Impossible Project 8x10 Portrait


In a spirit similar to San Francisco’s masterful tintype photographer Michael Shindler and his wonderful Photobooth, the Impossible Project is giving analog portraiture new zeal through an old-school format. After realizing that not many people have the equipment on hand to…

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Future Mapping Company: London’s niche cartographer Marcus Kirby fuses data with design in a brilliant NYC map

Future Mapping Company


In the contemporary age of GPS and smartphones, mapmaking is quickly becoming a craft of the past. But Marcus Kirby, founder of East London’s Future Mapping Company, is determined to make us think otherwise with his…

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General Manufacturing Langley Churchkey: Crack a open cold one with this hand made, solid brass bottle opener

General Manufacturing Langley Churchkey


From a bike-mounted bottle opener to corkscrew upcycled from skateboards, we always appreciate a well-designed beverage opener. The latest to land at our feet is the Langley Churchkey from Brooklyn’s General Manufacturing (Gen Mfg…

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MoMA Design Store Destination: NYC: Treats from the Big Apple carefully selected by one of its top museums

MoMA Design Store Destination: NYC


Bursting with talent and plenty of places to show it off, New York as a design story is arguably a massive late pass. But, as MoMA Store proves by selecting the Big Apple as this year’s…

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Isaora + Meyerhoffer: Two innovation-obsessed designers create a collection of detail-oriented surf gear

Isaora + Meyerhoffer


Known for striking a balance between high-tech materials and minimal, modest design in what seems to be the most aesthetically pleasing way possible, NYC’s Isaora has been on our radar for a few years now. Recently,…

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Best Made Co. Laguiole 127 Knife: A superior take on the traditional toothpick pocket knife

Best Made Co. Laguiole 127 Knife


The latest tool to get the royal Best Made Co. treatment, the Laguiole 127, is a better functioning and more aesthetically pleasing version of your traditional toothpick pocket knife. As we’ve seen before, Best Made really…

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Grey Area at Collective Design Fair: Steven Learner’s architecturally-inspired art fair and its exemplary exhibitor

Grey Area at Collective Design Fair


Created by Harvard-educated architect Steven Learner, the first-annual Collective Design Fair opens this week at NYC’s Pier 57, ushering in a range of vintage and contemporary works that speak to a discerning, multi-faceted design community. Among the exciting roster of 23 exhibitors are…

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Interview: Judson Harmon of ØDD: The young fashion designer, model and entrepreneur on gender, texture and his NYC boutique

Interview: Judson Harmon of ØDD


At just 21-years-old, designer, model and entrepreneur Judson Harmon confidently stands with two feet firmly planted within the ever-evolving fashion industry. After opening ØDD—a boutique and styling house in NYC’s Lower East Side neighborhood—in October 2012,…

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Interview: Richard Dupont: The pioneering, digitally-minded sculptor shifts toward material and process

Interview: Richard Dupont


Artist Richard Dupont first caught our attention years ago as one of the early artists to experiment with distortions of digital models in a physical space. Fond of manipulating scans of his own body, Dupont has produced everything from shape-shifting statues…

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Routehappy: Innovative flight search site uses data-driven “Happiness Factors” to deliver the best experience for your buck

Routehappy


We fly far and often, and because of this we’ve become quite particular in our ways, spending a lot of time sorting out which airlines, planes, routes, seats and amenities are going to provide the best case scenario for painless travel. Promising…

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