February 22, 2012
- We took a drive with the founder of a new retail concept store based in NYC
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In this video we meet Rachel Shechtman, founder of the new retail concept shop, Story. Sponsored by the Range Rover Evoque, we take a ride with Rachel around Manhattan and hear about how she turned her passion for shopping in to a new venture.
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- Modern leather goods inspired by ancient techniques
A self-taught woodworker, Jason Ross' foray into leather goods happened by chance. While working on a furniture project in a friend's woodshop, Ross noticed a band saw running on a...
February 21, 2012
- Innovations in sustainability and design unveiled and immediately remixed
As the most innovative company in athletic equipment and sporting lifestyle, Nike rarely leaves a year's calendar unmarked by groundbreaking product launches. This time around the brand has just unveiled a slew of Olympic-focused,...
- Linguistics presents a friendly face in this user's guide to semiotics
Those who have tried to plough through the works of Ferdinand de Saussure or Jacques Derrida are likely to flee from anything with "semiotics" in the title—and with good reason. Without a significant amount of time and dedication, the field is nearly...
- Three design-oriented card games build off of the color spectrum
A new line of games from Funnybone Toys looks to the design world as inspiration. The three innovative card games, Array, Cubu and Spectrix, build off of the color spectrum, sequencing and counting to create engaging...
- Behind the scenes at the Jameson Distillery with Master Distiller Barry Crockett
John Jameson's Dublin distillery was founded in 1780, guided by the family motto "Sine Metu", meaning without fear. To this day, those words appear on every bottle of Irish whisky. At the original distillery, located next to Smithfield Market...
- One-off woven wares formed from an ancient coiling technique
Once used for model-making,...
- Hand cut, organic, human-grade dog treats baked in NYC's West Village
Keeping Cool Hunting mascots Otis and Logan well rewarded in recent weeks has been NYC's very own Bocce's Bakery. Driven by wellness and sustainability, the small batch dog treatery...
February 20, 2012
- Our look at the art direction behind Dasha Zhukova's creatively uncompromising publication
Now in its second issue, GARAGE magazine is the brainchild of Russia's most fashionable philanthropist and edgy art aficionado Dasha Zhukova. The...
- The publisher's secret shop in NYC
by Perrin Drumm
In 1985, Luke Ives Pontifall was your average high school overachiever—the kind of guy whose regular classes weren't enough to keep him busy, so he sought more stimulating after-school activities. Born out of tedium...
