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A Luxurious Lock for a Luxury Bike 27 Aug 2013 | 10:09 am
When you’ve invested a pretty penny in a stylishly beautiful, hand-made American bicycle, you’ll want an equally becoming lock to keep it safe. That’s certainly what Detroit-based bike maker Shinola i...
Van Gogh’s Dreams Come Alive on iPad 27 Aug 2013 | 07:25 am
For both visual and literary drama, few artists can compete with Vincent Van Gogh. Together with a trove of ravishing, color-laden paintings, Van Gogh left behind words—in the form of letters to his b...
A Brooklyn Renovation Strikes Gold 26 Aug 2013 | 10:48 pm
There’s so much to admire about this townhouse renovation by Brooklyn design firm Workstead, it’s hard to know where to begin. We could start with the abundance of wood, dark and rich, comprising the ...
Paola Navone Teams Up With Crate & Barrel 26 Aug 2013 | 05:44 pm
Italian architect Paola Navone is the latest designer to put her stamp on Crate and Barrel’s Bauhaus-inspired Arzberg Teapot. The housewares retailer has been indulging in a year-long 50th anniversary...
The Sun Coat Hook from YDF 24 Aug 2013 | 11:01 am
It may be Charles and Ray’s doing. Since the Eameses gave us their metal and wood Hang-It-All, designers from near and far have been induced into turning utilitarian wall-mounted coat hooks and hanger...
Finally, Landmark Status For Stahl House 24 Aug 2013 | 07:04 am
The most astonishing architectural news this week wasn’t that Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House was amongst 10 Case Study Houses awarded landmark status by the National Register of Historic Places, but that...
Radio Transparency from Lexon 24 Aug 2013 | 02:22 am
Taking a page from Apple’s industrial design handbook is Lexon’s Philip Wong, who’s made the inner components of his transparent Flow Radio a part and parcel of its visual appeal. “The main goal in cr...
Wanderlust: Bermuda 23 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
The travel bug, we’re happy to say, doesn’t always necessitate a journey to the earth’s far corners in order to be assuaged. Just 640 miles from the coast of North Carolina (and a mere 2 hour flight f...
Nostalgia Trip: Salty Road’s Saltwater Taffy 23 Aug 2013 | 10:50 am
We’ll own up to not being keen on that quintessential American summertime staple, salt water taffy, but that was before we laid eyes on Brooklyn-made taffy Salty Road. Yes, there’s the promise of Salt...
A Magazine Holder that Throws a Curve 23 Aug 2013 | 08:26 am
We’re smitten by this deeply curvacious, stunningly serene magazine holder, with its undulating typographic form. Striking from virtually any angle, Dani’s graceful, bent plywood shape has been given ...
