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Entries with the keyword "Brooklyn"

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Jay Kos: Fashion and Food
(02 February 2010) - While most fashion designers cite exotic locales, vintage films or style icons as inspiration behind their collection, Jay Kos often turns to the "amazing colors, texture and taste" of food to come up with his eponymous clothing line. Though...
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Upside Downey Face Photographs
(27 January 2010) - Photographer Brandon Voges came up with a simple and surprisingly novel idea: photograph portraits of people hanging upside down by their ankles. Then invite your closest friends to do the same. The resulting eerie series "Upside Downey Face" is...
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Link About It: This Week's Picks
(24 January 2010) - 1. Buono KettleFor the "pour over" method of drip brewing, this Japanese kettle's elegant design makes the job easier and more ergonomic. Learn more about this increasingly popular brewing technique in this post on The Moment. 2. Reknit Rekn.it...
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Baggu Duck Bag
(19 January 2010) - Already the answer to our eco-bag dreams, Baggu's latest design tackles the tote, adding smarter handles, an interior pocket and a few strategic snap closures to the basic concept. The Duck Bag, named for its recycled cotton material, ups...
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Brooklyn Tailors
(13 January 2010) - Crafting each garment by hand in NYC's biggest outer borough, Brooklyn Tailors creates ready-to-wear and bespoke attire for an elegantly relaxed look. Founded by Brenna Boyce and Daniel Lewis of Brooklyn neighborhood Clinton Hill, the duo focus on designing...
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Brooklyn Brine Pickles
(30 November 2009) - The Brooklyn food renaissance recently welcomed another local producer to its ranks with the addition of Brooklyn Brine, a pickling operation based in the burgeoning neighborhood of Greenpoint. Founded in August by Josh Egnew and Shamus Jones, with the...
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Emogayu Ceramics
(29 October 2009) - Hailing from Japan, artist Yuri Fukuda now resides in Brooklyn, NY where she currently cultivates multiple ceramic masterpieces under the pseudonym Emogayu. Her work revolves around energy and life, with each piece juxtaposing intricate design and simplicity. At relatively...
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Bruar Falls CMJ BBQ Spectacular
(22 October 2009) - Kids sporting laminates on NYC subways signals CMJ's descent on the city once again. Friends of CH, The Roulettes—a band accepted into the music showcase on their first try—put together an awesome lineup that we're sponsoring this Saturday. Other...
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Anthony Pappalardo: Virgin White
(07 October 2009) - Professional skateboarder Anthony Pappalardo will show his furniture design and art in his first solo exhibition entitled "Virgin White" at Brooklyn's inimitable shop and gallery The Future Perfect. Curated by redstr/collective, Pappalardo's collection of handmade stools and tables are...
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Paperfinger Calligraphy and Hand-Drawn Design
(29 September 2009) - Breathing new life into the time-honored art of calligraphy, Paperfinger, a new hand-drawn design company, brings a personalized, human quality to everything from wedding announcements to logo designs. The truly homegrown business started in founder Bryn Chernoff's living room...
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Illustrator Sara Antoinette Martin
(28 September 2009) - by Julie Wolfson Beautiful and haunting, Sara Antoinette Martin's work depicts gorgeous women with long eyelashes sitting next to fish with teeth, skulls and mythic sea creatures. An animal skeleton dances with a chupacabra (a mythical hybrid creature) drinking...
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Glass Ghost: Like A Diamond Video
(24 September 2009) - The first video from Brooklyn's piano-drum duo Glass Ghost looks like it could have a copyright two decades old. Produced by Peking (the outfit behind numerous CH videos), the "Like a Diamond" video cobbles together a seemingly random collection...
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Polite Sleeper: Lake Effect
(23 September 2009) - The first proper full-length from Brooklyn's Polite Sleeper, Lake Effect serves up nine songs straddling the hazy line between folk and indie rock. At turns somber and frenetic, singer/guitarist Jason Orlovich's earnest vocal timber and everyday observations echo more...
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Grado SR60i and New GR8 Headphones
(04 August 2009) - For over fifty years Grado has been making audio equipment in Brooklyn, introducing high-end dynamic headphones in the late '80s. We've been using the small company's entry-level SR60i headphones (pictured right), a pair that for the $80 price tag...
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Third Ward Open Call Photography Exhibit
(20 July 2009) - by Tisha Leung Are you an avid photographer who thinks outside the box's box? Third Ward, Williamsburg's go-to resource for the creative design professional, recently announced their first-ever Open Call for photography. With a goal of finding the best new...
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PSFK Snapshot Brooklyn
(15 July 2009) - PSFK's new "Snapshot Brooklyn," breaks down the massive borough with a book of area highlights. The 60-page guide traverses a range of activities and interests, giving insider tips on the best eats, tunes, arts and otherwise desirable destinations in...
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Exovault iPhone Case
(14 July 2009) - A master at combining aesthetics and mechanics, artist Jonathan Schipper recently joined forces with fellow artist Amelia Biewald to create a stunning metal iPhone case that they've dubbed Exovault. Made from solid aluminum, brass or titanium, the handcrafted cases...
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Brooklyn Is Burning III
(02 July 2009) - by Franklin Melendez The art queers are at it again, offering the third installment of the much talked about video/performance series, Brooklyn Is Burning. Curated by Sarvia Jasso and Andres Bedoya, the one-night event takes gender bending to whole new...
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J. Howells Werthman: We Are Making Plans
(30 June 2009) - J. Howells Werthman (JHW), a brooklyn native and co-founding member of the Nuclear Family music collective, recently released his first solo album We Are Making Plans. Taking advantage of Nuclear Family's "extensive community of music makers and artists, guys...
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People's Pops
(05 June 2009) - by Laura Neilson This weekend marks the second season of People's Pops, frozen popsicles reinvented with gourmand flavor combos, at Fort Greene's Brooklyn Flea market (http://www.brownstoner.com/brooklynflea/), as well as a first-time appearance at Sunday's Brooklyn Indie Market in Carroll...
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Brooklyn Bike Jumble
(29 May 2009) - All's set for the first annual Brooklyn Bike Jumble, New York's first and only bicycle flea market, this weekend. And, weather permitting, it looks to be the perfect stopover during a weekend ride around the city or to score a...
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Deth Killers: Dez Kiraz Volume One
(19 May 2009) - From a group of New York-centric, apocalyptic outlaws comes Des Kiraz Volume One—a range of limited edition tees created in collaboration with seriously talented science fiction artists and the aforementioned group of bandits known as the Deth Killers 2000....
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Soft-Maps Quilts
(18 May 2009) - The modern grid system helped revolutionize urban life, but we generally make less of its effect on quilting. Noting parallels between the intersecting streets of Brooklyn and and the stitching across a quilt, Emily Fischer of Haptic Lab decided...
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Box & Flea Bandanas
(15 May 2009) - A pitch-perfect melding of the neo-hippie look with a biker staple, Box & Flea reinvents the traditional bandana by infusing it with a sense of meticulous craft. The collaborative effort (architect Jeremy Barbour of Tacklebox and Fleaheart's Andrew Woodrum...
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EcoSystems Furniture
(14 May 2009) - by Laura Neilson This past weekend's Bklyn Designs show was host to an array of local designers and manufacturers, including EcoSystems brand bamboo furniture. The green-minded company utilizes a innovative tool-free assembly system that relies on interlocking aluminum pieces rather...
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Jonathan Schipper: Irreversibility
(13 May 2009) - With his high-concept mechanics, artist Jonathan Schipper's latest exhibition, "Irreversibility," is just as stunningly clever as the animatronic sculpture we watched him build a few years ago. Held at Brooklyn's Pierogi Gallery, the show is both a spectacle and...
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Crash and Daze at Adhoc Art
(13 May 2009) - by Tamara Warren Longtime studio mates Crash and Daze join forces for a collaborative show of new work opening this Friday, 15 May 2009, at AdHoc Art in Brooklyn through next month. The exhibition is a juxtaposition of two...
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Plaztik Mag x Factory Fresh: Boxed In
(05 May 2009) - by Ariston Anderson A prime example of the way global economic anxieties are already showing up in art is the group show "Boxed In," the latest presented by Plaztik Mag and Factory Fresh, in which artists created their cardboard dream...
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Bamboo Bike Studio
(01 May 2009) - If Robinson Crusoe were to have a bike, today he would have made it at Bamboo Bikes Studio. The weekend workshop allows you to build your own bamboo dream bike, helping out Mother Nature while kitting yourself out with...
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Gabriel Jones Photography
(01 May 2009) - Montreal-born photographer Gabriel Jones is stirring up reality with his latest series, "Irhann," based on an imaginary country where failed rocket launch attempts are a true part of our landscape. We had a chance to sit down with the...
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Rachael Cole Pillows
(29 April 2009) - These Village Pillows by Brooklyn illustrator Rachael Cole are a set of cushions that work like a puzzle to build a country town, including houses, trees, a car, a horse, a dog and a duck. They paint a beautiful...
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Baked Granola
(14 April 2009) - Normally bakeries aren't run by two guys formerly in the advertising industry, but Baked isn't a normal bake shop either. The Brooklyn dessert destination houses cakes like "Sweet & Salty!" and "Oopsy Daisy," "Monster" cookies and giant marshmallows, leaving...
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Illustrator Kim Herbst
(13 April 2009) - We asked Brooklyn-based artist Kim Herbst to tell us about her distinctive illustration style. It's usually described as an organic looking graphic novel. Recently, I've had pieces accepted in CMYK Magazine and the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators. I...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Baggu Bags
(11 April 2009) - by Gregory Mitnick Baggu's ingenious design makes for the most functional and stylish eco-bag out there—an example of how one small, well-executed idea might just change the world. In this video, co-founder Emily Sugihara fills us in on the...
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Pow Wow!
(09 April 2009) - The bond between brothers can be a tumultuous one, but the musical fruits are plentiful. Just ask the Kinks' Davies brothers, the Greenwoods of Radiohead or the National, who can claim two sets of brothers. This grand tradition extends...
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Mike Perry's Iron Me On Kits
(07 April 2009) - Doodler and professional illustrator Mike Perry hopes to get your creativity flowing with his new "Iron Me On" fabric transfers. The pack contains 30 sheets of Perry's quirky drawings, ready for you to transfer to a t-shirt or any...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Cool Hunting's 48-Hour Shop
(06 April 2009) - by Nat Livingston Johnson Cool Hunting's recent retail experiment took the form of a weekend-long concept store at Brooklyn's popular Winter Market. This video gets a few words on it from local designer Kiel Mead, who helped hand-pick the inventory...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Marlow & Daughters Butcher Shop
(21 March 2009) - by Brian HubbardBringing an old world style of butchering to an up-and-coming Williamsburg block, Marlow & Daughters is part of a growing group of Brooklyn epicureans who are doing their part to take food production back to the basics....
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Artist Jaclyn Mednicov
(19 March 2009) - Brooklyn-based artist Jaclyn Mednicov has evolved as an artist with each place she has lived and traveled. Having crossed the U.S. a couple times, along the way she's shown in several galleries across the country. After a stop in...
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CH at The Brooklyn Flea Recap
(17 March 2009) - This past weekend we all had a lot of fun playing store at the Winter Market in Dumbo as part of the series of "Curated Corners" masterminded by the event's impresario, Eric Demby. He gave us free reign with...
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CH at The Brooklyn Flea Part 2
(13 March 2009) - We're less then 24 hours away from our debut at the Brooklyn Flea and we're super excited about how it's shaping up. We've have a few new items to share since our last post that we thought you might...
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Hue Are You
(13 March 2009) - Bringing about a sense of community among American designers, the American Design Club is highlighting their talented collective with their third exhibition, "Hue Are You," a show revolving around the theme of color in contemporary design. Located at the...
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CH at The Brooklyn Flea
(09 March 2009) - We're gearing up for our own little shop at the Brooklyn Flea next weekend as part of the series of "curated corners" the organizers put together and we thought we'd give you a sneak peek at some of the...
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Mike Perry: The Patterns Found in Space
(05 March 2009) - If you're not already familiar with his hand-drawn type from his awesome book "Hand Job," Mike Perry is a Brooklyn-based artist who makes drawings, paintings, illustrations, magazines, newspapers, and clothing, as well as teaches whenever possible. He has worked...
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Eastern District: Made in Brooklyn
(26 February 2009) - Adopting its name from the governmental region that includes Williamsburg, Greenpoint and East New York, Eastern District is Bushwick's latest art gallery and exhibition space, which typifies the New York art world's shifting focus. After an abbreviated Fashion Week...
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Harlem Shakes: Technicolor Health
(24 February 2009) - If one were to throw a rock in the western part of Brooklyn, it'd likely hit the supporting member of some transplanted indie rock band. With everyone and their mother's band relocating to the borough, it presents a problem...
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Fine & Raw Chocolate
(18 February 2009) - We discovered FINE & RAW Chocolate and were intrigued by the concept—raw chocolate, sweetened with agave instead of sugar, no dairy, great packaging, made in Brooklyn. The Lucuma & Vanilla bar, in particular, won raves at CHHQ. We got...
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LVHRD ARCHDL V
(16 February 2009) - Pitting two architecture firms against each other in a timed construction duel, LVHRD sets the scene for another one of their infamous creative competitions. This year's teams include the multi-disciplinary design practice Weiss/Manfredi versus the unconventional firm Front Studio. Both...
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MoMA Atlantic/Pacific
(10 February 2009) - In a new initiative taking art far outside the museum walls, MoMA sprinkled the Atlantic/Pacific subway station in Brooklyn with 58 reproductions from the MoMA collection. We got the chance at the press preview this morning to check out the...
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Illustrator Ilana Kohn
(09 February 2009) - Brooklyn-based illustrator Ilana Kohn creates vibrantly colored works which practically glow in their playfulness. A graduate of Pratt Institute, Kohn's regular clients include the New York Times, The Deal, Utne Reader and The Advocate....
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Bradley Peters: Home Theater
(28 January 2009) - by Kelsey Keith Bradley Peters is a recent graduate of Yale University's renowned MFA program in Photography and one of photo curator Amani Olu's rising stars. Olu teams up this month with Brooklyn gallerist Melanie Flood to present Peters' images...
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Brooklyn Flea Winter Market: Curated Corners
(14 January 2009) - The Brooklyn Flea, Fort Greene's arts, crafts and antiques bazaar, has gone indoors and upscale during these winter months. Their new location in DUMBO is the ideal spot for the revamped market, which is set to be less flea...
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Illustrator Ted McGrath
(12 January 2009) - Anyone who has ever been a fan of those old school cut-and-paste zines, band fliers and the like, will really dig the work of Brooklyn illustrator, Ted McGrath, who creates the most fabulously rough and raw, spontaneous collages and ink...
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New from BY:AMT
(16 December 2008) - by Russ Lowe Is good design recession-proof? We think so but regardless it can't hurt to hedge your bets on items like those from this latest crop from BY:AMT that are beautiful, functional, fresh and sensible. And, just in time...
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Kehinde Wiley: Down
(12 November 2008) - by Ariston Anderson Those lucky enough to catch Brooklyn-based painter Kehinde Wiley's last Deitch show, complete with a live marching band performance at the opening, know a Kehinde Wiley show is as much about an experience as it is about...
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Faile: Lost in Glimmering Shadows
(10 November 2008) - by Ariston Anderson For London street art fans, the must see-show this week is Faile's "Lost in Glimmering Shadows," as they bring their inimitable prints and paintings across the Atlantic. The art collective's London show last year, "From Brooklyn with...
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Margaret Cusack: Fabric Illustrations
(06 November 2008) - When asked to describe her work, illustrator Margaret Cusack (mother of the creative powerhouse and recent CH subject Kate Cusack) best explains it as, "Realism created with stitchery and fabric." Margaret's amazing ability to intricately weave detailed images onto...
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Matthew Smith
(06 November 2008) - Vivid technicolor dreamscapes emerge from Brooklyn-based illustrator Matthew Smith's clever imagination. Always expect the unexpected in his bright, unique and colorful world, which he builds with detailed line work and bold powerful marker strokes. Yes, we said marker strokes,...
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Transformazium Benefit Art Show
(16 October 2008) - by Ariston Anderson Like many post-industrial cities in America, a loss of factory jobs in Braddock, Pennsylvania has led to urban flight. Calling themselves Transformazium, artists Erin Harrell, Dana Bishop-Root, Ruthie Stringer and Leslie Stem along with Swoon are intent...
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TVOTR Dear Science Poster Giveaway
(16 October 2008) - Since its recent release, we've had the new TV on The Radio album Dear Science on repeat at CH Headquarters. You'd think that between putting out the new album and flexing his thespian muscles in Rachel Getting Married, TV's...
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Radio Silence Photography Exhibit and Giveaway
(03 October 2008) - A couple months back we had the privilege to get a sneak peek at "Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music." The book, out now, spans the history of hardcore in the states from inception up...
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Reinventing Grand Army Plaza
(29 September 2008) - by Tamara WarrenGrand Army Plaza, the main entrance to Brooklyn's Prospect Park, sprawls across 11 acres in a landscaped oval. With regal statues and a sparkling fountain, it's majestic and — its function as a busy traffic circle separates...
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The Record Cabinet
(17 September 2008) - The Record Cabinet, the first offering from Jenn and Nick Atocha (the husband and wife team behind Atocha Design), is the happy result of two music fanatics needing a home for their newly combined vinyl collections. Unlike most LP...
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Q Tonic
(12 August 2008) - We've seen other tonics boasting superiority over supermarket brands and heard of enlightened bartenders experimenting with DIY versions lately, but Q Tonic, a new Brooklyn-based maker, is elevating the mixer to appreciable new heights. Doing away with the additives...
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Outside of Sorts: Call for Submissions
(28 July 2008) - When I ran into jewelry and furniture designer Kiel Mead this weekend at The Future Perfect, he told me about his latest project, The American Design Club. With the sole purpose of putting on regular exhibits, Kiel's taking his...
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Skinny Vinny Bags
(18 July 2008) - by Nicole Schlomann Product designer turned bag maker, Vincent Lai founded his line of stylish totes and messenger bags in 2007 and calls it "Skinny Vinny," a nickname that his friends tease him with. Lai crafts bags that use architectural...
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S/S Friends Summer Collection
(09 July 2008) - After years spent toiling behind closed doors in their Cobble Hill home, Brooklyn's S/S Friends released their inaugural clothing line this summer. The term "clothing line" itself may be limiting, however. Founded by a designer and musician, S/S Friends...
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Madeline Valentine Illustrations
(06 June 2008) - Madeline Valentine creates the most haunting illustrations. What makes the Brooklyn artist's work so amazing is the juxtaposition of her soft, dreamlike aesthetic with the thoroughly intense subject matter that she employs—a contrast that could easily come off as...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Kiel Mead, Jewelry and Furniture Designer
(23 May 2008) - A Pratt graduate who cut his teeth in the Brooklyn design scene, jewelry and furniture maker Kiel Mead represents the next generation of New York designers. Taking inspiration from such disparate sources as everyday objects (car keys, chewing gum,...
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Dan Funderburgh
(19 May 2008) - Dan Funderburgh is a Brooklyn-based illustrator, artist, and wallpaper designer whose creations are rooted in the world of decorative arts. Recently, he participated in a group show called "Fellow Traveler" at Williamsburg's Riviera Gallery. Here, his fondness for adornment...
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Digby and Iona: Fall 2008 Collection
(14 May 2008) - After a few unfortunate years of influence from designers turned would-be lumberjacks, we're finally witnessing a shift away from flannel shirts and mukluks. Digby and Iona recently released its Fall 2008 collection of intrepid jewelry inspired by themes from...
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Bradley Price: Angle Parking
(13 May 2008) - For the forthcoming ICFF in New York, Brooklynite Bradley Price was one of eight designers selected by Bernhardt Design to be featured in the ICFF Studio, a new platform for showcasing prototypes during the furniture fair. Bradley's design, "Angle...
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Best of the Brooklyn Flea: Specimen Jewelry
(13 May 2008) - by Sheena Sood Specimen Jewelry was born after Carrie Yee, a denim designer by day, found a coyote carcass in the woods of West Jersey. She kept the completely intact skeleton in its entirety, cleaned and bleached the bones and...
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Best of the Brooklyn Flea: Keep It Moving Knit Plants
(12 May 2008) - A small booth headed up by a woman as nice as her creations are clever, Keep It Moving Design sells knit plants. Each hand-knit specimen comes in a pot with its own name. Most are flexible due to wire...
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Best of the Brooklyn Flea: Counter Evolution Bowling Alley Furniture
(12 May 2008) - by Laurice ParkinAfter several visits by our small army of NY-based contributors, today we bring you a few of the best we found at the new Sunday morning ritual of Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Flea. Be sure to check back...
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Ryan Wolfe: Branching System and Study for Lit from Within
(12 May 2008) - Two of the current installations at Brooklyn's Dam, Stuhltrager gallery come from Seattle-based multi-media artist Ryan Wolfe. Self-described as a "device artist and interaction designer," Wolfe offers technological studies of organic materials that force viewers to reimagine their perception...
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Fetty Braille Jewelry
(06 May 2008) - Greenpoint-based jewelry designers Fetty of Brooklyn recently released a new collection inscribing multivalent words written in Braille with diamonds or Austrian crystals. Interior lettering reminds the wearer of the message Available at Barneys stores nationwide, the high-end collection Fetty...
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Dossier Journal
(28 April 2008) - Combining creative writing, photography, fashion and art Dossier, an independent arts and culture journal based in Brooklyn, is set to launch 15 May 2008. Founded by childhood friends and collaborators Editorial Director Katherine Krause and photographer Skye Parrott (who...
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The Kiss Off
(21 April 2008) - Though they formed last year in Brooklyn, The Kiss Off could easily pass as Manchester natives from the early '80s. The band was founded by guitarist Adam De Rosa and bassist Nathan Lithgow, who lay distorted melodies over catchy...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Scott Campbell
(18 April 2008) - Brooklyn-based tattooist Scott Campbell has taken the art form to another level—not just by being one of the most sought-after tattoo artists in NY (if not the world) but for using a laser cutter to etch his intricate old-world...
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Judith Supine: Dirt Mansion
(15 April 2008) - Opened last Friday,12 April 2008, "Dirt Mansion" at English Kills Art Gallery in Brooklyn is Judith Supine's second show in the New York City area—unless of course you are counting his numerous pieces pasted up throughout the city. Large...
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Mark Andreas: Reactive Sculpture Series
(10 April 2008) - After exhibiting up and down the eastern seaboard, Brooklyn-based sculptor Mark Andreas has crossed the East River to make his Manhattan debut. Andreas' Reactive Sculpture Series includes the hulking 400-pound Seed Spreader (pictured), an intimidating machine equipped with three-foot...
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Brooklyn Modern
(17 March 2008) - There hasn't been a period of such a fervent excitement about Brooklyn homes since the advent of the brownstone more than 150 years ago. In Brooklyn Modern", Diana Lind examines this architecture and interior design boom through 18 particularly...
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Periodic Rings
(11 March 2008) - Brooklyn-based husband-and-wife team, Itsnoname, bring some sexy back to the periodic table of elements. While the solid platinum version might be a bit too costly for most, the sterling silver ring should enable anyone to put their gangster nerd...
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Nathaniel M. Quinn: Deception, Animals, Blood, and Pain
(28 February 2008) - by Sheena SoodBrooklyn fashionistas might be familiar with Harriet's Alter Ego, a women-run Brooklyn boutique. It opened eight years ago and continues to showcase clothing collections and one-of-a-kind pieces made by owners Hekima Hapa and Ngozi Odita . The...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Simone Pace
(23 February 2008) - This video joins Simone Pace, best known as one-third of Blonde Redhead, on one of his vintage Italian motorcycles, from an East Village garage, across the Brooklyn bridge, to the band's recording studio. Simone shares some of the design...
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Mast Brothers Chocolate
(22 February 2008) - Walking by Williamburg's crafty flea market Artists & Fleas last weekend, I spied stacks of chocolate bars wrapped in patterned papers. Stepping inside, I met Rick and Michael Mast, the brother duo who recently started Mast Brothers Chocolate, their...
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Ken Madore
(20 February 2008) - Nightmares, conspiracy theories, mystic symbolism and allegories on family tragedy are all fodder for Brooklyn-based artist Ken Madore's work. Crafting obsessively-detailed and intricate works of ink on paper—often on a huge scale—his work illustrates and illuminates the dark side...
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David Kassan
(18 February 2008) - Brooklyn-based artist David Kassan paints such lifelike portraits, they practically leap off the canvas. From his website: "As an expression of his own calculated observation and visual consumption of surrounding environment, introspective glimpses of reality imbue the art of...
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Rise and Fall Floral Love Pillow
(12 February 2008) - Just in time for Valentine's Day, Cool Hunting favorites Rise and Fall created a romantic heart-shaped pillow that wouldn't be complete without their hint of macabre. The Brooklyn-based design collective designed this black and white floral print with skulls...
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Fernanda Cohen: War of Words
(11 February 2008) - We're big fans of Fernanda Cohen's work. The Brooklyn-based illustrator just completed a new series called "War of Words" which has received two silver medals from the Society of Illustrators of New York and Los Angeles and will be...
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Fetty x DKNY Sneaker
(08 February 2008) - DKNY Active Shoes and Semi Precious Weapons frontman/Fetty of Brooklyn jewelry designer Justin Tranter have joined forces to create a limited-edition sneaker. Evoking garage glam spirit of the band and Fetty, the shoes have an upper made of Ballistic...
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Cri de Coeur Shoes
(08 February 2008) - A recently-launched brand of high-fashion, vegan footwear based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Cri de Coeur was founded by longtime vegan and Parson School of Design graduate Gina Ferraraccio. Borrowing a name from a French expression which means "to cry from...
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Pop Subversion
(07 February 2008) - This Friday, 8 February 2008, Ad Hoc Art Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, will play host to a large group of both established and emerging artists from the realms of street art, pop surrealism, lowbrow, illustration, print making, and...
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Brevity's Rainbow
(05 February 2008) - Brevity's Rainbow, a group show opening this Friday, 8 February, at Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn is an attempt to return a sense of intimacy to the spectacle of the art show. Curated by Maxwell Williams of Tokion, the show features...
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Mike Perry
(17 January 2008) - One of the hardest working typographers we know, Mike Perry is currently working on his second book. Check out the Brooklyn-based designer's first book, "Hand Job: A Catalog of Type," which is a great collection of hand-drawn type out...
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A.P.C. Surplus, Brooklyn
(11 January 2008) - We were among the excited first today to check out A.P.C.'s latest store (and the second of their outlets worldwide) today in Brooklyn. Called A.P.C. Surplus for its flat 60% discounted prices, the Williamsburg storefront is housed in a...
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Jeff Bark: Woodpecker
(18 December 2007) - Jeff Bark's newest works are the subject of his solo show, Woodpecker, at the Michael Hoppen Contemporary Gallery in London; it's his second show at the gallery. Bark's newest works are so multilayered it makes my brain hurt—in the...
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Behind the Seen
(07 December 2007) - Artists best known for their work in public often have an entirely private body of work that doesn't make it out into view. Recognizing this, Michael DeFeo (the Flower Guy) assembled Behind the Seen, an international group show featuring...
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Nat Russell T-Shirts
(07 November 2007) - Oakland-based artist Nat Russell's t-shirts for Mollusk Surf Shop showcase his increasingly recognizable style. My favorites include "Sea Kat" featuring his signature pipe-smoking lion motif, the "Kyle" shirt which has a wavy-bearded man that bears an unintentional resemblance to...
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Andrew Kuo: No Lifeguard on Duty
(30 October 2007) - NYC-based artist Andrew Kuo's obsessive charts that analyze musical events have been popping up in the New York Times' music section for the last couple of months. His latest graphic representation that appeared there over the weekend takes on...
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Thirst Wine Merchants
(26 October 2007) - Specializing in hard-to-find wines from small vintners out of California, Germany, Italy and mainly France, Thirst Wine Merchants is a carefully curated wine shop. Located in the historic Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, they also carry a small...
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Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends Album and Tour
(28 September 2007) - The first new record in six years deserves a party. And who rocks the party that rocks the body better than Brooklyn's Les Savy Fav? To celebrate last week's way-too-late release of Let's Stay Friends on French Kiss Records,...
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An Interview with Ryan Sovereign
(21 September 2007) - We've been taken with the Sovereign Beck range of ties for some time. The Brooklyn-based company create snappy, stylish ties that mix wickedly vibrant lines with quirky, illustrated shapes. We interviewed Ryan Sovereign—one half (with William Beck) of the...
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Lanyard Necklaces
(30 August 2007) - Neon plastic lanyard evokes a summer camp nostalgia when counselors schooled us in the art of kitsch key-chains and friendship bracelets. But in the hands of Philip O'Sullivan, the designer of an innovative new jewelry line, these notions of...
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The Rise + Fall Woodgrain Tote Bag
(16 July 2007) - Add this woodgrain tote to the list of interesting schmatta coming out of Brooklyn these days by local label The Rise + Fall. One of their newest offerings, the bag pairs the classic practicality of a tote with the...
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Lucy Miller Beaded Chain-Link Necklace
(10 July 2007) - Made by English knitwear designer Lucy Miller, we found these hand-tied beaded necklaces at The Rise + Fall store. (Miller's line is among the small collection of goods there that's not from their house label.) We love the way...
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From the Archive: Amorphophallus Titanum
(05 July 2007) - A celebrity of the plant world, the Amorphophallus Titanum, or "the corpse flower," is a rare bloom that's native to Indonesia and known for the extreme smell that it emits when it opens.; Cool Hunting Video; nature; A celebrity...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Lori Nix
(01 July 2007) - In our 79th episode we visit the Brooklyn studio of Lori Nix who photographs epic scenes of destruction and grandeur, natural wonders and glittering metropolises, magnificent architecture and heroic landscapes that all have one thing in common—they're all fake....
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Third Drawer Down Gallery: Paper Sword
(29 June 2007) - Curated by Cinders Gallery out of Brooklyn, NY, Third Drawer Down Gallery in Australia has a new exhibition starting 5-28 July 2007. Titled "Paper Sword: new works on paper," it explores a current group of artists who have been...
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The Rise + Fall Pillows
(28 June 2007) - CH's infatuation with these Brooklyn-based designers continues with this brand new line of hand-printed pillows boasting intricate designs, some of which border on the macabre. To date, there are a half-dozen styles which remind us a bit of Salvor's...
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The Rise + Fall Cloth Napkins
(27 June 2007) - Yesterday we raved about their new denim, last December we featured their t-shirts and now we're bringing you one of The Rise and Fall's latest offerings, a line of hand-printed cloth napkins that arrest the eye with similar original...
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Beautiful/Decay Issue S: T-Shirts and Release Party
(25 May 2007) - It may be warm and bright outside but Beautiful/Decay magazine seems to have been languishing in darkness. Their newest, Issue S, presents a mix of ill–omened themes such as death metal, ritual suicide and the Dark Ages. Hanna Liden's...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Sovereign Beck
(05 May 2007) - From kite-flying on a Brooklyn rooftop to frying an egg and playing electronic music, episode 72 spends some quality time with the duo called Sovereign Beck. Known for their gorgeously-designed line of silk ties, Ryan Sovereign and William Beck...
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Nesting Desk by 4 Pli
(04 April 2007) - The Nesting Desk, by Brooklyn architecture and design firm 4 Pli, features an integrated screen made of stacked wood to hide and house a CPU without sacrificing ventilation needs. Providing a more organized experience, a plate of knotted wood...
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5 in 1 Boutique
(04 April 2007) - Williamsburg's newest addition to the North 6th shopping row, studio 5 in 1, merges process and product seamlessly. The deep-set space housed in a 19th-century warehouse underwent a slew of renovations beginning last September, when graphic designer and founder,...
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Saved Tattoo Laser Laptops
(20 March 2007) - Until now custom laser detailing on sneakers and gadgets was reserved for those lucky enough to make their way into Nike's Lasarium. But at Saved Tattoo in Brooklyn, tattooist Scott Campbell will laser a design onto your laptop. For...
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País de Poetas
(19 March 2007) - BRIC’s Rotunda Gallery presents “País de Poetas: Contemporary Art and Artists from Santiago to Brooklyn”, curated by Isolde Brielmaier and Omar Lopez-Chahoud which opens Wednesday, 21 March 2007, at 7pm. The show features ten Chilean artists, seven of which...
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Something In Spanish
(19 March 2007) - An acomplished Jazz musician and a master at creating the perfect cinematic atmosphere for recent CH videos, Julio Monterrey's main musical project is Something In Spanish. Along with Michelle Perez, Something In Spanish's avant-pop sound fuses elements of '50s...
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Perch! Birdfeeder
(16 March 2007) - This has been around for some time now, but with Spring around the corner birds will soon come back into the area and this birdfeeder will keep them coming back for more. Designed by Amy Adams and handmade by...
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DARR: Walrus Doctor's Bag
(15 March 2007) - In a neighborhood jammed with antique stores DARR stands out for its unusual inventory on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue. Among eclectic furniture, busts and many offbeat cabinet-of-curiousity-like items (turtle shells, whale bones, etc.), we found this doctor's bag (click on...
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Alter Boutique
(07 March 2007) - The shop Alter is the most recent retail addition to Greenpoint's Franklin Avenue, and the new boutique is the perfect showcase for the owners' mutual obsession.Three years ago, Tommy Cole and Roy Caire's started the collection This Old Thing, reworking...
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Freedm Sidewalk Galleries
(28 February 2007) - Taking art literally to the streets, Dr. Martens' Freedm Sidewalk Galleries are curated art shows exhibited billboard-style on the sides of buildings in New York and San Francisco. Now in its second installation series, each street side "gallery" showcases...
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League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots
(28 February 2007) - LEMUR, League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots, is a Brooklyn-based group of artists and technologists who've been creating robotic musical instruments for the past several years. Founder Eric Singer, with the help of others, creates sculptural musical instruments integrating...
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James T. Williamson: It's Hard Work
(06 February 2007) - The latest sculpture by Brooklyn artist James T. Williamson, titled "It's Hard Work," is a spoof on the traditional plaster presidential bust. What began in 2001 as a study to better understand Bush's face, the all-to-familiar squinting visage comes...
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Chrishabana Jewelry
(31 January 2007) - A slightly different approach than the delicate scenes made of hair by Melanie Bilenker's jewelry, the latest offering from Brooklyn-based jewelry designer Chrishabana feature charms strung on braided locks of human hair. Drawing on the 18th century tradition of...
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LED Loom Lamp
(16 January 2007) - The first in a line of "organic technology" products, this LED Loom Lamp from Brooklyn based Lwindesign studio weaves reddish branches of Ash coppice around a ring of white LEDs. Casting shadows on surrounding walls and adding a touch...
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Ron Mueck: Brooklyn Museum
(11 January 2007) - You might have already heard, but it's worth a reminder that time is running out to see Ron Mueck's solo exhibition of eleven extraordinary works at the Brooklyn Museum through 4 February 2007. Known for his empathetic renderings, the...
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Project Jenny, Project Jan
(05 January 2007) - Brooklyn-based duo Project Jenny, Project Jan (PJPJ), like many great musical partnerships, is an opposites-attract kind of pairing. Vocalist Jeremy Haines spits lyrics with frenetic energy that fluidly moves from a David Byrne deadpan style to a dancehall-inflected growl....
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Rainbow Ring Stacker
(13 December 2006) - Hug them, love them, give them funny names. The toys at Acorn (the latest gift spot picked by Refinery29 for CH) might make you momentarily regress, and that's why you know they're great gifts. The soft knit Rainbow Ring...
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Three Gift-Worthy T-Shirts
(11 December 2006) - Everyone has a T-shirt wearer on their gift list. These picks combine eye-catching original design with high-quality cotton shirts for tees a step above vintage reproductions and wink-wink-nudge-nudge one-liners. This mesmerizing Dots Tee (pictured left) is made by Brooklyn...
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Bark Blankets
(08 December 2006) - Minus the mania of other traffic-heavy NYC hoods, Atlantic Ave is Refinery29's current front-runner for civilized gift-getting. Plus, you don't technically have to live here to shop here—many of the proprietors offer e-commerce as well as shipping options, so...
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Billy Kirk Leather Satchels
(08 December 2006) - Refinery29 takes us to the Brooklyn outpost for men, Hollander and Lexer where shopping for the most stylish guy in your world is a cinch. Those at the top of our wish list are a classic H and L...
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Dig Topiary Dog
(06 December 2006) - During the weeks leading up to the holidays, everyone's To Do list is as long as their To Buy list, and too much to choose from can often be as paralyzing as too little. Refinery29 has taken the guess-work...
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McBride Beauty
(06 December 2006) - Winifred Burkeman started to sell her handmade beauty products after all her friends kept asking what she used on her flawless skin. Named after her mother, her two year-old line of products, McBride Beauty, uses the same natural blend...
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Alexis Canter Jewelry
(30 November 2006) - Alexis Canter creates beautiful jewelry from casts of baby teeth, coffee beans, chicken bones and other organic remnants. The Brooklyn based designer's signature piece--a 14k gold casting of the winning half of a wishbone--makes a perfect good luck charm...
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Aurora Robson
(21 November 2006) - Made from discarded plastic bottles, Brooklyn-based artist Aurora Robson's bulbous hanging sculptures look something like mutant sea creatures. She says her work stems from her interest in enantiodromia—the Jungian theory that the superabundance of any force inevitably produces its...
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Perfido Bracelets
(20 November 2006) - Contrasting the warmth and rich tones of wood with lucite's sleek modernist appeal, these bangles are made by Brooklyn-based furniture studio Perfido Design. The chunky, brightly colored bracelets made their debut as part of New York-based fashion label United...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Cut & Paste
(14 November 2006) - A little more than a year ago, CH sponsored Cut & Paste, the first design competition to square designers against each other in a live tournament-style battle. From the initial sold-out event in NYC, Cut & Paste has grown...
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The Septemberists
(10 November 2006) - The Septemberists, artist Anthony Goicolea's film mythologizing the creation of Thom Browne's Spring/Summer 2007 collection, is as neo-18th century Americana as the suits themselves. Gorgeously-shot by Brooklyn-based cinematographer Brian Rigney Hubbard over five days on a farm in Massachusetts,...
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Halloween 2006: Monsters and Sex
(27 October 2006) - Opening tonight, 27 October 2006, Saved Tattoo presents "Monsters and Sex," a show of drawings and paintings, at their new spacious and ornate Williamsburg shop that runs through 27 November 2006. The exhibition features the work of artists and...
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Hess Is More at Monkeytown
(24 October 2006) - Hess Is More), makes his his stateside debut tomorrow, 25 October 2006, at the Brooklyn screening room-cum-restaurant Monkeytown. Accompanying Hess's eclectic mix of sweetly offbeat melodies—made with the likes of whistles, thumb pianos, music boxes and the "found" sounds of...
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TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain
(20 October 2006) - With all the post-grunge irony and retro-garage sounds, it's rare in rock and roll these days to find a band as talented, original and passionate as TV on the Radio. Led by Tunde Adebimpe's lauded vocals, his haunting harmonies...
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Converter
(16 October 2006) - After successfully launching Deadly Squire, a line of housewares printed with original patterns, in 2005, husband-and-wife team Anna and Tim Harrington are now using the premise of their business to curate a multimedia group show. Based on the idea...
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Aerial Yoga
(11 October 2006) - Using a soft trapeze, Aerial Yoga combines basic yoga postures with the miracles of gravity. The result is a new practice that encourages proper alignment by strengthening shoulder and core ab muscles and increasing shoulder and spinal flexibility—all without...
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Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson
(10 October 2006) - Tara McPherson, 30, the Brooklyn-based artist known for her slightly surreal, melancholy-tinged work, is celebrating the recent release of her first book Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson with a book signing at KidRobot in New York City...
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After School Art
(19 September 2006) - An innocent lamp pole on a quiet street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was the latest bit of urban architecture to get "knitta'd" with it's own knitted accessory by Knitta Please. The slightly subversive public installation is part of a group...
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Agora II
(13 September 2006) - Last Friday, Agora II, an interactive dance performance or "a choreographic game for one thousand bodies," previewed at the empty pool that has recently been repurposed for performances in Brooklyn's McCarren Park. The performance is interactive in the modern...
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From A to B and Back Again
(06 September 2006) - After countless magazine articles, acclaimed annual events, and a spate of new boutiques, Brooklyn is fast cementing its status as a design capital. "From A to B and Back Again" is the latest celebration of all that the borough...
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Wine Cellar Sorbets
(14 August 2006) - Wine Cellar Sorbets are a novel option for dessert or a creative addition to a meal. Made by two childhood friends in Brooklyn, sorbets currently come in seven different vintages starring some familiar wines like Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, and Zinfandel....
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Melissa Borrell Jewelry
(24 July 2006) - Currently on display as part of Brooklyn store/gallery Spring's show "Around the Flat," Melissa Borrell's jewelry translates topographic maps into wearable forms. The RISD-trained designer asks "How can I change the way someone views the world?" redefining jewelry as...
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Tropolism: John Powers
(10 July 2006) - Rekindling dormant grade and grad school fantasies at Tropolism today, Brooklyn-based artist John Powers' geometric sculptures, installations, drawings, and paintings reference fine art, pop culture, and his own obsessively imagined, completely fantastical worlds. Triggering deep childhood fantasies of "landscapes...
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Mirror Banquet Table
(29 June 2006) - Lwindesign's Mirror Banquet Table would make a stunning addition to any dining room. Modular in design, the full layout seats 20, but can be reconfigured to seat 10. Impracticalities aside, the piece adds a whole new perspective to mealtimes....
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19.23 Tees
(29 June 2006) - 19.23 fulfills the requirements of the holy t-shirt trinity. Colorways are muted and complementary, like one of the "paratrooper" designs (left), which features a rust-colored release print on a khaki tee. Most include a few lines of whimsical text...
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Open Air
(20 June 2006) - Premiering this Friday, 23 June 2006, with a party and art exhibit, Open Air is Alyssa Natches and Lou Auguste's documentary about contemporary street art that's over three years in the making. Featuring some of the more innovative street...
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Depicting Design
(06 June 2006) - Depicting Design is a juried exhibit running through 29 September 2006 that showcases 20 Brooklyn-based designers' approach to their field. Unique pieces, like Brad Ascalon's customizable Echo Chaise (pictured above and after the jump), show the individual methods for addressing...
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Biotube Bench
(01 June 2006) - Made from recycled cardboard cylinders, embedded seeds in a cellulose liquid grow when they're exposed to water and light on the surface of Brooklyn-based designer Julian Lwin's modular bench. Available as individual tubes or bundled as shown, any plant...
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Alice Smith: For Lovers, Dreamers & Me
(01 June 2006) - Alice Smith’s For Lovers, Dreamers and Me, is a strikingly mature debut. Like the best pop music, it's original, genuine, and accessible. Characterized by soul-searching lyrics, tunes that are catchy without being cheesy, rich and subtle arrangements, and vocal...
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ICFF 2006, Part II
(19 May 2006) - Earlier this week the week we brought you ICFF 2006 and Beyond. As promised, here are a few more events happening this weekend, this time focusing on reader-contributed specifics. —Icing or Cake is Fabrica's window installation displayed at both...
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Suckadelic's Supervillians
(18 May 2006) - I don't think that you can be any more niche than the Sucklord. He makes bootleg action figures, but unlike some who knock-off action figures, he updates well-known figures to suit his own evil needs. Perhaps you recall Gay...
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El Niño y El Sol
(17 May 2006) - Ocote Soul Sounds) and Adrian Quesada (Antibalas and Grupo Fantasma) took from Brooklyn to Mexico in 2004, the instrumental tracks weaving flute, saxophone, african drums, and more, make for a debut collaboration that's ideal subway theme music for iPod...
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ICFF 2006 and Beyond
(16 May 2006) - New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is right around the corner (from 21-23 May 2006) and there are some hot events happening there as well as off-site. Here are a few that we'll be checking out. If we...
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LCD Soundsystem: Introns
(11 April 2006) - In a watershed year for the remix album, LCD Soundsystem's latest drop, Introns, a collection of b-sides, remixes, and other rarities, is a fresh spin on the breakout success of their 2005 self-titled release. With some of the biggest...
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Andrew Sutherland
(05 April 2006) - Brooklyn-based artist Andrew Sutherland works as a composer of mundane materials and uneventful spaces. Using corrugated cardboard, vinyl and medium density fiberboard, he recalls iconographic minimalists Sol LeWitt and Tony Smith. Colorful, layered work in ethylene vinyl acetate like...
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Sovereign Beck Ties
(03 March 2006) - The creation of longtime collaborators Ryan Sovereign and William Beck, since 2005 this fledging Brooklyn-based creator of silk ties has injected some fashion and style in the oft-staid accessory that is the neck-tie. Graduates of RISD and Industrial Design...
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Brooklyn's Woof Bites and Buttercup PAW-tisserie
(02 March 2006) - It's no secret that natural products and petsclusive stores have been gaining visibility in the marketplace. We recently discovered these two Brooklyn-based companies catering to deserving dogs and their owners. Those troubled by feeding their pets processed meat by-products...
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Jacob Williams: Nightmare of the Haunted Buddha
(23 February 2006) - Brooklyn-based artist Jacob Williams' day-glo psychedelia already looks like a trip through a Disneyland ride on drugs, which makes Tim Regan's recent video piece (created to announce the opening reception for Williams' solo installation "Nightmare of the Haunted Buddha")...
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Stencil1 Minis
(31 January 2006) - About two years back we put the word out about a Brooklyn-based graphics company releasing its first volume of graffiti stencils. Well, to keep you in the loop, a second volume is out and we're pretty pleased with the...
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Arrow Magazine
(04 January 2006) - The first issue of the brand new Brooklyn-based street art magazine Arrow premiered last month, featuring profiles of the likes of artist Rich Jacobs (he's responsible for the cover art), photographer Angela Boatwright, the Canadian band, DFA 1979, and...
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This Week at Refinery29
(02 December 2005) - This week at Refinery29, the editors present their first of three Give It Up holiday gift guides. The premiere installment focuses on some of the standout boutiques in New York's newest style center, Williamsburg. In true Refinery29 fashion they have...
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The Single Cookie Jar by Emilie Baltz
(14 November 2005) - Emilie Baltz is a Brooklyn-based photographer and designer. She started designing objects that were inspired by her work as a photographer to "reflect surrounding cultural needs." The Single Cookie Jar is both a cookie cutter and a chic cookie...
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Green Lady: 10 Years
(31 October 2005) - The design duo of Todd St. John and Gary Benzel who go by the name Green Lady, celebrate 10 years in the business with a new book published by Arkitip. Also the force behind HunterGatherer - a cross-disciplinary counterpart...
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Warmaking Show
(17 October 2005) - Warmaking, a five-artist group show about "the nature of wars and wars of nature," opens this Thursday October 20th at Williamsburg's Riviera gallery and runs through October 30th. Works incorporate symbols of death, like in curator Kevin Devine's Harvest...
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BICA is beyond Brooklyn
(08 July 2005) - The Brooklyn Institute of Contemporary Art's branding goes, "Beyond Boundaries" and last Thursday's opening event (called "Living for the City") proved no exception to that. It was totally refreshing to see art works from all over the globe (literally)...
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The Cloud Room
(29 June 2005) - With a breakout summer single – Hey Now Now – The Cloud Room is the latest indie band from the Brooklyn art rock scene to capture my attention. With a sound that nods toward Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie and Joy...
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
(22 June 2005) - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is the five-piece Brooklyn band making internet waves with their 80s-tinged indie pop. Synth melodies, warm basslines, and tight backbeats are a perfect foundation for lead singer Alec Ounsworth's David Byrne-esque lilt. Plus their...
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Atlantic Avenue Artwalk
(02 June 2005) - Artwalks are usually small town affairs, but bring the concept to Brooklyn's thriving "Bococa" (Boreum Hill, Cobble Hill, and Carroll Gardens) and you get over 85 artists, open studios, gallery and store exhibitions, three different public murals, and more....
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Call for Entry: Living Spaces
(24 February 2005) - In May the International Contemporary Furniture Fair will come to New York. While the show is focused on pieces for mass production, Living Spaces promises to be the show's most cutting edge off-site event. Set in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, this...
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Sisters Shock Rock the House!
(15 February 2005) - Saturday night was the opening reception for the Sisters Shock Rock the House! gallery show. It was an all female artists display of urban expression through a multitude of mixed media such as paint, film, and sculpture. The artist...
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Brazilian Girls Do it Better
(09 February 2005) - Brazilian Girls are turning the dance music world on its head. Fronted by the sultry Sabina Scuibba, Brazilian Girls sounds like Shirley Bassey, Grace Jones and Los Amigos Invisibles at an outdoor reggae fest. While their name suggests Rio,...
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Brokendomer
(03 February 2005) - Brokendomer is a Brooklyn underground hip-hop group. Music-wise I'll let you be the judge. What I'm interested in is the site. It's designed by Mark Forscher. Here's a sweet implementation of Flash Action Scripting to produce a layout that's...
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Red Coles
(10 January 2005) - Red Coles is a soul inspired line that features a hand made feel applied to limited runs of t-shirts, polos and sweatshirts. Eric Coles, a former music exec, designs and produces every piece in his Brooklyn studio. "The collection...
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ShitBegone
(22 November 2004) - As you may have noticed, I'm all about environmental friendliness, social responsibility and hot design. So is Brooklyn, NY based Jed Ela. He created ShitBegone to deliver labor friendly, 100% recycled, soft toilet paper at a valuable price. If...
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Cha Table and Chair
(09 November 2004) - redstr/collective (Christine Warren and Alex Valich) has just released a 6 person dining table called the Cha Table. Made completely of eco-friendly PlyBoo, the table measures at 70" x 29" and packs flat for efficient shipping. It's easily assembled...
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Made Unique
(06 October 2004) - Made Unique T-shirts combine humor and slick graphics. This one is is pretty easy for any designer to relate to and also summarizes the mission behind the company. The Brooklyn based shop was founded by a couple creatives who...
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JB at TripleCrown
(03 October 2004) - About 2 weeks ago Jason Bass quietly dropped some TripleCrown in Brooklyn (Bedford and North 11th). via The Royal...
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K Adorable
(07 June 2004) - Brooklyn based K Adorable has been designing and selling hand printed T-shirts for a couple years already. Their fun designs are printed in limited runs with a variety of color combinations, so there's a good chance you wouldn't see...
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Satan's Laundromat
(12 May 2004) - Satan's Laundromat is a Brooklyn based photolog of urban decay, strange signage and other odd city moments. They have also collaborated on Down Below, a photo-documentary of defunct subway paggages. Both projects reveal an aesthetically intense, though emotionally draining...
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Look Look Magazine Launch
(24 October 2003) - Tonight Look Look Magazine threw a launch party in Williamsburg for their first issue. The party was fun. The magazine is fabulous! It's a really nice collection of work from talented young artists, and an interesting glimpse of their...
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