by Chris Force | Jan 8, 2021 | Design
“I’m always in a three-piece suit,” Niels van Roij says. “They’re tailor-made with fabric from cars I’ve worked on.” The 36-year-old designer’s studio specializes in coachbuilding, a throwback to the days when cars were sold as a rolling chassis and the body was... 
by Chris Force | Jan 6, 2021 | Design
“I have a very creative mind. I don’t sleep much,” says Dave Kindig of Kindig-It Design, a premium custom car shop and the subject of the reality TV series Bitchin’ Rides, now in its seventh season. Dave built a special ’58 Lincoln Continental named Maybellene. “It’s... 
by Laura Rote | Jan 5, 2021 | Design
Touré is almost always writing—for his Touré Show podcast or working on his new book, an oral history of Prince, or in the midst of a movie script or TV show. He was quite literally working on all of these projects when I spoke with him in November. “Writing is a... 
by Lark Breen | Jan 4, 2021 | Design
In a time when public bathing is rapidly diminishing in popularity, designer Jo Nagasaka took on the task of modernizing a local sento, or Japanese bathhouse, called Koganeyu. Advertisement Jo’s imaginative work engages tradition and contemporary style in one space.... 
by Sophia Conforti | Jan 1, 2021 | Design
“I’m not interested in the neutral object,” says American designer Johanna Grawunder. What she does find intriguing is the experience. “Experiential design is the perfect way to meld architecture, industrial design, lighting, and furniture into what’s really... 
by Laura Rote | Dec 31, 2020 | Design
Part house, part art gallery. That’s the premise behind JARtB House, architect Billy Kavellaris’ family home on a tree-lined street with an eclectic mix of housing typologies in Melbourne, Australia. Completed in 2020, JARtB House is an acronym for all the members of... 
by Laura Rote | Dec 30, 2020 | Design
Xiaopeng Yuan spends his days living and working in Shanghai, splitting much of his time between taking photos and importing books. The 33-year-old is the cofounder of Same Paper, a self-publishing book and photography studio that started as a blog to share Xiaopeng... 
by Lark Breen | Dec 29, 2020 | Design
London-based Yinka Ilori brings optimism and light to unexpected places with work across mediums. In summer 2019 Yinka’s “Colour Palace” emerged outside Dulwich Picture Gallery as a celebration of his native London as well as his Nigerian roots. Striking in its... 
by Chris Force | Dec 28, 2020 | Design
Eny Lee Parker grew up in São Paulo and moved to LA when she was 13 years old. There she was reunited with her Korean mother who didn’t speak Portuguese, but with the help of friends she learned Korean and then English. “I had a typical immigrant experience in LA. I... 
by Laura Rote | Dec 24, 2020 | Design
“It was inspired by my parents’ passion for finding and collecting minerals,” says graphic designer Élise Rigollet of her latest work—a 60-page Risograph-printed zine called Rockie. Élise fell in love with the Risograph—essentially a stencil duplicator that’s a cross... 
by Hailey Hinton | Dec 23, 2020 | Design
Some people prefer a valley view when they look out their window; others want to see a city skyline. At architecture studio Bureau Fraai’s Black Gems townhome in Amsterdam, one couple sees their most prized possession on display—a Jaguar XJS convertible. The... 
by Laura Rote | Dec 23, 2020 | Design
Cam Hicks was in his early 20s when he left his corporate IT job in the DC area to move to New York City and chase his dream of being a creative director and photographer. He documents his first four years working in NYC in For the Porch, his debut photo book, where... 
