by Lark Breen | Dec 10, 2020 | Products
After hours of careful listening and dozens of tweaks and adjustments, Yoshinori Ogata, Marantz sound master, is satisfied. Melding timeless style with innovative sound, the most recent Marantz offering, fine-tuned by the master himself, is the Model 30, an integrated...
by Laura Rote | Dec 8, 2020 | Products
It was only natural for lifestyle brand Buster + Punch to venture into pet products, considering, as founder Massimo Buster Minale says, so many of us have been spending a lot of time with our four-legged friends during the pandemic. It was time, he says, for an “ode...
by Laura Rote | Dec 7, 2020 | Products
When Chef Brooke Williamson of Top Chef season 10 fame and her husband bought their house in LA five years ago, it wasn’t the house of their dreams, but it did allow them to build their dream kitchen with plentiful natural light, an island, and a garden. Now Brooke...
by Sophia Conforti | Nov 27, 2020 | Products
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—and with it comes the busiest shopping day of the year. And though this year’s Black Friday looks different than, say, any other Black Friday in history, that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate, right? That...
by Chris Force | Aug 27, 2020 | Products
Two years ago when American motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson announced it would be creating electric bicycles, riders across the country collectively scratched their heads. “Bicycles? From Harley?” But the idea made sense as part of a (now-shelved) plan called “More...
by Laura Rote | Jun 1, 2020 | Products
Clean lines, warm colors, and natural materials from all across Mexico—we spoke with six of our favorite designers across the country about their influences, from minimalism to personal experience. These are just some of their latest creations. Los Patrones “Los...
by The Sixtysix Staff | May 19, 2020 | Products
1. YETI Tundra 45 YETI started in 2006, when brothers Roy and Ryan Seiders were frustrated by subpar coolers. They set out to design one that was durable enough for anglers to stand on and cast from and that could hold ice for hours. The Tundra line of coolers, with...
by Laura Rote | May 15, 2020 | Products
Massimo Buster Minale started out as an architect (he worked for Foster & Partners and others), but he had a serious eye for detail—beyond cool detail. He started building custom motor bikes with two friends in an East London Garage in his free time when word got...
by Margaret Poe | May 13, 2020 | Products
In 1886 a 21-year-old Gennaro Sferra stepped onto American soil for the first time. Far away from his home in Isernia, Italy, Gennaro joined his two brothers, Filomeno and Pasquale, and together set off to build a fortune, not knowing their work would redefine the...
by Colleen DeHart | May 12, 2020 | Products
Walking down the halls of the Ercol furniture factory, less than an hour’s train journey from London in the small town of Princes Risborough, I get the sense that many of the people here are like family. The names of Ercol employees of more than 20, 30, and even 40...
by Laura Rote | Apr 27, 2020 | Products
When I talk with Brandon Jorgensen, senior designer for the Portland-based lighting and hardware brand Rejuvenation, he speaks slowly, choosing each word deliberately. I can tell he’s thoughtful, patient, that he’s the type of person who considers each decision...
by Eric Canan | Dec 16, 2019 | Products
REI is known for practical equipment and sharp looks, and the latest Kingdom 6 tent lives up to that and then some. “It takes a lot to decide it’s time to update an already popular product. It’s not a decision we take lightly,” says Chris Pottinger, lead designer for...