by Laura Rote | Dec 8, 2020 | Design
Michael Muser feels like it’s been days since he’s left Ever. “I don’t see anything outside my restaurant anymore. I don’t even know what happened yesterday. We’re all watching the news all the time now, but I haven’t heard anything from the outside world for six...
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 | Nov 10, 2020 | Design
Naji Mourani spends his days sketching outside on his Toronto terrace, papers and samples spread out all around him. For him it’s a place where he can be alone and get creative. “It’s nothing fancy, but it’s bright and cheerful and it gets me focused,” he says. As an...
by Laura Rote | Oct 21, 2020 | Design
In the age of COVID, having more independent workspaces may be more important than ever. Jaroslav Vendl, CEO at SilentLab, a Prague-based firm specializing in soundproof office pods, has had many recent discussions with teams like those at JLL, Cushman &...
by Chris Force | May 15, 2020 | Travel
Vibrant, colorful, new. It’s hard to escape these three terms when reading or thinking about Mexico City. The city of nearly 9 million residents is exploding with restaurants, boutiques, hotels, museums, and galleries. Its diversity and excitement can make most other...
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 | May 4, 2020 | Design
Inside The Waterlands in St. Petersburg, Florida, Bill Hamilton and his crew of seven toil away on an unlikely product—vintage style clawfoot tubs. Sparks fly, the polisher whizzes and groans, and Bill himself tinkers at the computer, reinterpreting a 19th century...
by Kris Vire | May 1, 2020 | Design
The appliance brand Fisher & Paykel is a household name in New Zealand, as well as one of the top employers in Auckland, the island nation’s largest city. Many of its signature products, like the integrated DishDrawer™ dishwasher, are radical rethinking of...
by Laura Rote | Apr 30, 2020 | Design
Kirt Martin really wants me to meet everyone. When I arrive at Landscape Forms—a sprawling three-facility campus in Kalamazoo, Michigan with more than 430 full-time employees currently—the chief creative officer is eager to show me around. I shake hands with two dozen...
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...
