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Nicole McLaughlin on the eBay find that turned her into Arc’teryx first designer ambassador

Her introduction to upclycling was through fabric scraps and learning to sew. While practicing, Nicole realized the potential of already-existing...

New York City Art

Mapping the rise and fall of one of the most prominent artists’ communities in Brooklyn

The building, a former warehouse built in the early 20th century, sits on a corner plot four blocks from the...

New York City Art

By subverting the expected artist Katie Stout takes a welcome humanistic approach to her art

In a vast warehouse in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, Katie crafts couches out of various textiles and her signature...

New York City Design

Rethinking the domestic space with New York founder of TRNK, Tariq Dixon

“We lived these fleeting and transient lives as young people in New York City and never spent any time at...

New York City Design

Utilizing augmented and virtual reality for positive social change with New Reality Co.

It’s not just about putting on a helmet with a video screen. In the installation, fans actually tousle your hair,...

New York City Architecture

‘Built for Designers - Open for All’ - A/D/O connects avant-garde design to local communities

Extending north toward Queens in a kind of peninsula, it’s a maritime area occupied by the remains of industrial infrastructure...

New York City Design

Everyday Vintage: Where Form Meets Function

To meet them or spend any time in their thoughtfully arranged Brooklyn brownstone apartment, is to understand that it’s not...

Milan Architecture

A conceptual urban living installation in Milan offers a vision of future architecture solutions

On the other, gentrification is raising real estate prices beyond the reach of many with urban space increasingly occupied by...

New York City Design

Documenting Creativity: Filmmaker Gary Hustwit on self-fulfilling concepts, and his upcoming film on Dieter Rams

Gentrification is arriving at a more leisurely pace than in its immediate neighbor to the south, Williamsburg; Greenpoint’s creative class...

New York City Art

Inside Pioneer Works, New York's collaborative wonderland for the arts and sciences

It is, without sounding hyperbolic, an organization multifaceted with creativity and underpinned by iconoclastic entrepreneurship, with curiosities that beckon around...

New York City

Thrown Down: Artist Helen Levi reshapes the way we think about urban ceramicists

The craze hasn’t waned, and while more attention to local, small-scale handmade goods can only be a positive, the hype...

New York City

Evan Clabots seeks out the unexpected details, imbuing personality into 3D-printed design

There was a girl involved, it’s true, but spend the day with Evan and one gets the sense that even...

New York City Art

Crack & Shine International: Clandestine ops with Will Robson-Scott

Based in Brooklyn and constantly on the move, capturing everything from the grime scene in London, the violent streets of...

New York City

This, That and OTHR: Joe Doucet reimagines the future of design

This appreciation and encourageable embrace of technology isn’t surprising. Joe—whose award-winning, multidisciplinary practice boasts clients including Coca-Cola, BMW and Swarovski—has...

Berlin Architecture

Good Penmanship: Why Berlin-based architect Etienne Descloux still draws everything by hand

“Architecture permeates all areas of life; we’re all surrounded by it. That’s why it’s so important,” says Etienne. It forms...

New York City Workplaces

Chris Hackett

He’s a multi-hyphenate artist whose work encompasses metalsmithing, art, construction, writing, survivalism and reality TV. He is the co-founder of...