What does a true Man of the World, a young, hip and smart guy who knows his way around town, do in Milan these days? To find out, I decided to sit down and chat with Marco, up-and-coming graphic designer, who works for a publishing house, designing fine books for all major art galleries and institutions around the world.
Anna Korte has been making jewelry in Portland since 2002. Read More
It was difficult to foresee the day that I would wake up and choose tea over coffee. The tea that made me do it is Chocolate Rocket by DAVIDsTEA – a delicious blend of roasted mate, chicory root, dried raspberry and toasted almonds. It was love at first taste, but the virtues of Yerba Mate really sealed the deal. Read More
From a couple of Portland locals a T-shirt company was born and Sleazy Seagull Jamwear was it’s name, inspired by their dreams, Sleazy makes odd shirts that are extrememly eye catching. Read More
MAC Cosmetics is becoming known for its high-octane splashes of color and adventure into makeup territory. Their ad campaigns feature dramatic splashes of makeup and their preferred photographic subjects–in-vogue celebrities and hipster models–are seen sporting avant-garde haircuts and costume-esque clothing amidst a variety of twisted fairytale scenarios.
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Dance culture in Vancouver is very transient, much like the city’s denizens themselves, so to maintain a consistent brand to the point of which you all you need to do is a say a name and have people simply get it.
With French Trotters nothing is random. The Parisian shop, pioneering the trend of heritage fashion, has launched its own brand a few seasons ago, and is still providing a selection of shirts, scarves, shoes and collabs that never miss the spot. Read More
Krakowski Kredens is a sweet reminder of how the wealthy bourgeois from Krakow dined before 1939. Strong influences from Austrian cuisine were the bits that made it so special in Galicia.
The history of Grycan ice cream can be traced back to the old pre-war days, when the family lived in the Eastern borderlands. There they opened their first ice cream shop in post-war Poland.
Flavours of Podlasie is a project that contains a conceptual solution for the packaging and its graphic identity. The essence of the project is creating a new brand which integrates different local producers in terms of graphics. Read More
A group of three advertising professionals in southern Brazil joined forces in August 2010 with a common ideal in mind: to transform the city of Porto Alegre in a better place through random unexpected action. With good ideas and unconventional projects, they initiated the creative collective Shoot the Shit.
Osklen, a clothing brand from Rio de Janeiro, is provoking people to stop talking about the environment and beginning to act. The brand created by physician Oskar Metsavaht in 1989, which arose from the lack of appropriate clothing for climbing the cold Aconcagua Mountain in Argentina, today became one of the most environmentally conscious brands in the world. Read More
Here in Portland Rudy’s barber shops are about as ubiquitous as Starbucks. They’re what hair people call “chop shops” – the Supercuts for hipsters if you will. Read More
I don’t really have the stomach for beer-snobbery, and as a result I don’t pay much attention to the local micro-brew scene, but 21st Amendment’s beers are everywhere in San Francisco now, and their eye-catching can/box design can be hard to ignore. Read More
Well, I know the economy is still pretty bad. Read More