Interview: Chris Brown of Refueled Magazine

The magazine's founder talks about his passion for print and offers a sneak peek at the next issue

by Madison Kahn Born and raised in Texas, Chris Brown cultivated his penchant for the publishing world at an early age. At a meager eight-years-old, Brown created an illustrated zine about his neighborhood, and has been working hard ever since to both tell the stories of people he encounters and format them in a thoughtfully constructed package. This is best seen in Refueled, a magazine …

Houd Speakers

Pristine acoustics from sustainable Colombian wood

by Juan Orozco Packing a powerful punch of sound into a small, portable wood speaker, the Houd Passive is the exact opposite of what its name implies. The upshot of a collaboration between two talented Columbian designers: multi-faceted sound engineer, sound systems developer and photographer David Sandoval and industrial designer Gustavo Huertas, a self-proclaimed innovation addict whose passions include product design, art and music. Launching …

Hard Candy by Yan Rui

Jewelry inspired by Eastern reincarnation philosophy, Nine Inch Nails and more

by Alessandro De Toni In the last few years Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts has become an epicenter of the capital’s creativity, producing an array of talented artists and designers each year. Included among the group of elite graduates is Yan Rui, who after finishing her studies at CAFA in 2006 has gone on to become a professor at the school as well as …