NASA Selects Housing Designs for Mars

To encourage design thinking for the next stage of space exploration (and potential settlement), NASA hosted the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge—tasking designers with imagining plans for homes on Mars. Every entry carried a distinct futurism and descriptions of the functionality within but winner Mars Ice House proposed something extraordinary—a 3D-printed dual layer ice dome. From Team Space Exploration Architecture and Clouds Architecture Office in New York, …

Comfort Food, Vintage Beers + Classy Cocktails at NYC’s Maison Pickle

A new design-forward restaurant with hearty cuisine from Jacob's Pickles' Jacob Hadjigeorgis

Beyond the already bustling environs and glowing, highly-organized decor, Maison Pickle succeeds at elevating American cuisine to great heights. The restaurant, which opened this past weekend on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, is in no way to the first to tackle this concept—but the way it embraces the French Dip sandwich as its menu centerpiece and encourages guests to get their hands dirty in the process …

Peter Silberman: New York

Brooklyn indie band The Antler’s frontman and lyricist Peter Silberman is already two track releases deep into his forthcoming solo album—Impermanence, out 24 February. The latest, “New York,” recently debuted with an archival footage video celebrating its title city. With Silberman’s delicate but emotionally-charged vocals, the song itself pays homage to NYC with incredible beauty. Silberman will be touring the album this March and April.