Apparatus Studio’s Censer Incense Burner

The NY design firm debuts a masterful, geometric multi-functional tabletop object

They are always a must-see at ICFF, and we’ve been paying close attention to the works of NYC design firm Apparatus Studios for some time now. While their origins lay in lighting design, and their last collection saw a textile and paper collaboration, founders Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson have just debuted a five-piece collection known as Apparatus Objects—and it’s their first foray into tabletop …

VSCO Cam 4.0 for iOS8

Photo essays, long form content and a new iPad-specific development for the much loved camera app

With a consistently growing user base, easy to use functionality and a hashtag that’s everywhere, VSCO has been the photo editing app of choice for a while now. But with their latest update, launched today, new features take the brand in a broader direction with the same appreciation for sharp aesthetics. Their brand new Journal aspect allows users to create photo essays and even long-form …

Inventions that Didn’t Change the World

A book of eccentric Victorian inventions that never quite caught on

For every groundbreaking new idea that changes the world as we know it, there are thousands (if not more) that are entirely useless—whether or not they were inspired, clever or even ingenious at their moment of inception. In “Inventions that Didn’t Change the World,” author Julie Halls of the British National Archives chronicles the plentitudes proposed and even developed during the Victorian Era—a heyday of …