Strathcona Stockings

Handprinted hosiery that toes the line between subversive and sweet

Originally conceived in “a little-known town situated between the the forest and the ocean,” Strathcona Stockings are at once a reflection of this ethereal Canadian landscape and founder Ryley O’Byrne‘s distinct artistic vision. A graduate of Central Saint Martins and Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, O’Byrne has turned hosiery into her canvas, dutifully handprinting each trouser sock with her own photographs or collages …

Annoyed Grunt

Mr. Kiji returns to gallery walls with a solo show of design prowess

Not long after Mr. Kiji removed his paintings from the walls of NYC’s Mallick Williams Gallery in April last year, he was struck by a car while riding his bike around his Brooklyn neighborhood. The hit rendered Mr. Kiji with a hand lacking feeling and he was unable to draw for several months. The industrious young illustrator, painter and sought-after graphic artist didn’t let this …

Commemoration

Memories preserved in the physical form by UK design grad Greg Smith

Commemoration, a range of poetic capsules designed by recent Kingston University grad Greg Smith, preserves nostalgia in a tangible realm. Smith’s elegantly crafted airtight vessels “preserve traces of personal scents to trigger memories” after a person has passed away. The secular series not only allows for greater personal sentiment, but it also puts a modern spin on conventional rituals like keeping cremated ashes in an …