New from Umbra Shift for Fall 2015

Different designers offer their playful, creative takes on home goods and furniture

Umbra Shift, the semi-experimental branch of Toronto’s Umbra studio, works with a wide range of designers to breathe contemporary influences into the home. The latest functional products to be released (just in time for holiday) in the Umbra Shift collection range from trivets to tables and the results incite curiosity and carry a jolt of personality. For example, the Switch Tray by Lambert Rainville, can …

Chromatics: Girls Just Wanna Have Some

Chromatics covered Cyndi Lauper’s classic “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” for a MANGO TV commercial featuring Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne. They’re now releasing it along with six other variations of the track, as a “maxi digital single.” One of the versions, “Girls Just Wanna Have Some” (another is called “Girls Just Wanna Have Drums”), gets its own beautiful kaleidoscope of a music video. …

Peace Arrow: Undo

Released during the calm after the storm that is All Hallows’ Day, Peace Arrow’s album Out of takes advantage of the quiet with layers and layers of unexpected instruments and recorded samples—all the while hitting directly to the point. The Brooklyn-via-Gainesville artist’s track “Undo” is particularly captivating, with the ghostly echo of lady’s voice leading the way. The tail-end of the song, pure instrumental, becomes …