Snow Peak FW15: Camp, Dwell, Transit

The Japanese brand's latest apparel collection is as formidable as their cult camp gear

While Snow Peak has been making high quality outdoor gear for more than fifty years, the Japanese brand is still pretty new at apparel. In fact, their first clothing collection debuted only last fall. Snow Peak really hits its stride, however, with their new FW15 collection under the direction of 28-year-old designer Lisa Yamai, granddaughter of founder Yukio Yamai. Largely unisex, the functional pieces surprise …

Weyes Blood: In the Beginning

Natalie Mering has the uncanny ability to bewitch any listener into a trance with her forthrightly beautiful voice. It might surprise some to learn that Mering spent years playing noise rock in Philadelphia with an instrument she built herself; however, it’s in the mournful folk songs she composes under the name Weyes Blood that something true emerges. Still, her music feels less nostalgic and more …

Regulars 02 by Thisispaper

Pared down, go-to bags handmade in Warsaw

Warsaw-based Thisispaper is an adventurous design studio that’s thrived in not only crafting local pieces (with fervent care toward environment and makers) but beautiful online and print content as well (which rarely features the brand, instead focusing the spotlight on other interesting makers of the moment). The small team has recently released their second iteration of Regulars: simple, everyday bags made to order by hand …