The Future Perfect Collection

Three sofas and a chandelier comprise the NYC-based design boutique's debut furniture line

by LinYee Yuan When The Future Perfect opened its doors on a then-quiet block in Brooklyn’s artist outpost of industrial Williamsburg, they were described as carrying “home décor pieces that poke fun not only at the establishment but also at those who buy them.” Now, a decade later, Williamsburg overflows with condos filled with young professionals and TFP counts two additional retail locations in their …

Off The Grid at Gallery R’Pure

A designer camping trip with Frederick McSwain and François Chambard's first collaborative collection

If glamorous camping is “glamping,” does that make designer camping “damping?” Whatever you call the pristine, outdoors-inspired objects in “Off the Grid“—the collaboration between designer François Chambard of UM Project and artist and designer Frederick McSwain—the exhibition playfully riffs on the title, from literal interpretations of grid-based design to more free-thinking explorations of what it means to take the design off the grid. For Chambard, …

Emerald Pax

Ploom adds the color of everyone's favorite herbal remedy to their range of portable vaporizers

As the official color of living plants, green is a highly appropriate hue for Ploom to choose as the latest shade for their kazoo-shaped vaporizer, the Pax. The San Francisco-based tobacco start-up launched the convenient, portable smoking device nearly a year ago in basic black, purple and blue, and it quickly gained traction as a healthier alternative to traditional ways to toke. The new metallic …