Postalco Wheel Printer

Mike Abelson sets up a unique print shop at NYC's Creatures of Comfort

Designers are typically inspired people, and those who have a natural talent can often spot a creative use for even the most familiar object—like the wheel, for example. Such is the case for Postalco‘s imaginative co-founder Mike Abelson, who became obsessed with wheels after seeing the mark that one left on a piece of paper trapped in the sliding glass door of his Tokyo home. …

Totokaelo Art—Object

Fashion authority Jill Wenger expands into design with a new sister site

What might have been confined as one of Seattle’s best-kept secrets, Totokaelo fortunately grew from a brick-and-mortar shop in the Fremont neighborhood to an online boutique turning out a sharply edited selection of minimalist fashion. Founder and creative director Jill Wenger has honed an impeccable eye for clothing and accessories that balance timeless elegance with a sense of sartorial adventure—the name is Latin for “reach …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Band of Outsiders' 60-hour show, radioactive pottery, the iPad's fifth wall and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Jessica Walsh for Aizone New York City designer and artist Jessica Walsh utilizes the human form as her canvas, teaming up with body painter and makeup artist Anastasia Durasova to paint bodies in black and white words and patterns for the Aizone Fall/Winter campaign. 2. Tank Top Types CH contributor John Ortved turns his love of tank tops into a cheeky sartorial piece for …