Leading Design Studios Envision Future Cannabis Products

With cannabis culture quickly maturing, fledgling marijuana brands have needed to adapt their identities to appeal to the masses, not just the dorm room stoners. Peeking into the possible future of cannabis businesses, Surface Magazine recently reached out to 12 leading design studios with one simple brief: create a fictionalized aspirational marijuana brand. And the results—which include a bag of potato chips filled with pot …

New Orleans-Inspired: KREWE du Optic Eyewear

We chat with founder Stirling Barrett about how his hometown pride fuels his entire endeavor

Part entrepreneurial endeavor, part love letter to his hometown, Stirling Barrett’s KREWE du Optic was founded three years ago in New Orleans, after Barrett’s time away from home for art school refueled his love of the city’s uniqueness. He tells CH, “I saw an opportunity to reshape the way people viewed New Orleans’ creative culture and what could be done from a city that isn’t …

Brooks England’s 150th Anniversary Collaborative Bicycles

Uniting with Brompton and more for a limited edition range of "Dashing Bikes"

150 years is a threshold few brands manage to cross. This year, however, heritage cycling saddle and accessories producers Brooks England reached the milestone with gusto. To celebrate, they’ve partnered with a handful of bike producers—including Brompton and Skeppshult of Sweden—to release limited edition pieces, all under the banner of “Dashing Bikes.” The unifying factor across all collaborative pieces will be the impact of copper, …