Test Drive: 2015 Acura TLX in Park City, Utah

Auto-steering up the mountains to the Sundance Film Festival

En route to this year’s Sundance Film Festival, we hopped into a 2015 Acura TLX, the brand’s latest mid-sized performance sedan, to drive from Salt Lake City to Park City, Utah. Acura has been a premier sponsor of the festival for five years now, and the 37-mile drive in the TLX proved to be a thoughtful introduction to an event built upon showcasing creativity. In …

Piet Hein Eek’s Tube Series for Leff Amsterdam

The Dutch designer's new collection blends stunning lines with a good story

Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek’s work spans a wide range; since graduating from Eindhoven’s Academy for Industrial Design in 1990, he has designed everything from furniture, desk lamps and eyewear to custom-made interiors and even holiday homes. Eek’s distinct scrapwood-driven design approach was first seen in his famous graduate collection, and is still evident in the work by Eek en Ruijgrok, the studio he runs …

Min Pin Shop

Creepy peepers and deadly creatures turned cute for cushions, prints and other homeware

Melbourne-based Min Pin Design knows how to toe the line between eerie and cute. Founded in 2013 by the very artistically versatile Penny Ferguson, Min Pin’s handmade jewelry, prints, totes and pillows have plenty of personality, with cartoonish critters and sulking monsters that are sure to charm. Despite saccharine hues, Ferguson is definitely in touch with her darker side, with plenty of references to the …