Riding Royal Enfield’s Continental GT Café Racer

Taking the Indian motorcycle maker's 535cc bike on a Californian tour

To most, the late ’60s and ’70s were the glory days of motorcycle design. America made muscle and the Japanese took over the industry with attractive, simple, reliable machines of all engine sizes. While Triumph’s Bonneville and Honda’s new CB1100 offer something vaguely akin to the aesthetic of this sought-after era, no modern motorcycle makers have been able to capture the feeling quite like Royal …

Bright Bedding from Australia’s Kip & Co

The boutique brand's bold linens are designed for the kid in everyone

Australia’s Kip & Co creates colorful, spirited and youthful bed linens—and towels, rugs and even beanbags. From cartoon pizza representations to rainbow scribbles, the prints are just playful enough without overdoing it. The team, composed of two sisters (Kate Heppell and Hayley Pannekoecke) and a friend (Alex van der Sluys) they met during their college years in Melbourne, has worked in various fields but always …

Michael Leon + Arkitip Vexhall Series

The artist creates new flags as part of his ongoing project

by Eva Glettner Both an artist and an art director, Michael Leon never strays far from the tenacity and enthusiasm he picked up as a skateboarder in the late ’80s. He blends a DIY attitude with finely honed skills perfectly, and the results are always something special—especially when you’re working in the unusual medium of flags. He first introduced “Vexhall” (a word coined by Leon …