Autodromo Prototipo Chronographs

Two new watches that recall the golden days of sports car racing

Bradley Price, founder of Officine Autodromo, not only recognizes the romanticism and beauty of early automobile racing, he also captures it in his design work—across gloves, sunglasses and watches. His two latest releases in the Prototipo Chronograph series certainly evoke the late ’60s and early ’70s with their barrel cases and retro-tinged color palettes, but there’s also beautifully modern finishing and detail work that brings …

Fotobit

These Lego-like photo frames help to create a narrative with Instagram photos

Approximately 5.2 million Instagram photos are posted each day. Suffice it to say, a lot of great images are lost in the onslaught. Fotobit—which launches on Kickstarter today—is aiming to change that. At its simplest, Fotobit is a set of well-designed and finished 4″x4″ picture-frame; at its most creative, it is a modular photo memory system. The idea is simple: put a picture in the …

Skandinavisk Candles

The young candle company launches five new scents and a handmade porcelain collection, each capturing a special aspect of Scandinavia

The design and quality that went into creating the Copenhagen-and-Stockholm-based Skandinavisk‘s inaugural set of blue and white candles caught our eye last December, and their more colorful second batch signals the arrival of spring. The brand continues to share their of love of Scandinavia and its unique culture of “hygge”—a word untranslatable in English that describes cozy intimacy, gathering and day-to-day moments that nourish the …