Altar by Mr & Mr

The French duo creates a customizable mini-temple for housing all your treasures

Rather than label themselves as a design studio or designer duo, Alexis Lautier and Pierre Talagrand of Montpellier, France-based Mr & Mr prefer to call themselves “maison d’édition indépendante” or an independent editing house. “We are designers and editors—the border in between the two is not always clearly defined,” Talagrand tells CH. “We think the editing process is also a form of design. In this …

polychromeLAB

A reversible jacket featuring a new material that increases or decreases internal temperature

Born out of a partnership between a designer with a passion for the outdoors and a research team at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, polychromeLAB is a groundbreaking new material designed to increase the wearer’s body heat and, when reversed, decrease it. Like most inventions, the road to polychromeLAB started with a problem. High in the Alps, weather can change drastically in minutes, and …

Studio Visit: Ben Medansky Ceramics

The LA-based ceramist on his inspiration, motivation and making art a career

On a misty LA morning, the act of sipping a warm cup coffee out of a Ben Medansky mug at Go Get Em Tiger offers insight into the blossoming of a new talent in the world of ceramics. Medansky has made many cups for Kyle Glanville and Charles Babinski’s coffee bars—about 2,000 of them, which is quite a feat since the ceramist hand-throws and glazes …