EQ Seals

Ear protection for water-bound athletes that doesn't inhibit performance

For everyone from surfers to sailers, ear protection is a major concern. Whether it’s exposure to pollution, high winds or simply spending too much time in the water, ear infections are a common and debilitating ailment. While most earplugs hinder hearing and throw off one’s equilibrium, the new EQ Seals use an innovative design and medical technology to protect the ears of water sport enthusiasts …

Fideli Sundqvist: I Love Paper

The Swedish artist's book teaches the tricks of her very crafty trade

In the summer of 2011, Fideli Sundqvist presented her graduation project at Stockholm’s Konstfack University. In the midst of the overblown gaudy work from the art departments, the conceptual design pieces and rivers of clichéd scratchy pencil illustrations, Sundqvist’s final project, “Tilly & Gul” was a whimsical tale of an elephant and its nameless little yellow chum. Instead of paper and ink, or screen-print or …

Under Armour Theatre Shanghai

The Maryland-based brand's first Chinese store introduces the experience of sport through film and design

Few things are as American as the idea that with a great work ethic, any individual can achieve anything—be it as grand a dream as becoming the president or a professional athlete or as seemingly basic as earning an education. While this fundamental belief may seem rudimentary in most Western countries, many parts of the world don’t openly preach the same way, which made sportswear …