Chief Trunk’s Historic Luggage

Iconic American luggage brand Oshkosh Trunk Company is seen through new eyes, resurrecting the golden age of travel with a modern touch

All great successes have an element of providence—for the Oshkosh Trunk Company, it came in the form of a surplus of deadstock canvas. In the 1800s, an unnamed American mill had been churning out red-and-yellow striped canvas for use by Spanish diplomats, fueling a demand that suddenly shuttered with the end of the Spanish-American war. The mill was left with heaps of the fabric, which …

Papua New Guinea’s Nuli Sapi Hotel

Four rustic waterside bungalows make up this remote getaway, where WiFi is traded for wildlife

by Jenny Miller Paradise tends to look a certain way in the mind’s eye: simple, remote and oftentimes surrounded by water. That’s the exact scene at Nuli Sapi, an eco-friendly hotel on Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay. The property offers just four bungalows, built entirely from natural bush materials and perched on stilts over the water. Each has an attached bathroom with running rainwater, and …

Tokyo’s Pass The Baton Adds a Personal Touch to Vintage

Our visit to the concept consignment shop's location in Omotesando, where items bear the owner's photograph and an anecdote

Located at the edge of the Tadao Ando-designed Omotesando Hills shopping complex, a few floors underground into basement territory, is the “new recycle” shop Pass the Baton. The space (one of two locations in Tokyo) hosts an orderly explosion of used and repurposed items, making customers feel as if they’ve walked into a wonderland where a sense of time and location dissipates. A lamp that …