Côte&Ciel’s Isar Rucksack

A first look at the architectural backpack's textured FW '14 edition

Once thought to be suitable just for kids and hikers, the backpack is now a respectable option for travel or everyday use—that is, if you’ve got the right one. Go too technical and you’ll end looking like an ill-equipped mountaineer; too bright and basic and you might appear to be late for class. Parisian accessory specialists Côte&Ciel‘s answer is the Isar. As what is perhaps …

WAX + Print All Over Me Beach Kit

The bi-annual print mag collaborates on an artful bag and apparel pairing

Going to the beach can be a real process, between remembering where your beach towel and swim trunks are and figuring out what else to bring along. WAX magazine, however, wants to help ease the effort one needs to exert by way of a playful beach kit, made in collaboration with the clever minds behind DIY apparel platform Print All Over Me and artist Erin …

Compass Cultura

An ad-free publication rethinking travel journalism with thought-provoking, long-form stories

Miles away from Lonely Planet, NatGeo and Fodor’s, you’ll find Compass Cultura, a new digital approach to travel journalism. The ad-free, subscription-based project aims to elevate the genre by celebrating creative, thought-provoking writing above all else. “The industry is watered-down and noisy. It’s too hard to find great story reporting,” explains co-founder and Creative Director Jeff Campagna on the inspiration behind the project. “We hold …