Red Brick

Fabric and jewelry rub elbows in designer Karen Mabon's entertaining artistic vision

Emphasizing the embellishment side of scarf design, Scottish jewelry-maker Karen Mabon approaches the classic silk accessory like an artist to a canvas, creating statement pieces that are as imaginative as they are stylish. Mabon—who graduated from the RCA in 2011 with a degree in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery Design—peddles her curiously-motifed scarves along with an array of necklaces and brooches under the label Red …

Brooklyn Spectacles

Faux wood etched eyewear offering the durability of acetate with a natural look

In recent years a wave of wooden eyewear has swept through the fashion world, introducing brands like Herrlicht and Drift, as well as the more accessible Shwood. Novel? Yes. But durable? Not necessarily. Addressing that important part of the equation is Brooklyn Spectacles, makers of faux wood acetate frames. Launched in 2012, the NYC-based brand’s introductory collection dons a unique wood grain-like finish for the …

Halo Zero

San Francisco's Rickshaw Bagworks teams up with Halo Belt Company for an illuminated messenger bag

As an avenue for sharing invention Kickstarter has helped introduce a range of safety-oriented cycling innovations to market, the most recent being the Halo Zero, an illuminated messenger bag developed in collaboration between Kickstarter-funded Halo Belt Company and Rickshaw Bagworks. The bag combines Halo’s LED fiber optic bands with Rickshaw’s highly durable over the shoulder messenger bag. As longtime supporters of Rickshaw we’ve again teamed …