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Superplastic Launches With “JANKY,” a Limited Edition Artist-Designed Toy Collection

Kidrobot founder's new company taps 16 famous creatives for charming iterations on one figure

15 May 201824 August 2018

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Presented by Superplastic

Launching today, Paul Budnitz’s new company Superplastic is making a splash from the get-go—smashing its goal in the few hours between going live and officially kicking off. The Kidrobot founder has teamed up with renowned toy artist Huck Gee for the new brand and their first line of toys hits Kickstarter today. Gee (head of art and production) and Budnitz have tapped 16 of their …

Paul Evans’ Luxury Men’s Dress Shoes

Handmade in Naples, the Martin Wholecut marries classic and contemporary style

15 January 201824 August 2018

Sponsored by Paul Evans

Dress shoes act as an punctuation mark to a superb outfit. They’re no longer just a necessity for formal and semi-formal attire; they’re an opportunity to differentiate, let your personality shine and make a statement. New York-based Paul Evans understands all of this, and as a direct-to-consumer luxury mens footwear retailer, offers top quality shoes bridging classic and contemporary aesthetics priced 65% less than traditional …

Turning a Holiday Meal into a High-Tech Work of Collaborative Art

From laser-etched rolls to turkey decorated with food-grade ink, a dining event that was beyond the traditional dinner

4 December 201714 August 2018

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Sponsored by Per La Mente

Working with creative culinary experience designer Michael Cirino of A Razor / A Shiny Knife, lifestyle website Per La Mente created a high-tech yet harmonious holiday dinner. A joyful and celebratory evening, it was a convergence of interdisciplinary creators using food as a canvas, leveraging technology, music, and art to interplay with some of the traditional food associated with the season. From Alejandra Sacasa’s laser-etched …

Samsung Gear 360 Camera

An incredibly smart gadget for filming and photographing the world in more ways

24 May 201724 August 2018

Sponsored by Samsung

While unveiling the brand new Samsung Galaxy S8 last month, Samsung announced another exciting product: the Gear 360 camera. An update from their original 360 camera, the intuitive device captures complete 360-degree images and video thanks to a pair of back-to-back fish-eye lenses, each capturing 180 degrees horizontally and vertically. To celebrate the arrival of this compact, splash- and dust-resistant camera, Samsung approached a diverse …

Bvlgari’s New Manifattura

Europe's most significant jewelry workshop opens its doors

17 March 201714 August 2018

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Sponsored by Bvlgari

We spent two days at Bvlgari’s new state-of-the-art Manifattura—the most significant jewelry making workshop in Europe—located between Milan and Turin in Valenza, one of Italy’s largest and most historical gold-making capitals. On a property once owned by Francesco Caramora (who in the 1800s developed the foundation for the city’s gold-making tradition), the property includes Caramora’s original farmhouse “Cascina dell’Orefice,” which anchors the compound. Fully renovated, …