Cat Lady Preserves

Handsomely packaged homemade jams by graphic designer Sumayya Alsenan

After quitting her job in 2010, graphic designer Sumayya Alsenan decided to take some time to figure out what she wanted from her next position. In the absence of a daily routine, Alsenan started channeling her energy into the kitchen by cooking for her roommate. “I needed more and more challenging projects, and that’s where the jam making started,” she explains. “It took me five …

Red Hook Criterium + Timbuk2 Especial Collection

San Francisco's original messenger bag-maker releases two exclusive iterations to celebrate Brooklyn's most notorious track bike race

In 2008 the first renegade race was held by a handful of core individuals on the rough, public streets of Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood. Dubbed the Red Hook Criterium, the unsanctioned bicycle race is open to amateurs and professionals alike, with the alley cat-style course favoring urban cyclists and bike messengers with high levels of fitness, honed reflexes and an acute sense of their surroundings. …

Battenwear SS13

Corduroy, velour and duck cotton in the Brooklyn-based sportswear brand's third surf-inspired collection

Founded in 2011 by Brooklyn-based designer Shinya Hasegawa, Battenwear—formerly known as Batten Sportswear—takes a playful approach to active menswear design, favoring unconventional fabrics and colorways with a vintage surf-inspired aesthetic. Delivering all of the above and more is the recently launched SS 2013 collection, anchored by soft pastels and peppered with corduroy, cotton and velour. Although it’s just the young brand’s third season in production, …