Porcelain Vessel

Wheel thrown and hand finished, Studio Joo’s small porcelain bowl is a beautiful little statement piece. Left mostly unglazed and uneven in the vein of wabi sabi tradition, the vessel would do well as a serving dish, coin collector or even an unconventional planter.

Interview: Sebastian Kaufmann

The Kaufman Mercantile founder on curiosity, aesthetics and the rigorous selection process behind his online shop

By Paul Cantagallo It all started with a stapler. Sebastian Kaufmann of Kaufmann Mercantile, a Brooklyn-based online store specializing in all things beautiful, functional and durable, had been working in film production in Los Angeles for seven years when yet another cheap stapler found its way onto his desk. He couldn’t take it anymore. With his enthusiasm for filmmaking waning, and fed up with low-quality …

Veal

Opera, dance and industrial design in Harrison Atelier's latest show at The Invisible Dog

Opening tonight, 7 February 2013, at The Invisible Dog in Brooklyn, “Veal” is a multidisciplinary performance that marries unlikely traditions from opera to industrial design. Thematically, the show plays off of the notion of the “industrial animal,” looking at the process from artificial insemination to life in confinement and finally to the overwhelming cycle that is modern food production. Design collective Harrison Atelier created instruments …