The Prospectives Serial Story Instagram

A story unfolding both visually and textually through social media snippets

A few years into the onset of Instagram as part of social media users’ everyday lives, and still new ideas and expanded creative usage abound. With The Prospectives, a serial illustrated tale published online every Sunday, writer Adam Hurly and artist Sam Kalda have employed Instagram in an entirely new way. The Prospectives’ Instagram feed reveals scenes, bit by bit, prior to their unified publication. …

Horse Cycles’ Camping Knife

Brooklyn's talented bike-builder introduces a carbon steel knife to aid in outdoor adventures

Earlier this year, we met Thomas Callahan of Horse Cycles. While visiting his workshop, we learned the man is truly capable with a bit of steel, and his skills and areas of interest often extend beyond the realm of building custom bicycles. This is evidenced in the Horse Carbon Steel Camping Knife. Inspired by traditional, utilitarian knives native to Scandinavia and Callahan’s penchant for getting …

Pintrill + Grado Heaphones Pin

Two Brooklyn-based brands work together on one miniature collaboration

Brooklyn’s PINTRILL is one of those “either you get it or you don’t” types of brands. Making accessories inspired by pop culture, relevant sayings and various niche fashion icons, the playful brand exists for a select segment of internet enthusiasts. And as it turns out, fellow Brooklyn-based brand Grado Headphones is on the same wavelength. So much so, that their own VP Jonathan Grado reached …