Studio Visit: DoomedNYC

Leather accessories designed for female motorcyclists but suited for any creative adventurist, handcrafted in Brooklyn

by Tara Fraser Rachael Inman and Jason Goodrich, motorcyclists and founders of leather goods label DoomedNYC, are no strangers to going fast and learning how to take a fall—whether on a bike or in business. The creative couple recently set up shop in a small studio in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood, where Inman handcrafts beautifully functional motorcycle accessories for fellow female riders. We stopped by their …

Five Favorites from Boerum House & Home

The new Brooklyn store designed to look like an apartment and entirely furnished with shoppable objects

Retail store, museum gallery or apartment: the newly opened Boerum House & Home joins the row of stores including jewelry designer Erica Weiner and fragrance boutique Twisted Lily on Atlantic Avenue that make the Boerum Hill block a formidable shopping pitstop. Creative collective Partners & Spade (the folks behind diverse ventures from travel luggage to Shinola’s campaign with Bruce Weber) have filled the space—built by …

One-Off Ceramics by Leah Reena Goren

The Brooklyn-based illustrator manifests her flower and cat obsession onto dishes and vases to charming result

For a while now, Brooklyn-based illustrator Leah Reena Goren has caused waves due to her cat-influenced prints on tees, scarves and totes. In between working on her zine, Sad Girls and producing limited edition patterns for Anthropologie, however, Goren—who happens to share a studio with fellow artist and recent CH video subject Rachel Levit—has also produced some pretty unique ceramics that are equally eye-catching. Because …