MCMC + Mociun Collaborate on a Scent for Summer

The Brooklyn-based brands join forces and create a bittersweet scent inspired by Sicily

With just one bottle remaining of her favorite fragrance, jewelry designer Caitlin Mociun (founder of a CH favorite, Brooklyn-based Mociun) needed a suitable replacement for her discontinued “hippie musk.” The answer came during a serendipitous conversation with perfumer Anne McClain of MCMC Fragrances. Working together, the two women crafted an eponymous scent reflective of the designer’s primal minimalism. Inspired and informed by Mociun’s trip to …

ICFF 2014 Preview: Rich Brilliant Willing

Brooklyn's design trio release two organically inspired lighting structures

Continuing to impress with innovative forms and creative uses of materials, Rich Brilliant Willing is again introducing new products this year at ICFF during NYCxDesign. In the time since we last caught up with the trio of Brooklyn-based designers, RBW seems to have shifted gears away from furniture to focus exclusively on lighting. Considering the results, it was a solid decision. The Palindrome and Mori …

ICFF 2014 Preview: Wintercheck Factory

Furniture and lighting from the Brooklyn-based design-and-build brand

Since 2010 Brooklyn’s Wintercheck Factory has routinely rolled out new designs across apparel and homeware, to furniture and lighting. While the urge to design across all platforms is still alive and well, founder Kristen Wentrcek seems to be currently focusing on furniture, which will be on display at ICFF as part of NYCxDesign, running 17-20 May 2014. Divided into two sections—furniture designed by Wentrcek and …