Lazy Oaf + Garfield Summer ’14 Collection

The East London label meets the godfather of grumpy cats for a colorful and nostalgic summer collection

Before Grumpy Cat became an internet sensation and a meme standard, Garfield (created by American cartoonist Jim Davis) starred in feature films, garnered multiple Emmys, broke a Guinness World Record for most widely syndicated comic strip and won the hearts of readers—all without lifting a paw, staying true to his apathetic nature. As the ultimate “Lazy Oaf” in cartoon history, Garfield is a perfect partner …

Design Indaba 2014: The Expo

Africa's emerging and established design talent join together in Cape Town for the yearly exhibition and marketplace

Each year that we attend Cape Town’s brilliant Design Indaba conference, the subsequent Expo seems to infinitely grow and improve—a testament to the design world’s increasing fascination with the opportunities abounding in the vibrant continent. Now a massive marketplace consuming the entirety of the city’s spacious convention center, the Expo is teeming with emerging and established designers from across the design fields. Below is just …

Of a Kind + Chen Chen & Kai Williams

Fruit-shaped cement planters produced in a limited edition by the experimental design duo

Champion of creating limited-edition goods with independent designers, and the antithesis to flash sale sites, Of a Kind recently gave us a sneak peek of its latest creation, which highlights the work of Brooklyn-based experimental design duo Chen Chen and Kai Williams. A CH favorite, Chen and Williams are known for playing with materials to create functional art pieces, whether its melding found objects and …