Astier de Villatte

Ceramics, candles, hand printed agendas and more from one of our favorite Parisian brands

It took a recent visit to one of our favorite Paris shops to realize that despite using their products all the time we’ve never written about them. Astier de Villatte is a 15 year old lifestyle powerhouse founded by Benoît Astier de Villatte and Ivan Pericoli. Their unique take on ceramics, paper goods, perfumes, candles, furniture, silverware, glassware and more are created in a Bastille …

Cannondale and Junk Food Clothing

An urban road bike gets a vintage-inspired overhaul in a one-off collaboration

Biker gangs like the Hells Angels may have more in common with Cannondale’s murdered-out Bad Boy bicycle, per se, but Junk Food Clothing‘s new motorcycle club-inspired rendition offers enough attitude to lure its own contingent of riders. The collaborative bike is the first of two unique designs that the L.A.-based T-shirt brand will conceive for Re:Mix Lab, Antenna Magazine’s five-city-wide traveling art show. Cannondale’s Michael …

The Standard Gets Nailed

The hotel's publishing imprint presents a new book from Chicago-based artist Dzine

The Standard, positioning itself as a culture and lifestyle brand beyond its current roster of hotel properties, has once again succeeded in making an artful book under their publishing imprint, Standard Press. Following their first publication, “What Me Worry,” by artist Andrew Kuo, comes “Nailed,” by the edgy and multi-talented artist, Dzine. The artist’s work typically revolves around themes of beauty, style, culture and fine …