Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Gear

CH teams up with the avid riders at Aether to create the ultimate gear guide for summer

Advertorial content: As these sun-soaked days of May continue to breathe life into the drained bodies and minds sapped by the East Coast’s prolonged winter, our itch to take back the asphalt grows stronger. That’s why CH teamed up with the avid riders at Aether to create a gear guide worthy of a new season. Adopting the ethos of Robert Pirsig’s classic “Zen and the …

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 …

Gram Shoes, Stockholm

Technical and material-driven shoes, made in Hong Kong and designed by three Swedes

Swedish footwear label, Gram has been quietly yet persistently gathering a cult following since its arrival in 2005. It’s the creative outlet of designer Hong Kong-based Alexis Holm, Johan Larsson and their cohort, Anna Stenvi. The shoes themselves are a rare breed of creativity and technical inquisitiveness, married to superior quality of construction, enabled by Gram’s in-house research and development work. Recently, Holm made a …