Grove WoodPrint Case

Personalized iPhone cases milled and hand-finished from premium hardwood

by Adrienne So The options are almost limitless when it comes to decorating and protecting your iPhone. But when it comes to creating a case that’s truly one of a kind, it’s hard to do better than Grove’s new WoodPrint case for the iPhone 5 and new 5s. Starting today, customers can upload their own images and Instagram photos to Grove’s website, where—once a design …

Interview: Formafantasma Studio

The Netherlands-based, Italian "design bastards" put together their entire body of work for a solo exhibition

by Stefano Caggiano Formafantasma—a studio based in Eindhoven, Netherlands—is run by Italian designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Ferrasin, who have become famous over the past few years for their alchemical approach to design and their use of live materials such as sea sponge and natural resins. The duo began working together during their university studies; now their work bends the barriers and ventures into strange …

The Aviary

A new micro-shop in Seattle sells objects that inspire and stimulate the brain

by Sam Bovarnick In Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, on an unusually cloudy summer evening, CH visited Ken Mitchell’s creativity shop The Aviary. Stepping into The Aviary is a joyfully discombobulating experience. The shop is maybe 10×10 ft and is explosive with color. The Aviary’s stimulating wares—Lomography cameras and film, journals from Binderwork, Midori and Ogami; toys like Bubber, and Kidsonroof totems—are displayed on sleek triangular shelving …