Bestie

Scott and Scott Architects' minimalist interior shines in Vancouver's small sausage and beer parlor

Anyone with an eye for minimalist design will tell you, less is more. But do Dieter Rams’ sagely timeless words apply to restaurant design? Vancouver-based Scott and Scott Architects believe so. And with a budget of just over $15,000 and 750 square feet to work with, the duo designed and built Bestie, a newly opened sausage and beer parlor in the heart of Vancouver’s Chinatown …

Interview: Jacob Henley of Salemtown Board Co.

A Tennessee-native changing lives with skateboards

by Madison Kahn Last November, all that Tennessee-native Jacob Henley had was a tank of gas, some reclaimed wood and a big idea: to mentor inner-city Nashville youth by teaching them how to build one-of-a-kind skateboards. Now, six months later, Salemtown Board Co., named after the low-income neighborhood where the company is based, has sold nearly 100 hand-painted, solid-oak skateboardsand employed one very special high …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Spray-on waterproofing, the fight for LGBTQ rights in photos and exploding Disney princesses in our look at the web this week

1. Robot Drawing Machines Creating new forms of art by exploring new mediums including glow paint and coding, Chicago-based multimedia artist Harvey Moon is best known for his homemade robot drawing machines. The thought process behind which is particularly fascinating: favoring Arduino-powered, algorithm-reading machines over using the physical body to “extend our system beyond our own hands… and augment the physical world.” This video interview …