Art Basel Hong Kong: East

Highlights from the Asian component of the recent fair

After six years of galleries, artists and buyers surging upon Hong Kong’s ART HK festival, Art Basel has taken the reigns to build upon Asia’s creative boom, bring the local market global and take global audiences local. With 50% of the fair required to showcase works represented by galleries in Asia and Asia-Pacific, the East had an opportunity to demonstrate their style and technique to …

A Single Hop by the Committee on Opprobriations

The DC-based designers are educating beer drinkers about hops with abstract prints

Craft beer’s surge in popularity coincides with a movement toward locavorism and a greater general interest in the ingredients in the products we consume. Most people now know that beer contains four major ingredients: water, grain, yeast and hops. Hops, the flower of the climbing plant humulus lupus, play a central role in determining a beer’s character. But some people aren’t aware that there are …

Unit Portables + Ucon Arko Bag

Celebrate the Stockholm label's two-year anniversary with a collaborative rendition of their Unit 01 shoulder bag

The makers of highly functional, modular bags for everyday use and extended travel, Stockholm’s Unit Portables are celebrating their their second year of superlative bag design by teaming up with Berlin-based clothing brand Ucon to recreate their founding design; the Unit 01 shoulder bag. Released today as Unit Portables’ first collaborative project, The Arko bag blends both companies’ creative spirits in a limited edition release. …