Young Czech Shoe Designers

Three talented fashion graduates take on modern footwear

by Adam tch There is a fresh new wave rising in Czech fashion. Relatively young names have come onto the scene, and several new events have been established to showcase their work. In recognition of the talent, we’ve gathered three exceptional fashion designerscoincidentally, all graduates of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (AAAD) in Praguewho are helping to pioneer the future of shoe design. …

Network Awesome

Expert video curators deliver a week of design inspiration and more

Network Awesome is a website where you can easily lose track of time and yet never feel like time is being wasted. Living up to its name, the Berlin-based site is brimming with utterly curious content which is curated by a team of cultivated film and video buffs, and turned into organized weekly programming. From women of punk to cat videos, a wide range of …

Budnitz Bicycles No.5

A gender neutral step-through cruiser joins the line of precision-built titanium bikes

Since its inception in summer 2011, Budnitz Bicycles has garnered a notable following amongst design and cycle enthusiasts alike for their precision-built titanium bikes. Following in the tracks of their first four frame designs, today we see the release of the No.5, a gender neutral step-through city cruiser. The versatile frame design combines top-quality materials and components—domestically sourced where possible—with the innovative split-tube cantilever frame …