Below the Boat

Handcrafted bathymetric charts depicting underwater topographies in all their glory

Beneath the hull of every boat, there is a sprawling underwater landscape that one doesn’t often get the chance to see. We can experience this nuanced world of ridges and rises, however, with the help of bathymetric charts, the watery equivalent to topographic maps. While most of these charts are used for practical purposes, the topographies that they reveal can be extraordinary, particularly those created …

Eagle Wolf Orca

A transatlantic creative collaborative with a story to tell

After finishing a study-abroad program together in Milan, designer friends Emmet Rock, Fritz Riha and Marc Reisen found themselves missing the invaluable creative feedback loop that comes from working collaboratively rather than individually. With Rock in Dublin, Reisen in Palo Alto and Riha in London, it seemed as though the group would never be able to recapture the same rewarding, creative symbiosis they had experienced …

mimiTENS

Godzilla, skull and princess kids' mittens made in Canada

They don’t call Canada the Great White North for nothing—it gets cold up there. To Anna-Maria Mountfort, founder of children’s mitten brand mimiTENS, the country seems like the right place to make quality winter wear. “The way I see it, if you buy olive oil from Italy, kids’ mittens from Canada is pretty logical,” says Mountfort on her website. Mountfort started mimiTENS when she couldn’t …