This is NPR: The First Forty Years

An interview with National Public Radio correspondent Ari Shapiro about the station's new book

by Noah Armstrong Both beautifully designed and infinitely interesting, “This is NPR: The First Forty Years” chronicles the first 40 years of National Public Radio. Correspondents who have been—and many who still are—in the thick of it all, including Cokie Roberts, Susan Stamberg, Noah Adams, John Ydstie, Renée Montagne, Ari Shapiro and David Folkeflick, each cover one chapter of the book. Going decade by decade, …

Nhow Berlin

Record a hit when you visit Europe's first music hotel

In recent years travelers have shied away from traditional hotel chains in favor of more intimate boutique establishments, but the newly-opened Nhow Berlin aims to change this with a Karim Rashid-designed refuge dedicated to music. Billed as Europe’s first hotel with a state-of-the-art recording studio and guitars on the room service menu, the interior’s surreal setting combined with the seemingly physics-defying architecture serve as a …

Kate Miss Jewelry

Friendship bracelet-inspired necklaces from a graphic-designing blogger

The ultra-crafty graphic designer, jewelry designer and blogger Kate Miss produces simple necklaces that are so lovely it’s difficult to procure one before they sell out from her online shop. Almost two years ago the Long Island City-based designer developed a renewed interest in the friendship bracelets of her childhood, partly, she says, “out of nostalgia and partly due to the boom of the whole …