After spending several years working in the international aid community around Sub-Saharan Africa, frustration set in for Canadian Tal Dehtiar. Money intended to stimulate struggling economies seemed to dissipate with little to show for it in terms of large-scale change in the lives of everyday people. Aiming to create a business that is at once economically, socially and environmentally sustainable, Dehitar founded Oliberté in 2009, …
In an impassioned and informative short documentary by director Brian Fortune, viewers are given a glimpse into one man’s extraordinary life. Chris Goldmann, the film’s subject, is the founder of Pegasus Knives. With deft attention to detail, material and care, Goldmann crafts magnificent utensils. His story doesn’t begin there, however. It begins first in rural South Africa, then moves forth into his tenure as a …
Printed with a year’s worth of moons upon it, San Francisco-based artist Ella Luna’s gigantic cotton scarf is a dreamy wall calendar substitute. The first edition from the Bulan Project—a recently launched collaborative focused on producing limited edition, artist designed objects (think conceptual product-based publication The Thing Quarterly meets indie fashion buyers Of a Kind)—the namesake scarf is a symbolic first piece for a brand …
