Famous for colorful souks where artisans peddle handmade goods, Morocco hasn’t been spared the effects of Westernization. To help keep the craftsmanship heritage alive, Aimee Bianca and her Moroccan husband Chafiq Ennaoui came up with Beldi, a country-specific online shop highlighting select housewares and accessories. Explaining they noticed “more and more cheap plastic stuff from China in peoples’ homes” when visiting Morocco, the pair not …
From his airy studio in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission district, photographer Michael Shindler is quietly putting a little “soul-stealing” back into the act of picture taking. Asking his subjects to sit still for a one-off tintype portrait, Shindler began Photobooth—a studio, shop and gallery space—in late August 2011 as a way of putting tangible value back into the typically digital medium. Shindler captures …
When hanging her sculpture show this past spring, Jill Platner became enamored with the strength, weightlessness and feel of the marine rope she carefully re-wove to elegantly suspend her work. That inspiration led to this fall’s newest item in her jewelry collection, the JP Hitch. The classic JP Clasp has been refined and simplified without compromising its distinction. To seamlessly affix the clasp to the …
