When San Fransisco pleasure object innovators CRAVE—helmed by Ti Chang and Michael Topolovac—launched Vesper, their first vibrator necklace back in 2014, it quickly became a bold proclamation for self-love, wellness and sex-positivity. The necklace and clitoral stimulator empowered people to decouple shame from pleasure and embrace their self wholeheartedly. Merging impressive functionality with a sleek, mysterious aesthetic, Vesper is a masterclass in inspiring design and …
For her eponymous jewelry brand, designer Aeri Go finds inspiration in the Korean virtue of inner peace connecting with harmony in the physical world (a concept traced to Confucianism). Soft curves and minimalist design reflect this equilibrium, as well as a resonance with nature. For the Smiley Flower Necklace, Go crafted a bulbous floral (sculpted with wax and then cast in sterling silver) to craft …
A modest, blue-toned apartment in Ridgewood, Queens currently doubles as a studio for the whimsical independent jewelry brand Haricot Vert. Inside the living-room-turned-workspace, founder Kelsey Armstrong pairs vintage Monopoly pieces, miniature cutlery and other found objects with her signature picto-charms—tiny photos turned into glazed pendants that Armstrong crafts by hand. Owned, operated and made almost entirely by the founder (save for the occasional assistant), Haricot …
