Amanda Browder

Plush and stuffed creations from the colorful imagination of a Brooklyn-based artist

When looking at one of Amanda Browder‘s colorful installations or plush creations, one can’t help but smile. Working from often recycled materials and fabrics, the Brooklyn-based artist creates her patchwork world of sculptures and objects including everything from a stuffed gorilla barfing glittery strings to a monumental, quilted waterfall draped over the Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn. Imaginative, interactive and often oversized, Browder’s work walks the …

MoMATH

National Museum of Mathematics offers new perspectives on making the subject approachable

In opening to the general public in NYC last weekend, the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMATH) became the only numerically-focused museum in North America. The idea behind the museum dedicated to the quantitative field, according to mathematician, founder and executive director Glen Whitney, stems from the desire “to remove some of the barriers that prevents people from getting into math” and challenge the idea that …

Orley Ties

The young knitwear brand adds graphic ties to their vibrant line

Dissatisfied with men’s knitwear options that skewed drab or overly flamboyant, brothers Alex and Matthew Orley, along with their friend and partner Samantha Florence, launched Orley with a Fall/Winter 2012 collection. Orley’s debut line of psychedelic, Italian-made sweaters quickly earned the trio a reputation for being both original and quality-driven. For their second collection, they decided to expand their spring offerings, branching into ties and …