Cool Hunting Video: Betony Gin and Tonic

A Midtown Manhattan restaurant infusing liquor in-house to create the perfect G&T

If you’re looking for a specialty cocktail without the complication, make your way uptown to Betony in NYC. General Manager Eamon Rockey recently showed us how to make the restaurant’s latest custom cocktail, the Betony G&T. This delicious take on a classic gin and tonic contains a base liquor that’s infused right in front of you—using black pepper and cardamom, amongst other ingredients—creating a fresh …

Studio Visit: Inkwell Helmets

In a bathroom-sized space in Manhattan, Danielle Baskin rethinks bike helmets as a billboard for personal expression

Danielle Baskin first popped up on our radar as the artist who was painting the easily recognizable (and for those from the Northwest, iconic) PDX airport carpet patterns onto bike helmets. Evidently, she paints a lot more than that (though these are going to become a hot commodity once the airport replaces the carpet this winter). Baskin designs and paints landscapes, video game throwbacks, educational …

Graphic Artist Michael Willis for Mood Skateboards

The NYC label continues their creative collaborations with a new batch of old-school visuals for their decks and garb

The design-driven duo behind Brooklyn-based skateboard company Mood is at it again. As with collections past, their collaborative efforts have culminated in a series of eye-catching skateboards and apparel donning the work of two new talented artists working in different mediums. While So Yoon Lym—an art educator living and working in Paterson, New Jersey—delivered her commission in the form of a beautifully detailed, photo-realistic painting …