Blackbody NYC

A look inside the OLED maker's first showroom with Art Director Thierry Gaugain

As essentially the only company making OLED applications available to the consumer market,Blackbody—a sub-brand of innovative Italian-French lighting developer Astron Fiamm—is leading the charge to bring the versatile lighting option to a wider audience. We’ve seen their impressive installations at both Milan Design Week and Paris’ Maison & Objet during the past couple years, and earlier this week we had the chance to check out …

Cool Hunting Video: John Daley of New York Sushi Ko

The passionate chef talks to us while preparing for the night's omakase service

John Daley—chef and co-owner of the newly opened New York Sushi Ko on the Lower East Side of New York City—spoke with us while prepping for a night’s omakase service. Daley, who cut his teeth at some of the most notorious Japanese restaurants in NYC and Tokyo, is heading up this 11-seat spot to deliver his meticulously created, high-quality sushi. The passionate chef talked us …

The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining

A new Abrams Books guide for making and drinking whiskey

In 2010, a former Kentucky rooftop moonshiner joined forces with the great-grandson of a Prohibition-era bootlegger. Kings County Distillery was born; the first of its kind in New York City since the national alcohol ban of the 1920s. Kings County produces highly awarded, small-batch moonshine, bourbon and other whiskeys at the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Paymaster Building—where naval officers once picked up their paychecks. Now, co-founders …