Parke Active Denim

The young startup sets out to make stretch denim jeans in NYC from fabric made in Cone Mills, North Carolina

After funding their first selvedge denim jeans with a successful Kickstarter campaign in early 2013, NYC-based Parke is at it again with a more innovative idea in mind: A pair of raw denim jeans woven with one percent elastane for enough stretch to encourage and enable an active lifestyle. While the “active denim” lacks selvedge, it is made by renowned Cone Mills in North Carolina, …

Image of the Studio: A Portrait of New York City Graphic Design

An exhibition and online project producing cognitive maps of the industry's urban influences

From the number of house plants to the amount of music played and what type, the new exhibition “Image of the Studio: A Portrait of New York City Graphic Design” showcases a fastidious breakdown of the environments in which 75 of the Big Apple’s graphic design shops operate. But the survey digs deeper than the intriguing cultural inclinations—although there is plenty of that to chew …

Interview: JIHAE

The artist on working with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and co-writing music for a Leonard Cohen poem about an orgasm

Many singers these days produce albums that have been laboriously groomed and primped—from almost-too-perfect Autotuned vocals to the overly airbrushed album cover—so it’s refreshing to meet a singer and songwriter with a sultry voice and raw energy who’s not afraid to express her opinions. JIHAE isn’t a new face in the music industry: her debut LP My Heart Is An Elephant featured guest percussion from …