Interview: Jona

The InAisce visionary on travel, texture and the nature of artistic collaboration

Invoking an anthropological spirit and aesthetic, New York-based designer Jona transcends the landscape of couture through his avant-garde label, InAisce. Imbued in signature hues of nuanced greys and arctic neutrals, InAisce aims to illustrate the ephemeral flux of nature and self in collections infused with a folkloric blend of tribal nomad and stoic sentinel. InAisce began as a men’s collection in 2009, emerging from Jona’s …

The InterLock

An integrated lock and seat post to keep your bicycle secure

While we’ve seen a variety of solutions to carrying a cumbersome bike lock, like Levi’s commuter series, the task is most often a bit of a struggle. Enter the InterLock, an integrated seat post bike lock. Currently on Kickstarter, the device replaces your standard seat post, giving you 40″ of cable lock to secure your back wheel or whole frame. While we must admit the …

Allied Maker

The young woodworker releases an iPhone 5 shelf and more handmade goods

After a relatively quiet start in August 2012 young woodworker Ryden Rizzo—producing under the moniker Allied Maker—quickly found his supremely simple homeware designs garnering much attention around the web. Now with the holiday media rush behind him, Rizzo returns to his workshop to update some of his stately designs with leather accents, and to introduce a new iPhone 5 charging shelf. Making everything by hand …