Urban Farming

Approaches to sustainable agriculture in several of the world's largest cities

More than half the world’s population now lives in cities, but when it comes to feeding them, trucking in the necessary amount of food isn’t a sustainable process for any metropolis. Growing out of the need for better solutions, urban farming is becoming an increasingly common approach, whether resourceful groups and individuals are planting vegetables in a container on their back porch or are harvesting …

Instagram NYC

Simple phone snaps comprise a compelling photo show dedicated to the Big Apple

Like Twitter without the pressure of pithy writing, Instagram allows you to share your current status to friends and followers by simply uploading a photo from your iPhone or Android. Created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the free photo-sharing app—which recently sold to Facebook for $1 billion—comes with 11 filters, blurring effects, borders and a brightening tool for users to play with. These enhancement …

Ampersand Gallery and Dunderdon

A Portland collector's antique imagery and artifacts add new depth to a Swedish workwear label's NYC shop

The seemingly surprising collaboration between Portland’s Ampersand Gallery and Swedish workwear company Dunderdon came about in a wholly organic fashion. Les Szabo, a long-time Portland resident and the owner of Dunderdon USA, walked into Ampersand one day and simply liked the way it looked. “We started talking about a collaboration back in October, but it wasn’t until this spring that we began to formalize what …