London Undercover Umbrellas

Adding a pop of color and a humorous outlook on dreary days, London Undercover keeps carriers dry with their well-designed umbrellas, boasting English-inspired graphics on sustainable fabrics. The After Dark collection (shown at top) speaks to the constant need of a good umbrella at any given moment, with its tiny size and expandable construction, while the Slim Walker and Classic collections more obviously nod to …

Areaware Stop Shop Holiday Pop-Up

by Anna Carnick Set in the heart of NYC's tourism district, Areaware's latest pop-up shop at Port Authority Bus Terminal is one of the more unusual and interesting of the spate of NYC pop-up-shops to open recently. "Stop Shop"—a follow-up to last August’s “Design to Go†pop-up—sets itself apart from the pack with an impossible-to-ignore Christmastime theme dubbed “a delirious technicolor holiday midnight dream.†Featuring …

Hugo & Marie Online Boutique

New York-based imaginative consultancy Hugo & Marie recently launched an online boutique offering apparel accessories, jewelry and artwork from its stable of visual artists and designers. The firm, founded almost two years ago, provides services to a broad client list that includes Nike, W Magazine, Warp Records and Microsoft. Serving as another platform for the agency's artists, co-founder Jennifer Sims explains, "since we mostly work …