America Messenger

Portable reminder to get out the vote

With only 61.8% of eligible voters showing up to polls for the 2008 US presidential election, everyone from Con Edison to the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) are attempting to persuade reluctant citizens to cast their votes next Tuesday, 6 November 2012. San Francisco-based company Timbuk2 recently joined the design community’s effort to inspire turnout with a messenger bag that has been cut and …

The Fortieth Parallel

North America's bisecting line of latitude captured by photographer Bruce Myren's large-format Deardorff camera

Massachusetts-based photographer Bruce Myren is a man with a camera, on a mission to capture the many faces of North America’s 40th parallel. Stretching East to West from New Jersey to California and crossing 11 states in between, the 40th degree of latitude bisects the United States and is reckoned to have played an integral role in the westward flow of early settlers, as well …

Belgraves

Thompson Hotels' transatlantic addition ideally conflates business with pleasure for discerning travelers

On the corner of a quiet street in a neighborhood surrounded by foliage-filled 19th-century squares, stylish lingerie shops and swanky cigar bars sits Belgraves, Thompson Hotels’ latest project and one of London’s newest designer digs. Aptly named, the hotel is located in Belgravia—an affluent area home to many of the capital’s diplomats and notable public figures, such as the “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher. While the …