Off Piste: A Ride Across America, Part 2 of 5

Leather and canvas; a look at the gear we wore on our motorcycle ride from NYC to LA

Just one month ago we kicked off from the streets of Brooklyn with 3,700 miles ahead of us. Ten days later we arrived by motorcycle in Los Angeles with some sore arses and a few new stories to tell. Yesterday we introduced the bikes and bags that kept us on route, and today we continue with the week-long rundown with an overview of our favorite …

Thin King Salmon Skin Card Case

An aluminum answer to a bulky wallet, handmade in Helsinki

Designed and produced one at a time in Finland, Thin King is Helsinki’s answer to the bulky wallet most people have sworn to never own again. The sturdy anodized aluminum card case has been making noise in design circles for a while now, and the brand’s latest offering is likely to only amplify this. Launching today, 15 October, Thin King introduces the salmon skin Heritage …

Studio Visit: Crispin Finn

Classic ephemera screen-printed in red, white and blue by a pair of convivial creatives

The fun-loving, low maintenance duo working as London-based design studio Crispin Finn are undoubtedly passionate about red, white and blue. Their signature tricolor formula originally evolved from wanting to simplify a screen-printing process so as to reduce the cost of buying high-quality, super-concentrated ink, but it has since laid an ideal foundation for their graphic and illustration work. As accomplished bowlers, discerning burger enthusiasts, film …