WXYZ

Laura Wass strikes out on her own with jewelry combining the industrial with the handmade

Balancing a spare, industrial aesthetic with the richness of fine jewelry, designer Laura Wass has opened up an interesting niche for herself in the market. With Fall 2012 she has launched WXYZ, a focused line of “DNA” and jacks bead necklaces, rubber and steel pulley bracelets, rubber bubble bangles and geometric metal-and-resin rings. With each detail, from the softness of the neoprene bracelet links, to …

Time and Space on the Lower East Side

Photographer Brian Rose compares the NYC neighborhood from 1980 to 2010

After graduating from The Cooper Union in 1980 Brian Rose began recording the cultural landscape of the Lower East Side along with fellow photographer Ed Fausty. The images were exhibited in a show called “Gargoyles and Cherubs” at the Henry Street Settlement the next year, but were later forgotten—the negatives left in Rose’s archives. Thirty years later, he decided to revisit the theme. Rose brought …

Nicely Noted

Lovers of letterpress design get a stationery subscription service

Nostalgia for snail mail and an appreciation for contemporary design (and convenience) unite in Nicely Noted, a subscription service that delivers three handpicked letterpress cards each month. Founder Perry Nelson brings her eye for design to each of the selections, seeking out the best letterpress designers around for her monthly mailings. The richly textured cards are paired with colorful envelopes, and Nelson even selects a …