If you haven’t been out to House of Yes yet, do it. This amazing venue hosts everything from performing arts events to aerial and circus arts classes to sewing workshops… What started as a vague dream to own a theater and a costume shop has quickly turned into a reality. And it was sped up [...]
Adrian Buckmaster creates hauntingly beautiful photographs. He’s managed to shy away from specializing – he handles portrait, fashion, architecture, and nature shot all with the same sensitivity, and he’s made quite a career of it. (And his talents don’t end in the visual realm, he also makes a mean chutney. We couldn’t ask for a [...]
Fox News iMag came over to our headquarters and asked us some questions about our interior design – watch the video below.
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3rd Ward is a haven for artists, designers, and freelancers. They’ll give you a desk, a bike, internet, plus computer lab and photo studio and shop access. They’ll teach you how to weld or make websites or screenprint. Really anything they can think of to make their members happy. Jason told us, “We obsess over [...]
Before starting Wintercheck Factory, Kristen Wentrcek worked on a construction site in Tribeca managing a spiffy real estate development project. She dug the architecture, design and humongous machines but could pass on the loan requisitions, punch lists and filing. So she quit her job and started her own company! We’re big fans of her work [...]
Switching it up… Remember when we interviewed Paul Loebach? He had the fun idea to interview us about our business for the site.
Design Glut on Design Glut… Super meta.
“I was contacted by Design Glut for an interview a few months ago, and I’ve been a dedicated fan of their products and weblog ever since. Upon [...]
Lola Ehrlich of Lola Hats has a clear knack for millinery. As soon as she opened up her first shop, she was sold out of everything. Not only that, Begdorf Goodman was begging to buy from her and she had a hat on the cover of Elle. That was in 1989, and she’s been going [...]
Over the course of this interview, Matthew Fairbank coined the terms “academically roofied” and “wood nerds,” making him my new linguistic hero. On top of having a brilliant way with words, he also has a brilliant way with bandsaws, and wood, and metal, and lacquer.
One of the reasons we started our blog was because it [...]
Katie Deedy from Grow House Grow! will be showing at BKLYN DESIGNS this year for the first time. Her patterns make you do a double-take. Subtle, hidden elements emerge the longer you look. Her new line is to die for – literally – inspired by historical characters who met shocking and untimely deaths. Are you [...]
Ali and Ad are genuine people who are making things happen. They run Factory Fresh, an awesome gallery here in Bushwick. Ad is well known for his street art as SKEWVILLE. They’re an incredibly inspiring pair, and we had so much fun hanging out and hearing how they’ve done it.
Factory Fresh by SKEWVILLE
What is Factory [...]
