We take a ride in the first Passats to come off VW’s new energy-efficient factory line…

Introducing a new streamlined body while lowering the price, the 2012 Volkswagen Passat sleekly updates previous models. The big advancement being that it’s now

Colorful geometric beadwork in an artistic update to the classic friendship bracelet …

Call them jazzed-up friendship bracelets or modernist beadwork, Julie Rofman’s colorful cuffs reinvent hippie tropes—even if the Northern California studio overlooking the ocean where she makes them might

London’s one-night-only art exhibit and pop-up dinner dedicated to all things hamburger…

One of the few meat menu items that even tempts health nuts and vegetarians, burgers are not just a ubiquitous dish but in recent years have been taken

Eight impressive lighting options that do more than illuminate…
As we made the Design Week rounds recently in NYC, we found some brilliant examples of modern lighting. Below are eight lamps sure to add a flicker of stylish design to

New online concept store lets designers shop their cities for you …

Tapping into the excitement of traveling to foreign cities and discovering the rare, unique and otherwise special offerings, Relative Space’s Tyler Greenberg took the idea of a concept shop

Tradition meets innovation in a design collaboration centered around the at-home bar…

Since stepping on the scene nearly five years ago, Teroforma has stayed true to their core as a tableware company committed to honest design. The husband-and-wife team seeks

Photographer Tim Barber introduces animated GIFs to an exclusive menswear line…

Like the brands they represent, lookbooks run the gamut from those shot on Brooklyn rooftops to full-scale studio productions with renowned fashion photographers. In what may be an industry

Show your mug to Berlin for a chance to win your favorite car from Mini…

For the next two weeks people passing through Berlin’s Kurf

Google’s Chromebook, inside a Chanel atelier, dissecting an FBI tracking device and more in this week’s look at the web…

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Chanel’s rich history continues to captivate media attention, this time with a peek that Another

SF-based Pop-Up Magazine brings their live act to NYC for a collaborative production with ESPN The Magazine…

While the big debate among publications today mainly falls over print versus digital, Pop-Up Magazine offers a new way to think about editorial

Two young filmmakers follow photographer Alec Soth on his quest to document people escaping from society…

Somewhere to Disappear directors Laure Flammarion and Arnaud Uyttenhove admitted to the packed audience at the Q&A session following the film’s NYC premiere that

Our day two overview of the idea-making conference …
We concluded last week at The 99% Conference, where the second day of speakers proffered even more sound advice on making ideas happen. Now in our third year in collaboration with Behance,

Our day one overview of the idea-making conference …
Now in our third year, the 99% Conference speakers are a group of hard-workers at the forefronts of their fields, carefully selected by Behance and Cool Hunting for how they manifest Edison’s

South African hair culture and communities in a vivid book of photos…

Like so many underdeveloped places, South Africa’s townships (often written off by tourists as undesirable and dangerous) have long been rich sources of legendary music and culture. As

Customize a classic with Hermès’ new scarf embroidery service
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Brooklyn naval history in a furniture line upcycled from local materials…

After launching a furniture series made out of wood reclaimed from Coney Island’s boardwalk in 2010, Brooklyn design studio Uhuru takes up the concept again with their second “local

From Thonet to Pinanfarina, the evolution of deskside seating…

Of all the far-reaching implications of the information age, technical innovations in office chair design define an era that could be named the desk-bound age. Here to put the contemporary mesh

Moody sculptural paintings by an emerging NYC artist …

Stark yet colorful works that fall somewhere between painting and sculpture, NYC-based artist Eli Ping’s practice is a study of unexpected tension in form, subject and tone. Ping says he’s “ultimately interested

Stationery with a DIY twist for custom pixel graphics…

Sending someone special a card may seem gracious enough these days, but Present & Correct’s latest Paper Weaving Card Set really ups the charm with easy tools for constructing a personalized