Listening to Yasmine Hamdan’s music, her soaring and unique voice and vocal style, reminds me of listening to John Coltrane blow his horn. When she sings – as when Coltrane plays sax – Hamdan improvises,…
Yearly Archives
2018
Picture a successful fashion designer 50, 20 or even ten years ago, and you’d likely be thinking of a white man tailoring evening gowns in London or Paris. But today, one of the world’s most…
H.Moser & Cie’s provocative and tongue-in-cheek humour was in full force this year as they trolled the industry with a one-off Frankenstein-like ‘Swiss Icons’ watch that mixed an Hublot case, a bezel combining the shape…
Unlike other e-bike manufacturers, LA-based Hi-Power Cycles don’t throw together pre-fab parts. Instead, they almost entirely craft their bicycles in-house, and in the case of their latest product, no cost was spared in its production…
Remember Jochen Zeitz? He’s the former CEO of Puma who now uses his millions to change opinions on climate change. He’s also a guy who fell in love with Africa and bought Segera, a Kenyan…
Arch Motorcycle Company is an LA-based boutique manufacturer that was co-founded by hard-core rider and actor Keanu Reeves along with chopper whiz Gard Hollinger. “Our partnership was forged around the first bike that Gard made…
Designers usually get all the glory, but it’s the craftsmen behind them who truly turn creative dreams into reality. Every once in a while, when they really break boundaries, these dedicated craftsmen appear in the…
This spectacular console is the creation of Neal Aronowitz, a native of Brooklyn, who studied art and architecture in New York before settling in Oregon. It’s made from Concrete Canvas, a material that was pioneered…
It’s only been five years since Khaled El Mays launched his own furniture design brand but he’s already garnered an incredible amount of coverage with features in Wallpaper, The Observer, The Financial Times’ How to…
Any conversation of cryptocurrencies has to begin with an explanation of blockchain and why it’s so revolutionary. In essence, blockchain changes the way we transact with each other and allows us to move from a…