The BDDW showroom in SoHo carries unique hand crafted furniture. Qualities such as focus on material, close attention to detail and a clean design have propelled designer and sculptor Tyler Hays to the forefront of his field. READ MORE

Gray Kid: Lonely Love

The first time I saw the Gray Kid perform many years ago on Valentine’s Day at Spaceland in Silverlake, CA, I fell in love. His one-man-band, wacky beats and off tempo dance moves come together in a high-energy and mesmerizing performance. Whether he’s rapping over old MOP songs or singing one of his original sultry melodies, Gray Kid kills it every time.

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A Spring in New York by Fred Lebain is an interesting project where Lebian photographs different locations in the city, then prints a crop of each scene, and goes back to each locations to re-shoot them aligning his print with the original location – Tres bonne idee Fred ! READ MORE

Recent Harvard Business School graduates Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss put their brains to work in favor of their love for fashion and after numerous business plans came up with the strategy for Rent the Runway, a concept that has been compared to Netflix. It is in hard economic times that some of the best ideas are born, finding ways to make the unattainable accessible to large demographics is a brilliant mission The duo has created an online platform making typically unattainable fashion accessible to a much larger demographic. Rent the Runway allows its members to rent designer dresses for up to 4 days with a modest range of $50 – $200, approximately 10% of their retail value. And for an additional $25 you can choose an alternate option to be shipped, in case the fit or style is not right.

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I discovered the illustrations of Russian based Eika Dopludo while reading Hair’em Scare’em book - She has some wonderful hair illustrations and her ‘Life in Alphabet’ is a pretty amazing project of representing type using organic inspirations. READ MORE

Hope Von Joel is a London based Stylist/Creative Director. She is a Fashion Knitwear Graduate from Central St Martins, London. With Clients ranging from Nylon, Oyster, Dansk, Arena and Vogue she has worked with photographers Jason Bell, Yaniv Edry, Victor De Mello and Mo Saito. She has also styled musicians Alanis Morisette, The Rumblestrips, The Zutons and new hot model Jade Jagger.

I love Hope Von Joel’s colourful exuberant style. The colours and shapes are completely complimentary to the female form and makes for eye attracting photography.

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