Oregon-based workshop Shwood creates wood sunglasses with iconic shapes like these Wayfarers, which they’ve named ‘Canby’. They’re carved out of sustainable harvested natural woods such as zebrawood, cherry, and East Indian rosewood with top of the line Carl Zeiss lenses with optional polarizer. The Canby combines timeless frame style with the luxuriousness and uniqueness of [...]

Do you use your bike simply as means of transportation? Are you sick of being tailgated by larger motor vehicles when you’re in the bike lane? Does riding uphill make you break too much of a sweat, or are you tired of showing up to work trying to catch your breath? If you’re all or [...]

We’re starting a new series highlighting a genre of art that has long been held dear to my heart: rock posters. For the inaugural edition of Rock (Poster Art) Gods! we’re kicking things off with Dan Stiles, a 15+ year veteran laying it down from his studio in sunny Portland, Oregon. We loved Dan’s interview, [...]

San Fransisco-based studio Fuseproject has introduced their latest design by Yves Behar (who we’ve interviewed) and in collaboration with SyCip. The LOCAL is a unique design that came about as a means to address the needs of our daily lives. The Oregon Manifest Constructor Design Challenge (a competition to imagine a generation of sustainable transportation for [...]

We’re gonna be in Portland this weekend at the launch of the 2012 Hyundai Veloster at the boutique Jupiter Hotel, and the crew at Hyundai have quite a full 12-course meal of activities in front of us. It’s gonna be a doozy, but we’ll throw up a gallery of the weekend as it goes down. [...]

Is there a way to even glance at this Oregon-based bourbon-style whiskey and not think of Spinal Tap’s biggest hit? You know there’s some Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins fans at Big Bottom Whiskey — an independent bottler that works with multiple distilleries to source their products. Two of their products include their New [...]

The Ace Hotel New York’s signature plaid blanket is now available for purchase via their online shop for $150. Made exclusively for the Ace NYC by the established wool makers at Pendleton, the blankets are fashioned of pure virgin wool in a unique design specifically created for the New York hotel in Pendleton’s Oregon mills. [...]

This afternoon Audi announced its collaboration with Renovo Hardwood Bicycles to create a high performance, yet luxurious 2-wheeler. Last year we covered the R4 Pursuit by Renovo (the world’s only all-hardwood bike manufacturer), and the bicycles are truly beautiful designs, so it’s a fitting compliment to Audi who continue to gobble up market share from [...]