Billykirk, a New York-based leather maker company is the dream of Chris and William Kirkland who developed the brand’s name before they envisioned what their product would one day be. Since their first collection hit shelves in 1999, their team has hand crafted leather wallets, bags, belts and more. Their newest bag, the leather Schoolboy […]

Lucky for us users of the world wide web we get to stumble across treasures like this: the BBC’s 2004 documentary Once Upon a Time in New York: The Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk. As the title suggests, the one-hour documentary tells the story of how the squalid, crumbling streets of downtown New […]

New York-based clothing and accessories company CXXVI (pronounced like this) features the Marlin Spike Knife. With the skill of more than 30 years experience in scrimshaw artistry, each knife is individually etched by hand and filled with black India ink and sealed with 2 coats of archival wax to protect the intricate design and enhance […]

Conceptual artist Hans-Peter Feldman is important. So important in fact that he was named the recipient of the Hugo Boss Prize last November — a bi-annual award presented to artists who make significant achievements in contemporary art. Attached to winning the award, the German artist received $100,000. In a stroke of artistic inspiration, Feldman — […]

New York-based 3D lens developers Kogeto are gearing up to launch Dot. The small panoramic lens attaches to your iPhone and allows users to capture fully navigable 360-degree video footage instantly and without needing to rotate or move the device. The company’s “looker” app converts the camera’s raw stereographic view image into a panorama, viewable […]

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. […]

Trouble & Bass was tapped by the Scion A/V series for their latest release — an EP compiling some of the label’s best acts [download the EP HERE]. We caught Trouble & Bass label founder Drop the Lime this past Tuesday at the “Check Your Ponytail!2″ party when he brought his brand new rockabilly-meets-dance live […]

New York’s bass-worshiping DJ crew/label Trouble & Bass founder Drop the Lime (aka Luca Venezia) is elevating his DJing to the next level by incorporating a live band aspect to his performance. The result mixes his Heavy Bass sound with a prominent Rockabilly influence to embrace the more rock side of his persona, including Venezia […]