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If Wes Anderson had an Online Store, it would Probably look Something like This

Browsing the Best Made Co., an independent store based out of New York, is a little bit like browsing a Wes Anderson movie prop list. Steve Zissou’s red beanie and survival kit– check; Moonrise Kingdom’s boy scout badges and campfire tools– check. Since it was founded in 2009 by Peter Buchanan-Smith, a down-and-out guy who had just…

I just took a Romantic Evening Stroll in Marseille … while sitting at my desk

Admittedly, I find Google Street View a little scary. It always jumps around on me, warping me all the way down the street when I just want to see the next door down. So when I got an email from an old Paris friend telling me to check out a newly launched Google Street View…

Homage to the Man behind the Mountain

If you’re a seeker of the off-beat and the off-grid, you’ve probably come across Salvation Mountain on your internet or real-life travels. This ravishing burst of colour, a monument to hope, love and joy in the Colorado desert outside Niland, California, was built by one man over three decades, piece by piece. That man was…

The NYC Pawnshop with a Hidden Surprise

I might be a little late to the party on this one, but I just came across the neat little concept of a restaurant hidden at the back of a pawn shop over in New York City. The Beauty & Essex Lounge opened in 2011 with a deceptive retro shop front acting as a facade…

And now, Silk Scarves inspired by Vintage Fruit Wrappers

You might have seen me complaining on this website before about why food packaging doesn’t look like this anymore. Beautiful vintage food labels oozing with creativity, attractive typography and artistic design– it’s an increasingly lost art. But as it turns out, someone else also happens to enjoy the art of vintage food labelling so much…

The Deadly Art of Train Surfing in South Africa

There are not many places in the world where you could get away with something like this, but South Africa seems to be one of them. And for too many, the risk is far greater than prison time. They call it ‘staff riding’, a scarily common sport for dare-devil thrill-seekers which involves jumping aboard moving…

The Himalayan Art of “Beware of the Dog” Signs: Saving a Subculture

As far a artistic subcultures go, this is probably one of the more awesomely obscure I’ve come across. We’re looking at hand-painted “beware of dog” metal signs, a unique Himalayan folk art which commonly adorns the private gates of homes in Nepal. They are a dying art form however. Hand-painted techniques around the world, even as…

Riding the Hate Bus, 1961

Before it was synonymous with hippies, peace and love, one infamous VW Combi van was riding across America to brazenly spread a message of hate. Pictured at a gas station in 1961 by LIFE photographer Joe Scherschel, the iconic vintage vehicle suddenly loses its charm … The “Hate” Bus was the disturbing idea of George Lincoln…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXIV)

1. Pan Am’s First Office, now a bar owned by the actress from Top Gun The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity’s microbrewery in Key West Florida. Find out more about it on Atlas Obscura. 2. A Femme Fatale’s Ring Gun In the early 1800s saw the height of…

There’s Something about Moffy

Meet Moffy. She recently did her first-ever magazine shoot for POP magazine, who put her on their front cover and called her ‘the face’. “Sounds like another meaningless fashion mag story title to me!” says the photographer who shot her for the story. It probably is meaningless to put labels on Moffy and make all…

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