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New Curse of the Multiples Prints and Jewelry
(01 July 2009) - After his initial successful run of graphic posters, designer Evan Melnyk aka “Curse of the Multiples” is at it again. The newest set of prints are available now from his online shop featuring his ever-so-crisp graphics and witty dark quotes. Adding another discipline to his craft, he just finished creating some laser-cut acrylic jewelry featuring some of his most iconic characters. Both posters and...
(01 July 2009) - After his initial successful run of graphic posters, designer Evan Melnyk aka “Curse of the Multiples” is at it again. The newest set of prints are available now from his online shop featuring his ever-so-crisp graphics and witty dark quotes. Adding another discipline to his craft, he just finished creating some laser-cut acrylic jewelry featuring some of his most iconic characters. Both posters and...
Blue Gear Works Jewelry
(16 June 2009) - While walking in Soho the other day, I came across a fabulous antique-chic jewelry stand helmed by New York based artist Blue Bayer. Blue uses found objects such as gears, clocks, lockets, spoons and evil eyes to create Victorian, steam punk-style jewelry in his Lower East Side studio/gallery/shop called Blue Gear Works. With each unique piece, he prides himself on exquisite craftsmanship using classic...
(16 June 2009) - While walking in Soho the other day, I came across a fabulous antique-chic jewelry stand helmed by New York based artist Blue Bayer. Blue uses found objects such as gears, clocks, lockets, spoons and evil eyes to create Victorian, steam punk-style jewelry in his Lower East Side studio/gallery/shop called Blue Gear Works. With each unique piece, he prides himself on exquisite craftsmanship using classic...
Leviticus Jewelry
(05 June 2009) - by Ariston Anderson Up and coming jewelry designer Tara Levitin's vintage-inspired collection, Leviticus Jewelry is an eccentric mix of old badges, trophy-like medals and precious stones strung on varying chain lengths for an old-time feeling with a modern twist. "My line isn't trend focused or seasonal," Levitin tells CH. "I would like to consider it eclectically classic." She credits her unique style of handmade...
(05 June 2009) - by Ariston Anderson Up and coming jewelry designer Tara Levitin's vintage-inspired collection, Leviticus Jewelry is an eccentric mix of old badges, trophy-like medals and precious stones strung on varying chain lengths for an old-time feeling with a modern twist. "My line isn't trend focused or seasonal," Levitin tells CH. "I would like to consider it eclectically classic." She credits her unique style of handmade...
Saskia Diez Accessories
(03 June 2009) - As seductive as it is simple, Saskia Diez's jewelry strikes a perfect balance for an elegantly contemporary look. A trained goldsmith turned industrial designer, Diez's creations are a clear combination of those two talents. Her travel bag, dubbed Papier, is a good example of her particular approach. Constructed of synthetic paper, the bag is extremely strong but extraordinarily lightweight, while maintaining an elegant and...
(03 June 2009) - As seductive as it is simple, Saskia Diez's jewelry strikes a perfect balance for an elegantly contemporary look. A trained goldsmith turned industrial designer, Diez's creations are a clear combination of those two talents. Her travel bag, dubbed Papier, is a good example of her particular approach. Constructed of synthetic paper, the bag is extremely strong but extraordinarily lightweight, while maintaining an elegant and...
Miju "A Tragedy" Necklace
(29 May 2009) - Canadian jewelery outfit Miju's latest creation is a delicately poetic necklace of a bird, inspired by an image from a timeless children's bedtime story. The new design recreates the character in 2" x 3" acrylic pendant with two ruby-red beads hanging from chains standing in for drops of blood. Its larger scale, juxtaposition of materials and macabre subject matter make for an irreverently elegant...
(29 May 2009) - Canadian jewelery outfit Miju's latest creation is a delicately poetic necklace of a bird, inspired by an image from a timeless children's bedtime story. The new design recreates the character in 2" x 3" acrylic pendant with two ruby-red beads hanging from chains standing in for drops of blood. Its larger scale, juxtaposition of materials and macabre subject matter make for an irreverently elegant...
Andrew Hamilton Crawford: Valley of the Dolls Collection
(18 May 2009) - by Ariston Anderson One jewelry line popping up everywhere this spring is Andrew Hamilton Crawford's Valley of the Dolls-inspired pill collection. Turning common anti-anxiety pills into charms or "dolls," the Damien Hirst-like collection of bracelets, necklaces and earrings make for a playful accompaniment to any serious wardrobe. Design team Chad Crawford and Andrew Tessier hail from the south—Georgia and Alabama, respectively—and now work in New...
(18 May 2009) - by Ariston Anderson One jewelry line popping up everywhere this spring is Andrew Hamilton Crawford's Valley of the Dolls-inspired pill collection. Turning common anti-anxiety pills into charms or "dolls," the Damien Hirst-like collection of bracelets, necklaces and earrings make for a playful accompaniment to any serious wardrobe. Design team Chad Crawford and Andrew Tessier hail from the south—Georgia and Alabama, respectively—and now work in New...
Madness Spring/Summer 2009
(08 May 2009) - by Ezra Natalia Casting a spell on the fashion world, Madness is a project that combines three designers based in Jakarta, Indonesia, who are mad about culture. Ajeng Dewi Swastiari, Bonnie Natasha Arif and Vannie Astecat, the trio behind Madness, use their alter egos to create artistic modern pieces based on their own heritage. The young label collects traditional Indonesian fabric and materials to...
(08 May 2009) - by Ezra Natalia Casting a spell on the fashion world, Madness is a project that combines three designers based in Jakarta, Indonesia, who are mad about culture. Ajeng Dewi Swastiari, Bonnie Natasha Arif and Vannie Astecat, the trio behind Madness, use their alter egos to create artistic modern pieces based on their own heritage. The young label collects traditional Indonesian fabric and materials to...
Elke Kramer: Miracles & Wonder
(05 May 2009) - Given that she's one of Australia’s most respected and recognized accessories designers, Elke Kramer's announcement last month that she was branching out into a line of leather bags, scarves and belts is a welcome one. CH caught up with the designer, artist and all-round nice girl to chat about totes, tunes and technical design. You're renowned for bracelets, bangles, pendants and rings. Why did...
(05 May 2009) - Given that she's one of Australia’s most respected and recognized accessories designers, Elke Kramer's announcement last month that she was branching out into a line of leather bags, scarves and belts is a welcome one. CH caught up with the designer, artist and all-round nice girl to chat about totes, tunes and technical design. You're renowned for bracelets, bangles, pendants and rings. Why did...
MoMA Design Store Destination: Brazil
(05 May 2009) - The latest country to get the MoMA Design Store treatment is a land more known for samba and sunshine than for industrial design. Playing to Brazil's strengths, the exclusive collection is heavy on handmade objects that take advantage of indigenous natural resources, such as this centipede-inspired fruit bowl composed of coconut fibers, sugar cane and wood. Also featuring both established and up-and-coming designers, MoMA's...
(05 May 2009) - The latest country to get the MoMA Design Store treatment is a land more known for samba and sunshine than for industrial design. Playing to Brazil's strengths, the exclusive collection is heavy on handmade objects that take advantage of indigenous natural resources, such as this centipede-inspired fruit bowl composed of coconut fibers, sugar cane and wood. Also featuring both established and up-and-coming designers, MoMA's...
Lucid New York Jewelry
(23 April 2009) - Inspired by a Dali sculpture of Alice in Wonderland at Montmartre in Paris, Anna Sabino's cutout series of necklaces entitled Dreaming are for women who love feeling like a girl with elegant but dainty charms such as those pictured above. Of all the pieces in the collection, none quite evokes the joy of childhood like the necklace that incorporates a chain as a cleverly...
(23 April 2009) - Inspired by a Dali sculpture of Alice in Wonderland at Montmartre in Paris, Anna Sabino's cutout series of necklaces entitled Dreaming are for women who love feeling like a girl with elegant but dainty charms such as those pictured above. Of all the pieces in the collection, none quite evokes the joy of childhood like the necklace that incorporates a chain as a cleverly...
Nymphenburg x Patrik Muff: Essentials Jewelry
(08 April 2009) - Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, the legendary porcelain factory based in Munich, recently launched "Essentials," a collaboration with the Swiss-born designer Patrik Muff. For the company's inaugural jewelry collection, Muff focused on the "essentials" of human existence: faith, love, hope and death. Using simple archetypal symbols, these themes are readily deciphered without the need for additional explanation. The cross stands for faith, the heart for love, the...
(08 April 2009) - Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, the legendary porcelain factory based in Munich, recently launched "Essentials," a collaboration with the Swiss-born designer Patrik Muff. For the company's inaugural jewelry collection, Muff focused on the "essentials" of human existence: faith, love, hope and death. Using simple archetypal symbols, these themes are readily deciphered without the need for additional explanation. The cross stands for faith, the heart for love, the...
The Great Frog London Jewelry Online Store
(02 April 2009) - Fans of bold, rock n' roll jewelry will be excited learn that cult jewelry store The Great Frog recently joined the 21st century by launching an online store that carries. This family business, located just off London's bustling Carnaby Street, has been catering to a wide range of rockin' clients—from your average leather-clad biker to stars such as James Hetfield of Metallica, members of...
(02 April 2009) - Fans of bold, rock n' roll jewelry will be excited learn that cult jewelry store The Great Frog recently joined the 21st century by launching an online store that carries. This family business, located just off London's bustling Carnaby Street, has been catering to a wide range of rockin' clients—from your average leather-clad biker to stars such as James Hetfield of Metallica, members of...
Arielle de Pinto Jewelry
(01 April 2009) - by Kelsey KeithArielle de Pinto is a Montreal-based jewelry designer who has reached cult status with her collection of intricately crocheted metal accessories. More akin to wearable art than haute jewelry, de Pinto's work combines the essence of handicrafts with contemporary materials and a loose, unstructured aesthetic. With a background in printmaking, the designer had no formal training in jewelry design. She learned to crochet...
(01 April 2009) - by Kelsey KeithArielle de Pinto is a Montreal-based jewelry designer who has reached cult status with her collection of intricately crocheted metal accessories. More akin to wearable art than haute jewelry, de Pinto's work combines the essence of handicrafts with contemporary materials and a loose, unstructured aesthetic. With a background in printmaking, the designer had no formal training in jewelry design. She learned to crochet...
Design Collective Gallery and Boutique
(31 March 2009) - A cross between gallery and gift shop, Design Collective fosters fresh style and original designs in the Twin Cities. Located in Uptown Minneapolis, the store gives local designers the opportunity for exposure by providing them with shelf space and marketing capabilities. Keeping things "designer-centric," Design Collective remains focused on nothing but local designers and facilitates relationships within the Twin Cities' artistic community. Due to...
(31 March 2009) - A cross between gallery and gift shop, Design Collective fosters fresh style and original designs in the Twin Cities. Located in Uptown Minneapolis, the store gives local designers the opportunity for exposure by providing them with shelf space and marketing capabilities. Keeping things "designer-centric," Design Collective remains focused on nothing but local designers and facilitates relationships within the Twin Cities' artistic community. Due to...
Verameat Jewelry
(16 March 2009) - Using recycled silver and 25 karat gold, Vera Balyura's fanciful rings, earrings and necklaces bring out the child within. Vera's story starts with her own childhood in the Ukraine, where she worked as an apprentice to her grandfather, a woodcarver, before leaving in search of the extraordinary. During her travels, she experimented with being a cowgirl and a model until two years ago when...
(16 March 2009) - Using recycled silver and 25 karat gold, Vera Balyura's fanciful rings, earrings and necklaces bring out the child within. Vera's story starts with her own childhood in the Ukraine, where she worked as an apprentice to her grandfather, a woodcarver, before leaving in search of the extraordinary. During her travels, she experimented with being a cowgirl and a model until two years ago when...
CH at The Brooklyn Flea Part 2
(13 March 2009) - We're less then 24 hours away from our debut at the Brooklyn Flea and we're super excited about how it's shaping up. We've have a few new items to share since our last post that we thought you might also enjoy. Warm weather is on the horizon but fluctuating temperatures still leave us reaching for our Freehands, those awesome gloves that keep your fingers...
(13 March 2009) - We're less then 24 hours away from our debut at the Brooklyn Flea and we're super excited about how it's shaping up. We've have a few new items to share since our last post that we thought you might also enjoy. Warm weather is on the horizon but fluctuating temperatures still leave us reaching for our Freehands, those awesome gloves that keep your fingers...
Antonio Pineda: Silver Seduction Retrospective
(03 March 2009) - With over 200 pieces of work from the 1930s-70s, "Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda" at UCLA's Fowler Museum is a stunning retrospective and the first for the famed silversmith. It's also first time Pineda, who is 89 and one of the only two living members of the renowned modernist Taxco School, has shown in the U.S. for that matter. For...
(03 March 2009) - With over 200 pieces of work from the 1930s-70s, "Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda" at UCLA's Fowler Museum is a stunning retrospective and the first for the famed silversmith. It's also first time Pineda, who is 89 and one of the only two living members of the renowned modernist Taxco School, has shown in the U.S. for that matter. For...
Erica Weiner Jewelry
(25 February 2009) - Erica Weiner has created a small jewelry empire from her Lower East Side apartment, making eye-catching, affordable pieces that are delicate and tell an intriguing story. One piece that caught our attention (as well as that of many fashion bloggers) is the Waldorf Astoria necklace ($85). Erica created a hand-cast replication of a cocktail pick used in the 1930s-50s at the Waldof Astoria Hotel....
(25 February 2009) - Erica Weiner has created a small jewelry empire from her Lower East Side apartment, making eye-catching, affordable pieces that are delicate and tell an intriguing story. One piece that caught our attention (as well as that of many fashion bloggers) is the Waldorf Astoria necklace ($85). Erica created a hand-cast replication of a cocktail pick used in the 1930s-50s at the Waldof Astoria Hotel....
Frederik Roijé: Two of a Kind Ring
(05 February 2009) - Bucking nearly every Valentine's Day gift cliché out there by dispensing with traditional materials, colors, ornamentation and the like, this porcelain double ring is a minimalist piece of jewelry that still packs a sweetly sentimental punch. Designed by Dutch designer Frederik Roijé and produced by Droog, "in breaking the ring an engagement with each other will exist." We can't think of a more elegant...
(05 February 2009) - Bucking nearly every Valentine's Day gift cliché out there by dispensing with traditional materials, colors, ornamentation and the like, this porcelain double ring is a minimalist piece of jewelry that still packs a sweetly sentimental punch. Designed by Dutch designer Frederik Roijé and produced by Droog, "in breaking the ring an engagement with each other will exist." We can't think of a more elegant...
Linhardt Design Studio
(26 January 2009) - by Kelsey Keith Tucked between a check cashing service and a vacant lot on First Avenue in New York's East Village is a tiny storefront with funny hours. Sometimes closed at noon and occasionally rocking out past midnight, it's a sure sign that Linhardt isn't your typical jewelry store. Owner Lisa Linhardt is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to design, with a resume listing photography,...
(26 January 2009) - by Kelsey Keith Tucked between a check cashing service and a vacant lot on First Avenue in New York's East Village is a tiny storefront with funny hours. Sometimes closed at noon and occasionally rocking out past midnight, it's a sure sign that Linhardt isn't your typical jewelry store. Owner Lisa Linhardt is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to design, with a resume listing photography,...
Lane Marinho Accessories
(08 January 2009) - São Paulo-based Lane Marinho's marvelous eponymous accessories line is a new takes on classic brooches and necklaces. Painstakingly constructed by hand—in some cases taking more than an entire day to finish just one—her Rococo-inspired creations are stunning examples of her close study of sewing and embroidery. Marinho cites the concept of nature's Golden Ratio as it relates to plants and flowers to explain some...
(08 January 2009) - São Paulo-based Lane Marinho's marvelous eponymous accessories line is a new takes on classic brooches and necklaces. Painstakingly constructed by hand—in some cases taking more than an entire day to finish just one—her Rococo-inspired creations are stunning examples of her close study of sewing and embroidery. Marinho cites the concept of nature's Golden Ratio as it relates to plants and flowers to explain some...
Miju Jewelery: Ebony and Ivory
(07 January 2009) - Newly added to Miju, the new collection "Ebony and Ivory" consists of custom, laser-cut pendants featuring two initials in 1/16" thick acrylic. They're selling them as sets that includes both a white pendant in "Century Schoolbook" and a black one in "Black Letter" fonts. Each set comes with your choice of gold, silver or bronze chains. Designed to work as both daily flair and...
(07 January 2009) - Newly added to Miju, the new collection "Ebony and Ivory" consists of custom, laser-cut pendants featuring two initials in 1/16" thick acrylic. They're selling them as sets that includes both a white pendant in "Century Schoolbook" and a black one in "Black Letter" fonts. Each set comes with your choice of gold, silver or bronze chains. Designed to work as both daily flair and...
Alex & Chloe Wedding Rings
(06 January 2009) - by Natalia RachlinElusive jewelry designers Alex & Chloe (rumor has it there's actually just one L.A.-based designer) have become known for edgy but delicate jewelry and also, recently, for launching a t-shirt line. Now, it turns out, they'll also be the perfect duo to turn to if you're in the market for a wedding ring. With their "Holding You Forever" rings, designed exclusively for...
(06 January 2009) - by Natalia RachlinElusive jewelry designers Alex & Chloe (rumor has it there's actually just one L.A.-based designer) have become known for edgy but delicate jewelry and also, recently, for launching a t-shirt line. Now, it turns out, they'll also be the perfect duo to turn to if you're in the market for a wedding ring. With their "Holding You Forever" rings, designed exclusively for...
Sou Brette Jewelry: Fiction Romance
(05 January 2009) - by Ezra Natalia Already known for her illustration and design work, Muqliza Imroni started with making jewelry for herself. When more and more people were asking where to get the pieces, Sou Brette Jewelry was born. Talking with Lizsa (as most call her), we wondered, “Why jewelry? Why not something else?" And she answered, "A person said to me once that jewelry, unlike clothes, will...
(05 January 2009) - by Ezra Natalia Already known for her illustration and design work, Muqliza Imroni started with making jewelry for herself. When more and more people were asking where to get the pieces, Sou Brette Jewelry was born. Talking with Lizsa (as most call her), we wondered, “Why jewelry? Why not something else?" And she answered, "A person said to me once that jewelry, unlike clothes, will...
New from BY:AMT
(16 December 2008) - by Russ Lowe Is good design recession-proof? We think so but regardless it can't hurt to hedge your bets on items like those from this latest crop from BY:AMT that are beautiful, functional, fresh and sensible. And, just in time for stocking stuffing, the Brooklyn design sweethearts, headed by Dutch designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew, recently launched a nifty new web store aptly named BUY:AMT. No more...
(16 December 2008) - by Russ Lowe Is good design recession-proof? We think so but regardless it can't hurt to hedge your bets on items like those from this latest crop from BY:AMT that are beautiful, functional, fresh and sensible. And, just in time for stocking stuffing, the Brooklyn design sweethearts, headed by Dutch designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew, recently launched a nifty new web store aptly named BUY:AMT. No more...
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