FEATURES

The Mast Brothers

By Tom Ran
Michael Mast and Rick Mast of Mast Brothers Chocolate

Photo: Mindy Best

The Mast Brothers Chocolate factory occupies only three rooms in a nondescript building in Williamsburg. The first doubles as a storefront that opens on the weekend to customers with much…

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Roman & Williams Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch in their studio

Photo: Rose Callahan

The partners behind Roman & Williams, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch are anti minimalists. It’s apparent in the spaces they create.

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Billykirk Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Chris and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories.

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RESULTS FOR "Bicycle"

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Christopher Bastin, creative director of Gant Rugger

Photo: Rose Callahan

Gant Rugger

On a modest block down Bleecker, Gant’s Rugger storefront displays a vintage styled bicycle, a casual stack of button-down shirts, and a well-worn Craftsman toolbox. A tray filled… read more »

"Madonna"

Photo: Courtesy of maXimo

Alexander Girard Bicycle

máXimo does it again, this time teaming up with Vista, California bike company Electra to produce two Alexander Girard inspired bikes. Electra has applied Girard’s illustrations… read more »

PUBLIC Bikes

Photo: PUBLIC Bikes

PUBLIC Bikes

Rob Forbes is on a mission to encourage people to drive less. After departing DWR in 2007, he launched Studio Forbes to “further his interests in design, culture, and commerce.”… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…

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The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…

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