FEATURES

What’s In Store? - 3x1

By Tom Ran
Scott Morrison, founding partner of 3x1.

Photo: Daniel Bernauer

Scott Morrison is the Sean Parker of denim. Though not as ubiquitous as facebook, Morrison has had a string of successes with the launch of Paper Denim & Cloth and…

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What’s In Store? - Saturdays Surf

By Tom Ran
The Saturdays Surf crew, left to right: Morgan Collett, Josh Rosen, and Colin Tunstall

Photo: Tuukka Koski

For years surfing in NYC was reserved for the die hards. Even though the Atlantic Ocean is minutes away, the urban density didn’t make transporting a surfboard an easy task….

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Behind the Bar - Karlsson’s Batch 2008

By Craig Cavallo
A family affair, Bertil Gunnarsson with his son Bo Gunnarsson.

Photo: Stefan Andersson

Potatoes are a significant part of Swedish culture. On Cape Bjare, in the south of Sweden, the soil they grow in is referred to as farmer’s gold. The country grows…

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RESULTS FOR "Build"

Retail

Photo: The Studio

Mollusk

Building off the momentum from Mollusk San Francisco, Chris Gentil and Michael Machemer decided to expand to the East Coast. With its congested streets and urban landscape, New York City… read more »

Vitsœ New York, 33 Bond Street

Photo: Jordan Provost © 2009

Vitsœ

The stretch of Bond Street between Lafayette and Bowery is no stranger to design. It’s cobblestone road can lay claim to a surfeit of attractive shops and home to the… read more »

Photo: Staff

Moon River Chattel

Moon River Chattel has the appeal of an old general store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Co-owners Christine Foley and Paul Sperduto have created a warm environment influenced by their love of… read more »

Features

Oliver and Evan Haslegrave of hOmE in their Greenpoint studio

Photo: Rose Callahan

The Brothers Haslegrave

One afternoon in late winter, Evan and Oliver Haslegrave, the brotherly design duo behind half a dozen New York City restaurants and shops including the Manhattan Inn, duckduck and Goat… read more »

The Sculpture Gallery houses works by Heizer, Rauschenberg, Segal, Chamberlain, Stella, Nauman, Morris, and Lord.

Photo: Staff

Capturing Time in Glass

Philip Johnson once said that “architecture exists in time.” By this he meant that a great piece of architecture should unfold before you in procession, and reveal itself in surprising… read more »

Michael Mast and Rick Mast of Mast Brothers Chocolate

Photo: Mindy Best

The Mast Brothers

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… read more »

Videos

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch

Photo: Rose Callahan

Roman & Williams

“It’s a shame to only have dreams at night. You should have a few opportunities during the day.” This wistful quote from Stephen Alesch speaks volumes about the spaces he… read more »

Events

No Soul For Sale, A Festival of Independents

Photo: Javier Jaen Benavides; X Initiative

No Soul For Sale

X Initiative opens the second of its seasonal phases, No Soul For Sale, A Festival of Independents, to the public today. The event is the product of inviting… read more »

Jenny Holzer's For the Guggenheim

Photo: Guggenheim

Jenny Holzer's For the Guggenheim

For the past three years from September 2005 to July 2008 the Guggenheim underwent an extensive restoration to Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic building. To compliment the completion of the restoration,… read more »

Spencer Finch, The River That Flows Both Ways

Photo: CreativeTime

Spencer Finch: The River That Flows Both Ways

We heard Spencer Finch speak last spring about his anticipated installation for the High Line, The River That Flows Both Ways, and really liked his thinking…. read more »

Blog

The Modulightor Building designed by Paul Rudolph

Photo: The Paul Rudolph Foundation

Paul Rudolph - The Modulightor Building

Several times a year, visitors are treated to tour The Modulightor Building. The narrow structure on the south side of East 58th street was designed by Paul Rudolph in 1989,… read more »

HL23 at 504 West 24th Street

Photo: HL23

Building Fashion At HL23

Building Fashion at HL23 merges architecture and fashion together in a series of temporary retail spaces. The event pairs designers with emerging architects through a competition organized by… read more »

Matt from Wood&Faulk

Photo: Wood&Faulk

Wood&Faulk

Matt from Wood&Faulk will make, design, build, tinker, and even pickle just about anything. A self proclaimed builder originally from Kansas and now residing in Portland, Oregon, he… 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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