Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories.
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By Loft Visit
By Shawn Kelly as told by Sarah Williams
Photo: Jordan Provost © 2009
Anyone with a design fetish in New York City dreams of a cavernous loft space to create endless compositions of beautifully designed furniture punctuated with rare artifacts, and the luxury…
Read MoreLife of a Personal Chef
By Maggie Shi
Photo: Left: Jill Donenfeld Right: Melissa Ricketts
It sounds like an idyllic life—cooking inventive meals in private homes, working flexible hours, spending your days shopping at the greenmarket, and getting paid to do it all.
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RESULTS FOR "Craftsmanship"
Retail
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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 »
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Features
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Billykirk Studio Visit
Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories. read more »
Videos
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Billykirk
Brothers Chris and Kirk Bray have been producing leather goods for the last ten years. They launched Billykirk from Los Angeles in 1999, learning their craft from a third generation… read more »
Blog
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The Past
What is with the past that attracts us? Is it nostalgia for an era in which we didn’t live through, a respect for craftsmanship, or simply an appreciation for a… read more »
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Friends in Good Places
A few months ago, The Scout visited Heath Ceramics in Sausalito, California—perhaps the last ceramics manufacturer of their scale left in the United States. Upon touring their factory,… read more »
Photo: Barry Whittaker
Roman & Williams
We did some scouting several weeks ago at the offices of Roman & Williams, the design team responsible for two of the city’s biggest hotel openings this year,… 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,…
Read MoreThe Tenenbaums
By Siobhan Vivian
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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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