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 "Leather Products"

Retail

Photo: Cal Crary

Hollander & Lexer

Hollander & Lexer is a covert sanctuary of unique menswear and accessories located amidst the antique emporiums of Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The finely crafted clothing is enhanced… read more »

Features

Chris and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk Studio Visit

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

Videos

Chris Bray and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

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

Classic ad from the Naugahyde campaign

Photo: Uniroyal Engineered Products

Nauga Monsters

Naugahyde, the synthetically fabric made to look and feel like leather, was widely used on many Eames arm shell chairs in the 60s and 70s. To promote its product the… read more »

...Research's live/work space in Kawakami-mura, Minamisaku-gun, Nagano

Photo: The Cool Hunter

...Research

Situated in the Japan’s Nakameguro neighborhood, Mountain Research resembles a mountain lodge among cherry trees. In just 4 years, …Research has created a following with their line of… read more »

Michael and Rick Mast of Mast Brothers Chocolate

Photo: Mindy Best

The Mast Brothers

It was a little more than a year ago that we embarked on a video series on craftsmanship. Our intention was simple, document the individuals that aspire to create products… 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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