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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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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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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Photo: Rose Callahan
Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories.
Read MoreWhen you’re traveling abroad, it’s often the unique charm and earnestness of everyday products and packaging that can catch your attention—something that high design can’t always offer. Kiosk curates and… read more »

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 more »
For the past several years the Vendley brothers have been setting up their Mexican food cart on the corner of Prince and Wooster Street in SoHo. Their specialty mix of… read more »
Nigo is one of the few people that have fused street wear with high design. Flipping through his latest book, simply titled A Bathing Ape, you can peek… read more »

Photo: Jordan Provost © 2009
Several months back, The Scout was invited to tour the By loft in Soho and to document the annual transformation that occurs right before ICFF. By New York is part… read more »
In the heart of LA’s Chinatown lives an independent book/art store called Ooga Booga. Founded by Wendy Yao, the shop has been championing artists and small publishers since… read more »
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 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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