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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Retail

Photo: Staff

Zakka

Toshiki Okazaki moved his beloved design bookshop, Zakka over the East River in 2007 after many years in Manhattan. Settling into a much larger space with similar aesthetic. read more »

Photo: Courtesy of Charmingwall

Charmingwall

Nestled on the busy street of West 4th in the West Village one wouldn’t expect to find a gallery as charming as this one. read more »

Photo: Courtesy of The Conran Shop

The Conran Shop

English designer, writer, restaurateur, and retailer Sir Terence Conran opened his first retail space in New York in 1999. read more »

Dining / Bars

Hibino

Photo: Courtesy of Hibino

Hibino

Several blocks south from bustling Smith Street sits a quiet Japanese restaurant in Cobble Hill called Hibino. The restaurant is a collaborative effort between two chefs and a graphic designer. read more »

Features

25th and Park Avenue Location

Photo: Taka Anai

The Vendley Brothers

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 »

Valentine's Day cards

Photo: Staff

enormouschampion

Communication between friends these days has been reduced to brisk emails, text messages, and IM’s. In spite of these trends, enormouschampion understands the meaning and pleasure of sending a hand… read more »

Alex and Companies

Alex Calderwood has a history of turning nothing into something. He looks at unloved and abandoned spaces with an optimistic eye, seeing potential to infuse them with new life, art,… 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 »

Events

Tadashi Kawamata: Tree Huts

Photo: Madison Square Park Conservancy

Tadashi Kawamata: Tree Huts

Tadashi Kawamata latest installation from his ongoing work of tree huts is taking place at Madison Square Park. He is best known for his site specific installations that explores urban… 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 »

Artbook at Den

Photo: Den

Artbook @ Den

The ever changing concept shop, Den in the East Village is changing it up a bit this month. Instead of featuring a clothing line, Den is teaming up… read more »

Blog

Big Brooklyn Pig Roast and Harvest Hoedown

Photo: Brooklyn Based

Big Brooklyn Pig Roast and Harvest Hoedown

The fall season hasn’t stopped Brooklyn Based from hosting “The Big Brooklyn Pig Roast,” it might as well be summer. Next Friday evening starting at 6pm Kelly Geary… read more »

Scene from <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i>

Photo: Ain't It Cool News

Spike Jonze Interview

Ain’t it Cool News released a massive interview with Spike Jonze today. Speculation and rumors about whether Where the Wild Things Are would see the light of day… read more »

The Discipline of D.E.

Photo: Gus Van Sant

The Discipline of D.E.

William S. Burroughs and Gus Van Sant crossed paths several times in their careers in the 80’s. Many know about Burroughs’s appearance in Drugstore Cowboy as Tom the Priest. However,… 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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