It takes a lot of guts to take on the big three.
You know the ones – they have enough dough to advertise during the Superbowl, they’re owned by foreign mega conglomerates, and one of them even has its own line of amusement parks.
Yup, we’re talking beer – and who could possibly be so bold as [...]

It’s not often that a stool grabs our attention, but scrolling through San Fran-based blog sfgirlbythebay, we found some stunning stools that instantly stood out from the crowd.
Dutch “handy woman” and writer of the blog Wood & Wool Stool, Ingrid Jansen has been creating her own brand of stools since 2008 – and they’re definitely in a [...]

“Modern. Soulful. Style” is the tag line for AphroChic, the blog and online shop of designer Jeanine Hays, and we couldn’t agree more.
Hays began blogging about design a few years ago, and decided to take the plunge and launch her own company this year. And we’re very glad she did - both her clean-cut, vibrant pillows and her fun graphic [...]

Nada se leva is a dynamic duo from Brazil whose streamlined, Baroque-inspired designs are garnering a lot of attention.
Recently featured by the blog 2Modern Design Talk and chosen as one of the 100 “most important young designers from around the world” by &fork, Nada se leva is an exciting design team that creates fresh, interesting, [...]

Katie Black $240
Patti Black $270
Georgina Blue Paisley $330
Kate Blue Print $240
This lovely line was inspired by the beauty of nature, and butterflies in particular. Designer Aimee McNeilly has been enamored with the color and balance of the natural world ever since she was young. That interdependence has been [...]

Scenario 1: You’re most happy when you discover a unique and fabulous treat from a well-hidden store (or amongst the chaff of cyber space).
Scenario 2:  You’re an unknown designer/illustrator with amazing talent – but no place to put it.
Where do you two meet? At Envelop, an online store that takes independent designers’ amazing illustrations and plops them (in an eco-friendly [...]

Entrepreneurs Anita Lin and Sara Schwittek teamed backgrounds in architecture and web design with a love of crafts, which led them to develop what they term “wearable design and art.” While they offer bags and other accessories, their best work comes in the form of weightier pieces (such as the necklace pictured at top), delicate [...]