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Closer to Home

Bryce Ehrecke & Kelly Brown share how natural building could empower both a more beautiful and a more sustainable future.

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Wonder Valley

Wonder Valley is a built around the essentials for cultivating a rich existence, with good food and good health for a good life.

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Faculty Department

Photographer Justin Chung’s project Faculty Department is an ode to the inspiration found in his subjects.

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Antelope Canyon

Worn by wind and sand, these centuries old slot canyons are a sculpted masterpiece, such that only nature could reveal.

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Eons of Earth

As a photographer and solo traveler, Cody Cobb elevates the grandeur of the natural world beyond the boundary of civilization.

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Object & Totem

Ceramicist Julianne Ahn reflects on the meditative process of her work and how it taught her balance between seasons of life.

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A City for the Future

Exploring an urban laboratory in the Arizona desert prototyping a different kind of urban planning designed for cities of the future.

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Pretty Mushroom

Neuroscience meets naturopathy in Pretty Mushroom’s blends to enhance your beauty, mood, and mind.

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From Forest to Floor

By designing with the entire life cycle of the materials in mind, Jeremy Lee is building sustainability into style.

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City of Angels, Valley of Death

Photographer Andrew Shepherd recounts a furious forty-eight hour ride from the City of Angels through the Valley of Death.

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Leaving A Mark

Oregon based photographer Nicole Mason shares her thoughts on art making, vulnerability, and leaving a legacy.

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Group Work

As artist, activist, organizer, and educator, Jen Delos Reyes is leaving her mark on a generation of socially engaged artists.

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A Cotton Canvas

Blending art and business, fashion and friendship, Ace & Jig fosters a community of support and style through innovative patterns.

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Dreamdust in Fields of Wonder

Poetry and whimsy reflected in a place, where trees outnumber people, their limbs reaching toward the stars.

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Earl of East London

With a mix of curated goods, candles, coffee, and workshops, Earl of East London is an aromatic invitation to all the senses.

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Peaceful Stills

Photographers Bee and Rog Walker create their best work from a place of peace, and by abandoning a few cultural norms.

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Hold General

Shopkeeper Marla Ebell curates a unique blend of style and simplicity with inspirations from her family farm in Victoria, BC.

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Tethered Soles

Bootmakers Colt Miller and Logan Caldbeck design modern minimalist forms that not even Texas can contain.

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Shaping an Identity

Kyle Steed’s intimate approach to form embodies his path to embracing change, and himself, through all of life’s seasons.

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Just One in a World of Plenty

Twins Hardeep & Mandeep Kaur speak on refining designs and a lifestyle of learning that makes us more considered consumers.

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A Thread Through Time

From Southwest mesas to his Brooklyn studio, Johnston connects a thread from his past to the possibilities of humanity’s future.

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Cooperative Stock

Stocksy CEO Brianna Wettlaufer challenged the cliches of stock photography and raised the standard of integrity in tech.

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Good Things Take Time

Carrying the torch of American manufacturing, Andrew Livingston talks values and inspiration from a bygone era.

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An Accessory to Change

Lori Caldwell’s line of luxury leather accessories embody intrepid resourcefulness and a passion for diversity in the maker’s culture.

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Inspiring Esby

Stephanie Beard, designer of ESBY in Austin, Texas talks about creating a capsule collection that’s well made and worn often.

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Carving Out An Artist's Dream

Sean Woolsey balances the precision of woodworking with the liberating waves of experimentation and self-expression.

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Quiet Comforts

How a move across country brought this Wise couple renewed inspiration for designing symbols of comfort, family, and home.

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Creating Culture and Finding What Matters

Grovemade founder Ken Tomita talks about making things the hard way and a culture where “clear eyes, full hearts can’t lose.”

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A New Vintage

A young winemaker shares her fascination with fermentation, and the bottles she’s filled with patient persistence.

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A Heritage Well Worn

With the richest details, Ginew is heritage in action that embodies an enduring legacy of hard work, and a culture of honor.

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Carving Away the Excess

After a decade of designing trend, Alex Devol is bringing an experimental style to the most traditional of crafts.

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Patterned for Perfection

From lighting displays to patterned clay, The Granite duo is mixing up what it means to be handmade with a few found objects.

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Sugar and Snow in Snoqualmie

A snow-covered walk with Tiffany Howard from Oh Honey Bakes, playing dress-up for all the right reasons.

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Chanterelle Hunting in Mount Baker, WA

Thoughts on a season of thankfulness, exploration, and the hunt for one of Nature’s most elusive gifts, hiding on the forest floor.

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At Home at the Wheel

Sarah VanRaden shares the warmth of her style and studio, and the imperfections that bring work and life together.

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An Insider’s Look at Issue Two

An in depth look at the heart of Issue Two and what makes wonder valuable to the creative process.

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Brews from Abroad

Guided by years of traveling in distant lands and the compass of a foreign culture, Erica Indira is serving Portland a new kind of brew.

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An Experimental Dish

Through immaculate presentation and a bit of whimsy, these two designer craftsmen are making culinary art the canvas it deserves.

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Slow Service, Fast Rides

From big city Brooklyn to small town Alabama, the Shireys are revving a new reputation for coffee and cuts in the South.

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Keeping the Bee in Ballard

A look into the world of urban pollination and one city-dweller’s dream to bring bees back to Seattle.

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Fueling A New Frontier

Designer and curator of Refueled Magazine turns beauty and dust into a visual journal of adventure.

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A Traveler's Look At Belonging

Taking to the road outside of Odessa, Ukraine, one traveler looks at wonders right outside her front door.

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Plate Full of Purpose

Authored by a farm girl turned food blogger, Tending the Table is as keen on sustainable ingredients as it is on taste.

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Nature, The Forever Muse

A Vancouver jeweler making much of the mountains, coast, and community in her designs.

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The Journey of How Less Became More

An essay exploring a trend towards reduction as addition and the psychology behind our love for less.

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A Gentleman's Guide to Adventurous Living

A Texan shop seeking out the finest in menswear goods, and defining what it means to be American all over again.

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Leather for a Lifetime

One designer’s curiosity and commitment to her craft brings beauty and utility to the world of leatherwork.

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The Stars That Lit the Wick

A candle company built by the light of the stars is burning for a new community in Birmingham, AL.

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One Fiber At a Time

Weaving away in Nashville, this fabric artist has spun her career the old fashioned way: slow and steady.

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A Curation of Discovery

East Austin’s coziest shop, Take Heart, is run by an artist of an entirely different sort, and enraptures all who enter.

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A New Culture for Craft Coffee

An emerging brand joining the very essence of craft coffee, and the heritage of it’s new Southern home.

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Heroes of the Imagination

An in-depth musing on the characteristics and making of a classic; what separates great fiction from great flop.

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One Weldin', Woodworkin', Woman

Geometric-driven, Shaker inspired pieces that reflect this designer’s care in process and detail.

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Designing Balance

A Texan-hearted textile designer balances the marriage of beauty to comfort and philosophy to fashion.

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Practicing Peace in the Digital Age

This essay serves as an ode to self-reflection, to honest thoughts in private moments.

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Hosts of the Harvest

An Atlanta-area organic farm gathering reflects on connections between land, tending hands, and the harvest they yield.

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Artisan Perfume Oil

The story behind Smoke and one woman’s vaporous path to finding what she was made to make.

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A Turkish Bazaar in New Orleans

A traveler’s wanderlust leads to a mission to revive a rare, intricate art on the brink of extinction.

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The World and the Woods

How this designer and writer team used illustration and education to turn their dream into disaster relief.

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A Good Bag Is Hard To Find

With Southern charm and a gentleman’s integrity, this tote designer sews beauty into a new era of American Made.