What we collect and why we collect has long been a fascination of ours. Today we launch our first feature on Collection, a new series that looks into a collector’s stock and to understand the value they place on these objects.

Brooklyn based designer Jordan Viray has long been a collector. His apartment is filled with art, vintage finds from flea markets, and backpacks – many, many backpacks. His collection began in 2010 and has gradually grown over the past two and a half years to an impressive assemblage of outdoor and climbing packs from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. See what the significance of these backpacks are and the innovation that came from this era that is just as relevant today as it was then.

We collaborated with Pilgrim Surf + Supply to showcase a select few of Jordan Viray’s vintage backpacks. They are now on view at their shop in Williamsburg. 68 N 3 St, Brooklyn, NY.

The list of events and parties surrounding ICFF can be a dizzying one. For the next five days designers from around the world have descended on New York to shill their latest creations. Core 77, Designboom, and Metropolis magazine have compiled a list of over 200 events. It’ll take some time to dig through them all so we’ve compiled an abridge version of our own.

Noho Design District – One of the more exciting and unique off-site to take place this weekend. This year NDD expands its reach to include the Bowery. This event is always a great place to discover young talent as well as to see new work from established New York favorites.

Wanted Design – A more digestible event than ICFF that takes place under one roof. It features national and international exhibitors, special programs, workshops and a pop-up store.

Heath Ceramics started in 1948 but since Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic acquired it 10 years ago, they managed to grow the company without compromising its heritage. The San Francisco based ceramic manufacturer is expanding its reach into the east coast by celebrating the last 10 years with a store within a store at Future Perfect.

In celebration of Vitsoe’s launch of the 620 Chair Programme, they’ve partnered up with Dashwood books to transform their storefront into a reading room.

Designjunction, a relatively young but recognized destination during The London Design Festival makes its way to New York for the first time with INTRO NY.

There’s been a proliferation of independent quarterlies and journals in the last couple of years with food themed titles leading the way. The popularity in these titles is driven by people’s interest in the subject and it doesn’t seem to be letting up. But we’re now seeing an emergence of another popular topic taking hold in independent publishing. Makers, crafters, builders; publications that profile the people behind the objects. Titles like Made Quarterly from Australia, Hole & Corner from England, Atlas Quarterly from Brooklyn, and now Collective Quarterly from the U.S.

Collective Quarterly’s distinctive angle is on exploration, not only in discovering the artisans and the way they work but the journey and the land they work from. The publication is founded by three gents from three cities working collectively, from Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, to Middlebourne, West Virginia. The premiere issue will take us to Marfa, Texas, with profiles on Minnesota based Faribault Woolen Mill Company, and Drift Eyewear from Chicago. Contributors include Max Wastler of All Plaid Out, and photographers Kevin Russ and Duncan Wolfe. Collective Quarterly is now accepting pre-orders with a launch date to be announced soon.

Before downtown New York became a shopping and dining destination for locals and visitors alike, it was filled with derelict buildings, junkies, and vacancies. From Soho and Bowery to the East Village, it was a breeding ground for art, literary, music and fashion from the ‘60s to the ’80s. The movement they created influenced so much of everything that came after. The defunct magazine of that time, the East Village Eye was on the ground to document the social and cultural change that was exploding. As they explain: “Ultimately, The East Village Eye was the monthly record of a time and place in which the radical shifts of the post-Vietnam era produced a reckless thirst for experience and expression that redefined the world we live in today, and has rarely been seen in our culture since.” The list of contributors and profiles were a who’s who of the New York creative scene and beyond; Jim Jarmusch, Glenn O’ Brien, Stephen Sprouse, Eric Bogosian, Barbara Kruger, Rei Kawakubo, Clash and so many others. The East Village Eye ended in 1987 but on the occasion of the Met’s exhibition on Punk, they’ve resurfaced in digital form. Ten issues are now available in pdf form on their site. An archive is underway on all 72 issues. Selections of each will be made over time. via EV Grieve.

PBS premiered 10 Buildings That Changed America over the weekend. From Virginia’s Grecian columned Capitol to Frank Gehry’s undulating metallic skin that is the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the buildings that were featured spans 300 centuries. They not only influenced American architecture but were also symbolic to the history of this nation. The show looks into the past and the architects that designed and engineered these significant structures with interviews with historians and anecdotal stories of how these buildings came to be. 10 Buildings That Changed America can be viewed in its entirety on their site.

For years Serge Mouille did not share the same amount of recognition as his fellow Frenchman, Jean Prouvé. Though this does not diminish his work in the slightest. Mouille’s lighting design is gaining awareness through the years due in part to broader distribution in his licensed designs, cheaper replicas, exhibitions, and profiled auctions. David John interviews Dan Tolson from Los Angeles Modern Auctions and gives us insight into Mouille’s collectibility, dedication to quality control, and the uniqueness of an original Mouille versus the newer licensed versions.