At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants.
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Photo: Tuukka Koski
At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants.
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Photo: Michael A. Muller
The Meatpacking District in New York is full of beautiful Manhattanites, working professionals, and stylish tourists who are staying at the nearby Gansevoort Hotel and the Standard. So when you…
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Photo: Michael A. Muller
On a recent trip to San Francisco, the Clift hotel was the central figure and home base on a quick three-day stay during the onset of autumn in…
Read MoreBoth the Manhattan and Brooklyn locations of Matter are filled with furnishings and objects to be coveted. Some of the most showstopping pieces are from British furniture makers Established &… read more »
When 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 »
The Scandanavian countries of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway have long traditions of creating stunning objects for living. You can see how these techniques have evolved from their folk… read more »
We were first smitten with the work of Marilyn and John Neuhart upon discovering the handcrafted, colorful dolls that Marilyn created on commission for Alexander Girard’s Textile & Objects Shop… read more »

Photo: Rose Callahan
Ogling the archives at the House Industries studio in pastoral Delaware can only be likened to digging through the crates of a great record collector. All sorts of gems are… read more »
Brooklyn welcomed Dana and me on November 7th, 2004 to a sublet apartment with a sheet-less bed and the haunting noise of radiator piping. We arrived with 2 suitcases and… read more »

Photo: Rose Callahan
“It’s a shame to only have dreams at night. You should have a few opportunities during the day.” This wistful quote from Stephen Alesch speaks volumes about the spaces he… read more »
a href=“http://ffooff.com” target="_blank">Forest Object Fabrication + Silkscreen Workshop releases the first of their IRL (In Real Life) Guest Artist Publication Series with Jessica William’s edition, I Want, tonight, Saturday, September… read more »
We’re all adults here, but how can you resist this one? House Industries does it again with the launch of their Eames Font collection. Just like the Alexander… read more »

Photo: Davide Calafà
When we heard that Andy Beach was going to open another Reference Library shop we were intrigued. When we heard that it was in collaboration with <a href=“http://www.apartamentomagazine.com/”… read more »
It’s one thing for a type foundry to produce t-shirts and prints, it’s quite another to produce toys, dolls, and even furniture. House Industries is a foundry that… 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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