Style | Snow Peak

Recently I was walking in Soho and stumbled into a store called Snow Peak and was blown away by their outerwear. Originally a Japanese brand known for making camping supplies, Snow Peak has expanded into technical inspired fashion and is on their 3rd season. It's an interesting mix of minimal, outdoorsman, Japanese influence and performance wear. All executed in technical fabrics with great attention to detail and minimal branding. Needless to say I will be buying all my winter jackets here from now on. Check them out here. 

Style | Walli

Walli is an intelligent wallet that digitally links your wallet and cell phone. Lose your wallet: your phone notifies you. Lose your cell phone? double tap Walli to make it ring (in conjunction with iPhones new find your phone features this should really cover phone losses). For more info check out the Walli website here. 

Tools | Leatherman Tread

This amazing concept combined 29 different tools ranging from screwdrivers to bottle opener into one bracelet. need i say more? available for $220 in matte black or stainless steel here. Make sure to check out the animated page that isolates every tool and its specifications, very cool. 

Style | Stutterheim

Stutterheim is a company from Stockholm that makes beautiful hand crafted modern raincoats. Their sleek unisex styles are made mostly from rubberized thick cotton and have sealed seams to keep you dry.  You can purchase the Stockholm coat in grey for $368 here (as well as many other colors). 

Style | Rains

Rains is a brand from Denmark focused in waterproof outerwear, bags and travel gear. Rains offers a wide range of jacket styles that expands past the usual categories of rainwear such as a bomber jacket, poncho, and both active and more dressed up styles.  Featured above is the Rains MSN Bag which you can purchase online for $74.29 here (Rains website ships international). FYI If your looking for a sleek matte black raincoat that doesn't break the bank, this is the place. 

Style | N0. 288 footwear

No. 288 is a new york based footwear company focused in luxury fabrication and classic design. it's nice to see some more design options in this niche 'sneakers for adults' market, as footwear's leading brands don't come out with new styles too often. you can pick up a pair of No.288's at Gentry NYC, and check out their new collection online here. 

Style | Greats

The premium footwear market has gotten huge in recent years. Greats Brand took a unique approach and undercut the premium sneaker market by providing luxury style sneakers at an affordable price. I've seen a few companies take a stab at this before but nobody is making things this good for such a low price. I was just saying the other day that the ROSEN style is a perfect casual sneaker for this summer and it's only $49. Featured above is the new Royale Chukka scheduled for release tomorrow for $169. For the price of 1 pair of another shoe I wanted this year, I could purchase this style in all 3 colors. Greats Brand is one of NY's coolest footwear brands shaking up the industry, Keep a close eye on them and check out more from Greats here.

Style | Aether Apparel

Aether Apparel is a brand focused in functional outdoorsman clothes with a sleek minimal aesthetic. At this years NYC Pop up Flea I got to see some of their stuff in person and was really impressed: high tech fabrics, high functionality, smart pocket placement (crucial for good outerwear), minimal branding, all the things that make a brand great. Featured above is the stormy Jacket which you can get for $495 here or in one of their flagship stores located in LA, NY and SF. 

Style | Pendleton by NikeiD

Nikeid has once again teamed up with classic heritage brand Pendleton to bring you a range of 8 customizable sneakers for the season with your choice of classic Pendleton plaids and fabrics. Sneakers range between $130-145USD get yours here at Nikeid.com

Technology | Vantablack is the New Black

Vantablack (short for 'Vertically Arrayed Nanotube Arrays') is a new material that absorbs up to 99.965% of color making it the darkest color on earth. First adapters will be in the aerospace and defense industries, but being that it so closely represents the absence of light, one can only imagine the future possibilities.

Music | This Is Not New Worldwide

ThisIsNotNew is a brand that creates apparel and accessories, they have also put together a series of mixes that are perfect soundtracks for long days of getting lost in your own creative process.

Check out their web store at: www.thisisnotnew.com and their soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/thisisnotnew

Art | Tomoo Gokita at Mary Boone gallery

Tomoo Gokita's work combines fashion, portrait style photography and abstract design merged into one to create an aesthetic all of his own. These large scale black and white paintings have a feeling of old meets new, replacing certain sections with patterned designs, or abstracting completely into a more minimal geometric style. Now showing at Mary Boone gallery.