One of the magazines I miss most living in Brazil is Monocle, a hefty tome of a magazine that has thought-provoking articles about all manners of world issues and cultures. It has a paid-subscription access area on its website, but…
Continue Reading →Are you planning the perfect bank heist (we're not suggesting you should be)? You know what would make it more perfect? Having a perfect bag to store the loot. May we suggest the 750 Swag Bag from Money Brand? This…
Continue Reading →Former Akademiks staffer, Sean Ziran, will be introducing a new line of modern vintage bags come Spring. Good thing we don't have to wait that long, because the renowned bag-maker has already gotten down to business with the high end…
Continue Reading →We've fawned over Nick Comer-Calder's strong, elegant, and beautiful guitar cases before, so we're happy to report that his UK-based company has recently branched into another area in need of some high-quality protection: computers. The latest to join the family…
Continue Reading →Those SAGxOGI bags Josh gushed about not to long ago are finally up for sale, and the fact that there are only two available (alas, neon pink's a goner) certainly won't stop us from posting about them. San Francisco-based OGI…
Continue Reading →At present, I am in the market for a new bag. It must be able to hold my laptop, a fair stack of paperwork, deal with Chicago's temperamental weather, and travel -- lots of travel. My current bag is serviceable…
Continue Reading →I have bad airport karma. Take this past week for instance: I went back to Ohio to see my folks and my flight both ways was delayed four hours, despite the fact that the skies were nothing but sunshine. If…
Continue Reading →Nick Comer-Calder's cases have come a long way the first time we posted the exclusive plans of development more than 2 years ago. After dozens of months of evolution, blood, sweat and tears, Nick tells me he finally feels like…
Continue Reading →I'm definitely not the only girl with enough purses in my closet to last several lifetimes, but it's embarrassing how much effort and energy is expended by the industry to satiate my purse obsession. The amount of bananas lost over…
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