Coava Kone Pourover Coffee Filter

Pourover style coffee, the kind you make using a Chemex, is getting more and more love from aficionados of the dark stuff. The problem is the paper filters that get tossed after each use. Coava, a two-man roastery in Portland, Oregon, heeds the call with the Kone, a photochemically-etched steel filter that eliminates paper waste from the equation. A beautiful object in its own right, the......read more

Suspended Shirt Installations by Kaarina Kaikkonen

Kaarina Kaikkonen, a leading environmental artist from Finland, uses second-hand clothing to create hanging installations in open spaces. Suspending the clothing above roadways, in parks, or in large warehouses, the works are often made to resemble certain shapes. For her most recent exhibition, called "Are We Still Going On?," Kaikkonen used hundreds of dress shirts donated by people from......read more

Eyes As Big As Plates

"Eyes As Big As Plates" is a fun series of works from Finnish artist Riitta Ikonen and Norwegian photographer Karoline Hjorth, who depict seniors wearing costumes made of organic, scavenged materials. The project  explores concepts related to folklore and myth, connecting the human subjects back to the Earth. The artists explain in a statement: Each image will present a solitary......read more