Ricostru is a newly launched Guangzhou based Chinese brand with a women’s as well as a men’s line. With the t-shirt as a starting point the garments range from everyday tops to evening wear, all in a minimalist style using carefully selected materials with refined and subtle details. The online store will soon be up and going and will be shipping internationally. Meanwhile the products are available in Beijing stores BNC and Dong Liang studio, among others.

It’s time for the second Appendix™ event, this time at the atmospheric Beijing venue Bed, Tapas & Bar. Anyone in the Chinese capital on Saturday is warmly welcome to stop by from 7p.m. – late. Unique vintage pieces from our shop will be available to purchase.

17 Zhangwang Hutong,
Jiu Gulou Dajie, Gulou
300m south to Gulouqiao

旧鼓楼大街张旺胡同17号
鼓楼桥南300米

t: 010-84001554 (BED, Tapas & Bar)

See you there!

Milliner Satya Tweena sells hats from her New York studio since last year, when the brand was established. With a children’s line as well the range of hats adds up to a beautiful collection of hand made pieces, many incorporating original vintage elements.

We had the pleasure of meeting up with Penter Yip in Hong Kong a few weeks ago and hear about his Fashionary. A great tool for any aspiring or established designer, this sketch book contains useful information, patterns, flat drawings, templates and more.

Besides learning about the book itself it was an inspiring conversation about how a somewhat unsuccessful design education was turned into something good and eventually led to the birth of the Fashionary in 2009. Today the Fashionary is available in selected stores around the world and on their website.

One of Mike Disfarmer’s stunning portraits. On the website dedicated to his work you can find a whole collection of them, all taken in his studio in small Arkansas town Heber Springs between the years of 1939 and 1945.

This is one splendid thing. Agustina Woodgate’s rugs are made from old teddy bears and incorporate thoughts around the rich culture a carpet can contain that goes well beyond that of a practical item in the home. She puts it so well herself on her website:

The process starts with the departure of the loving life Teddy Bears have when they are in the hands of their owners.The rugs not only reference the personal histories of the toy’s owners, but investigate the rug as an object organizing and displaying memories and lineages. In Eastern Cultures, the oriental rug centralizes the living space in pattern, operating beyond utility to depict the spiritual and mental world in woven form. Woodgate is particularly drawn to the specific meanings in the arrangement of rug designs, and how different histories of the rug represent stories of the past and ways of tracing archetypes in physical and material forms.

Vancouver based Andrea Wan explores intimate dream-scapes through her wonderful ink drawings. They reflect memories, the subconscious and her current state of mind.

A selection of Wan’s artworks can be purchased through Artrebels.com.