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MAKING SOUND WAVES | OJAS, the creative pen name of Devon Turnbull, who in 2003 co-founded the clothing brand Nom de Guerre, thought a DIY speaker made pandemic sense. In April of 2020, inspired by a visit he made to Akihabara—the Mecca of Japanese audio maniacs—years earlier while working in Tokyo, he first announced plans for a project geared at audiophiles sheltering in place. His Artbook Shelf Speaker Kit, which can be constructed with a screw gun and some wood glue, is available on the late Off-White founder, architect and fashion designer Virgil Abloh’s web store. Abloh met Turnbull when he asked him to create a custom sound system for his “Figures of Speech” exhibition in 2019 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Ojas’ other high-functioning audio equipment has been making waves throughout the fashion industry, becoming coveted design objects that can be found in Supreme and Saturdays stores, in the lobby of the Ace Hotel New York and inside listening bars around the world. (canary---yellow.com).
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CUSTOM SPORTS MEMORABILIA | Attention sports fans: If you really want to put your team or sport on a pedestal, Alex Dabagh, the designer behind Made by Alex in New York City, is creating custom leather sports memorabilia such as team themed footballs, fullgrain Italian leather soccer balls, silver and gold basketballs, and python baseballs, rugby balls and footballs. “I’ve been a sports fanatic all my life,” Dabagh says. “I created these footballs to start up conversation by taking something generic and turning it into usable art.” (madebyalexnyc.com)
