Published: June 2011
This month’s winning finds.
EXPORT Ian McCluskey’s 10-minute doc “summer snapshot” depicts cute hipsters splashing naked in the Sandy River with a grainy, sun-soaked ’70s analog vibe. No wonder it’s rocking the festival circuit: Tribeca, Aspen, Barcelona, Norway, and more. “It’s about a moment you know can’t last,” Mccluskey says.
summersnapshot.com
NIGHTSTAND Matt Sundstrom debuts the print/digital publishing project Fantom Forest with PDX 100 and Drive Into the Sun ($10 each), his stark but affectionate inky illustrations of Portland architecture and an Oregon Trail road trip, respectively. Sundstrom also unveils fresh work online at fantomforest.com.
View Slideshow »BIG IDEA An über-Portland trio—beer writer, engineer, and product designer—hatched
visions of a better growler over christmas beers. Their Bräuler, now in prototype, could
attach to CO²-charged caps to keep fizz alive. The inventors plan production this summer.
zythosproject.com
WORKSHOP Stillwater Dwellings offers a sleek take on prefab. “We build every home in a factory outside Salem,” says Portland-based partner Bart Mitchell. “Clients walk through with lights and heat on before we ever get to the site.” Recent projects include a swank Sauvie Island abode. stillwaterdwellings.com
View Slideshow »DESTINATION Stylish Swedish workwear company Dunderdon planted its small North American HQ in Portland in 2005. The brand now looms larger on the map with a retail shop on West Burnside’s anticipated Black-Box building, alongside similarly fashionable merchants Tanner Goods, Blackbird, and Fluevog. dunderdon.com
View Slideshow »EAT THIS Oregon Growers boasts its quince pâté is the first US-made version of Spanish-style membrillo. First or last, this spread is so sweet, we lose count. oregongrowers.com
Published: June 2011
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