Rediscovering Richmond’s Nooks and Crannies
Maybe hailing from another state gives me a fresh perspective on RVA, because after nearly eighteen years I discover a new nook or cranny every week it seems. Growing up in small-town Pennsylvania was a picturesque experience, no doubt, but having access to such a perfectly sized city, jam-packed with history at every turn, is […]
A Perfect Match: Need Supply Co. and Warby Parker
By the time you read this, they will be gone. The men behind the glasses, that is. Not the glasses themselves. Luckily for you and the rest of Richmond, the glasses are here to stay. On May 2, with an in-store event featuring food by Goatacado, custom-made cocktails by Saison, complimentary cones from Mister Softee, […]
Recommending Our Richmond
About once a week, I find myself in a passionate conversation about the changing atmosphere of Greater Richmond. I get excited when I hear that a friend of a friend or someone’s distant relative is visiting RVA for the first time. I instantly want to introduce them to the RVA that I know and is […]
Making Monsters
By Emily Winters Phil Barbato makes stuff – monsters, mostly. He has had a creative streak ever since he was a child, using whatever instrument he could to make a mark on something. His high school teachers and parents gave him the encouragement he needed to pursue art at Virginia Commonwealth University in mid-1990s. […]
Making Spaces and Furniture
by Jim Johns With at least one foot in the frequently separate worlds of designing, building and making, 510 Architects and 510 Builders fill in the gaps between the three with a passion to create. From the shop in Scott’s Addition, they are turning out chairs destined for a home in South Beach Miami. […]
Making Stones, and Groundbreaking innovation
By Jeff Kelley Central dispatch needed a better way to control the hundreds of dump trucks hauling Luck Stone rocks to customers throughout Virginia. So the proposal from an engineer within the company came forward as this: Stick iPads in every subcontractor’s truck, link each tablet into GIS technology already in place, then use it […]
Making a Place for Artifacts
By Ashby Day What exactly is an artifact? Merriam-Webster offers simply, “an object made by a human being.” But that’s only half the appeal behind shopping at Carytown’s Modern Artifacts. Owners Bill and Sharon Montgomery have long shared a passion for curation and a contemporary aesthetic, and it’s their mutual urbane taste that comprises […]
Making Richmond First
Here’s a pop quiz for you. What metropolitan area has the honors of starting the first hospital, chartering the first university, and creating the first canned beer in America? Here’s a hint: It’s the same region that saw the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams basketball team make an improbable run in the 2011 NCAA men’s basketball […]
Making an Innovative Region
By Taylor Beck Hey, you. Want $10,000 cash and free office space in Greater Richmond for half a year? Are you a Richmond-based entrepreneur with a creative startup idea, high on imagination but low on funds? Well then, the i.e.* Startup Competition may be right for you. The i.e.* (short for “ideas evolving”) initiative was […]
Little Quirks
Richmond is a city that continues to change over time. Even though there is new being built around the old, the vintage atmosphere of the city creates a nostalgic feel for the people living in it. I believe that part of this nostalgia is in the signs displayed throughout time. Creating a storyboard for the […]