Slide Show: Trophy Case
April 22, 2011

WEAR THIS For its cycling debut, Icebreaker’s Portland-based design brain trust brings a classic aesthetic to the company’s signature New Zealand merino Photography by Icebreaker

NIGHTSTAND Eugene author Lidia Yuknavitch’s unsparing memoir The Chronology of Water (Hawthorne Books, $16) includes tragedy, abuse, oceanic booze consumption, and rated-X sexiness.
Photography by Michael Novak

MUSICIAN OF THE MINUTE On her new solo EP, Gossip singer Beth Ditto morphs from punk wailer into disco-pop chanteuse. Inspiration? As Ditt
Photography by Angelo Pennetta

WORKSHOP Local architecture/stuff-making shop QuarterTwenty devised the Giddyup stool because owner Matt Bietz had some scrap leather and visions of a sling
Photography by QuarterTwenty

OBSESSION The Montana transplants at wild-game cart Over the Top hit untamed perfection with their elk burger, which hints at gamey venison but delivers a sweet aftertaste.
Photography by Allie Reed

EXPORT Tech geeks everywhere are making watchbands to clip to Apple’s square-faced iPod Nano, but designer Jason Hilbourne adds a distinctly Portland touch: his Richard Tracy band Photography by Michael Novak