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Slide Show: Trophy Case | July's Best PDX Stuff

July 1, 2013

WORKSHOP

Autoctona jewelry’s creator, Alessandra Murgia, combines sleek modernism and cryptic mysticism. “I like to take opposites and merge them,” the Italian-born designer says. autoctona.net

Photography by Courtesy Autoctona

IMPORT

Like Portland, Seattle suffers a sunshine deficit. And yet our neighbors to the north send us the perfect shimmering, warm retro-surf-girl pop for summer: La Luz has a new record on Portland’s Water Wing label and a show at the Know on June 28. laluz.ban

Photography by Courtesy La Luz

BIG IDEA

Local start-up Crowd Supply pushes beyond Kickstarter by pairing that site’s formula—creative ideas + online donations—with distribution. When a proposed product wins funding through the site, the company provides packaging and shipping services. “We hav

Photography by Courtesy Crowd Supply

WEARABLE

New locally manufactured brand Layneau makes vintage-ish “boudoir wear women want to inhabit, not just be observed in,” according to founder Kaaren Bedi. layneau.com

Photography by Courtesy Tom Boehme

RADICAL REBOOT

A new look for Boyd’s Coffee plays up history. “They’ve been around since 1900,” says Marc Cozza of the Portland design group Commonwealth. “The guys who built the St. Johns Bridge drank Boyd’s.” Commonwealth’s packaging nods to vintage orange Boyd’s can

Photography by Nomad

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