Meet Rawan Rihani

March 07, 2017 in Florist, Fashion Designer

Rawan is the founder of Aurora Botanica, a floral art studio where she specializes in creating work with a dreamy, serene and wild aesthetic. Next year, Rawan will begin offering sacred flower bouquets inspired by sacred herbs and wildflowers, as well as launching an inspired clothing line called Aurora Vestita.

Meet Verena Michelitsch

February 28, 2017 in Art Director, Graphic Designer

Verena is a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and art director originally from Austria. Splitting her time working for clients in both New York and San Francisco, she is also the founder of Sand and Such, a blog about sleep.

Meet Daryl Oh

February 21, 2017 in Creative Producer

Daryl Oh is a photographer, entrepreneur, and founder of Holyrad Studio. As a WOC, Daryl is dedicated to creating safe spaces for the other, by the other. Holyrad Studio aims to operate outside of outdated systems of the creative industry through bolstering young, enterprising creatives.

Meet Cassi Namoda

February 16, 2017 in Artist

Cassie was born in Maputo, Mozambique to a native mother and American Father. She briefly studied Cinematography at Academy of Arts in San Francisco. Cassie has lived and worked in New York City, but she is currently an art director/curator based in Los Angeles, CA.

Meet Allie Berman

February 14, 2017 in Model

Allie is a model living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, but is originally from a seaside town in New Hampshire. She enjoys shopping for vintage clothing, being alone with her brain, reading, and collecting classic rock vinyl.

Meet Angela Kohler

February 09, 2017 in Photographer, Filmmaker

Angela Kohler is an advertising photographer and commercial director in Los Angeles, where she is one half of Angela & Ithyle, the studio she runs with her husband. She gave birth to her baby boy three days before the publication of this feature.

Meet Cara Flaherty

February 07, 2017 in Events Producer

Cara Flaherty is the Events & Content Manager for Urban Outfitters’ concept store, Space Ninety 8, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She has lived in the neighborhood since the early aughts, though she is originally from Columbus, Ohio.

Meet Glynn Connolly

February 02, 2017 in Entrepreneur

Meet LA Passersby, Glynn Connolly. She runs the accessories brand Essex LA, but when she’s not working, she is usually running, cooking, or road-tripping around California.

Abby Levin of Jam Jar Bakery

January 30, 2017 in Baker, Chef

Abby Levin is the founder and baker behind Jam Jar Bakery and Abigail’s Bakeshop. We visited Abby at her Brooklyn-based bakery, where passersby stop when they’re craving something sweet, and got some practical advice about starting a business.

Meet Katy Hallowell

January 24, 2017 in Location Scout, Producer

Katy is an NYC based location scout and writer. Born in Connecticut, she moved to Toronto and then to San Francisco before moving back to the east coast. Avid film-goer, Rolling Stones lover, reader and explorer. Occasional trespasser.

Meet Anna Deutsch

January 17, 2017 in Editor, Writer

After studying journalism at Boston University, she started working at fashion magazine and spent her twenties living in Sydney, Australia until she moved back in 2012. Anna now creates content as Senior Fashion Editor for Barneys' The Window.

Mastering Engineer, Heba Kadry

January 16, 2017 in Mastering Engineer

In our visits to the homes of all our featured passersby, we love hearing about the records they cherish and listening to the playlists they curate. For our latest Meet The Makers, we caught up with mastering engineer Heba Kadry.

Meet Holly Falcone

January 04, 2017 in Manicurist

Meet NYC passerby, Holly Falcone, a freelance manicurist based in Greenpoint.

Meet Dasha Faires

January 03, 2017 in Creative Director

Dasha Faires is a fashion industry veteran and the Creative Director at Canal Street Market, a new kind of carefully curated retail market and food hall. She’s the mother of two toddlers, and is married to her high school sweetheart.

Streetstyle Details: Jacket & Shoes, Topshop ; Shirt, Hanes ; Skirt, Vintage ; Bag, A.P.C.

Meet Hallie Gould

January 02, 2017 in Editor, Writer

Hallie Gould is a NYC-based Senior Editor at Byrdie. Previously, Hallie wrote for Marie Claire, ELLE, Real Beauty, and Time Out New York. She has a penchant for black clothing, lipstick, and maintaining the intricacies of her (slightly bewildering) skin care routine.

Meet Gabrielle Herbst

January 01, 2017 in Musician

Herbst’s experience writing for chamber orchestra and mixed instrumentation inspired her to develop a repertoire of short-form, vocal-centric compositions under the name GABI.

Meet Laura Brown

January 01, 2017 in Software Engineer

Laura Brown grew up in Westchester and got her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2012. She has been working at Artsy as a software engineer for the past two years.

Meet Momo Ishiguro