In the late 1990s, my company, Michael Graves Design changed the conversation around design with a teakettle that was joyful, affordable, and elegant. It didn't just sit on a stove, it stood for a new idea: Good design was not a luxury, but a right. Target's Design for All programs went on to define America's expectation that great design should be available to everyone.
Leather jackets can be tricky to get right. Too trend-focused, and it's a thousand-dollar flash in the pan; too trend-agnostic, and you get a museum artifact rather than a wearable piece. AYR nailed the balance on its cleverly named Scrambler jacket, which draws off moto history and sits in the Goldilocks zone between classic and contemporary. I've worn it motorcycling through the Appalachian mountain roads and plan on packing it for an upcoming jaunt to Europe.