Chris Stuart

What do you buy for that perennially chic friend whose cool factor is through the roof? The North South bracelet by local studio Luur is a good place to start.

Chris Stuart created half a bracelet—enough to put his Carmel studio on the design world’s radar.

Local experimental-art collective Know No Stranger lampooned Silicon Valley product launches. The pitch: a robot, Ascme, that only responded to “the crispy rhythm of monosyllabic speech.”

It takes a GPS to find the industrial park where Luur Design is located, but for aesthetes, the payoff is a selection of beautiful objects and homethings.

Fast Company recently named DIY Furniture 2: A Step-by-Step Guide, by Indy designer Chris Stuart, one of the best design books of 2014. His industrial aesthetic feels surprisingly homey in his Noblesville cottage.