New York City vendors are one of the many things we love/hate about the city. Everyone has a story of some amazing/crazy street vendor experience. The Street Vendor Project has put together a visual guide for vendor regulations, rights and…
Continue Reading →Considering there are only two points of contact between your road bike and the engines (read: legs) that power it, pedals should be high on your priority list. I had a chance to try the KeO Sprint Laneo pedals from…
Continue Reading →Yesterday, in an event that was surely meticulously planned by event organizers, the long awaited Stile Bertone Mantide (aka Project M), made it's debut at the Shanghai Autoshow. The bespoke supercar, designed by American wunderkind Jason Castriota (of Pininfarina P4/5…
Continue Reading →When we think of a rocking chair, a memory springs to mind of grandma knitting while emitting creaky sounds with continuous reclining effort. Rainer Mutsch has erased those images with his fresh take on the familiar furnishing. Rather than focus…
Continue Reading →San Francisco-based interactive design firm, 17FEET, revealed their first designer toy at Phoenix's Resin Collective group toy show. When I caught up with 17FEET last December, the Feeters were still in the prototype stage, but now the tiny trio is…
Continue Reading →It would be easy to be blue about the lack of eye-catching public design in many city centers if it weren’t for gems like Slovenian design consultancy Asobi’s outdoor chairs placed along the main street of the city of Ljubljana.…
Continue Reading →Our pal Alice Wang dropped us a note letting us know about her latest project, Commodity Love. She's at it again making us scratch our head wondering what's true here. She says "As products get more and more attractive, can…
Continue Reading →Though it's already in a hot lipstick-red color, the spectacular sleekness of the Capacete E8 motorcycle helmet by Sao Paulo design firm Questto Design is a serious competitor for your attention. Winner of the 2009 IF Product Design Award in…
Continue Reading →One of my favorite things to do is read in bed. If I can get comfortable enough, I'll go so far as to even work on my laptop there—a no-no for psychiatrists advising sleep-deprived patients that a bed should kept…
Continue Reading →Designs by Genevieve Gauckler, Eero Aarnio, Parra, and more make up the bulk of what Publik has to offer. The Japanese venture pulls together the talents of an international crew of artists to bring us tote bags, bandanas, and not…
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