Orientales 2

Posted on October 8, 2008 Under Gadgetry

A toothpick holder that becomes a spiny animal and salt and pepper shakers disguised as trees are just two of  the freshly released items in the second series of Alessi's Orientales animated tableware collection. We first featured Giovannoni Stefano and…

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Mimoco: limited edition ray8gig

Posted on October 8, 2008 Under Gadgetry

Our fine friends at Mimoco never seem to run out of ways to make flash drives fun. While there are already seemingly countless members of the Mimobot army, what's the harm in introducing one more? So without further ado we…

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Tokibot

Posted on October 7, 2008 Under Gadgetry

If being woken up in the morning by a dutiful robot buddy is a trait of the future, then Tokyobay has assured that the future is now. Tokibot clocks take three classic robot styles and equip them with chest-inlaid timepieces…

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Stussy Deluxe

Posted on October 6, 2008 Under Gadgetry

I'm totally feeling the luxe behind Stussy's Deluxe line of slick accessories, where black makes an important play. The spotlight of the collection is the bags -- a backpack and a messenger -- in nylon accented with shiny, full-grain patent…

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Parra and Incase

Posted on October 3, 2008 Under Gadgetry

First, Incase surprised us with their incredibly relevant, timely, and bad ass KRINK/Arkitip collaboration laptop sleeve. Next up, they're collaborating with Dutch artist Parra. Known for combining bright colors and his mastery of fonts (and in this case it looks…

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OOOMS Wooden Memory Stick

Posted on October 2, 2008 Under Gadgetry

You know how a walking stick isn't really a stick, its an insect. Well a memory stick isn't really... well the people at OOOMS have made a memory stick into a stick. As you can see the wooden memory stick…

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Coosh Headphones

Posted on September 26, 2008 Under Gadgetry

Headphones can hurt. Those DJ style cups might sound great and make you look like an aficionado, but the cartilage in your ears feels the pain of prolonged use, and no matter how compact those ear buds are, the sound…

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Big Ticket Tuesday Winner!

Posted on September 12, 2008 Under Gadgetry

This week's prize goes to Mia Chuck. Everyone came up with some great, awful examples of cell phone product placement, but only Mia came up with one that we could have never thought of. In this Korean series, Anycall (TV,…

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Hulger's PAPPA*PHONE

Posted on September 12, 2008 Under Gadgetry

New technology can often be scary. The liberal use of space age polymers and fancy LCD's can frighten consumers into thinking they may have accidentally slipped into the future with no way back to the world they know and love.…

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Blackberry BOLD: First Impressions

Posted on September 9, 2008 Under Gadgetry

It's true, I have one here in the US of A working on T-Mobile. After a very successful acquisition of the coveted Blackberry BOLD from my favorite auction website, I unlocked it with some Google Kung Fu (it was a…

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