Taking a different approach to the steadily but slow growing digital picture frame market, the RedPost/Kit from the Goshen, Indiana startup which shares the same name gives the home hacker a way to jumpstart a project that will result in…
Continue Reading →Algae inspired decorations? Only from Vitra. Every time I walk through their West Village showroom, I lust after the decorative, snap-together pieces of their Algue -- or Algae -- system. It creates a beautiful combination of organic, natural lines that…
Continue Reading →Not too long ago, I was sitting across from a friend in a coffeeshop who, upon spilling a scalding cup of coffee all over his groin region, jumped up so fast from his laptop that he forgot his headphones were…
Continue Reading →My local drugstore's card aisle leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to subjects outside of birthday and Christmas, so I'm usually left speechless, so to say, when it comes to the moments in between. Whimsy Press has…
Continue Reading →I'm sure more than a few of our readers will be heading west this week for the AIGA Design Conference in Denver, where speakers like Paul Budnitz of Kidrobot and Bill Buxton of Microsoft (and about a hundred other big…
Continue Reading →In case you have say, $100K lying around and happen to be unhealthily obsessed with your iPhone's touchscreen, you can always step it up and go for Perceptive Pixel/Jeff Han's Interactive Touch Media Wall -- Josh raved about his play…
Continue Reading →Wicked Lasers has long established itself as a premier designer and manufacturer of quality laser products, targeting the mild hobbyist to the insane gadget freak, so when I was offered the opportunity to test out a laser that was developed…
Continue Reading →"It's a big stereo. Speakers so loud, they blow women's clothes off." I'm not much of an audiophile, but even I'm impressed by these bad boys. Or at least by the design; I have no idea how they sound. The…
Continue Reading →Federico Slivka Lederer is well-traveled and well-worded. He is a graphic designer (with whom you may be acquainted with, particularly if you've been to a little site called TreeHugger), an art director, and an interaction designer. He is also an…
Continue Reading →Billie and Tootie have been friends since high school. Starting in their teens, they dreamed about opening a shop together, a shop where they could sell the things they liked, where they could be nice to the planet, and nice…
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