Sprint Sweets

Posted on May 11, 2007 Under Design

For many of you this weekend, e-cards will save your life, or at least delay your mother disowning you for another year because you forgot her Hallmark holiday. If you're looking for a fun, interactive one, head over to Sprint…

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New York Design Week: It's Always Better With A Plan

Posted on May 11, 2007 Under Design

If you're going to be in NYC for Design Week (May 19-22), be sure to check out Core77's incredibly comprehensive calendar of events. Covering the best on- and off-site exhibits and parties, they've cut right through the garbage to bring…

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UniPo-By-You Contest Winners

Posted on May 11, 2007 Under Design

We'd been waiting with baited breath to see the winning entries for UNKL's UniPo-By-You contest, and yesterday, that email came. Even more exciting than finding out they had over four hundred sumbissions for the contest was from all over the…

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Josh Feldman's Nameau

Posted on May 9, 2007 Under Design

The Spear Collective's own Josh Feldman has just started a new Knacktion project called Nameau. It's basically a site where you can buy company and product .com names, ready-to-go with logos. Dreaming up a name for a new business venture…

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bordbar

Posted on May 9, 2007 Under Design

Josh and Jamie know that I hate planes. Josh and Jamie also know I live in a shoebox apartment in Brooklyn, and am obsessed with finding storage solutions that meet my ridiculous standards for form, function and aesthetics. That being…

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Dragon Speakers

Posted on May 8, 2007 Under Gadgetry

I'm a big fan of these Dragon Speakers-- a design by Axelsson Design studio, founded by Joakim Axelsson in the UK. Reminiscent of Buro Vormkrijger's awesome Woofer Speakers, these sound-spewing hi-fi dragons are available in white (shown), red, black or…

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Shitdisco's Pop-Up Book is OK

Posted on May 8, 2007 Under Music

According to NME and Stereogum, Shitdisco is what you'd refer to as "disco-punk." Their album, Kingdom of Fear, is perfect for those burdened with short attention spans; at 38 minutes, it's a genius culmination of spastic bass lines and Klaxon-esque…

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AM Radio for PUMA French 77

Posted on May 7, 2007 Under Art

We just got some great shots from the guys over at AM Radio of their latest project-- this time, for PUMA's F77 event last Sunday in Washington DC. The team combined their painting and design chops to create some kickass…

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Blanck's 'Kite Missile' Hat

Posted on May 4, 2007 Under Fashion

There are three things I like about Blanck's 'Kite Missile' Hat. One, you'll probably be the only kid on the block wearing it; two, it has an adjustable snap closure (harder to find these days, and more forgiving to those…

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Associated Fabrication: Brooklyn

Posted on May 4, 2007 Under Design

Associated Fabrication in Brooklyn was founded by four Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture students-- William Mowat, Amy Stringer, Jeffrey Taras, and Kenneth Tracy. Working out of their 4,000 square foot workshop in Williamsburg, they specialize in specialty prototyping, fabrication…

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