Cool Hunting Facelift

Posted on November 13, 2006 Under Design

High-fives all around to our good friends and colleagues over at Cool Hunting for a stellar redesign! They've clearly made the migration away from simple categories, a big step we've been contemplating here as well. You need to go check…

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The New Zooka Zub

Posted on November 13, 2006 Under Design

Nooka, one of our favorite alternative watch makers just announced a handful of stunning new time-pieces. The Nooka Zub's as they're called are the first ever rubber band Nooka watch. The Zot model, shown here, shows the progression of hours…

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The LED Flexilight

Posted on November 10, 2006 Under Design

I love the design options made possible by designer Jos Kranen's zero-profile LED Flexilights. Jos designed the Flexilight for Feek Furniture in Belgium (which, by the way, sells a lot of other uniquely designed home furnishing goodness). LED lights are…

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Skull Links

Posted on November 10, 2006 Under Fashion

Feeling rebellious? If you're forced to wear a collared shirt, at least wear one you can floss these Skull Cufflinks with. A nice design by Marty Flint-- Silver-toned cabs with raised black eyed skulls so you can "rebel even when…

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The JimiX Wallet

Posted on November 9, 2006 Under Design

Mike O'Neill, designer behind the super-successful "not a wallet" Jimi wallet just launched his next product, the JimiX. A wallet for people who hate wallets, but love cash. It holds cards like the normal Jimi wallet, but also has a…

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REN: Clean Skincare

Posted on November 9, 2006 Under Life

I recently started testing a handful of products for UK based skin care line REN, and was pleasantly surprised with my experience. Not only is the packaging slick and the story remarkable-- what's inside is really quite nice. They use…

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Ridehouse Clothing

Posted on November 9, 2006 Under Fashion

Coming to us out of Quebec is new clothing label Ridehouse, who's board-sport inspired designs scream function, but also blend art and style. Their collection is called Heartwood, named after the central, supporting pillar of a tree-- 'It will not…

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Mauro Gatti: The Brain Box

Posted on November 8, 2006 Under Design

We at JoshSpear.com are on a never-ending quest to find the world's most talented emerging artists/designers/animators. To date, we have uncovered our fair share. Here's another to add to the list. Mauro Gatti (website = The Brain Box) hails from…

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Super-Bastard Toys

Posted on November 8, 2006 Under Design

It's simple, fun, and inexpensive gift time. Our pal Undoboy has parlayed his abundant design talent into these Super-Bastard art characters. There are 16 different toys and 64 different characters, from cowboys, to Mr. T, to Conan the Barbarian. You…

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Scott Rench Is For Sale

Posted on November 7, 2006 Under Design

Our friend Scott Rench, aka Yosoh, the 'computers and clay' dude, also happens to be an insanely talented art director and all around advertising creative guy. Unfortunately, some knuckle-heads at an agency that will go unnamed laid him off last…

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