London: myhotels

Posted on June 8, 2005 Under Travel

During my time in London I'm staying at one of the myhotels, which is always a nice treat. The hotel was created to take hospitality to the next level through customization and unparalleled service. Before you arrive you fill out…

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Normann Copenhagen

Posted on June 7, 2005 Under Travel

Normann, a Copenhagen based design firm has a slew of wonderful products--like this innovative funnel, designed by Boje Estermann. The funnel seems to be the kitchen contraption that never quite fits in any drawers, and looked unorganized floating around a…

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Krups FDK2

Posted on June 6, 2005 Under Gadgetry

No, this is not a game console, a printer, or even a scanner. It's a new sandwich, panini, and waffle maker, made by Krups. I'm a huge fan of anything this well designed--minimal, yet so completely functional. It boasts all…

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Cable yoyo

Posted on June 3, 2005 Under Design

If you haven't seen the first annual Scientistic Invitation winning entries--check them out, they are really quite inspiring. The invitational is an Industrial Designer's Society of America branded event, and there were a few winning entries that really caught my…

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Veer Gear

Posted on June 1, 2005 Under Design

I've mentioned Veer before-- but they really deserve another mention. They are slowly becoming one of my favorite resources--and clearly after all designers hearts. In the past they had classic typography t-shirts, great souvenirs and goodies, and they just introduced…

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Toy Design Contest Winner

Posted on June 1, 2005 Under Design

We have a winner, yes we have a winner! We'd like to congratulate Derek Duncan, from San Francisco, CA. Born in Columbus Ohio, Derek received a BFA in Sculpture from Ohio State University in 2002. After graduation, he began studying…

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Toy Design Contest Reminder

Posted on May 30, 2005 Under Design

Just a reminder that June 1st is just around the corner, so if you have a toy design to submit to the Android8 + Josh Spear toy design contest... it's not too late! We will be choosing the winners on…

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Ego Paris

Posted on May 26, 2005 Under Design

Although it's 48 degrees and rainy where I am, it's supposedly "summer" somewhere. Whatever that "sun" thing is, it must be nice. French designer Thomas Sauvage designed these Tandem lounge chairs for Ego in Paris. These are for those sunny…

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Naive Clothing

Posted on May 26, 2005 Under Fashion

Naive Clothing was started a little over a year ago by a young entrepeneur in college who wanted to create something different--that didn't conform to pop culture, but "transformed it". The dream behind Naive was that people will begin to…

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The Little Clock Shop

Posted on May 20, 2005 Under Gadgetry

The Little Clock Shop has the nicest selection of unique modern clocks I've ever seen--like this Gear Flip Alarm Clock designed by Wil Van Den Bos. They also the familiar and great Yoshitomo Nara Flip Clock, which contains 84 unique…

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