Coffin Shelves

Posted on June 28, 2009 Under Design

Some might think having your own coffin in your house is morbid, but not William Warren. In fact, the furniture and product designer created Shelves for Life, a build-it-yourself Ikea style bookcase that, after you've expired, can be reassembled into…

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Bag It: Shopping Bag Trends

Posted on June 28, 2009 Under Life

Shopping bags are, for the most part, pretty dull. Not only are they a hinderance on the environment, but they're hardly ever hip enough for us to want to recycle them unless it means dropping them in a blue bin.…

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Typeography Soap

Posted on June 28, 2009 Under Design

If you're truly a typography geek, then why stop at just outfitting your office and your bedroom with lust-worthy fonts? We just spotted this rad translucent soap created by Debbie Chialtas at The Soap Lab on the design site FredFlare.…

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Re-Ment Sushi Bar

Posted on June 22, 2009 Under Design

Re-Ment's Puchi Petite Collections are tiny, incredibly detailed, and often food-focused toys from Japan. The global cuisine includes assortments ranging from Luxury French to American Kitchen. One of my personal favorites, The Re-Ment Sushi Bar, features campy titles like "Wasabi…

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O-No Sushi Toy

Posted on June 22, 2009 Under Life

A good vinyl toy should be more than a status symbol or dust collector: it should connect with you as an art form, and in an ideal situation, you should feel something. When I look at Andrew Bell's upcoming O-No…

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Geometry of Ruins

Posted on June 22, 2009 Under Life

Inspired by modern ruins and the spirit that remains alive inside of them, Geometry of Ruins seeks to simultaneously provoke feelings of hope and its death. The multimedia show by Tyger creator Guilherme Marcondes and his artist wife Andrezza Valentin"”both…

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Shades Of Greige Sale

Posted on June 22, 2009 Under Life

Our pals at Jack Threads are holding a big 24 hour sale for Shades of Greige starting tomorrow at 12 noon. Pieces will include dress pants, jackets, dress shirts, ties, and more. All merchandise also ships within 48 hours, so…

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Funemployed: Irina Blok

Posted on June 21, 2009 Under Life

Remember those awesome Fashion Surgical Masks to protect yourself against Swine Flu? Designer Irina Blok is at it again with her project entitled Funemployed. She's still unemployed and looking for a job as an Art Director (if I was hiring Art…

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Road Kill Toys

Posted on June 19, 2009 Under Design

Road Kill Toys are designer plush toys (stuffed animals, really) representing the undiscussed but often past rodents and animals of our highways and streets. Toys with a twist. I'd say so. Grind the rabbit on the left felt the tread…

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Wall Clock Radius

Posted on June 18, 2009 Under Design

Digging the Radius Design Wall Clock from the Cologne, Germany based design group"“ the buyer of this clock has the choice of setting the dimensions of the piece him/herself. That means you can place as many/few hours as you choose.…

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