Brass Knuckle Cork Screw

Posted on May 31, 2009 Under Design

What happens when you cross a brass knuckle with a cork screw? This. Completely opposite, yet totally awesome together. Designed in limited edition of 50 by Jonathan Sabine and for sale at Ministry Of The Interior in Toronto. They're not shipping…

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Dear America Airlines: Redesign?

Posted on May 31, 2009 Under Design

There's a great story unfolding over here on a blog by a NY/SF based UI expert (a talented fella) who wrote an open letter to American Airlines about their horrific website.  Oh, and he heard back from them. Surprise! I'm…

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In Milan, a chair is a chair is a chair.

Posted on May 28, 2009 Under Design

I didn't go to Milan Design Week this year, but my dear friend Kristina Dryza did. Her perspective is pretty great, and sort of what I expected to hear. Excerpt below: In the West, we crave experiences that help us…

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If you like tennis…

Posted on May 28, 2009 Under Design

Too funny. Want a bigger court? Click here. Via Zoomdoggle

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Tumi Alpha Collection

Posted on May 28, 2009 Under Design

Well, I'm impressed (and a little bit surprised) to see Tumi moving away from their core black and grey look towards a more youthful oriented and hipper design. In their own words: “The digital camouflage print is applied to ballistic…

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Banana Family

Posted on May 25, 2009 Under Design

If you go bananas over Alessi's newest launch in its whimsical OrienTales collection of kitchen doodads that we adore, Banana Family, we wouldn't be surprised. The collabo between the Italian company's Stefano Giovannoni and Takeda Rumiko with the National Palace…

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Tristan Eaton iPhone App

Posted on May 22, 2009 Under Gadgetry

For the past year, the urban vinyl community has relied on Face Your Manga for all our avatar needs. But now one of our own has stepped up with an app that renders our likenesses in Kidrobocolor. That would be…

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Soap Knuckles

Posted on May 20, 2009 Under Design

Any job well done requires getting your hands just a little dirty. Unfortunately, the soiling of one's digits is usually followed by a fierce bout of scrubbing that doesn't always remove the grit and grime to it's desired effect. If…

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Fossils of the Future

Posted on May 13, 2009 Under Art

No one at Pompeii expected to have their civilization snuffed out in a hail of lava and ash, but when their remnants were finally excavated some 1700 years later archaeologists found of wealth of material that told the story of…

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KILLSPENCER Bags

Posted on May 7, 2009 Under Design

Spencer Nikosey is talented, period. Not only is he a graduate of Art Center College of Design (that place breeds talent), but just 4 months after he graduated he's now running a fantastic little business, with some very special products.…

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