I always love seeing artists who don't come from a traditional artistic background. The Canadian illustrator, Raymond Biesinger, is one of those people. Even though he has a BA in European and North American political history, he has become a…
Continue Reading →Turns out, at QWSTION, Black is the new black. Their newest collection, Black, features six, supremely-dark new bags that not only hides dirt (though not white cat hair) but the contrast also shows off each bag's eye-poppingly bright silver hardware.…
Continue Reading →In addition to being a time for Hallmark's profits to spike, Valentine's Day is time for the lovelorn to come together and make magic. In the romantic tradition of the holiday, Meletta, a designer MIMOBOT fashioned by our friends at…
Continue Reading →Toyota just finished sponsoring a design challenge for up-and-coming future minded designers at London's Royal College of the Art. The contest asked participants to create consumer level electric solutions for the kitchen, bedroom, living room and garage for an intelligent…
Continue Reading →You may recall the name Sruli Recht from such past wonderful design innovations as the Umbuster and the Bound Skarf. The latter -- a lengthy accessory of over nine feet -- was harvested from the rarest of cottons woven only…
Continue Reading →DC Shoes have partnered with Portland-based character creators, UNKL, on a limited edition sneaker and toy set. The kicks and figure both feature a black and green color scheme with glow-in-the-dark accents. The figure in question is the SUG, one…
Continue Reading →Royal Mail has unleashed British Design Classics, a series of 10 stamps commemorating several very special creations that the Britons have given to the world. The tribute not only covers obvious innovations like the Routemaster double decker bus (which most…
Continue Reading →Wow. One of our favorite indie art publishers Rojo (as in Rojo Magazine, yo) just released a hot lil' set of posters for 200 first-comers. The 10 posters from MWM, Bruno 9li, Neasden Control Centre, Evgeny Kiselev, Catalina Estrada, Dalek,…
Continue Reading →Fiends for competitive sit-down games, meet your Excalibur(s). From deluxe models of backgammon and chess sets to a Monopoly set so swank, you might as well play with real cash, Zontik Games take classic games and equip them with precision…
Continue Reading →If you have serious design chops, here's a heads up. Cut & Paste has just extended the deadlines for this year's Digital Design Tournament. There are three areas for you to enter - 2D, 3D, and Motion Design for a…
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