New technology can often be scary. The liberal use of space age polymers and fancy LCD's can frighten consumers into thinking they may have accidentally slipped into the future with no way back to the world they know and love.…
Continue Reading →The kitchen at my office freaks me out. It's not that there's ever a shortage of spoons or bowls (or free coffee or toast, for that matter) but there's someone who doesn't understand that dirty dishes don't go in a…
Continue Reading →There's this little on-demand design outfit called Ponoko, who've been generating some serious buzz in the last year (from the Wired to our mates over at Core77). As a designer you can upload an EPS file to their website, and…
Continue Reading →Johannesburg's Dokter and Misses is not exactly a store, but it's not soley a studio either. A bit over half of the apparel and furniture outfitter's wares are from their own cubism-influenced label of jewelry, lights, T-shirts, and vests. It's…
Continue Reading →Sometimes you see somebody rocking a clever piece of gear that makes you say "Ha! Awesome..." Behold, one of these very items. The My Documents Laptop Sleeve is a 15.4" neoprene computer carrying case in the shape of one of…
Continue Reading →Today I'm going to highlight the first ingredient in the four part Veuve Clicquot Recipe that I promised you yesterday: 1 part design. It became clear to me during my time in France that design plays a central role in…
Continue Reading →Last time we checked in on Royal Remarkable (aka Joshua Gajownik), he was getting busy with Grafuck and Hand Job, two of the most graphically brilliant projects with sexual undertones that we've ever laid caresses on. Since then, the man's…
Continue Reading →Louise Despont, Jackie Saccoccio, and Randy Wray are just some of the unique talents that Brooklyn-based fine arts publisher Element Editions have been cultivating. Their mission: to bring experimental printmaking (we imagine this to be something like using a Pantone…
Continue Reading →It's estimated that 8-10 billion un-recyclable plastic and wire hangers are wasted every year, and they end up clogging our landfills, requiring more than 1,000 years to break down. Kind of a big deal, that's like 4.6 Empire State Buildings…
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