The Li Xi Gift Envelope combines Asian tradition, craft and symbolism with a twist of modern design. Traditionally envelopes like these were given during the Chinese New Year, but in an effort to preserve this child-hood memory in a modern…
Continue Reading →If you think you're too late to stuff stockings with a member of the Mimobot family, you are just plain wrong. The folks at Mimoco are offering Fed-ex overnight shipping until Saturday, December 23rd. Darby is sold out, and the…
Continue Reading →Everyone who enjoys wine hopefully knows that wine tastes better when it has been aerated. Aeration basically exposes more of the volume of the wine to the air, allowing the vino to 'breathe,' thus counteracting the tannins in the wine.…
Continue Reading →Domestic was launched as an alternative to wallpaper, where wall space can become the field for a game of composition and narration into which a lot of effort and inventiveness can be put. Check out their collection for wallpaper ideas…
Continue Reading →Toronto-based design boutique Up to You: The Shop Above is bringing customers something extra special for Christmas this year. All orders placed online on Christmas Eve between 12-5 P.M. EST, exceeding $500 CAN before taxes, will be hand-delivered by Santa…
Continue Reading →Congratulations to Lee, our first week's winner in the Momimomi Naughty Holiday Limerick Competition. He will be receiving a 3 month subscription to the best t-shirt subscription program in the world! Without further adieu, the winning words: In a town…
Continue Reading →Uncanny crocheted likeness of Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong II, Ahmadinejad and George W. Bush, an exclusive conversation-starting stocking-stuffer possibility from Moss Online. These are too funny! Via Made Wise
Continue Reading →Designer toys make great gifts, from the Pee and Poo toys to Lego Mindstorm's-- here are our picks from the vaults. Enjoy! "¢ Pee and Poo: The Unflushables: I know some of you wouldn't as much as entertain the idea…
Continue Reading →Xplicid is a new European t-shirt subscription startup I've got a nice feeling about-- They aim to feature artists and designers from around the world, making sure to keep their lineup as diverse and unique as possible. Obviously, shirts are…
Continue Reading →One of my favorite Japanese designers (although now Brooklyn Dwelling), Motomichi, has a couple of gorgeous new prints for sale for the holiday season. He actually introduced these prints back at the Pictoplasma Conference in October, but hasn't put them…
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