Cecilie Manz's Caravaggio Pendant Lamps

Posted on September 27, 2007 Under Design

If Danish-born Designer Cecilie Manz were to take her cues from her own country's cultural heritage she might be selling light fixtures adorned with little mermaids with missing tongues, but rather than relying on Hans Christian Anderson for her inspiration,…

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Takashi Murakami for Supreme Skateboards

Posted on September 26, 2007 Under Life

There's no doubt about it: we're unabashedly devoted groupies of Takashi Murakami, who we featured here a few weeks ago and continues to hold his place as one of the main powerhouses behind the Japanese pop art movement. With a…

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Side-On Cutlery For Mater

Posted on September 26, 2007 Under Design

Loving this new cutlery set by my uber-design pal Jens Marin Skibsted (Biomega, Skibsted Ideation, et al). The design idea was to incorporate a chopstick rest (Hashi Oki) into some dead-sexy Scandinavian design cutlery. Methinks it worked; the whole integration…

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Challenging Authority

Posted on September 26, 2007 Under Life

Back in the late 60's/early 70's heyday of the muscle car, the need for speed often trumped the importance of safety on the road. The Dodge Challenger, a latecomer to the muscle car game, was best known for its role…

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Fuser

Posted on September 26, 2007 Under Life

You know you're in trouble when you find yourself needing tools to manage tools. Fuser (currently in beta), is a newly launched site that works by aggregating all your social networking accounts into one. Rather than logging in to MySpace,…

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Hecklewood's TANNER

Posted on September 26, 2007 Under Fashion

We've written about Portland-based Hecklewood a fair bit around here. What do you expect us to do when we find a completely badass brand and/or store doing their own thing and doing everything right? TANNER, Hecklewood's sub-brand for leather goods,…

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Beautiful/Decay: Beautifully Redesigned

Posted on September 25, 2007 Under Design

Beautiful/Decay has a fresh new face. Your favorite go-to for all things inspired, B/D recently opted to become new. Having entirely revitalized its site, B/D has managed to surpass itself as the unsurpassable portal for art. It's still the same…

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Mist Dunny

Posted on September 25, 2007 Under Design

French graf artist Mist (known for his drippy style and evil eyes) paired up with Kidrobot to deliver this severely limited edition, mostly psychotic-looking, 20-inch Dunny. I love Dunnys, and I love monsters, so the fact that this beast looks…

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Commune: New Threads

Posted on September 25, 2007 Under Fashion

It's that time again, when NZ-based Commune attempt to clothe you in their ltd.ed t-shirts designed specifically to prove to the outside world that yes, you're a whole lot more awesome than they are -- as in, I eat awesome,…

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Sup3rfr3sh

Posted on September 25, 2007 Under Fashion

Before you roll your eyes about yet another new t-shirt kid on the block, stop and have a look. Sup3rfr3sh is just different enough from the slew of other new tee designers out there, and they definitely seem to have…

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