Sound Team: Movie Monster

Posted on July 11, 2006 Under Music

With their own brand of get your butt movin' rock, Sound Team, is one of the newest in a continuing succession of DIY bands bringing their sound to the masses. Started by brother's Bill and Michael Baird in a Portland…

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DNA11: FingerPrint Art

Posted on July 9, 2006 Under Art

Our friends over at DNA11 continue to live their mantra "From Life Comes Art" with their latest product: Fingerprint Portraits. It's as simple as sending them your fingerprint with their easy to use kit-- your fingerprint is then scanned, hand…

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Poissonmobile Chaise Lounge

Posted on July 3, 2006 Under Design

Designer Sascha Akkerman created a pretty ingenious fold-up and roll away lounge chair for summer relaxtion. The Poissonmobile works as a mat or a chaise style lounge. Akkerman was inspired by the little bamboo sushi mats seen throughout Japanese restaurants…

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Think Outside The Box

Posted on June 30, 2006 Under Design

Our friends over at Hypebeast point to a unique project from IHAVEPOP in collaboration with Solebox. Shoe boxes sure do make excellent material to create sneaker art. Really great work, check them out. Often things are just the way they…

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Flavorpill’s Activate

Posted on June 29, 2006 Under Life

Congratulations to Flavorpill for launching their 10th email publication to date. Sick of scanning CNN.com for world news? I know I am! The latest newsletter Activate is a weekly filter of 'what's going on around the world'-- distilling the most…

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Talk Back: The Book

Posted on June 26, 2006 Under Books

Anyone who has spent any amount of time in NYC would have noticed the hundreds of thought and speech bubbles strategically placed on advertisements around the city--that's The Bubble Project. "More Bubbles mean more freed spaces, more sharing of personal…

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Sneakerplay: Global Sneaker Culture

Posted on June 25, 2006 Under Life

Sneakerplay is the world's first social network for the style conscious sneaker community. It has all the usual features of a social network we've come to expect-- but this time it's a place to meet other like minded sneaker-enthusiasts, network…

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BumpTop Prototype

Posted on June 22, 2006 Under Life

If you are the type to exclaim "leave that alone!" when someone tried to clean up or "optimize" your work space, then you can surely appreciate the concept of order from chaos. Personally, my work and home desks are a…

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Alice Wang’s Audio Sticks

Posted on June 19, 2006 Under Gadgetry

We're always wondering, what does the future hold for personal and home audio? What will consumer packaged music look like even just a few years from now? With the advent of perpendicular storage, NAS systems, cheap flash memory, and increasing…

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NYC Garbage

Posted on June 19, 2006 Under Life

Who knew that garbage could be so.....cool? Justin, a NYC resident, thinks that it can be and judging by his results, it actually appears that he's right! NYCgarbage.com is the website where Justin sells his 100% hand-picked garbage off the…

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