More Airbed & Breakfast

Posted on March 10, 2008 Under Travel

Way back in October we told you about Airbed & Breakfest, Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky's alternative to expensive San Francisco hotel stays for designers in need of shelter during last year's IDSA conference. Well, we're more than pleased to…

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Kluster x TED: Over There

Posted on March 7, 2008 Under Eco

Several days ago at the TED conference we told you about Kluster's mission to create a product in seventy-two hours with the assistance of one thousand of the brightest people in the world. Well, the results are in, the votes…

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New Amenity: Spring '08

Posted on March 7, 2008 Under Eco

A while back we told you about the eco-friendly bedding designers at Amenity, who turn bedrooms into green rooms by making bedding from only organic and sustainable materials like hemp and organic cotton. Formed by longtime friends Kristina de Corpo…

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IA's Web Trend Map 3, Now Available in Wall Version

Posted on March 5, 2008 Under Design

As promised, Information Architects just released the poster version of their super-sexy Web Trend Map 3. For $50 plus shipping, you can have your own map of Web 2.0 on your wall; for free, you can visit their site for…

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More Wants (For Sale)

Posted on March 4, 2008 Under Art

Some people work hard all their lives and never get anything they want. Other people start awesome websites and end up getting everything their little heart desires. We count our old friends Justin & Christine as part of the latter…

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Alice Wang: Asimov's 1st Law

Posted on February 26, 2008 Under Design

Isaac Asimov's first law of robotics stated that "a robot may not harm a human being." While we don't remember Rosie ever bludgeoning Elroy Jetson with her duster, our old friend, Alice Wang, not only worries about the danger of…

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New Belts from TANNER

Posted on February 25, 2008 Under Fashion

If you've never heard about the suave leather goods being made by Hecklewood's TANNER sub-brand, don't blame us. We've trumpeted their fine quality product for quite some time and we see no reason not to continue to do so as…

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Seven Magazine

Posted on February 19, 2008 Under Life

Unlike the issues of Entertainment Weekly that we didn't subscribe to, but end up in our mailbox anyway, Seven Magazine is about pop culture and social responsibility. Since its inception in 2004, the British-based zine takes aim at the global…

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Doane Paper in Squares, Checks, and Grids

Posted on February 15, 2008 Under Books

Way back in the Summer of 2006, long before we directed you toward the miracle that is Doane Paper, Chad Doane decided to count the ways in which he loved Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. Rather than picking up a flower…

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Core 77 Greener Gadgets Competition: Winners!

Posted on February 11, 2008 Under Eco

It was a little over a month ago when we told you about Core 77's Greener Gadgets competition"¦so if you had a design for a Green Gadget and you snoozed until now, well, you inevitably "losed." The design competition submission…

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