Bike culture really interests me. What started as a utilitarian exercise (cycling), has permeated into every facet of our lives from the apparel we wear, the environment, and even politics. Cyclelogical, a small company formed just last year, focuses on…
Continue Reading →Ken Tomita wanted to create an affordable piece of quality furniture that didn't skimp on design. From this idea, the Chaboo was born. The name originates from the Japanese word "chabudai," which means "low table." Ken changed the spelling to…
Continue Reading →The Gift: Two super lightweight (and super expensive) bamboo/cotton blended shirts from Bumboo. The Rules: Another chance for Lady Luck to smile upon you. It's a random drawing people, just fill out your name and e-mail in fields in the…
Continue Reading →Alex & Chloe: Fork You Necklace: Read JS Review | Buy It ($50) Because sometime you just can't say it out loud -- especially in the same breath as "Happy Holidays." Bumboo Tees: Read JS Review | Buy It ($58…
Continue Reading →Designer Jamie Lim has found a way to combine two of '08's big themes, social enterprise and large specs, with her creation of the sustainable sunglasses company KAYU. Frustrated in her role as an IT consultant, she wanted work with…
Continue Reading →It may be no longer be summer, but that doesn't mean you have to put that sweater on just yet. You can still squeeze out a few more weeks of T-shirt time (it's 75 degrees out today people!). You're a…
Continue Reading →You can look at it one of two ways: Method was ahead of their time, or right on time. I tend to lean towards the former, because with a clear mission, a clear conscious, and a clearly obsessive attitude towards…
Continue Reading →Plenty of people love to showoff their chopstick chops while chowing down on Chinese food. They'll specifically ask for the troublesome utensils in order to impress their friends as soon as they reach the table...and sometimes, if you look over…
Continue Reading →We have always been of the firm belief that a coffee table is not a suitable home base for one's backside, be it clothed or unclothed (preferably clothed). However, after seeing. Designer Akemi Tanaka's line of transformative wooden furnishings we…
Continue Reading →David Larabee and Dexter Thornton are DoubleButter. You may remember them from a post we wrote not too long ago, in which two men bombed Denver's newest art museums with a little bit of well constructed furniture graffiti. While that…
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