As a child, my brother and I spent many hours transforming our basement into a small mid-western Lego city complete with a law enforcement squad capable of patrolling the high seas. Unfortunately, we never were able to see the artistic…
Continue Reading →It was on the early side of our grade school days when we learned how to tell time by what the little and the big hand said. Soon enough after that, we got our first digital watch and thought we'd…
Continue Reading →Mathew Waldman's Nooka, the alternative line of time-keepers that we consistently preach about, is offering some new wrist candy for the holiday season. Profound Blue and Cool gray have made their way into Nooka's color palate, giving the increasingly attention…
Continue Reading →New York's alternative watch maker Nooka is known for both their abstract approach to time keeping and their creatively free approach to designing those watches. What better form of collaboration, then, would there be other than to pair up with…
Continue Reading →I covered the Nooka watches a while back, and since then they have introduced a handful of beautiful new designs. Nooka is the brainchild of Matthew Waldman, and these watches were originally sketched on napkins in '97. Sufficent to say…
Continue Reading →Gotta thank The Sponge for letting us know Elsewares updated their site with some new goodies. This is the Nooka Zot Watch, representing the progression of hours in a window of small dots, minutes in a 59 incremental horizontal bar,…
Continue Reading →Come see me moderate what looks to be a fun panel about J-Pop next Tuesday at The Japan Society in New York City. The Japanese aesthetic, specifically pop culture and contemporary design, has influenced many Western designers in recent years.…
Continue Reading →We love to check out some of the local art galleries when traveling. Peel Gallery in Houston felt like a very obvious choice, based on some of the images from their website. When I arrived I was shown some absolutely…
Continue Reading →TSOVET: Read JS Review | Buy It ($435) Great case designs and contrasting finishes paired with affordable prices make these watches the perfect gift. Timex 80: Read JS Review | Buy It ($67) It's funny how things come full circle.…
Continue Reading →Go to FUSSHop now. Aside from the Si Scott print we just blogged, MHI has a new line of clothing with a little help from Maharishi, London's premier Japanese fashion house (and the designers of my passport cover). Maharishi has…
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