I have a sad obsession with DIY hacks and, if I had any motivation or attention-span to create my own instead of ripping off stuff I find in Readymade, I may very well have found myself in the Etsy field…
Continue Reading →While us Yanks may not have the opportunity to appreciate O2's Cocoon flip phone first hand, it's worth noting for its superior design and intriguing features. O2 is a big player in the European mobile market, but recently wanted to…
Continue Reading →I'm certainly not aching for the return of 13 degree days and 5 o'clock sunsets, but the women's winter 2007 collection from Australian surf brand Insight has certainly left me feeling friendlier toward this side of the hemisphere's eventual re-approach…
Continue Reading →I love day-lab, purveyors of all indepedently-designed trinkets shiny, girly and sparkly...but I am totally stoked that now there's a guy-focused counterpart, Night-Lab. Featuring all sorts of home accessories, tshirts and art -- the kind that you used to be…
Continue Reading →A heads up to all of our collectors/design junkie readers: Sotheby's will be holding an auction featuring the work of a very impressive line-up of designers on the morning of June 19th. Pieces from Chris Ferebee, Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid,…
Continue Reading →I'm not what can be referred to as a "morning person." I no longer own an alarm clock, thanks to my tendency towards hurling them indiscriminately across the room - causing damage to walls, furniture, pets and people alike. The…
Continue Reading →We're all familiar with sites that buy up products in mass quantities and then dump them us for drastically discounted prices-- some examples that I like: Steep And Cheap (for skiing) and Woot (for techie stuff I'll never buy). Whisky…
Continue Reading →Yesterday, a friend of mine said something along the lines of, "Boulder is the new Seattle, just with more snow." I wish she had just been referring to an overstock of fresh seafood at Wholefoods, but what she really meant…
Continue Reading →Our final stop on the 'art train' today was to NADA's art fair here in Miami. The New Art Dealers Alliance has been active since 2002, and consists of a non-profit collective of professionals working with contemporary art. Their mission:…
Continue Reading →We've always been a big fan of Naoto Fukazawa's minimalist design, and his brand, in collaboration with Japanese toy maker Takara, Plusminuszero is one of our favorites. It's now in its third (gorgeous) collection-- but good luck finding these in…
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