About the author

Carmel Hagen:


Inquiringmind: The Buyers Buyble Fall 2007

Posted on October 10, 2007 Under Fashion

Not that we think any of our readers need help dressing themselves , but just in case, online lifestyle magazine inqmnd has put together a fairly comprehensive, user-friendly Fall Lookbook. The guide, which primarily features streetwear (veering, however, head-long into…

Continue Reading →

Wallpaper* Retail Directory

Posted on October 10, 2007 Under Life

The international fashion, design, and lifestyle magazine Wallpaper* will launch an online directory of the world's best new stores tomorrow, featuring a variety of niche boutiques, the latest from global fashion houses, and other notable shopping destinations. The guide (which…

Continue Reading →

New Zeptonn @ blik

Posted on October 9, 2007 Under Design

We love Jan Willem Wennekes, aka Zeptonn. We love his silliness, his monsters, and his humorously fitting scholastic background in Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy. We're also pretty into his new designs for blik (a vinyl art company that, incidentally enough,…

Continue Reading →

A Bucket of Sunshine

Posted on October 9, 2007 Under Life

Stefano Merlo, an Italian designer, is behind this Edison-worthy bucket that collects light. In an interesting visual take on the ephemeral concept of storing natural energy, Merlo used photovoltaic panels to power a set of LEDs encased in the buckets…

Continue Reading →

Honeyee.Auction

Posted on October 8, 2007 Under Life

News of another good thing that will only be available in Japan: Honeyee, the Japanese lifestyle magazine, is currently testing out a new auction feature, in which users can bid on super-rare, super-desirable items like one-of-a-kind bikes, furniture...and what appears…

Continue Reading →

AIGA Design Conference 2007

Posted on October 8, 2007 Under Design

I'm sure more than a few of our readers will be heading west this week for the AIGA Design Conference in Denver, where speakers like Paul Budnitz of Kidrobot and Bill Buxton of Microsoft (and about a hundred other big…

Continue Reading →

SpearTalks: Federico Slivka

Posted on October 5, 2007 Under Design

Federico Slivka Lederer is well-traveled and well-worded. He is a graphic designer (with whom you may be acquainted with, particularly if you've been to a little site called TreeHugger), an art director, and an interaction designer. He is also an…

Continue Reading →

ReForm School

Posted on October 5, 2007 Under Design

Billie and Tootie have been friends since high school. Starting in their teens, they dreamed about opening a shop together, a shop where they could sell the things they liked, where they could be nice to the planet, and nice…

Continue Reading →

Acca Kappa

Posted on October 5, 2007 Under Life

A recent issue of Esquire included a feature regarding America's best-dressed males. There was a section honoring well-dressed celebrities, and a section for well-dressed men (of the un-paparazzied variety). The men, of course, were asked to explain themselves, to offer…

Continue Reading →

Dunny Series 4

Posted on October 4, 2007 Under Life

Kidrobot's new Dunny's are awesome; If you haven't checked them out yet, go here, and if you don't even really care to check them out, go there anyway. Normally, I could care less about Dunny's (not for any good reason…

Continue Reading →