"Hacked" furniture seems to be all the rage right now -- there are even entire websites devoted to hacking together customized creations out of the endless rows of colored, angular Ikea furniture. It was only a matter of time before…
Continue Reading →Whoa. It's happened. A purely youth-oriented, ad-supported mobile brand is launching in Britain under the name Blyk. It's pretty simple really: you sign up for Blyk, via invite, and they send you a SIM card for your phone that gives…
Continue Reading →I'm completely enamored with Millicent & Frank. Their typographically-inspired objects are a joy to look at and definitely have their own unique flair; their products range from letter-shaped placemats to pop-art style wall hangings made from wood, and they also…
Continue Reading →I don't spend nearly enough time looking around Etsy. Whenever I do stop by to peruse, I find amazing, almost one-of-a-kind buys. I just forget to look. But that will change shortly. Yesterday someone directed me to Etsy's color site,…
Continue Reading →This morning's coffee ritual led me to 45° Angles and Momentary Awe. Both are the work of designer/photographer Catalin Marin. While it's a little tough to find any personal info on Catalin, the work is all presented first and foremost.…
Continue Reading →This type of green design blows my mind. Online design mag de zeen has a story about designer Greetje van Tiem who has managed to created usable yarn created from newspapers. And better still, Tiem has managed to get 20…
Continue Reading →Gothamist has a story today on something that combines two of my loves: NYC and Lego. I spent probably a grand total of at least a few years (cumulatively, I mean) during my childhood occupied by my boxes of Legos…
Continue Reading →My roommate stumbled onto this website last night and got all giddy with excitement. He pointed me to a place called Metrofarm, and it became immediately apparent why he was so excited. In fact, not surprisingly, Josh posted about their…
Continue Reading →Want to declare your freshness? What better way than by wearing what has become a universally accepted symbol of odor hiding everywhere: Pine Fresh. No, not a sprig of pine tree, but that wonderfully overpowering green cutout that we've all…
Continue Reading →Have you ever been to Slovenia to make a black market weapons deal? No, neither have. But Charles Krafft has. As soon as I read the little blurb about him here, I was interested in learning more. Krafft is an…
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