RBG Rainbow Glasses
Poor optometrists. First they have a hand in selling people on the idea of transitions lenses, then their customers gain the ability to change the hue of their frames themselves. They have designer Luis Porem to thank for these prototype…
Continue Reading →Women 2.0
Add "music industry distruptor" to the ever-growing list of new media job functions. Bay Area entrepreneurship group Women 2.0 will be talking about the industry's struggle to monetize with a few start-up founders who, instead of poking fun at big…
Continue Reading →FUSION 2008
It seems Etsy's crafty influence has rubbed off on eBay, and with good reason. Melbourne artists have donated their work for FUSION 2008, a global street art charity auction that benefits Kids Under Cover. By buying a print, individuals can…
Continue Reading →What's UR Bag
Bag maker What's UR Bag seems to have learned a few things from its fellow apparel maker TOMS Shoes when it comes to giving to the community and using gold material. The $15 reusable totes in the its-laS-tik line are…
Continue Reading →Old Tom Foolery Cards
Having trouble finding snarky greeting cards? Copywriter Joel Gryniewski wouldn't put up with the void when he was trying to woo now fiance Lauren Wienblatt, an art director with whom he launched the letterpress card company Old Tom Foolery. One…
Continue Reading →Samantha Hahn
Brooklyn-based artist Samantha Hahn is prolific to say the least. She illustrates for Glamour and Craft magazines, designs T-shirt and stationery patterns, blogs as Maquette when fashion and photography inspiration strikes, keeps a sketchbook for lovely female forms when she…
Continue Reading →LunaFest
In case a bit of women's wrestling and a mannequin factory tour aren't enough for your Thursday evening, maybe adding Iran's Islam Revolution and transgender politics will do the trick. The LUNAFEST Film Festival premiers in San Francisco with an…
Continue Reading →Dokter and Misses
Johannesburg's Dokter and Misses is not exactly a store, but it's not soley a studio either. A bit over half of the apparel and furniture outfitter's wares are from their own cubism-influenced label of jewelry, lights, T-shirts, and vests. It's…
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