Living in New York is more or less a tale of two cities. It's either a center-of-the-universe tourist trap or the place that millions of us call home. For city dwellers there are certain unspoken truths that are common knowledge,…
Continue Reading →It seems like the last thing the world needs now is a new brand of spring water. But if it's being sold by a puppet dancing to Snap's "Rhythm is A Dancer," the folks at Drench spring water have me…
Continue Reading →The Japanese have a penchant for creating unique characters. They've more or less made brand mascots into an art form -- just ask anyone who has become addicted to Pokemon or Hello Kitty. When MoMA announced that they'd be releasing…
Continue Reading →On the odd occasion we find ourselves perusing our personal library via candlelight, we usually have the misfortune of spilling hot wax all over our hands (and our leatherbound books). If you face a similar situation -- or you just…
Continue Reading →What do you get when you combine an up and coming Belgian designer with Brazilian inspiration? Belgilian desperation? Actually, the result looks like some pretty astonishing home furnishings courtesy of 2004 Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pieter Maes. Having spent a…
Continue Reading →Many well-meaning organizations seek to make people aware of world issues through largely unsuccessful methods, like badgering people on street corners to sign petitions or sending a constant stream of spam. The forward thinking folks at Bantu Republic have come…
Continue Reading →Ever since Back to The Future, Part II, our vision of things to come have always involved inventions like shoes that could tie themselves and hoverboards. That changed when we took a look at the conceptual design for the F1/Carbon…
Continue Reading →If I could use one word to describe the work of Garrett Morin, I'd have to go with an exclamatory, "awesome!" The Brooklyn-based illustrator, graphic designer, and art director has quite the gift for creating playful, witty, and inventive images.…
Continue Reading →Factory Records played an integral role in the proliferation of the Madchester Music scene of the mid/late eighties and early nineties, releasing albums from seminal acts such as The Happy Mondays and James. However important their musical output was, one…
Continue Reading →If we had to choose between spending our last dime on a savory meal or a sweet T-shirt...well, we'd probably have to pick the meal. We're practical like that. However, if the shirts in question were amongst the creations from…
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