Stephane Guillot reminds me why I like web designers. A French ex-musician, the multimedia game developer/graphics expert/Flash master has been clicking mouses since 1994, when a post-rocker stint as a military-avoidant, media library worker bee landed him in front of…
Continue Reading →I feel a special kinship to the team at Knú, the sustainable modern furniture company who launched this past September, not only because they were amongst the first of my discoveries after I started writing here, but because they are…
Continue Reading →I'm having trouble coming to terms with the fact that October is almost over. It means that even though the weather in NYC is decidedly not-quite-autumnish (yet), that pretty soon there'll be snow on the ground, stairs to be shoveled…
Continue Reading →Every now and then, I like being reminded that people can be really stupid, and stupid people can be really, really funny. That being said, new podcast Marzipan Taco has had me giggling through its past two episodes that illustrate…
Continue Reading →I can't really explain to you why I love this album art so much; maybe it's because it looks like this stone this sweetheart of a guy randomly gave me once (sappy, I know), or maybe it's the retro 60's…
Continue Reading →Aside from the potential novelty that is eating potatoes with cutlery made from potatoes, Spudware is designed with the earth in mind; while it's just as durable as plastic disposable utensils, its 80% potato starch/20% soybean oil composition allows the…
Continue Reading →The closing of Barca 18 in Manhattan earlier this year left me a little saddened and, not surprisingly, craving the salt cod fritters and ham croquettes that once graced their menu; I can't really decide if it was because of…
Continue Reading →I -- for the most part -- adore working at home. I am lucky to have a big space, by New York city standards anyhow, all to myself, but I still lack a dedicated office space. My dining room does…
Continue Reading →My first thought upon seeing the Eames hacks created by ID students from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia today was "OMG, sacrilege!" but then, after mulling it over, I was pretty amused. I mean, that high chair is totally…
Continue Reading →We generally keep our SpearTalks participants under wraps until the day the interview is actually published, but we're so stoked to have Joshua Davis (ie: PrayStation creator, Apple Pro alum, Dreamless.org founder, Flash and Web-design deity) on board that we've…
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