Chinatown, NYC based es gibt is a collaborative design project started by Shu Hung and Joe Magliaro. They were founded in Spring 2004, after a trip to Berlin. During the trip they were inspired by the "Do it yourself" spirit…
Continue Reading →Remake Design has created a modular lighting system enabling the user to build and vary the shapes and forms of light-- in a variety of different colors. I'd call it the Legos of lighting-- pieces snap together and have 90…
Continue Reading →The Peninsula in Hong Kong and the Bauza Hotel in Madrid, are just two of the 100 "Sexiest Hotels" of 2004-2005, ranked by Sexy Inc, Sky Radio, and Travel Ala Mode. They evaluated over 1000 properties--and they chose the winners…
Continue Reading →Chris Dennler and Nick Motte started rxmance as a small independent clothing company. Right now they make t-shirts and tops. They were founded in Boulder, CO but are now out in San Diego, where they make their own silk screens…
Continue Reading →The word's first "Undersea Restaurant" has opened in The Maldives. The restaurant is a part of the Hilton Maldives Resort, on Rangali Island. The restaurant, which is called Ithaa, sits five meters below the surface of the Indian Ocean, surrounded…
Continue Reading →The O'Neill H2 Solar Backpack is the first pack I've seen with integrated solar panels that actually looks pretty decent. Their clearly marketing to the younger demographic with this one. It features USB-based charging of devices, it has extensive iPod…
Continue Reading →Karmaloop has one of the biggest collections of urban clothing on the web-- and they just got some new goodies from some really great designers. This one is a Ryan McGinness exclusive T-shirt for Urban Arts. They hooked me up…
Continue Reading →Corey Arnold is an incredibly talented photographer from Southern California-- his photos are provocative and simple. This photo is from a series called "The Animal Condition", a collection of simple black and white photographs he took of animals away from…
Continue Reading →More details on the Toy Design Contest are now posted. If you missed it, I'm doing a contest with Android 8, we're looking for talent--and we have been getting some great submissions...keep 'em coming.
Continue Reading →John Ritter's illustration is clever, thought provoking, and I think it's just damn good. He has been experimenting with Photoshop and Illustrator for a very long time--working at Adobe for three years as a graphic designer in the early '90's.…
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