Hacking and Cracking the Leapfrog Tag Junior
Posted in Uncategorized
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Recently, my mother in law gave my son a tag junior from leapfrog. This toy is magic. You just set the device down on a leapfrog book, and it will read the text of the book or identify any of the images in the book. For instance, if you place the device over a picture [...]
Gift Guide: Sex Toys
Posted in $100-250 | Consumer Technology | Featured | Holidays | Lust Factor: Hot | Resources | Ultraluxury
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Christmas is just around the corner, and it recently occurred to me that a wonderful gift you might consider giving to your lady-friend is a device that can produce ecstasy. I must admit to you, I have not tried any of these stimulating devices myself. In fact, I’ve only chosen them based upon their innovative [...]
Gift Guide 1: A Blast from the Past
Posted in Featured
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Below is one of my first holiday gift guides from 2007. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed re-reading it. Oh, the opulence! This will be gift guide number uno, but I hope to do ten this year and make them fun. Please feel free to comment and leave some gift [...]
ora watch by alexandros stasinopoulos
Posted in Art | Consumer Technology | Lust Factor: Warm
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
This really is one of the freshest and most novel concepts for a watch I’ve seen in a while. The watch by Alexandros Stasinopoulos portrays three intertwined tape measures that move with the time. I have not quite figured how to describe the relation between time and space, but I’m sure there is one.
I’ve always [...]
Table garden brings new perception to the dining table.
Posted in Art | Furniture | Lust Factor: Hot | Metal
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
I saw this at Yatzer, and I really appreciated the above piece for where it brought my imagination. The piece by metal garden furniture DeCastelli is not meant to be a dining table, I don’t think. I think it’s meant as pure vision of landscape on a miniature scale. But it occurred to me that [...]
Clock by Simon Lumb Not Fully Baked
Posted in Lust Factor: Tepid
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
I saw this clock on one of the design blogs, and I fell for it. The simplicity is commendable. The clock face is soothing in it’s movements. Then, I watched the you tube video on Mr. Lumb’s site, and I developed a slightly different opinion of this time piece. Here’s my insignificant complaint: at certain [...]
CHINA DESIGN NOW at PAM
Posted in Design Events
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
China Design Now is a broad review of China’s contemporary design, fashion, and architecture which is on exhibit at PAM in Portland, OR through the next few months.
The show is broken into three categories which revolve around the three major cities: Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing. From what i’ve seen, there is no real opportunity to [...]
Temporary Architecture: A Palio Dinner
Posted in Architecture
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
I’ve been bored lately with just talking about design objects. I’m an architect, and I’ve recently been obsessed with what I’m calling “temporary architecture”. Temporary architecture , to me, is simply the space created and removed over a short period of time, like for an event.
So I ask you all, dear readers, to tell me [...]
Magnet Clock For Fridge!
Posted in Uncategorized
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Look this new magnetic clock concept for your fridge from DESIGNPLUS! You can organize your day before you make your breakfast!
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bullet jewelry
Posted in Uncategorized
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
gold plated jewelry made with pearls, Amethyst and recycled bullets.
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Osloh Jeans: Cycling Becomes Truly Fashionable
Posted in Fashion | Lust Factor: Tepid | Natural Fabrics
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
i apologize in advance for sending out so many bicycle obsessed links, but i really like how thoughtful these new cycling jeans are. There are so many design decisions made here which advance the cyclist’s sensibilities into actual clothing. Please have a look at the link below, and you will see the various good ideas [...]
urbanSHED International Design Competition
Posted in Design Events
Friday, September 11th, 2009
NYC is sponsoring a design competition focused on re-inventing the construction sheds that cover sidewalks all over New York. The competition brief claims that over a million linear feet of the shed structures exist at any given time around the city. I’m really looking forward to the entrants simply because this is one design problem [...]
Magnet Clock For Fridge!
Posted in $0-50
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
New magnet Clock concept for your fridge from DESIGNPLUS. You can arrange your day before make your breakfast!
XCIX_Y bracelet
Posted in $0-50
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Sara Ferrari designed XCIX_Y, a bracelet that lasts for 99 years, and expresses the age of its user.
Twenty, Thirty, Fourty, Fifty, important steps of life, moments to remember.
Our body changes together with our taste and our interests.
XCIX_Y changes with us and it can express our age in many different combinations.
The inspiration comes from the [...]
chris chapman: roll-out vegetable garden
Posted in Consumer Technology | Featured
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
I do not have a green thumb. However, i love trying to grow plants. I’m very thoughtless with my planting. I just stick some seeds in the ground whenever without any sense of how many and how far aart the seeds need to be. Now, Chris Chapman has invented a way that I can plant [...]
sungho lee: LED pin
Posted in Consumer Technology | Lighting | Lust Factor: Warm | Wood
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
I saw the clothespin light, and I wondered to myself, “OK, it’s a clothespin and a light. So what?”. Now it all makes sense after seeing this image.
sungho lee: LED pin.
