I post all the pictures to Flickr that I put on the site . (let’s not get into the legalities, but I only post things I love and then promote the hell out of them, so I’ve had no complaints) I posted this one just yesterday, and it already got a comment suggesting that the [...]

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Frederic Pinel has brought us many different fantastic products from his Paris design studio, the latest of which is the current special issue bracelet. His mode of operation, if I’m not mistaken, is to take to the streets to see what the youngsters are doing, and then re-interpret a piece for his collection. His recent [...]

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Maybe I watch too much crappy television? I don’t know. But, I was watching the Preview Channel - you know, the channel that scrolls the TV guide at the bottom while washed up child actors talk celebrity gossip- the other day when the woman on the show started barking on and on about Louis Vuitton’s [...]

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As you may know, I’m a huge fan of NIKE shoes. So, when I saw this pendant available at the Arash and Kelly design store, I just had to have it. It’s a pendant using the (most likely) trademarked NIKE phrase, “Just Do It”. A Phrase NIKE has used for years as a call to [...]

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Victoire de Castellane is the queen of enamel and jewels, and her new Diorette collection for Dior shows off her skills better than ever. The rings are huge, bold, chunky. It’s like wearing a little forest on your finger. All this is topped on a white or yellow gold band of exquisite quality. [...]

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Object: The Dutch Tub Manufacturer: The Dutch Tub URL: http://www.dutchtub.com Category: Furniture and Housewares Price: $6000 Lust Factor: Hot Description: The Dutch Tub is one of those ingenious ideas where you wonder, ” Why has no-one thought of this before?” It’s a bit like an old-fashioned wood fired hot tub, but it uses a bit more advanced coiling system to heat [...]

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Object: Enteractive Designer: Electroland URL:http://electroland.net Category: Architecture Price: $? Lust Factor: Hot Description: The project was an grid of squares embedded within the entrance walkway of an existing office building. Each square was illuminated by LEDs and was pressure sensitive. The effect is that the LED lights would light up when anyone walked over them. The building also had a massive [...]

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Object: War Bowl Designer: mosleymeetswilcox URL: http://www.thorstenvanelten.com Category: Furniture and Housewares Price: $180 Lust Factor: Hot Description: The concept is simple and brilliant: melt a bunch of toys in a wok just enough that they form a bowl. The toy of choice is an army soldier. I had a number of these soldiers as a child, so the bowl is nostalgic [...]

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Object: Mathilda LED Pendant Manufacturer: XEO URL: http://www.xeo-berlin.de Category: Fashion Price: $250-500 Lust Factor: Warm Description: XEO has created a bold line of LED Jewelry and belt buckles that are meant to impress. I chose my favorite piece to show: the Mathilda Pendant. Quite honestly, it’s a bit bulky, and judging by the pictures on their website they have missed the [...]

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Object: Woofer speakers Designer: CULTIVATE URL: http://www.cultivate.nl Category: Consumer Technology Price: $750 Lust Factor: Hot Description: Last week was the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. I, unfortunately, am too poor to go to any international design events this winter, so I’ll feature a few of the designers that have been featured in the Dutch Design Week in recent years. CULTIVATE is a [...]

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Object: Lizzie’s Love Manufacturer: FettY URL: http://www.barneys.com Category: Fashion Price: $685 Lust Factor: Hot Description: FettY is not affraid to be playful. The Lizzie’s Love necklace is a take on Lizzie Borden’s object of mass murder, the hatchet. FettY renders the hatchet in gold and diamonds, and adds a broken heart charm for kicks. I must admit that Lizzy Borden has [...]

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