The Design Crack Guide to Brown
Brand Crack: Louis Vuitton Caviar Box in Taiga Leather
And now for something completely opulent. I’ve never featured anything from Louis Vuitton until recently when I made light of the $42,000 patchwork handbag. After that product, I decided to thumb through LV’s website to really get a full picture of everything they produce… or at least put their brand on. After I sifted through [...]
Home Theater in a Trunk by Pinel and Pinel
Fred Pinel has only been creating his gorgeous leather trunks for the past 5 years or so, but the trunks have this old world richness to them which made me think that Pinel & Pinel had been around as long as Paris fashion had been big. Turns out Fred Pinel is about my age, and [...]
Four Flower Vase by Matti Klenell
I was Reading Matti Klenell’s impression of her own creation, the Four Flower Vase, and I was thinking that her impression did not do much for me to describe the beauty of this piece. She said something like glass has two great characteristics: transparency and seductiveness, and that she played on those themes. Hmm… If [...]
Spring-Summer 2007 Collection by Patrik Ervell
Patrik Ervell gives me hope for my ability to be a man in casual and graceful clothing that don’t involve one of maybe four brands. There are just not that many designs available for guys out there. O maybe I’m just a picky bitch. Probably the latter. Regardless, I like Mr. Ervell’s collection. It makes [...]
Handful of Plates by Alissia Melka Teichroew
I get excited when a designer creates a new typology for a product category, and that’s exactly what Alissia Melka Teichroew with her design Handful of Plates. The execution is pretty simple: take a standard plate and squeeze it up a little. The concept is deep: ” How the heck do I eat this soft [...]
Ripples Bench by Toyo Ito
Toyo Ito is a world famous architect who has taken to the stable of designers who have made the transition into furniture for the Italian furniture company Horm. In my opinion, Toyo Ito’s work is high concept and not based on an existing style, however the materiality of his projects tend to be on the [...]
Riddled by Steven Holl
Horm is unlike any furniture company I know of. This company has hired a gaggle of famous architects as their designers. One piece I love is Steven Holl’s table. I’m a “star”-chitecture fanatic who has visited a number of Holl’s American buildings and observed his work with jaw-dropping awe. Now, I have an opportunity to [...]
Brand Crack: The Gucci Dog Backpack
Gucci, along with several other luxury goods providers has realized something that I find enormously valuable to their brand. This is: Rich people have pets. And, those pets will need fashion on a higher level as well. This little pet fashion item is especially useful as well. Let’s say, you’ve just done a big day [...]
Conto Chair by Julian Mayor
A number of Julian Mayor’s work focuses on the synthetic representation of topography, and this item is no different. What I mean by “synthetic representation of topography” is hard to explain: In architecture school, we were required to make topographic models of the land surrounding our building. We could form and sculpt the land however [...]
Berlin Fashion: Winter 2006 Collection by Etikette
Object: Winter 2006 Collection
Designer: Etikette
URL: http://www.etikette-berlin.de/
Category: Fashion
Price: $100-250
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: I like this collection because it is about slight augmentations to clasic pieces using earthy colors. There are lots of browns, tans, and the like on the pants, hoodies, and jackets offered. The outstanding feature to the designs for me are the cute little screen [...]
Billy Reid Fall 2006 Collection
Object: Fall 2006 Collection
Designer: Billy Reid
URL: http://www.billyreid.com/
Category: Fashion
Price: $100-500 depending on the piece
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: I don’t believe I have quite the same opportunity to dress as well as women. I think I’ve always been a bit listless and disappointed with men’s clothing options. Then, my co-worker, Amanda, turned me on to Billy Reid. Of [...]
SKAT by Franke | Steinert DesignStudio
Object: SKAT
Designer: Franke | Steinert DesignStudio
URL: http://www.frankenstein-berlin.de
Category: Furniture and Housewares
Price: Prototype
Lust Factor: Warm
Description:OK, this product has been around for a while, but it’s new to me. Here’s the deal: I’m obsessed with foldable furniture. My wife and I live in very small confines, and I’ve always wanted to have furniture that we can hide away [...]
The PPhone Headset by HULGER
Object: The P*Phone
Manufacturer: HULGER
URL: www.greenergrassdesign.com
Category: Consumer Technology
Price: $ 70
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: People! Please forgive me for going through the greenergrassdesign catalog, but these people have got a knack for finding awesome products. This is my latest find: The P*Phone. There is something indescribably nostalgic about using an old headset for Skype or my cell [...]
