The Design Crack Guide to Lust Factor: Tepid
Clock by Simon Lumb Not Fully Baked
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 [...]
Osloh Jeans: Cycling Becomes Truly Fashionable
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 [...]
Items – Kavellaris Urban Design
I’ve see this beautiful house around the internet, and I know right off that it is one of the freshest combinations of graphic design and architecture that I’ve see in a long time. There used to be a time when graphics went hand in hand with the structure itself such as the sistine chapel’s paintings. [...]
QLOCKTWO: everyone else posted this, why not me?
I really don’t think anyone goes out looking for a clock anymore. So, to realy differentiate yourself in the time telling business you have to make something like qlocktwo. it uses this weird letter matrix to spell out the time in five minute intervals. And it does this at the low price of twelve hundred [...]
Pursebuckle: A Small Fanny Pack
I’m sorry, but when I first set eyes on the pursebuckle (Get it. It’s a purse and a belt buckle) I immediately thought back to one of my coworkers who still wears a fanny pack. He’s married, so he’s not too worried about attracting the ladies… which he would never do wearing a [...]
The RPM 10 Record Player by Pro-Ject Audio Systems
I’m not really going to talk about the RPM 10 Record Player by Pro-Ject Audio Systems. I’m going to talk about what these record players stand for. The funny thing about the modern audiophile record player is the record player inevitably likes to display every piece and part of the machine as if it were [...]
Brand Crack: The Louis Vuitton $42,000 Handbag
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 [...]
Prada i-Phone by LG
When I see the Prada Phone it makes me sometimes wish that I had started a gadget blog, and I really knew my stuff and was super popular. Why? Well then I would somehow convince LG to give me one of these awesome phones! At least they look awesome… and they say Prada on it [...]
The Vividus Bed by Hastens
I’ve been looking at Hastens beds for the past year or so ever since they started their latest media campaign in the design magazines. In this time frame, I’ve actually experienced one of these beds, and there is no doubt that they are unrivaled. Everything is wonderful about they way they feel. But when an [...]
Racetrack Legends Cell Phone by Vertu
OK. Vertu is like an old-school Nokia cell phone from, like, 5 years ago given a nice packaging. Can someone tell me why this is worth over six thousand dollars, please? My first cell phone that has nearly the same technology as the Vertu cost me 20 dollars with a contract. I could have bought [...]
Recstand
Recstand is one of those products that is trying to be high design but falls short, in my opinion. What is it? It’s a plastic CD stand that comes in dozens of colors. I first noticed it in a beautiful, full paged ad in Surface Magazine. Their advertising design is beautiful as well as is [...]
Jacket from Spring 2007 Collection by Jurgen Oeltjenbruns
Don’t ask me to pronounce his name is the first thing that came to mind when I first saw the work of Jurgen Oeltjenbruns. Fortunately for me, blogs are a print media, so no pronunciation required. Once you get past the highly unmarketable name you hit the most important men’s fashion designer out there: Jurgen [...]
Salon Table by Gijs kaayk
I really hope I don’t hear from this designer about this (because I seem to get a lot of ego searches where they find their product here on my site). This will be one product that I can’t fully recommend because its ugly. In fact, all of Gijs’ designs are ugly, but not in a [...]
Berlin Fashion: Belts by Fasten Seat Belts
Object: Belt
Designer: Fasten Seat Belts
URL: http://www.fastenseatbelts.com
Category: Fashion
Price: $100
Lust Factor: Tepid
Description: This idea sort of whacks you over the head with its cleverness. The designers have taken the airplane seat belt and repurposed it for fashion. I think this product will be a winner simply because the iconic value of the seat belt is so strong [...]
The Range Rover Sport by Land Rover
Object: The Range Rover Sport
Designer: Land Rover
URL: http://www.landroverusa.com
Category: Automotive
Price: $100,000 +/-
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: OK. This vehicle has been out a whole year. But it is timeless styling, after all. Why do I include the Range Rover sport in a list of design crack objects? Of course, for the most superficial reasons. Somehow, the designers at [...]
Barneys Find: Tulip Ego Laptop by thecommunicationgroup
Object: The Tulip Ego Laptop
Manufacturer: thecommunicationgroup
URL: http://www.barneys.com
Category: Personal Technology
Price: $5,000
Lust Factor: Tepid
Description: The design is perfection, there is no doubt. The innovation on this machine is the computer’s ability to change skins from white to red. Also, it is somewhat of an innovation for the computer to look more like a woman’s handbag than a [...]
