How bad ass are these items? Okay, it’s maybe a bit hard to tell what these are at first glance, so I’ll add a bit of description: These are vases where the designers have woven an electro luminescent (EL) wire around a ceramic vessel. EL wire is a low light emitting wire used in the [...]

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Boom Bag is a prototype by Gro Design that combines two great accessories into an awesome final concept. It’s one part purse and one part portable iPod stereo. This is one of those, “Why didn’t I think of that?!…Hey, pass me that bong, dude” moments in product design. If you look at most portable iPod [...]

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Clement Eloy is a French product designer with an idea to help out dogs when they get the urge. Mr. Eloy has produced a number of provocative product designs in the past couple years, but this one is the most visceral. The Hotdoll. There’s not much to say about the concept that isn’t already obvious. [...]

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I think that I had originally meant to write about this jacket about six months ago. I saw it in a magazine, so I just bookmarked it to follow up later. OK, now that it’s Spring, I’ve decided to do some spring cleaning and clear the boards of all these posts that I’ve started. This [...]

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I’ve been combing through the latest ID Magazine and I’ve found a number of pieces that were extremely compelling. One of my favorites is Smittens by Wendy Feller. They couldn’t be more aptly named. These are mittens for couples who are smitten (sorry for the obvious observation). This seems like such unique novelty design at [...]

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I am so excited about the ideas that artists and designers will be creating with this new product. I saw this a couple of months ago on the Phillips website, but I hadn’t realized until today that there was a video of the fabric, and that the fabric also was dynamic. This is a jawdropper. These [...]

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I love Derin Design for a number of reasons. First, it’s an Istanbul based furniture manufacturing firm, and I like to present Istanbul based companies whenever I have the chance. Why? Because Istanbul has to have one of the most creative lot of artists and designers in the world. Second, The line of sofas Derin [...]

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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 [...]

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There are a number of incredible items that roll out of Studio JSPR. This will be my favorite for today with many more coming in the near future. Studio JSPR was founded just two years ago by Jasper van Grootel. The studio today is four people with a focus on interior design. The Plastic fantastic series [...]

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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 [...]

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Tobias Wong, one of the most prolific and innovative designers I know, created this mitten way back in 2004, but I just had to include this today because the concept is as strong as ever, and I guess I just think it’s funny. Anyone who lives in a cold weather location, and likes to smoke [...]

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