The Design Crack Guide to Sports and Recreation
the beautiful game by GRO Design and Tim Modelmakers
You could say a lot about The Beautiful Game table soccer that just made its debut in Milan yesterday, but you could really keep the comment down to one. This is the most insanely beautiful table game. Enough Said.
11 – the beautiful game
OPA Red by Jorg and Olif
The other day, I was working away and my boss rides in on one of these bikes, the OPA Black by Jorg & Olif… or, at least I think it was one of these bikes. I was immediately in love and decided to write about it. For you cyclophiles out there you know this is [...]
What would the perfect bicycle look like? The Low Rider by Ben Wilson Design, Maybe
I think I put a placeholder for this post in my queue about 8 months ago, and I just today got around to putting this up online. What immediately struck me is how I can use this blog as my own personal style gauge. 8 months ago, I was really into looking at low rider [...]
Carrie on Bike by Design House Stockholm
Design House Stockholm is a company that finds and creates great Scandinavian design, and they’ve been doing so since 1992. They probably have dozens of designed products that I could easily show on this site, but I’d like to start with a bike basket called Carrie. This piece gets to me because, as a daily [...]
Projump Stilts
I was recently scouring You Tube when I came upon this contraption. I would almost consider this more gadget crack than I would design crack. Still, the design that lead to this invention was immense, I’m sure. So, I commend you oh inventor of the Projump stilts. What’s the big deal though? You’d have to [...]
Gola: My New Favorite Sneaker
I have no idea why I love this shoe. I just do. It has a bit of that franken-shoe look which has infected so many top brand design shops. This one takes on the two forms: The back of the shoe is late 90s Italian gigalo / amateur football player. The back of the shoe [...]
The Piaggio MP3
I’m not sure why I’m attracted to the MP3 by Piaggio. I just am. I think it has something to do with the fact that it’s a scooter with three wheels, but three wheels instead of two means that it can stand upright without assistance. I have two quick points about this machine, and then [...]
The Aerolblade Bicycle by Spyker for Koga Miyata
I decided to put a lot of picture of this bike on the site because bicycles are an interesting beast. Often times, I look at bikes from far away and think they’re ugly, and when I get close up they become beautiful. The Aeroblade for Koga Miyata is definitely one of the bikes that benefits [...]
Hotdoll by Clement Eloy
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. [...]
Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial 2006 Designers: Napali Kayak by Clear Blue Hawaii
Object: Napali Kayak
Designer: Clear Blue Hawaii
URL: http://www.clearbluehawaii.com
Category: Sports and Recreation
Price: $See Website
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum is about to begin it’s 2006 Design Triennial: Design Life Now starting December 8th and running through July 29th. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be profiling several of the objects from the 87 designers [...]
Track Bike by Mercian and Paul Smith
Object: Track Bike
Designer: Mercian and Paul Smith
URL: www.mercian.com
Category: Sports and Recreation
Price: $4,000
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: The Paul Smith Bike manufactured by Mercian is true design crack. Paul Simth is what I consider to be the Tommy Hilfiger of the UK. That is, he takes an interesting fashion concept, like the bold, multicolored vertical stripe, and beats [...]
Berlin Fashion: Wir Werden! by Killian Kerner(almost done)
This guy’s work is off the hook! I rarely find a designer who is willing to experiment liberally with men’s fashion. I highly reccomend hitting Kilian Kerner’s website because he has three collections to choose from that are all fairly experimental… at least from a San Franciscan’s perspective. For instance, his rock(ed) evening collection is [...]
The Nike Plus iPod Running System
Object: The Nike+ iPod Running System
Manufacturer: Nike ipod
URL: http://www.nike.com/nikeplus/
Category: Sports and Recreation
Price: $500+
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: A lot of people have written this up, but I can’t help but mention this awesome piece of equipment. Why do I like it so? It creates a competitive videogame like environment around something completely physical. I think this may [...]
The Unbelievers Skateboard Decks
Object: The Unbelievers Skateboard Decks
Manufacturer: The Unbelievers
URL: http://www.sillypinkbunnies.com/unbelievers.html
Category: Sports and Recreation
Price: $50-100
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: The Unbelievers Decks are fantastic. Why? Because I said so. I may get a lot of flack from skateboarders, but to me, all skateboards are made the same. It’s only the quality of the artist that makes the difference [...]
