The Design Crack Guide to $50-100
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 [...]
Vessel/Architectural Pottery Beauty in Simplicity
Let’s face it, we all want to make an extra buck. But it makes it so much more simple for me to sell goods when the goods are just so… good. Today, I’m exploring feelmorehuman.com’s collection of Vessel’s Architectural Pottery re-issues from San Diego. The pieces are a higher plane of lovely. Most ceramic vessels [...]
Konzuk Earings
Years ago, I reported on Konzuk, and now they are just getting better and better. Think minimalist concrete and steel perfection not for your building but for your ear. You will like this if you are a Miesian stylist.
Stainless Solid Square Earrings
List Price: $90.0
Price: $90.0
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OFFI Duoplane CD Shelf
OFFI Duoplane CD Shelf
These colorful wall-mounted shelves can be installed vertically or horizontally. They are perfect for the tight spot in the bathroom, and they work well in in groups of 3 or 4. One Duoplane Shelf holds 75 CDs.
Alright. I’ve fallen for it. The Swiss Army brand has moved into shoes and I’m in. The shoes, lead by Established Brands, have been expertly produced with the expected simplicity, ease of use, and signature red color that is important to give it that Swiss Army feel. I grew up owning a Swiss Army knife, [...]
AnAtomic Factory: Milk Gone Bad
Anatomic Factory recently introduced their fantastic lamp series: Milk Gone Bad. WHen the light is off, this simple paper lamp looks like a generic, white milk carton. When the light is on, the carton transforms into a three dimensional canvas that Anatomic Factory has expertly printed with the brightly colored stylings of Bombo. [...]
Mixko: A World of Undiscoverd Similarities
Mixko, as their namesake indicates, is a company that mixes multiple unlike things together to come up with completely new meanings. They look at an object like a whistle, for instance, and say, “Hey, if the scale of that whistle were multiplied in size by, like four hundred times, then that whistle would make a [...]
Plates from Domestic
Domestic, a French based housewares design company started in 2005, has asked several internationally known up and coming artists to create a fantastical collection of plates which bring more excitement to any food added. The graphic nature of each plate is pervaded by a street sensabilty and color punch you in the face feeling. As [...]
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Jason Miller Seconds
Jason Miller, one of the hottest American designers of the past five years, has created what may be seen as a continuation on his playful lounge chairs. His chairs, which are newly constructed and well designed, feature strips of fabric that stretch randomly across the furniture and appear as if they were made of [...]
Cities Wall Decoration Collection by Granada Design
Granada Design has created a collection of inexpensive wall art that give props to your favorite internationally loved cities. Of course, my city by the bay, San Francisco, has not made the initial collection which is not doing much for me. But outside of personal prejudices, this simple wall art is striking, fun, [...]
New York Delft Plate Set by Lovegrove and Repucci
Are you a hardcore graf artist who has made it big in New York and now want to enjoy the finer things in life? Now, Areaware has created a series of plateware for you! The finest of Delft china combine with the heavy old skool stylez of the streets of New York to make the [...]
Funky Shoe: Peu by Camper
I only include this shoe on the site for Camper’s design innovation concerning it’s shoe string. The name of the shoe is Peu and it has that characteristic Camper look. But the shoe is just so much easier to put on with its one elastic shoe string, that it makes me wonder why shoes have [...]
Munimula Wine Tray: Innovation in Simplicity
The Wine Tray designed by Munimula is a piece I saw recently that I thought I would include as an example of simplicity at its finest. This piece actually solves a major problem which is how do I easily carry a bottle of wine and four wine glasses into the other room to serve my [...]
Bling H2O: Design Crack at its Worst
I just happened to notice this on Yahoo today, and I could not help but to put it on the blog. I present Bling H2O- the next best thing to selling luxury air is luxury water. The water is the brainchild of Kevin G. Boyd who is a Hollywood writer and producer (I’ll get to [...]
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 [...]
UM Carry by Josh Jakus
This weekend in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, there was this thing called the Capsule street sale. Capsule hosted probably 200 vendors of what I might call “crafty” design. The majority of the work was pretty competent, but honestly, I was hoping for some more innovative products out of the deal. Imagine, if you dare, several [...]
