The Design Crack Guide to $500-1,000
Stiletto by Alexander McQueen
This shoe from Alexander McQueen’s Spring 2007 collection is the most graceful interpretations of where sneaker meets stiletto that I have seen. I can’t even really trace when or where the trend started happening, but none of that matters anymore since this shoe became available. The shoe is even more of an amalgamation of sneaker [...]
Wave TV by HE and Marcel Wanders
What’s so special about a microwave with a chicken on top? It’s only that the microwave has a TV built into the door! You heard me. Marcel Wanders, super designer and beloved by all turtleneck wearers, has teamed up with HE, an aged appliance company in need of super designers, to create a line of [...]
Random Shelving by MDF Italia
I wish I could express the beautiful patterns this shelving system makes when the owner puts his or her books onto this shelf. At first glance, you might be saying, “OK. It’s shelves…NEXT.” But wait. MDF Italia has made a couple of subtle design maneuvers that make all the difference in the world. First, the [...]
2007 Collection by Bruno Frisoni
Bruno Frisoni brings to mind: extreme high heels. Now, I live in San Francisco. In the Mission District to be exact. And if any of you know the Mission, especially around the area of the New College, you would know that a woman would probably get scoffed at for wearing such a shoe as a [...]
DoNuts by Dirk Wynants
Let me point you in the direction of probably the most innovative furniture company on the planet: Extremis. Extremis is a Belgian design house where cleverness is the top priority. For instance, Dirk Wynants’ DoNuts picnic table is the result of asking , ” Wouldn’t it be nice if I had a place to [...]
Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial 2006 Designers: Embroidered Dress by Maria Cornejo
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 that have been chosen for the event.
In 2005, Maria Cornejo was a finalist for [...]
giant sketch by rob teeters
Object: giant sketch
Designer: rob teeters
URL: http://www.mattermatters.com
Category: Furniture and Housewares
Price: $800
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: Holy hell! That is one thick sketchbook! 4000 pages to be exact. This sketchbook tests your concept of seating because, as the retailer Matter claims, this should actually be used as a seat or table. I like to keep its use as it [...]
Dutch Design Week 2006: Woofer speakers by CULTIVATE
Object: Woofer speakers
Designer: CULTIVATE
URL: http://www.cultivate.nl
Category: Consumer Technology
Price: $750
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: Last week was the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. I, unfortunately, am too poor to go to any international design events this winter, so I’ll feature a few of the designers that have been featured in the Dutch Design Week in recent years.
CULTIVATE is a [...]
Barneys Find: Lizzie’s Love by FettY
Object: Lizzie’s Love
Manufacturer: FettY
URL: http://www.barneys.com
Category: Fashion
Price: $685
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: FettY is not affraid to be playful. The Lizzie’s Love necklace is a take on Lizzie Borden’s object of mass murder, the hatchet. FettY renders the hatchet in gold and diamonds, and adds a broken heart charm for kicks. I must admit that Lizzy Borden has [...]
IQlight by Bald and Bange
Object: IQlight
Manufacturer: Bald and Bang
URL: http://www.bald-bang.com
Category: Furniture and Housewares
Price: $500+
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: In honor of Design Boom’s awesome 100% Tokyo Design Week, I’m including a few intersting products that I’ve found from some of the exhibitors.
The IQlight is a sign of the times. Wait! It’s 33 years old and designed by Danish genius, Holger Strøm. [...]
The Nokia N93
Object: The N93
Manufacturer: Nokia
URL: http://www.nokia.com
Category: Consumer Technology
Price: $699
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: Why I love the Nokia N93: a 3.2 megapixel camera IN THE PHONE! a 480 x 640 movie capability, 2 GB of memory, highly integrated with Flickr and other online stuff, comes with Adobe premiere elements which is about $100, looks beautiful. OK, I admit, [...]
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 Duomo Hotel, Rimini by Ron Arad
Object: The Duomo Hotel, Rimini
Designer: Ron Arad
URL: http://www.duomohotel.com/
Category: Architecture and Construction
Price: $300-1,000 per night
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: The hotel is a new member of the Design Hotels chain. I find these hotels to be a bit like yuppie Disneyland, which is a bad thing. However, one of the joys of staying in a design hotel is [...]
