Design
McIntosh MCLK12 Mantle Clock
July 17, 2011
⋅ Design
Super high-end audio equipment company McIntosh has released quite the show-stopping clock. This whimsical throwback, dubbed the MCLK12 Mantle Clock features the same faceplate and meters as used in the latest McIntosh stereo power amplifiers, blue meter lighting and...
Pointer Berlin Store Opening
July 17, 2011
⋅ Design
Now in their fifth season, Pointer has sprouted up unexpectedly as one of the most well-designed and formidable niche-market footwear brands around. Gareth Skewis and Rose Choules started the label in 2004 much for the same reason as many other shoe companies begin - they...
Medicom Toy 15th Anniversary Exhibition & Archive Presentation
July 17, 2011
⋅ Events
It may be hard to believe for some toy-obsessed collectors, but Medicom Toy has been around for 15 years and is memorializing its anniversary in style. Hosting a special exhibition and archive presentation featuring some of the rarest, most covetable and most well-known...
Teenage Engineering OP-1 Synthesizer and Controller
July 16, 2011
⋅ Tech
Clean and minimal in its design, the OP-1 Synthesizer and Controller from Teenage Engineering is one of the marquee designs form the Scandinavian brand. Just the right injection of colorful keys, the key components include eight built-in synthesizer engines, a built-in...
Dry the River x Xavier Barrade 3D Paper Posters
July 16, 2011
⋅ Arts
Many urban metropolises are rife with street art and posters, but largely of a two-dimensional format. Dry the River together with FOAM's Xavier Barrade challenged the concept of street art with a series of three-dimensional posters based off of the heads of horses. Randomly...
Nike Basketball Presents BLVD Ice Pop-Up Shop
July 16, 2011
⋅ Design
Nike Basketball recently opened the doors to a new pop-up shop located in the basketball hotbed of Harlem. The concept revolves around a large refrigerator and offers a good opportunity for shoppers to step out of the heat and into a cool and refreshing environment. As an...
The Hundreds x Doane Paper Utility Notebooks
July 16, 2011
⋅ Design
The Hundreds join forces with Doane Paper to create the following collection of branded notebooks. Featuring The Hundreds' signature "Adam Bomb" character. The brightly colored notebooks will come in packs of three measuring in at 3.5" x 5.5" with wide-ruled lined spacing,...
Lost & Found Furniture
July 15, 2011
⋅ Design
One of the many pleasures of traveling the world is having an opportunity to see, firsthand, the various creative approaches taken by local retailers and shopkeepers. If, like us, you haven't had a chance to check out Beijing-based furniture store Lost & Found, these images...
Core77 Design Awards
July 15, 2011
⋅ Design
Having just announced the inaugural nominations for finalists in several various categories, the Core77 Design Awards is a new program aimed at recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise. Covering a wide range of projects from client work and self-initiated...
Heartbeats by Lady Gaga Headphones
July 14, 2011
⋅ Tech
Teaming up again with pop goddess Lady Gaga, Monster has announced the release of a new style of Heartbeats by Lady Gaga in-ear headphones, part of the Beats by Dr. Dre line. A clear indication of Gaga's involvement in this project, the design for the stylish headphones was...
visvim to Launch a Second-Hand Retail Concept in 2012
July 14, 2011
⋅ Culture
Designer Hiroki Nakamura has recently been quoted in the latest issue of CODE Magazine as hinting towards a new retail concept for his cult-status brand visvim. Consistently successful in crafting incredibly high-quality footwear, visvim is a brand lauded by many and...
UP by Jawbone
July 14, 2011
⋅ Tech
Although best known for making high-quality bluetooth headsets and wireless speakers, Jawbone clearly has bigger plans in store for its brand. Teasing a new product mysteriously dubbed "UP," the company seems to be moving towards the direction of integrating its technology...
Parra x Toykyo “Take a Rest” Sculpture – Black Edition
July 14, 2011
⋅ Design
Dutch artist Parra is famous, and perhaps even notorious, for his risqué illustrations and sculptures exploring some of the darker aspects of modern life including drug use, alcoholism and prostitution through colorful and ironic artwork. Teaming up with creative agency...
MCM Satellite Store Berlin
July 14, 2011
⋅ Design
Despite associations with the fashion-oriented hip-hop crowd, German luxury leather goods brand MCM (which stands for Mode Creation Munich) has been around since Taz Arnold was a kid. Founded in 1976, the brand has always been oriented towards global travel and...
Behind the Scenes with Shipley & Halmos
July 13, 2011
⋅ Culture
Windows Phone presents the Me series, a collection of short film essays exploring a day in the life of creative Windows Phone users. With seamless connectivity between contacts and social networks in the People Hub, one touch searching from Bing and the only phone to come...
