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Salt & Pepper shakers are like the easiest way to add cool to your kitchen. But there are so many ‘novelty’ and ‘designer’ ones out there – how exactly do you stand out from the mainstream of designer condiment wannabes? Geek it up of course. First up, it’s Batman. It’s a salt and pepper shaker [...]

Us non-Kanyes can’t even begin to understand the fabulousness of the life this man lives. How can we? The concept of waking up surrounded by Louis Vuitton, bathing in Veuve and then having to decide which lambo to drive which bank stuffed with our milions is so far removed from our frame of reference that we don’t stand a hope in hell of ever understanding what Kanye has to go through every day just to be Kanye. Asking us to understand Kanye is just too hard and arduous a task.

It’s NBA playoffs right now so a hoops junkie like me doesn’t really need any extra basketball related distractions in their life but the NBA Europa design concept managed to cut through the endless LeBron and Kobe highlight reels to pique my interest. Put together purely as a concept by a graduating senior at the [...]

Do you yearn for a sexy laptop case? Are you one of those people who need to have their phone surgically attached to them? Or are you just frustated by failed attempts to keep a pen near your moleskine at all times? Fear not vain and/or incompetant airhead trendsetter, Hard Graft are here to make [...]

I came across the Study Ball on Darrell Whitelaw’s entertaining Twitter feed and I share his sentiment; I can’t wait to have kids upon whose fragile psyche I can unleash this little puppy. The Study Ball is a ball and chain with a time lock  designed to help you keep track of your study. At [...]

Supposedly this great period of financial turmoil will be a boon to the arts and self expression as  we all try to make sense of this new paradigm into which we’ve been plunged. Can’t remember where I read that but I’m pretty sure that was the gist of one of the many ‘it won’t be [...]

I’ve never been one for cars. But I’ve always been one for shiny things. So while i couldn’t care less for the output of your quintiple cam overhead engine and the 17 hundred ponies it shits out, I will appreciate the curves on that $500,000 sports car. The Audi D7 Concept ticks all the right [...]

I’m a sucker for neon signs and the like. I coo like a childless female in her late 30′s who’s just been confronted with a adorable young tot every time i see a cool one in a design or antique store. I’ve been known to drool in public as I gaze in wonderment and envision [...]

No, not the space dudes, N.A.S.A. the Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon collab with a mind blowing multimedia project surrounding the debut album, The Spirit of Apollo.

On the one hand I’m inclined to think that this puppy takes the i-crap thing  a step too far. An official NBA basketball hoop with an inbuilt iPod dock? C’mon, really? But then the NBA and Apple fanboy within takes over and goes “Oh look at that shiny apple and basketball related thing!! Must have [...]

At DEGOURGET we’re geeky and proud of it. That’s why I’m not afraid to stand up and say hell yes the idea of a G.I. Joe movie is damn appealing. Here’s the trailer that was shown during the Super Bowl. Haters be damned, 2009 is the year of the action figure. There’s Doctor Who, Sienna [...]

Political humourist Bill Maher and Borat director Larry Charles teamed up last year to make the doco Religulous. A very amusing look at the role religion plays in people’s lives and how they have come to and subsequently defended their religious stance, it’s satirical and very anti-religion but manages to be both highly amusing and [...]

Politics has long inspired some great design from 60′s counter culture protest through Soviet propaganda and the more recent Shepard Fairy led Obamamania  we all bore witness to last year. When you believe in a particular position or ideology that passion to proselytize can bring forth some pretty emotional and powerful work that’s going to [...]

Objectified is the latest project by Gary Hustwit, the director of the fantastic Helvetica. Objectified is a look at the world of industrial design and how it impacts our day to day lives. “It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the people who re-examine, re-evaluate and [...]

A physics professor from Oxford has create an adjustable form of corrective eyewear designed to help the world’s poor. The glasses are designed to be one size fits all, with the owner able to adjust the strength without the help of a trained optometrist. Inside the device’s tough plastic lenses are two clear circular sacs [...]