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Sorry for the delay, we managed to exceed our bandwidth limit for the month and went down temporarily. The good news is the site is back to normal, the bad news is that it has loaded an older backup. We’ve lost some posts – but I will rewrite and repost them as soon as possible. [...]

The French brand LIP has been around 150 years but have been hard to obtain anywhere outside Europe. Now, under the watchful eye of Lip’s new design director Prisca Briquet they have now reissued some of their most important models from a modern collection that remains as visionary today as when first launched 35 years ago.

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.

Tomy LumiPAD glowing message board actually looks really cute! http://tinyurl.com/f9xx9 # Best little (and I mean little) concept shop in Sydney. VA Concept – http://www.viaalley.com/ #

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 [...]

Hey wow, we have a twitter account now. Social networking party. Lala W00T Real Fandom – Comic Book Tattoos http://www.degourget.com/?p=843 LaCie USB Key. Actually looks like a key. Is brilliant. http://www.degourget.com/?p=2090 Studio Schulab Lightpot. Clearly for stoners who have a thing for aesthetic design. http://www.degourget.com/?p=2126 Literally vinyl scratching with your Ipod. Brilliant short video. http://www.degourget.com/?p=2252

One of our favourite contemporary artists, Audrey Kawasaki is having her first solo show in Japan. You’d think, as famous as she is and a name like Kawasaki – she’d already been having shows there. But alas, she is based in L.A. Her show is going to be at Space Yui in Aoyama, Tokyo. If [...]

Broken skateboards are a byproduct of our culture usually destined for the landfill. The deckstool recycles this waste into a unique and interesting bits of furniture. It seems you can turn skateboards into pretty much anything these days. There is a funny little bit on their site explaining, how you use the deckstool: The deckstool [...]