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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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Handy Trax USB is built by a Tokyo-based DJ gear manufacturer Vestax, not only plays your records but also digitizes them via a USB connection. That’s technical terminology for ‘making mp3s’. It’s about as big as an A3 sized book, weighs about 2kg and comes with a sleek carry case – making it quite [...]

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 [...]

Has anyone stayed up late enough to watch that infomercial for the Aerogarden? Clearly targeted at pot growers, this is a similar concept but way better looking. Studio Schulab have created the ‘lightpot’, a small pot for growing plants and herbs indoors. The light is LED based, which means it’s strong enough to keep the [...]

Why the hell didnt anyone think of this before? Seriously? After going through a handful of thumbdrives that just break, I wish someone designed this earlier. Because frankly movebale bits of plastic on something you want to attached to your keys and shove in your pocket is just stupid design. Comes in two physical sizes, [...]

I’m a sucker for good packaging. And I’m a sucker for a good bottle of vino, but will also settle for a nicely designed label on some rubbish plonk. Although this usually leads me to drinking some rather unsavory wine, I do think the world is a better place with nicely designed anything. The world [...]

Inspired by Wired Magazine, we’ve scoured the net to find photos on those that love their comic book characters so much – they get them permanently inked. Some great pics after the jump. link Wired