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Do you know tatebanko? Well I’m pretty clued up on Japanese culture, but I had no idea what it was until recently. Apparently it is an almost forgotten art of creating scenic dioramas using paper and clever use of perspective. It was popular in Japan during the 17th Century (Edo Period) till the 19th century [...]

In the current world of photography, the old analogue guard are really being crushed by the way of digital. Polaroid ceased production this year, lomo is gettin a little old – it’s not looking great for analogue lovers. Well everywhere, except of course, Japan. Where the awesomely named company called Superheadz – released the blackbird,fly. [...]

You see, I love all things two wheeled. I love bicyles and I love motorcycles. And you’d think, a small engined bicycle would be perfect as a low/no emission transport for the modern urban person. Unfortunately such mopeds are decidedly ugly. Enter Ridley Motorcycles and their Vintage Bike range. They’ve made a series of beautiful [...]

I hate it when people think of really simple cool stuff that I don’t think of. I’ve been trying to think of a clever original USB drive enclosure for ages. Wood is cool, so is a plush toy and so is a humping dog. There’s a whole bunch of USB thingies we’ve come accross, after [...]

  When the first Nintendo DS first launched in 2004, we were instantly fans. It was pretty damn groundbreaking, with its touch screen gaming and dual screens. More importantly, it had wireless multiplayer Mario Kart. I believe that sold the entire 20+ male market. Anyway, its been out for a while – and although they released [...]

And that would be Booze and Data. It’s true. Don’t argue. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs should be updated to reflect the these in the top tier of needs for modern individual. Now Trekstor’s USB stick CO combines two things already attached to my keyring and encases it in a nice brushed aluminium. It will come in varieties [...]

Lest anyone accuse DEGOURGET of Obama favouritism* given the recent run of Obama gadgets and designs we’ve run here in the past, here’s a little bit of gadget action for the born again, book banning, foetus protectors amongst you. You can own your very own Sarah Palin Action Figure today thanks to the good folks [...]

This is probably the geekiest thing I’ve gotten excited about today, but Greece based Supermandolini has released these video game inspired, medal-looking pin things. I like how they describe them: Series of limited edition pin ‘medals’ that celebrate the memories of endless epic battles, infinite high scores and numerous blistered fingers. At 18euro they are a little [...]

This item came out last year – but its so cool it must be mentioned. Designed by Art Lebedev Studio (the guys behind that insane Optimus Maximus Keyboard) come the Folderix 4GB flash drive. The device is described as a fleshed out metaphor, it is quite literally a USB flash disk (thumb drive) and is [...]

Those crazy guys over at suckuk do it again with another stylish, simple and desirable product. The Digital Message Tape, despite its name, this is completely analogue and only gives the aesthetic impression of being digital. It comes with its own marker pen, the idea is you fill in the bits you don’t need, to [...]

At DEGOURGET we love Lego things, we love modular things and we love flippy things. This calendar is all of those things. Awesome. And look, the arrangement possibilities are endless. This is obviously not officially licensed Lego merchandise, but it’s damn cool anyway. Costs £14.99 from CuteGadgets. And yes they ship internationally. via Unplgged

Owning a Swiss Army Knife is kinda like a right of passage for adolescent boys. We’ve all owned one or two at some point, and probably lost them as well. The idea of shoving a USB thumbdrive into one of these is nothing new – but it always bugged me that they were so small [...]

Perhaps unfortunately named Plastinkus, is some kind of Russian electronic black magic – which results in exactly what it looks like: WALLET SIZED DJ DECKS. Don’t get too excited though – it only really just scratches. It looks too small to be real, but then again, my relatively small phone is about as powerful as [...]