Umbra was in attendance with their usual line of I-want-to-touch-that hook racks and hanging cubbies, but our standout fave was their Magnetter mail and key holder, designed by Thea Yuzyk and featuring a magnet hidden inside the curved wood.
Alas, the darn thing is so popular (and affordable, at $14) that it’s out of stock.
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Recording engineer Michael Jack’s gi-normous Flickr pool documenting his transistor radio collection is an old-school-industrial-design gold mine, with hundreds of photos of the intricately-designed little fossils. It was brought to our attention by Cult of Mac, who’ve been having fun highlighting Jack’s comparison of certain antique models to Apple’s iPod:
Picknicking in California style: San Francisco-based EarthLust, purveyor of BPA-free drinking bottles, makes a simple $15 insulated hemp bottle bag carrier with a storage pocket and an adjustable carry-strap. L.A.-based Graf & Lantz’s Quiver wine bottle carrier (inspired by an archer’s arrow holder) costs considerably more, but it’s made from pricier Merino wool imported from Germany. And the vegetable-tanned-leather surround straps are adjustable, in case you wanna swap out that Cab Sauv for a magnum of bubbly.
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 | Gossip Girl Leighton Meester is used to being a fashion icon by now. While it may have been a bit unexpected to find her break into singing with her featured spot in Cobra Starship’s single “Good Girls Go Bad,” it certainly came as no surprise to see that she added some seriously fashionable fierceness to the video. And while the covetable wardrobe she dons as she sneaks into the deli-turned-“speakeasy” setting may not be the only reason the video is nominated for a VMA for Best Pop Video, it definitely helps amp it up, no doubt! And the best thing about her style? It’s easy to make it your own without breaking the bank! With a hot cropped blazer and dramatic smoky eyes, you won’t be nearly as incognito as Leighton is in the video, but you’ll definitely have a stylish night out! Click “See Video” to watch her and Cobra Starship in action, then check out the slideshow for a more affordable run-down of her outfit!Photo Credit: MTV.com |
Lexon Design’s wickedly chic desk objects manage to be both modern and ’80s retro at the same time; they wouldn’t look out of place in Mickey Rourke’s apartment from 9 1/2 Weeks–or Deckard’s apartment from Blade Runner.
Above is their diminutive Travel Clock, minimalist Around Clock and wonderfully tactile Tube Cylinder FM radio. Check out their full catalog here, and be sure to peep our full NYIGF photo gallery here.
An ambitious start-up, Carbon Motors seeks to create the world’s first purpose-built cop car, a refreshing change to the beefed-up Ford Crown Victoria or Chevy Impala used by most police departments in the United States. Designed by law enforcement professionals, the vehicle includes such features as driver-specific intelligent keys, 360 degree exterior surveillance, the ability to withstand a 75 mph rear impact crash and, lest they leave out the practical needs, a hoseable rear passenger compartment.
Recently applying for a $310 million loan from the U.S. government, Carbon plans to occupy a shuttered automobile plant in Indiana to produce the low emission turbo-diesel E7 vehicle—a 300-horse power patrol car that won’t be any more costly than the modified civilian cars already in use by police departments.
Gaining popularity across the country, the concept captures the imaginations of police agencies as it continues its coast-to-coast tour, fast becoming the real-life successor to KITT in Knight Rider.
Questioned by those in the auto press, the car attracts some skepticism for its niche market. ”I think the E7 is overkill,” writes columnist Ezra Dyer in this month’s Automobile Magazine. “And I don’t want my tax money going toward a piece of equipment that will primarily be used to pull me over the moment I venture 12 mph over the speed limit.”
Whether the E7 will revolutionize law enforcement or prove to be a DeLorean-esque boondoggle will remain unknown until 2012, when the first E7s are slated to roll off the assembly line.
Voici le nouveau motionreel 2009 du studio ChezEddy basé à Paris et composé d’une équipe spécialisée en post-production et en effets visuels. De nombreux travaux pour des spots commerciaux, à découvrir sur une bande son du groupe Naïve New Beaters – Get Love.
Remember back in April when we were finally given the very-usable phrase “Accidental Architecture,” refering to buildings that were never fully completed? Or our post last December talking about Nick Paumgarten‘s New Yorker piece, “The Pits,” about what NY would look like once the financial crunch had fully taken hold and construction stopped throughout the city? We bring these refreshers back up as we return to both topics in turning to John Hill‘s always fantastic A Daily Dose of Architecture, as he recently took a tour to check out what was supposed to be built, but hasn’t yet. It’s a small handful of “what could have been” shots of walled-up non-construction and one, Norman Foster‘s Sperone Westwater Gallery, falling into that “what might be, but not any time soon.” It’s a great way to put a face to what’s happened to big architecture during this economic fall from grace.
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