Giveaway: Cinetics SmartMount and MiniSkates Pro For Camera and Smartphones

Bless technology for making a photographer out of all of us, and bless accessories that add in refinements to make us look like pros, even though we are amateurs. I am talking about accessories like Cinetics SmartMount and MiniSkates Pro Camera Mounts. Today, stand a chance to WIN a Cinetics product and click creative photographs!

To WIN

  • Tell us what kind of photographs do you like to click?

I love to click pictures of the ocean and flowers, but too bad I can’t participate to win!

Contest Rules

  • Contest Closes: 4th June midnight PST
  • Standard Contest Rules Apply
  • Leave your answers in the comments

Cinetics SmartMount and MiniSkates Pro Camera Mounts

  • SmartMount is the smallest and strongest way to attach an iPhone, Android or any camera phone up to 1/2 inch thick to a standard 1/4-20 thread.
  • It is small and doubles as a stand.
  • It is built from black annodized aluminum and has soft pads that form a tight grip.
  • miniSkates are a set of three wheels that quickly attach to a tripod and enable fluid, rolling video in an ultra-portable package.
  • miniSkates are the perfect companion for your iphone or compact camera.
  • SkatePlate is a frame for products with Cinetics Connect, like CineSkates and CineSquid.
  • It has a retractable quick-set-up design that can support the heaviest cameras.
  • Adjustable Arm is made using the Cinetics Connect system and has a 1/4″ 20 thread attachment.
  • It bends a full 180° so you can position your attachment perfectly and comes with a connector to allow connection with all other Cinetics Connect products.
  • The adjustable arm works great for things like the SkatePlate, the CineMoco motor controller, an attachable light, an extra screen, a microphone, or anything else you may need to attach for your photography and movie-making.

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Deep Celestial Time

As we all know, Nadir is the deepest point on a celestial sphere directly beneath a surface position. It indicates the profoundest depth which lies below. Inspired by this concept, we have the Nadir watch, a timepiece that never strays from the symbolic “core” of time itself. Time is the Nadir; this unisex watch measures 40 mm in diameter has a unique way of telling the time.

The smallest hand is the hour hand, followed by the next longer hand or the minute hand and finally the longest hand which is the second hand.

Designer: Damian Barton [ Buy it Here ]


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Phased By The Moon

Inspired by the moon, the Lunaround watch features the “luna” or moon shaped hour hand that rotates one complete cycle every 12 hours. Measuring a comfortable 40 mm in diameter, the watch also hosts a red minutes and second hands. It is kinda fascinating to observe how within the center of the moon (hour hand), the hour digits can be seen moving. Awesome ‘moon’ sighting on the wrist!

The Lunaround Watch is gray and black and accented with red hands, ideal for both day or evening wear.

Designer: Alex Garzon [ Buy it Here ]


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Three Cool Ways To Break The Ice At A Party

So the party season is here and you are all geared up to go out and have a good time. Perhaps even entertain at home! While many of you may be as suave as Leonard, a few of us belong to the Rajesh Koothrappali category and can do with a little help in breaking the ice. Oh well, we are in luck! Product design is one ammo that always comes to our rescue and here are three cool ways to get a conversation started. Have a look and tell me what you think!

Wear The Brass Sometimes Watch by Dennis Guidone [ Available @ YD Store for $140 ]

The palette of Sometimes is both contemporary and classic, with elongated hands juxtaposed against the black dial. The second hand aligns with the minute and hour for but a moment. The independent movement of the seconds appear to be out of sync with time itself.

Play Music On The Pulpop MP3 Speaker by Balance Wu [ Available @ YD Store for $56 ]

Other than its unique donut shape, this USB rechargeable MP3 speaker is made of recycled pulp. It is ultra light despite its look and size. The vibration inside the hollow space of the speaker amplifies the sound. After a series of trial and error processes, this speaker was born with unexpected potency of sound volume and quality. Environmentally and design conscious!

Sip Tea With The Fish Cups and Heat Pads by Inno.park [ Available @ YD Store for $50 ]

Put on a show! The way this beautiful set works is that you place your warm tea cup on the pads and when you lift it up to sip your drink…vola! There is a bight orange fish swimming on the pad. The metal plates on the bottom of the cups allow you to place fishes anywhere on the pads when the cup reaches 68°C. Create your own school of fish, sit back, start a conversation and enjoy.


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Ceramics We Love

There is something earthy about using porcelain mugs and ceramic containers versus sterile cold glass and unemotional plastics. So if this Christmas season if you are getting rid of the old or firing up the décor with new fancy stuff, then give this exclusive ceramic collection a good thought, handpicked by me!

Tissue Storage by MollaSpace [ Available @ YD Store for $28 ]

Here is a ceramic alternative to replace those bulky paper tissue boxes that are just an eye sore. A simple, clean style complemented with a wooden lid is sure to brighten up your interior. Simply pull the wooden lid off to refill with tissue paper.

Thabto’s Lex, Seth & Carrie by Steven Smith & James Wosiek [ Available @ YD Store for $50 ]

Lex, Seth & Carrie are kitchen storage canisters with a dark side. They’re designed to hold tea, sugar and coffee. However they also really love to store those sinful treats like biscuits and sweets. Designed with an evil glint in their eyes to tell you what’s inside (T: tea, S: sugar & C: coffee), and their heads have room to fit the handle of a spoon.

Thabto’s Cheeky and Hungover Mood Mugs by Steven Smith, James Wosiek [ Available @ YD Store for $16 each ]

Mood Mugs are beautifully designed hand made; insulated porcelain mugs each having a simple facial expression to reflect the mood. They have double wall insulation, which ensures that the beverage is kept hot but the hands are kept cool. It eliminates the need for a handle and creates more cupboard space.

Mood Mugs; Horribly Hungover, Cheeky Chappie and Severely Stressed to join Happy as Larry, Monstrously Moody & Seriously Sleepy.


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Guessing Game # 15

What is this? Hair…maybe, but definitely not on your face! I am in a Christmassy-giving mood already, so this much hint will suffice.

YD regulars, you know the rules…new folks – this is just a fun game where you have to guess what the product is by looking at this preview. Details are inside. No prizes for guessing but just loads of admiration and love!

Thabto Moustache Door Mat is a quality natural coir doormat. It is sure to add a ‘tache’ of character to your doorstep. Real gentlemen (& of course ladies) wipe their feet before entering any decent establishment. What better way to do so than on these wonderful whiskers?

Designer: John Caswell [ Available @ YD Store for $39.00 ]


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Dressing Up The MacBook

The thing with buying Apple products is that you can’t dress them up in just any old accessories. Whatever you use has to be of top-notch quality, befitting the Jobs legacy. For example, the new MacBook Pro with its shimmy new features deserves a sleeve from the Carga Sleeve Collection. Basically these hand-assembled sleeves are done in small batches using single-piece vegetable tanned leather. Elastic and leather closures add a dash of panache.

The Sleeves are designed for the Apple portable range:

  • 13″ MacBook Pro and MacBook Air
  • 15″ MacBook Pro
  • The Sleeves are unpadded / unlined leather, offering scratch resistance while maintaining a slim, elegant profile.
  • The ‘old-school’ envelope look and high quality leather provide an understated counterpoint to high-tech devices.
  • No chemicals were used to treat the bag.
  • Carga Leather MacBook 15″ Sleeve is available @ YD Store $215.00 Special Price: $193.00
  • Carga Leather MacBook 13” sleeve is available @ YD Store $205.00 Special Price $184.00

Designer: Mauro Bianucci [ Available @ YD Store at Special Price ]

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Too Many Coasters Are Not Enough

The lovely holiday season is upon us now, but like Steve Jobs says, god is in details. You have the perfect menu, impeccable crockery and elegant silverware. Did you plan for coasters? Oh well, fret not, we have some really cool ideas for coasters and bottle wraps, have a look.

Bum Bag Drinks Cooler by Steven Smith & James Wosiek [ Available @ YD Store for $10 ]

The bottle drinkers will need this bag; it features reusable foil lined drinks cooler and is designed to look and feel like a brown paper bag. It is actually made from water-resistant & tear-proof Tyvek. Just pop your chilled drink inside the Bum Bag to keep it cool for longer.

Stained Coasters by Yujin Ono [ Available @ YD Store for $20 ]

These really cool permanently stained acrylic coasters based on real stain marks. It won’t come off, but sure to add color to your tabletops next time your friends come by for a drink.


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Globetrotting From Home

My first introduction to the world of maps was this magnificent wooden globe, placed in my father’s office. The times when it became impossible to understand the trade-winds route or memorize the landmarks and seas, I’d turn to this globe for help and learn it all up in a jiffy. Times have changed now and affording one of those antique globes is just a far fetched dream. However a contemporary and kitsch take on the maps is here in the form of the Color Maps. They come in four sweet themes: Midnight, Chocolate, City Lights and Pop Color Maps.

Designer: Balance Wu [ Available @ YD Store for $15 ]

Pop Color Map by Balance Wu is available at YD Store for $15

City Lights Color Map by Balance Wu is available at YD Store for $15

Chocolate Color Map by Balance Wu is available at YD Store for $15

Midnight Color Map by Balance Wu is available at YD Store for $15


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Destroying Violence Through Peace

The grenade, revolver and the nunchucks are instruments of violence and destruction. Playing on the maxim of the pen being mightier than the sword, a selection of notebooks bearing this symbolic gesture encourages us to convert violence to a tool of peace. Our creativity and knowledge expressed through words and sketches are the best means to get our points across, not through force and/or violence.

Designer: Yiweishen [ Available at The YD Store for $10 ]

Grenade Notebook by Yiweishen is available at the YD Store for $10

Revolver Notebook by Yiweishen is available at the YD Store for $10

Nunchucks Notebook by Yiweishen is available at the YD Store for $10


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