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USB Concepts by dialog05

2008-01-05T16:18:00.000-08:00

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USB Concepts by dialog05 mixes conceptual art, USB technology, and hint of iPod sensibility. The concept are pretty straightforward: take some USB memory and wrap something visually challenging around the device. Then, finish off the device with the cute, blue USB universal icon for credibility. There are a number of concepts that dialog05 has created. […]

New York Delft Plate Set by Lovegrove and Repucci

2008-01-05T16:16:00.000-08:00

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Are you a hardcore graf artist who has made it big in New York and now want to enjoy the finer things in life? Now, Areaware has created a series of plateware for you! The finest of Delft china combine with the heavy old skool stylez of the streets of New York to make the […]

Retainer Necklace by Kiel Mead at Areaware

2008-01-05T16:15:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Fashion | $250-500 | Metal | Art

Gold teeth have become so pas·sé these days that who wants to wear them anymore? Not to mention, if you are a young rapper, say eleven years old, you are going to want to wear something more appropriate to your age demographic while still retaining a high level of bling. And speaking of “retaining”, how […]

New Dwell Website is Quite Impressive

2008-01-05T16:14:00.000-08:00

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I’ve read Dwell over the years because they have always impressed me with their commitment to feature young residential designers in their magazine. I’ve had a number of friends with their homes featured in the magazine which has always given me a warm spot for Dwell. But Dwell’s new redesign of their website (and their […]

Do We really Need an iPod Tube Amp?

2007-12-25T20:25:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Consumer Technology

This is not an artifact from a 1950’s Sci-Fi Movie. It’s a device known as a tube amp. This one is called the Roth Cocoon. I have no idea what it costs, but I’m assuming a lot judging by what my audiophile friends pay for their equipment. So what makes this tube amp different than […]

The Orgasmatron 3000 by Dominic Wilcox

2007-12-25T20:24:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Black | Lust Factor: Hot | Consumer Technology | Leather

I have heard this urban legend all of my high school and college life that goes like this: having sex on a washing machine can cause women to go wild with passion because of the slow vibrating motion of the washer. The spin cycle is supposedly particularly hot. Finally, someone, this being master of everyday […]

Smittens by Wendy Feller

2007-12-25T20:22:00.000-08:00

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I’ve been combing through the latest ID Magazine and I’ve found a number of pieces that were extremely compelling. One of my favorites is Smittens by Wendy Feller. They couldn’t be more aptly named. These are mittens for couples who are smitten (sorry for the obvious observation). This seems like such unique novelty design at […]

Blindspot: Products for Couples by Jim Rokos

2007-12-25T20:21:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Consumer Technology | Glass | weird designs

Jim Rokos, a recent graduate from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, has come up with a number of products designed to expose personal relationships between couples, and their ability to cooperate. I’ve included images from a couple of the products above. The top product is called My Other Half. It’s a […]

Wedding Pills by Ted Noten

2007-12-25T20:20:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Fashion | $2,500-5,000 | Metal | weird designs

Ted Noten has been featured a couple of other times on this blog for his humorous conceptual products, so when I saw his latest creation on NOTCOT, wedding pills, I knew I had to include these objects. The objects are simple. They are two solid gold pills that are ingested during the wedding ritual in […]

The Matt Gagnon Recycled Paper Side Table

2007-12-25T20:18:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | $2,500-5,000 | Paper | Furniture

Matt Gagnon, a Brooklyn based designer and manufacturer, has created his side table out of Homasote. This material is made of 100% post-consumer recycled paper. The board is only about as thick as plywood, so the pieces are cut out, shaped, then bolted together. The piece is finished off with linseed oil and accented with […]

PET Light by Walking-Chair Design Studio

2007-12-25T19:57:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | $50-100 | Plastic | Lighting

First, I should say that the PET Light by Walking Chair Design Studio is called the PET light because in Europe, I gather, people refer to the plastic bottles as PET bottles, and this is a light made for recycled plastic bottles. The PET bottles are nearly identical to the water bottles that we all […]

Off Pitcher and Cup by Justin Parker and Andi Kovel

2007-12-25T19:56:00.000-08:00

Green Week: Off Pitcher and Cup by Justin Parker and Andi Kovel

Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | $100-250 | Glass

This is one of those products that pushes sculptural beauty and green design to what I would consider to be a noble conclusion. The product is called the Off Pitcher. It’s made from recycled bottles that are re-purposed into a carafe and cups. To go a bit further the designer’s electric furnace for manipulating the […]

A Fantastic New Contemporary Furniture Collection Debuts Soon at the ICFF

2007-12-25T19:55:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Furniture

Last Week, I was at the Metropolis Magazine Next Generation Design Competition held here in San Francisco at Herman Miller’s showroom, and I ran into my friend Derek Chen. He has spent the last several years building the most beautiful wood vases among other design objects. We talked for a bit, and it turns out […]

Laaka Chair by lapalma

2007-12-25T19:08:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Brown | Lust Factor: Warm | $1,000-2,500 | Metal | Furniture

I’ve always been a big fan of bent plywood furniture. Like everyone who has my disease, I own an Eames Lounge Chair (knock off). Actually, I got the Eames chair on Craigslist for a hundred bucks. I hope that’s made all of you sufficiently jealous, so on to the Laaka Chair by La Palma! Now, […]

Jackets by Moncler

2007-12-25T19:07:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Fashion | $250-500 | Synthetic Fabrics

I think that I had originally meant to write about this jacket about six months ago. I saw it in a magazine, so I just bookmarked it to follow up later. OK, now that it’s Spring, I’ve decided to do some spring cleaning and clear the boards of all these posts that I’ve started. This […]

Recycled Bags By Maldita Adelita

2007-12-25T19:06:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Randomness | Art

You know, originally when I started this post way back in November of 2006, I wanted to show the world these wild handbags. The purses in the picture above are made by Maldita Adelita (which sounds made up to me) and are made of recycled plastic bags cut into strips and woven into the striking […]

Showtime by Jaime Hayon

2007-12-25T09:47:00.001-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Houswares | Shiny

I wish I could talk about these objects with some level of of competence, but I’m afraid this won’t be the case. Instead, I think I’ll say a few words about the designer. For all of you product or furniture designers out there, you need to take a good, hard look at Jaime Hayon and […]

My Book Hard Drive by Western Digital

2007-12-25T09:46:00.001-08:00

My Book Hard Drive by Western Digital

I was recently at Circuit City (which I normally hate going to, by the way. They have no selection.) and I was looking for a backup hard drive for my system. The one I found compelled to buy was the My Book Hard Drive by Western Digital. I honestly know nothing about the company, nor […]

Walden by Nils Holger Moorman

2007-12-25T09:45:00.001-08:00

Walden by Nils Holger Moorman

Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture | Wood

There is no doubt that if Henry David Thoreau had lived in the early 21st century that he would have wanted to have one of these incredibly efficient cabins in his wilderness home. The small structure designed and built by Nils Holger Moorman contains everything you could want to enjoy the outdoors but still retains […]

Big Bend Table by Jeff Miller

2007-12-25T09:44:00.000-08:00

Big Bend Table by Jeff Miller

Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Wood | Furniture

Most of Y’all know that I’m from Texas originally. And like most other Texans, I love anything that reminds me of Texas. We have big egos to go with our big state. So when I saw the name of this piece of furniture I was sold. It’s called Big Bend, named after the most beautiful […]

Hotdoll by Clement Eloy

2007-12-25T09:43:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Black | Lust Factor: Hot | Sports and Recreation | Synthetic Fabrics | weird designs

Clement Eloy is a French product designer with an idea to help out dogs when they get the urge. Mr. Eloy has produced a number of provocative product designs in the past couple years, but this one is the most visceral. The Hotdoll. There’s not much to say about the concept that isn’t already obvious. […]

Boom Bag by GRO Design

2007-12-25T09:42:00.000-08:00

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Boom Bag is a prototype by Gro Design that combines two great accessories into an awesome final concept. It’s one part purse and one part portable iPod stereo. This is one of those, “Why didn’t I think of that?!…Hey, pass me that bong, dude” moments in product design. If you look at most portable iPod […]

Gyanze Amp and Speakers

2007-12-25T09:41:00.000-08:00

Gyanze Amp and Speakers

I now issue the challenge for today: if you know any possible way to buy these mythical iPod speakers, then let me know. I honestly doubt that these speakers exist. I’ve even read about them in magazines (our print friend who supposedly checks facts) and still I can’t find these speakers anywhere. So what’s the […]

The RPM 10 Record Player by Pro-Ject Audio Systems

2007-12-25T09:40:00.000-08:00

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I’m not really going to talk about the RPM 10 Record Player by Pro-Ject Audio Systems. I’m going to talk about what these record players stand for. The funny thing about the modern audiophile record player is the record player inevitably likes to display every piece and part of the machine as if it were […]

Cesare Paciotti 2007 Camo Platform Shoe

2007-12-25T09:39:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Fashion | Shiny | Leather

Just when you thought camouflage was dead and buried here comes a shoe by Cesare Paciotti that will raise the bar on all future camo usage. This patent leather pump ain’t seeing any combat… that is unless it’s consensual. I dare you to check out their site. I love women’s shoes, but I love weird […]

Valextra White Leather Backpack

2007-12-25T09:38:00.000-08:00

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Posted in White | Lust Factor: Warm | Fashion | Soft | Leather

Something moving happened to me when I saw this bag by Valextra for the first time a few weeks ago. I was flipping through the pages of Wallpaper (I think) when I saw the advertisement showing this bag. Of course, the bag was perched on a rock overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It brought me back […]

Alder by Brent Comber

2007-12-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Black | Lust Factor: Warm | Wood | Bold | Furniture

I post all the pictures to Flickr that I put on the site . (let’s not get into the legalities, but I only post things I love and then promote the hell out of them, so I’ve had no complaints) I posted this one just yesterday, and it already got a comment suggesting that the […]

The Aerolblade Bicycle by Spyker for Koga Miyata

2007-12-25T09:36:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Sports and Recreation | $10,000-25,000 | Metal

I decided to put a lot of picture of this bike on the site because bicycles are an interesting beast. Often times, I look at bikes from far away and think they’re ugly, and when I get close up they become beautiful. The Aeroblade for Koga Miyata is definitely one of the bikes that benefits […]

Ninho Collection by Ciscar and Garcia

2007-12-25T09:35:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Wood | Furniture

I’ve seen a number of furniture companies come and go with collections utilizing pressed fiberboard. This is the first time that I’ve seen this material used in an elegant manner. This is the Ninho Collection by Ciscar and Garcia, a design duo based in Valencia Spain. The collection consists of cabinets, tables, and dressers all […]

Dinner Set by Finding Cheska

2007-12-25T09:34:00.000-08:00

Dinner Set by Finding Cheska

Posted in White | Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | Hard | Ceramics

Finding Cheska’s work really went over well last time I presented it. They produce a lung shaped ashtray that is artistic, refined, beautiful, and probably most importantly, ironic. However, the majority of Finding Cheska’s work does not hold such great irony. It’s just straight ahead beautiful. Like this dinner set. It consists of dinner plate, […]

The Piaggio MP3

2007-12-25T09:33:00.002-08:00

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I’m not sure why I’m attracted to the MP3 by Piaggio. I just am. I think it has something to do with the fact that it’s a scooter with three wheels, but three wheels instead of two means that it can stand upright without assistance. I have two quick points about this machine, and then […]

Electro Luminescent Vases by Voon Wong and Benson Saw

2007-12-25T09:33:00.001-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | Tchotchke | Synthetic Fabrics | Lighting

How bad ass are these items? Okay, it’s maybe a bit hard to tell what these are at first glance, so I’ll add a bit of description: These are vases where the designers have woven an electro luminescent (EL) wire around a ceramic vessel. EL wire is a low light emitting wire used in the […]

The Graffiti Report Card: Ugly Graffiti Haters Unite

2007-12-25T09:32:00.001-08:00

The Graffiti Report Card: Ugly Graffiti Haters Unite

Posted in Randomness | Art | JFF

What is the Graffiti Report Card?
The Graffiti Report Card is a mechanism that you can use to judge graffiti. It’s a sticker with an arrow on it that points to the graffiti. The sticker has a number of categories you can […]

Harmony Salt and Pepper Shakers by Corina Garona

2007-12-25T09:31:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | Shiny | Ceramics

Corina is a recently graduated Industrial Designer from Pratt, originally from Buenos Aires, who has shown some promising work. Although Ms. Garona has several promising designs, I fell for her small scaled Harmony salt and pepper shaker which consists of two blobs of shiny silver painted ceramic. The inner blob is the salt shaker. The […]

Tengu: a USB Electronic Friend by Crispin Jones

2007-12-25T09:29:00.000-08:00

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Posted in White | Lust Factor: Hot | Consumer Technology | Plastic | Shiny

Tengu is our happy USB friend! This little critter really doesn’t do much of anything except lip sync to the music coming out of your computer. This object, admittedly, is more crack than design. It doesn’t really do anything all that useful. It doesn’t even loo all that pretty. But, damnit, it’s cool. I dare […]

Jellyfish Sonic by kota nezu of CO/EX

2007-12-25T09:28:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Consumer Technology | Plastic | Shiny | Smooth

To the best of my knowledge, the Jellyfish Sonic is never going to make it to mass production, which is a real shame. This is a table straight out of War of the Worlds. The table top is a bulbous, alien shape that is made of a clear plastic. Encased in the plastic hovers two […]

Oragami Table by Anthony Dickens and Tony Wilson

2007-12-25T09:27:00.000-08:00

Oragami Table by Anthony Dickens and Tony Wilson

The Oragami Table is a pretty amazing piece of design and quite possibly the only table I’ve written about that I really, really want to own. Each table consists of three legs that interlock together to form the structure. The glass table top is put into place, and there you are. Assembly of this table […]

Fish Out of Water: A Lamp by Ana Thompson

2007-12-25T09:26:00.000-08:00

Fish Out of Water: A Lamp by Ana Thompson

Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Glass | Shiny | Lighting

Ana Thompson is a bit of a mystery to me. I really don’t know how I came about getting her URL, but her work is pretty remarkable. I’m assuming she’s pretty young, because there are only a handful of designs on her site and most of the designs are still in the 3D rendering phase. […]

UM Carry by Josh Jakus

2007-12-25T09:25:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Fashion | $50-100 | Soft | Natural Fabrics

This weekend in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, there was this thing called the Capsule street sale. Capsule hosted probably 200 vendors of what I might call “crafty” design. The majority of the work was pretty competent, but honestly, I was hoping for some more innovative products out of the deal. Imagine, if you dare, several […]

Wheeler Stool by Charlie Davidson

2007-12-25T09:24:00.000-08:00

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Posted in White | Lust Factor: Warm | Plastic | Shiny | Furniture

The Wheeler Stool is a cute little product designed by Charlie Davidson. It’s one of those small jazzy pieces that caught my eye as I search through volumes of stuff that have been produced by mankind. Sometimes I wonder to myself how a piece such as this ever makes it to the site seeing that […]

W’Duck: A Restaurant Whose Mind Is In The Toilet

2007-12-25T09:23:00.000-08:00

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Posted in White | Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture | Shiny | Smooth | Ceramics

W’Duck is more than just a noise you make when you slip into a bath tub. It’s also a restaurant in Portugal that has boldly chosen their theme to be a huge bathroom. The restaurant owners did not chince out when they went for this theme, either. You want to eat dinner […]

The Maria USB Drive by Luis Eslava for ABR Produccion

2007-12-25T09:22:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Consumer Technology | Plastic | Bold

Probably every blog and their mother has posted this Maria USB Drive by Luis Eslava from 2004. Unfortunately, most of the blogs (that I’ve seen, at least) have not given credit where credit is due, so definitely check out Luis’ site because Mr. Eslava is a great product designer with a strong sense of joy […]

The Sleeping Light by Andi Kovel

2007-12-25T09:21:00.000-08:00

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Posted in White | Lust Factor: Warm | $500-1,000 | Glass | Lighting

If I feature two bird lamps on the site, does that make it a trend? Probably not, but I like bird lights, so there you are. The first one I featured was several months ago. It was called the Pigeon Light, and it was made by Qubus. It’s made in plastic, and I’ve seen it […]

The Symphony Bench by OFS

2007-12-25T09:20:00.000-08:00

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OFS is a stodgy, boring, but also very capable furniture manufacturer based in the heart of the U.S., Huntingburg Indiana. It’s like one of those companies that is probably a Bershire Hathaway company. It’s deeply seeded in it’s all bread and butter, go to church on Sundays, have a night out at the movies with […]

Bicicleta Rug by Nani Marquina

2007-12-25T09:19:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Black | Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | Soft | Rubber

Nani Marquina, an awesome rug making company, has just developed the Bicicleta Rug. This rug is special because it brings two of my life’s interests together: bicycling and design. If you didn’t know already, I attempt to ride my bicycle to work each day, and I’ve been doing that for nearly ten years. In that […]

WMF 1 Coffee Maker by WMF

2007-12-25T09:18:00.001-08:00

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I have found the perfect coffee maker for the coffee lover who is single and in need of everything in his or her life to look like an iPod. (I hate to judge, but that describes half of Silicon Valley!) Its called the WMF 1, which sounds a bit more like bowling machinery or a […]

Forrest Myers Aviary Chair

2007-12-25T09:17:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Wood | Bold | Art | Furniture

Barry Friedman Ltd. has a knack for finding some of the most fascinating, well crafted, and highly experimental furniture around today. And as you might expect, if you really want something that Barry Friedman sells, you will pay the price. Unfortunately for me, I wouldn’t make in a year what a piece like Forrest Myers’ […]

Tubetop Lamp by Pablo

2007-12-25T09:16:00.000-08:00

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In the mission district of San Francisco, there’s a guy (or girl possibly) that tags everything he sees with a pi symbol. You know, it kind of looks a bit like a “TT” mashed together. Sometimes, the pi is on a sticker. Sometimes, the pi is in paint, Sometimes even, the pi is coupled with […]

Orchid by Christian Flindt

2007-12-25T09:15:00.001-08:00

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About five years ago I bought my first orchid. It was a type of Cattleya with purple and pink striped leaves. It looked very exotic because there were tendrils from the flowers petals that twisted down an inch or two creating a sort of plant peyos. This was not a simple store-bought orchid but one […]

Suck My Bic: A Lolipop Pen Cap by Clement Eloy

2007-12-24T08:41:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Consumer Technology

Clement Eloy, a young French designer with a great sense of play in his designs, has come up with a hilarious product prototype. The design concept is to create a flavored candy pen cap which Eloy calls “Suck My Bic”. The idea is very perceptive because it recognizes people’s tendency to suck on their pen […]

The Seitz 6×17 Digital Large Format Camera

2007-12-24T08:40:00.000-08:00

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The Seitz 6×17 digital large format camera is something that needs to be seen to be believed. It is, quite honestly, the most amazing digital camera ever made. Where do I start? Well first, the construction of this camera is unparalleled. The body is made from aluminum billets that are hand tooled into the final […]

The New Museum, New York by Sejima + Nishizawa / SANAA

2007-12-24T08:39:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Architecture | New York Building Guide 2007

The New Museum, founded in 1977 by former Whitney Curator, Marcia Tucker, may be one of the most provocative and interesting buildings going up in Manhattan currently. The building is a 7 story, 60,000 square foot homage to the newest of new art designed by Sejima + Nishizawa. On Sunday last week, I happened upon […]

The IAC Building by Frank Gehry

2007-12-24T08:37:00.000-08:00

The IAC Building by Frank Gehry

Posted in Architecture | New York Building Guide 2007

Recently, I made my way through Manhattan’s (or at least mid-Manhattan’s) latest buildings. I lived in L.A. years ago and even had the opportunity to draw working drawings, along with dozens of other people, on Frank Gehry’s Disney Concert Hall. The concert hall was phenomenal in my mind. I’ve been pretty high on Gehry’s work […]

100 11th Street Condominiums, Chelsea, New York by Jean Nouvel

2007-12-24T08:36:00.002-08:00

100 11th Street Condominiums, Chelsea, New York by Jean Nouvel

Posted in Architecture | New York Building Guide 2007

Yesterday, I wrote about the IAC building in Chelsea, New York. Today, I wanted to point out a building that is just underway right across the street from the IAC called 100 11th Ave. It’s a condominium project designed by another world famous architect, Jean Nouvel. My feelings about this building (at least how it’s […]

The High Line and the Standard Hotel, New York

2007-12-24T08:36:00.001-08:00

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Posted in Architecture | New York Building Guide 2007

I have very little time this morning to get this post up, so please excuse my brevity and bad grammar. This is the High Line (seen above), a multi-mile strip of elevated railroad track running straight through some of Manhattan’s hottest neighborhoods. It was originally used as a means to transport goods out of factories […]

One Bryant Park, New York by Cook + Fox

2007-12-24T08:35:00.000-08:00

One Bryant Park, New York by Cook + Fox

Posted in Architecture | New York Building Guide 2007

One Bryant Park by Cook + Fox is probably the first really “green” tower I’ve heard of. What I mean by “green” tower is that the tower has implemented a number of techniques to lower the amount of materials wasted in constructing the building as well as creating the least amount of impact on the […]

New York Times Building by Renzo Piano Building Workshop

2007-12-24T08:34:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Architecture | New York Building Guide 2007

A couple of weeks ago, my brother in law, Scott, dropped me off at the ferry terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. I had to wait about ten minutes for the Ferry to make it over, so I spent some time just gazing over at the skyline of midtown Manhattan. Something looked new to me. Something […]

The Lucifer Match Striker by Clement Eloy

2007-12-24T08:33:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Houswares | Plastic | Smooth

I’ve featured Clement Eloy tons of times on this blog. I’ve never met him or even spoken to him, but I like his design cleverness. He’s always looking for an edge to something such as his laptop power source / foot warmers or his hot doll (don’t ask, just look). Yet another edgy, smart design […]

Fall / Winter 2007 Collection by Mina Perhonen

2007-12-24T08:32:00.001-08:00

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Mina Perhonen is a Finnish Designer working in Japan. Her work is characterized by empire dresses with flowing waists, huge, bold buttons, neutrals mixed with a few earthy cool colors, and softness. I’ve chosen to show a picture of the softest of the soft pieces. It’s sort of a hoodie mixed with a cardigan made […]

The Too High Tea House by Terunobu Fujimori

2007-12-24T08:30:00.002-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Architecture | Wood

Terunobu Fujimori is the type of architect who has decided to strip his style from any modern tendencies and place himself in a world of architecture that might only be described as “Hobbit Houses”. All kidding aside, Mr. Fujimori is an architect who has looked into the depths of what people might call outdsider architecture, […]

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

2007-12-24T08:30:00.001-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture

Diller Scofidio + Renfro is one of those architecture firms that is about tapping into human drama and emotion through their sculptural buildings. Back in 1995, when Diller and Scofidio were just young Cooper Union professors trying to make their way in an academic/artistic world, it looked like their career was going to go […]

The Cartier LOVE Ring

2007-12-24T08:29:00.001-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Fashion | $2,500-5,000 | Metal | Shiny

Cartier has looked to the past to find their new LOVE collection. The design, originally from one of their collections in the 1970s works like this: the ring has screws around the perimeter of the band and the tighter you turn the screws the more you love. Is that right? It seems to me that […]

Atlantico Sideboard by De La Espada

2007-12-24T08:27:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | $2,500-5,000 | Wood | Furniture

The Atlantico Sideboard by De La Espada is quite simply of of the most perfect pieces of wood modern furniture in the world. Atlantico guarantees this: perfect joinery, furniture only made from American White Oak and Cherry, and wood selected for beautiful and perfect grain. These are simple rules to follow, but the execution take […]

The Leaf Lamp by Yves Behar: Fabulous or Flimsy?

2007-12-24T08:26:00.000-08:00

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ID Magazine has recently come out with their 53rd Annual Design Review where they award a number of products and project top honors for design. They have named top honors in the consumer products division to the Leaf lamp by Yves Behar. I’ve been tempted to write about this product for a while now, but […]

Cortiça Chaise Lounge by Daniel Michalik

2007-12-24T08:25:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Brown | Lust Factor: Warm | $5,000-10,000 | Wood | Furniture

Daniel Michalik is a Brooklyn based designer who explores the boundaries of unconventional materials. His focus is cork, though. Cork, as you probably know, is the bark that comes from a particular type of oak tree. The bark replaces itself every year and therefore can be sustainably harvested for use as stoppers in wine bottles, […]

40 Bond Condominiums, New York by Herzog & de Meuron

2007-12-24T08:23:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Architecture | New York Building Guide 2007

About a month ago, now, a friend of mine and toured New York for the latest in architectural works. I had been told that the design duo, Herzog & de Meuron, had been commissioned to design a new condominium building in Noho. So, we went to take a look. My first impression when we arrived […]

The Space Lounge Chair and Table by Fritz Hansen

2007-12-24T08:22:00.000-08:00

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Fritz Hansen is one of the top manufacturers of modern luxury furniture in the world. But despite this reputation I’ve neglected to feature their work on Design Crack. Why? It’s called laziness. I’ve been really lazy in tracking down images of their furniture. Finally, I’ve nicked a couple from their site, and I will now […]

Hugo Boss Building by Matteo Thun

2007-12-24T08:21:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture | Wood | Glass | Metal

I’m not sure why I’ve never noticed Matteo Thun before. He is an extremely talented designer with a multivalent design studio. His office are as adept at designing a chair as they are a building. And their recent building is a hit with me. Mr. Thun and company has created a three story office building […]

Carrie on Bike by Design House Stockholm

2007-12-24T08:20:00.000-08:00

Carrie on Bike by Design House Stockholm

Design House Stockholm is a company that finds and creates great Scandinavian design, and they’ve been doing so since 1992. They probably have dozens of designed products that I could easily show on this site, but I’d like to start with a bike basket called Carrie. This piece gets to me because, as a daily […]

The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

2007-12-24T08:19:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Red | Lust Factor: Hot | Automotive

I know nothing about the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, but quite frankly I don’t have to. (If you’re a car freak, you’ve come to the wrong place, unfortunately). Still I feel compelled to feature a couple of pictures just to allow people to dream. Sigh… Can you feel the beauty?
Not to make anyone jealous, but […]

Bling H2O: Design Crack at its Worst

2007-12-24T08:18:00.000-08:00

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I just happened to notice this on Yahoo today, and I could not help but to put it on the blog. I present Bling H2O- the next best thing to selling luxury air is luxury water. The water is the brainchild of Kevin G. Boyd who is a Hollywood writer and producer (I’ll get to […]

What shape would a tree be if man controlled nature?

2007-12-24T08:17:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Brown | Lust Factor: Hot | Wood | Bumpy | Furniture

Monday, July 30th, 2007

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This is a sweet little piece of design crack in which the London design duo, Draw Me a Sheep, takes an elemental piece of nature such as a tree trunk and asks, “Is nature really that good?”. In Bo-Young Jung and Emmanuel Wolf’s series, called Nature V2.01, they explore the forms of nature and whether […]

The Cocaine Ring by Lydia Courteille: The Closest Thing to Wearing Real Crack

2007-12-24T08:16:00.000-08:00

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Posted in White | Lust Factor: Hot | Fashion | Stone | Bumpy

I was recently rummaging through dozens of French design websites when I found this ring. I wish I spoke French because France has so many wonderful designers, but consistently French websites never translate any of their pages for an English audience. It’s fine if they don’t, I just wish I could read the French. Because […]

Burberry offers an extremely exciting fall winter 07/08 collection

2007-12-24T08:15:00.000-08:00

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I’ve increasingly been looking at fashion lately, and call me conservative: I love the Burberry collection for this upcoming season. Burberry, as you may know, was a brand that only catered to preppy Hampton sows for years and years. It ranked up there with Ralph Lauren in yawn factor. Today, Burberry has reinvented itself by […]

The Ooba Bassinet Makes Me Want to Make Babies

2007-12-24T08:11:00.000-08:00

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One thing I’ve been seriously wanting to do is give a shout out for my awesome sponsor, 2Modern.com. They are my dream sponsor because it is so easy and fun to talk about their products and mean every word I say. So today, I dip into the bag of 2Modern goodies to find some serious […]

Blue Pyramid Bracelet by Mark Jacobs: Ethereal Superchunky

2007-12-24T08:10:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Blue | Lust Factor: Hot | Fashion | $0-50 | Plastic

Have you ever wanted to wear something that looked like it came from an ancient alien civilization? Your only choices in the past were pretty much either a Halloween costume store, where most of the items are made from some Chinese rubber that smells as if you wore it too long you might get cancer […]

Lamp by Konkret Form: Minimalism, Sandinavian Style

2007-12-24T08:05:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Glass | Lighting

Konkret Form is a minimalist design duo from Stockholm Sweden. They are a fairly young but well accomplished crew. All of their projects follow a simple rule which is, as you may have guessed from the lamp, K.I.S.S.: Keep it Simple, Stupid. As you can see, they haven’t strayed from this with this lamp that […]

Munimula Wine Tray: Innovation in Simplicity

2007-12-24T08:04:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Green | Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | $50-100 | Metal

The Wine Tray designed by Munimula is a piece I saw recently that I thought I would include as an example of simplicity at its finest. This piece actually solves a major problem which is how do I easily carry a bottle of wine and four wine glasses into the other room to serve my […]

Nature V2.0: A Chair for the Twisted Nature Lover

2007-12-24T08:03:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Brown | Lust Factor: Hot | Wood | Bumpy | Furniture

Last week, I reported on a piece of furniture that was an update on the log. The update, by Draw Me a Sheep, made the log into a square shape which is quite a convenient shape. But what if trees grew vertically in a boomerang shape? Damn, that would make a sweet lounge chair! Any […]

Lineground Round Mirror by Skram

2007-12-24T08:02:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | $2,500-5,000 | Wood | Glass

Mirror, Mirror. On the wall. What’s the fairest (mirror) of them all? Possibly the Lineground Round Mirror by Skram? I was looking through 2Modern’s retail catalog, and I came upon this mirror and was a bit stunned. The mirror is built with the same craftsmanship as a fine musical instrument. The bent wood frame is […]

Celine Green Buffalo Leather Handbag: Who knew buffalos could be so chic?

2007-12-24T08:01:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Green | Lust Factor: Hot | Fashion | Shiny | Leather

If you live in New York, chances are you have or you soon will see the Celine Green Buffalo Leather Handbag around town. It’s H-O-T hot. First, let’s talk about the buckle. It’s a really chunky buckle which, to me at least, almost reminds me of the Fendi double buckle bag in the way it […]

Mine’s OK Tape at the California Design Biennial

2007-12-24T08:00:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Randomness

Mine, a San Francisco graphic design firm founded by Christopher Simmons, has sent me a press release for their ingenious project: OK Tape. Their project is showing at this year’s California Design Biennial along with many of the more well known objects of desire such as the iPhone ( you may have heard of this). […]

Claim(p) by Maya Goldblum

2007-12-24T07:59:00.000-08:00

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I have been cordially invited by 2Modern to do a weekly guest blog which I’m extremely excited about. As I was reviewing the posts in this blog trying to find what my niche might be, I was blown away by the the depth and diversity of the blog. I find Design Crack similar in nature […]

Thursday Props: Dutch by Design

2007-12-24T07:58:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Houswares | $250-500 | Metal | Randomness | Furniture

A reader sent me this link some time ago, and I’m embarrassed that I’ve not published this yet. It’s a link to DutchByDesign, a very well curated online design shop. I’ve actually visited the site many times looking for just the right gifts. This site has something for everyone… that is, something for everyone who […]

Press Button, Receive Bacon

2007-12-24T07:56:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Art | weird designs

I saw this post on Brand Spankin’ New, and I wanted to share this piece of usability design with you. The pictogram is shown on the face of a hand dryer. The problem with the design of the hand dryer is how does the designer express to a user how you might use a hand […]

Home Defense Made Easy

2007-12-23T08:59:00.000-08:00

Home Defense Made Easy

Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Wood | Metal | Furniture | weird designs

This table design has made the rounds, but it’s just smart enough to become a phenomenon: The Safe Bedside Table is a brilliant combination of modernist side table and billy club and shield. I originally found this post at Oh! Gizmo, then at TreeHugger, then at Spluch, and finally at its source: James McAdam (the […]

Bendable Interior Objects by Form Us With Love

2007-12-23T08:57:00.000-08:00

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I subscribe to a newsletter by a Swedish company by the name of Form Us With Love, and they just sent me an announcement for their latest design product/company called BIO (Bendable Interior Objects). This design object is very similar to BluDot’s line of accessories in that they both use a very simple stamping process […]

Resin Lamp by Designgedichtjes

2007-12-23T08:56:00.000-08:00

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Last week was my first post in a series for 2Modern.com where I will focus on young Dutch and British designers. This week, I’ve come up with a product by the design studio of Designgedichtjes. Their name, as you can see, is hard to pronounce for the feeble American tongue. It’s meaning, however, is somewhat […]

Saanen Table by Philippe Cramer

2007-12-23T08:55:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Wood | Plastic | Furniture

I will file this wood and clear acrylic coffee table in my YANRO file. YANRO, of course, stands for Yet Another Noguchi Rip Off. If you’re wondering who Noguchi is and don’t care then please leave this site immediately and don’t come back. If you’ve heard your high-brow friends throw Isamu Noguchi’s name around at […]

Twenty-first Century Craftsmanship: A Silver Service by Michael Anastassiades

2007-12-23T08:54:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | Metal | Shiny

I’m not much for having tea, but when I saw Michael Anastassiades‘ silver service I wanted to start this ritual just so I had an excuse to buy this beautiful set. Mr. Anastassiades aesthetic can best be described as old world modernism. This may seem like a contradiction in terms, but when I think of […]

Storage Shelving by Francois Bauchet for Galerie Kreo

2007-12-23T08:53:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Wood | Metal | Furniture

Travel Tip: If you take a visit to Paris any time soon, then I urge you to stop by the Galerie Kreo not far from the Place d’Italie. I’ve always wanted to live in a place where well designed objects are exhibited in a gallery setting. OK, some may argue that IKEA fits that definition. […]

In the Market for a Yacht? Look No Further than the Wally Power 118

2007-12-23T08:46:00.000-08:00

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I’ve been trying to spend more and more time looking at things that are in the unattainable category simply because its so damn fun to imagine me and all my friends and family enjoying whatever the incredibly expensive item is, and basking in the glory of its opulence. Quite frankly, nothing has piqued my imagination […]

Self Healing Tape: Finally, a way to break something without breaking anything

2007-12-23T08:45:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | $0-50 | Plastic

I recently covered the fun and innovative Nature V2.0 chair by Dream Me a Sheep which is so clever in itself. But the designers at dream me a sheep are constantly finding smart and witty ways to reintroduce old product concepts. One of their recent designs is Self Healing Tape. It’s a new take on […]

Can a Gas Station Really be Green? Office dA Thinks so.

2007-12-23T08:44:00.000-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture | Metal | Bumpy

Office dA, a Boston based design firm, has created in the heart of Los Angeles this gas station that creates quite a paradoxical relationship for those who seek it out. For the everyday user of this gas station, it’s just another funky monument in the “look at me!” culture of Los Angeles road side architecture. […]

Emilio Pucci Wood Clutch Purse: Modern Art as Fashion Accessory

2007-12-23T08:43:00.000-08:00

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Now that another fashion week in New York has passed, all my future fashion posts for the next several weeks are going to be old news. So, if you really want to stay on top of the latest fashion trends, then this may be the wrong blog. If, however, you are simply in the mood […]

East Beach Cafe by Thomas Heatherwick

2007-12-23T08:42:00.001-08:00

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Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture | Glass | Metal | Hard

Thomas Heatherwick created this beach side cafe in Little Hampton, UK around an extremely strict design cept. The owners wanted to discourage graffiti, which was a problem in the past, by getting rid of any large expanse of flat surface on the building. But it was the building’s intention to be long and thin to […]