Monday, September 8, 2008

Nordic Rock.


Nordic Rock is mined from ancient Swedish pollution-free base rock. It is the purest way of cooling your drink - literally 'on the rocks'. Stone does not melt, which means no unclean water in your glass. They are also reusable making them eco-friendly.

"THE" Magazine




"A quarterly publication from The Future Laboratory, THE Magazine highlights the best in global design trends. A favorite segment is the "THE" box... which showcases design and product from a specific city. In the current issue (the 4th overall) Melbourne, Stockholm and New Delhi are featured. A really worthy read. Download all issues from The Future Laboratory's website. (via It's Nice That)."

via highsnobiety

First E-ink Magazine Cover Published



"Celebrating its 75th anniversary, american men's magazine Esquire comes with a very special cover. A limited number of copies (100,000 of the total 720,000 print run) will feature an experimental cover that was built using electronic ink.
The price, although undisclosed, is prohibitive, and Ford has been brought in as a "sponsor": A moving car ad appears on the inside cover. Esquire even had to design a battery (a "six-figure investment") that was small enough to fit into a magazine and keep things running until the mags are sold. The batteries will last for 90 days."

via cpluv

The Man Behind Damien Hirst



A great article on Frank Dunphy- Damien Hirst's Business Manager.

via wsj

Friday, September 5, 2008

Hackers remix CHROME






Well THAT didn't take long.

4chan hackers have been busily remixing Scott McCloud’s comic about Google’s new Chrome browser, with amusing results.

Related: Chrome has had a bumpy roll-out with concerns over privacy and features.

“By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services.”

Burgertown



Really looking forward to this series...

Dunny Series 5 Closeup


Vinyl Pulse has posted some great close up photos of the new designs from Kidrobot's Dunny series 5. They look amazing, so check it out!

Adam Kimmel Presents: Claremont



Designer Adam Kimmel chose an unorthodox method to showcase two of his Spring/Summer 2009 suits. He decided to do a downhill skate video. The video is shot by photographer Ari Marcopoulos. They pass the camera back and forth to film eachother, while going 30+mph on skateboards!


Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo.

Kubrick Autumn/Winter 2008 Leather Hi Cut Sneaker








This is a different Kubrick than Medicom Toy, this one is a new sneaker brand out of Japan.

Inspired by the works of film director Stanly Kubrick, this fledgling Japanese footwear brand looks to incorporate the same essence from the highly acclaimed American director. The releases focus on a high-top model with intricate details such as a wrap-around lacing system and d-ring heel pulls. It comes in three colorways.

The first pairs are now available at Eliminator.


Acronym 100% Bearbrick



Clothing brand Acronym asked Medicom to design a 100% Bearbrick. The Bearbrick features very technical graphics, following strict lines and sticks to black and white. Images via Hideaki Shikama.

Neon Graveyard


The Neon Museum located in Las Vegas, NV collects all the old neon signs that have been decommissioned. Carl-Carl has a nice Photo Set of some of them.

via cpluv

Accept and Produced


Some nice animation & tracking by London based Beautiful TV.

Snap and Dine




Portable lunch setting by London-based product designer Demelza Hill. “Snap and Dine is a single use three-course table setting that integrates disposable cutlery with traditional silverware. The portable lunch setting expands the possibilities of eating outdoors in style whilst reinforcing the correct use of cutlery, which has been lost over time. This is achieved through the decorative qualities and formal setting which both are a visual reference to fine dinning. This product is fun and interactive whilst raising the standards of current eating on the go habits.” (Text & Photos via Demelza Hill)

via whatswrongwiththezoo

Thursday, September 4, 2008

DJ Trooper Custom Up For Auction


"Another high profile auction for the Super Sucklord. His famous DJ Trooper custom figure has been recreated and submitted to the upcoming (Saturday September 6th) Phillips Auction which take place in London. The custom includes a 1:6 scale Medicom Stormtrooper, a matching track suit, sneakers, mini headphones, double turntable stand with two records, and plastic case with twenty-one unique Suckadelic LP covers. Check out the auction for more items from top designer toy artists."

via plasticandplush.

New Murakami Tees




Now available @ Cliff Edge.

Levi's x Damien Hirst Fall 08


Damien Hirst's latest collaboration with the Levi's brand. The British artist has teamed with the iconic jeans company to release a limited-edition run of what Hirst describes as "art you can wear."

Hirst worked closely on the project with designer Adrian Nyman, who previously made a collection of Levi's imprinted with Andy Warhol's art. The current Fall 08 line focuses on three common themes from only Hirst's work—skulls, spots and tropical butterflies.

No word yet on pricing, but since Hirst sees the project as a "way a lot of people get to own my stuff," you can be sure it won't be cheap. It will, however, likely fall short of the $80,000 price tag on the last pair of jeans he made with Levi's. The Levi's x Damien Hirst line will be hitting stores like Barney's New York, Fred Segal and Union (NYC) by mid-September.

via cool hunting

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Google Chrome


Google announced that they would be releasing a new open source web browser called Google Chrome. The new browser will be available for download as a beta starting today.

Google states that the reason for a new web browser is that the company believes that it "can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web." The new browser is said to be "streamlined and simple" and "clean and fast". The underlying rendering engine is based on Webkit which is also used by Apple's Safari.

Other features were revealed in a comic book that detailed the new browser. Features include:

- New JavaScript engine called V8 for faster performance
- "Special tabs" above the window, not below the address bar (see image above)
- Address bar auto-completion
- Opera-like "Speed Dial" with thumbnails of your most visited 9 websites
- Privacy mode
- Web apps can be launched in their own window without addressbar/toolbar

The entire comic book is published at AllThingsD.com. It was drawn by comics creator and theorist Scott McCloud.

The browser will initially be offered for Windows only, but Mac and Linux versions are on the way. A screenshot shows the Windows version of the browser.

Update: Google's site http://www.google.com/chrome is now active and available for Windows.

vis macrumors

iControlPad



Got Jailbreak running on your iPhone? Emulators and games just not really working well enough with the touch screen? iControlPad didn't think so either - so we built this little add on. Yeah. Realise the full potential of the iPhone by adding real controls. Your iPhone just slides in and locks in to place via the serial port, there are no modifications needed and you can remove it at any time.

The iControlPad is already supported by some of the biggest iPhone devs (including ZodTTD - PSX, GBA emu etc.) and they are sending out units to several others.

Diamond Supply Co. Fall/ Winter 2008





Here are a few of the Diamond Supply Co. Fall/Winter 2008 t-shirts, that will be hitting retailers very soon. The collection consists of a nice mix of different styles and colors and also offers a good set of strong slogan tees.

Kelloggs x Obama & Biden


Kellogg's made this special box of Frosted Flakes for Barack Obama and Joe Biden on their recent trip to Battle Creek, Michigan....