If you’re looking to get the best sound from your loudspeaker — and you’re willing to throw $175,000 into your system — then you could do worse than Trenner & Friedl’s Duke loudspeaker. The ultra premium Austrian stereo manufacturer has spared no expense crafting what they consider the finest speaker, and they’re not afraid to […]

A graffiti artist who has taken on a serious challenge for herself, Mad C has just completed her momentous 700 Wall. A member of the Bandits crew, who’ve dedicated themselves to creating graffiti art across as many nations as possible, Mad C is a street artist whose passions lies in writing and painting. The 700 […]

Today in Moscow Karl Lagerfeld unveiled the first few calender images from Italian tire giant Pirelli — whose limited edition creation has been one of the most coveted calenders by straight men everywhere since 1964. As is the case every year Pirelli commissions a new photographer to curate the calender, and this year Lagerfeld takes […]

I dig this robotic plant project by Japanese artist and visual designer Akira Nakayasu. Based roughly on an earlier work titled Himawari, which was a sunflower-shaped robot, this piece (simply titled Plant) is an interactive installation inspired by the sight of grass blowing in the wind. Plant is made up of 169 artificial robotic leaves […]

Hard Graft is almost always money, and their new 2Unfold ($515) leather laptop bag is no exception. The transformable bag is handmade in Italy from Italian vegetable tanned leather and accented with their signature 100% wool felt. What makes this particular laptop case unique is the design, which through a series of straps and grips […]

Hard Graft continues their domination of the bag world with their Shoulder MacBook Sleeve — a simple Asphalt grey 100% wool felt case with vegetable tanned leather shoulder strap. Not much room for anything but your laptop and a couple magazines, but nothing wrong with that. Handmade in Austria, the bags are available in every […]

You’d be hardpressed to tell me why I shouldn’t yearn for one of these hats. Vienna-based luxury accessory purveyor hard graft has just released a line of headwear with fellow Austrians Mühlbauer, a 106 year-old world renowned family-run millinery. Known mostly for their felt sleeves, moleskin and phone cases, hard graft have been putting out […]