Italian designer Paola Mirai is doing her best to re-purpose all that tech garbage piling up in her nearby landfill. Cirkuita is a jewelry collection she’s created by taking old gadgets and adding them into her new transparent and light material called orotransparante, upcycling discarded motherboards, chips and obsolete circuitry into rings and bracelets. As […]
11
May
Italian designer Paola Mirai's Cirkuita collection
5
May
A classic Swiss watch re-created to restore an aviation legend
Breitling puts its money where its aviation heritage mouth is by recently vowing to restore the legendary “Super Constellation” aircraft, one of the last three “Super Connies” left in the world. To pay for the restoration, the esteemed Swiss watchmaker announced it will release a limited edition model of its classic Navitimer Aviation Chronograph watch […]
25
Feb
Russia's Podvaal magnetic watch separates time into three
The creation of Russian design studio Podvaal, the Revolve watch uses three bracelets that function as separate pieces but come together to tell you one time. As you can guess there is one bracelet to display the hours, one for minutes and a third one for seconds. The bracelets are magnetic, allowing you to pull […]
23
Dec
The perfect gift for the imaginary girlfriend in your life
I have some very good news for the comic book geeks out there with girlfriends. And when I say girlfriend, I’m not counting anyone you communicate with strictly via keyboard. To celebrate their 75th anniversary, DC Comics have teamed up with nOir Jewelry for a collection inspired by the venerable comics powerhouse’s fiercest and most […]
26
Aug
BulletGirl's unforgettable bullet bracelets
I don’t know why, but I’m loving these bullet bracelets by the aptly titled duo of Bulletgirl. They feature .357 magnum gold and rhodium plated bullets, as well as .223 REM and 22 millimeter Winchester bullets. I know we shouldn’t really be glorifying violence and all, but is it OK to like these? What if […]
11
Feb
Up recycling bottle caps into fine jewelry
Yoav Kotik designs his Kotik Precious Metal collection of earrings, brooches, rings, bracelets, necklaces and pendents from discarded bottle caps. Although they’re called “Precious Metals”, I’m not sure I see any actual precious metals — unless he’s being ironic, of course. Absorbing the pop iconography of these brands and their well marketed images — eg […]
