Core77 brings us this video of Frederick McSwain‘s tribute to the late artist/designer Tobias Wong. McSwain took 13,138 dice — one for each day of Tobias life — and arranged them into a very clever portrait of his friend, who he called “one of the funniest people who ever lived. Every day with him was […]

What better casing for peanuts than other peanuts? Harry Allen has made a bowl for everyone’s favorite salty snack that is actually comprised of resin and marble, plenty big enough to give you canker sores for weeks. Yours for about $50… not exactly peanuts.

Dutch bicycle manufacturer VANMOOF has designed perhaps the ultimate urban bike. VANMOOF’s No.5 bicycle counters all the common pitfalls that come with riding your bike around a city into one simple yet innovative design. The highly geometric frame is aluminum (and rust free), integrating a solar powered LED light system that is built inside its […]

Ok, so this is completely stupid. Which is why I must have it. It’s a retractable dog-leash with a gun-shaped handle, made by Art Lebedev Studio. The genius is that I can’t think of anything in the world more amazingly stupid, other than perhaps a Chihuahua. But this is way cheaper, and less annoying.

This knife designed by Phil Longstaff is kinda curvy, like a crescent moon, or what the Italians would call a “mezzaluna.”  Not only is it meant for easier cutting, but the name “Longstaff” kind of sounds like it comes from a man who knows what he’s doing. And that’s important. I mean, would you buy […]

You know, at first I was pretty sure I hated Jeremy Scott’s entire “JS Bear” line of Teddy Bear Sneakers for his adidas Originals by Originals collection, but the more he drops the more I’m beginning to love them. No, I would never be caught dead wearing them but who cares — they’re not for […]

In a brief but very well done animation, motion designer Sean McClintock combines Jack Kerouac reading “Lucien Midnight” — the long narrative poem now known as Old Angel Midnight —over DJ Shadow’s beautiful “Second”. Enjoy… Friday Afternoon in the Universe from Sean McClintock on Vimeo.

What do you get the plane hijacking terrorist that has it all? A boxcutter necklace? Gunpowder Nikes? An “I’m With Obama!” tshirt? Not bad ideas, but a bit too obvious in these post-TSA groping days. A good place to start would be the CardSharp credit card-sized folding knife, a handy blade that you can fold […]