15 Feb
The Anatomically Correct way to nappytime

In this giant supermarket we live in, your life is full of many options. For instance, you can sleep inside the cartooned guts of a Tauntaun Sleeping Bag, inside the gaping maw of a 7 Foot Giant Shark, or even a wrapped up in a very realistic Grizzly Bear. But is that all, you may […]


9 Feb
Simple acoustics add 13 decibels of sound to your iPhone

Rise and shine sleepyheads — smart phones may have made watches, clocks and alarms obsolete, but is your phone loud enough to wake you up after a night of serious carousal? Bone Collection’s portable amplifier iPhone Horn stand will never let you sleep in again by adding 13 decibels of sound pressure to your iPhone’s […]


7 Feb
Dapper tea steeping action

There is a science to steeping tea, and the Penguin has it figured out. Set your teabag in your brew for a range anywhere from 1-20 minutes, at which point his beak lifts, and your tea is done. Stands 8″ tall and is yours for $30.


As far as innovative yet elegant materials to use for accessories, carbon fiber has to rank among the top (I have a personal soft spot for titanium as well). Venerable UK luxury label Dunhill obviously understands this, as they have created a very high tech wallet whose innovation goes far beyond the material used. Besides […]


28 Jan
An absolutely vital male necessity carved from genuine cow horn

There are just times in your life that will require you to drink the nectar of the gods from a Viking Drinking Horn. Sorry my son, there just are — I won’t be there to tell you when, there will be no sage elder for you counsel. For on that fair day my lad you […]


21 Dec
David Lee's interactive ‘Continual Chair’

In the age of Craigslist and eBay, when I hear the terms “interactive” and “past, present, and future users” associated with a chair, I immediately think it’s creative advertising for a used piece of junk. That was before I was introduced to David Lee’s interactive Continual Chair. Lee’s vision is to transform this ‘common object […]


17 Dec
Helping inspire creativity and violence in a child's life

Is there a little guy in your life — son, nephew, cousin, godson, etc — whose life you’d like to fill with creativity and violence? Then you might want to look into lifelong LEGO gunsmith Martin Hüdepohl’s book, Badass LEGO Guns. First off, you’ll get the kid playing with LEGOs which anyone knows is a […]


16 Dec
Get motivated, hang your coat with the Quote Hook

The idea behind the Quote Hook coat hook rack is simple: to give you a little boost of motivation when motivation is running dry. Especially around winter when you have to rush out the door to your freezing car, turn it on, and wait for the cold to clench your ribs in an icy embrace […]