18 Aug
Maybe, if the Aston Martin Super Sport is even real (unlikely)

It’s hard to believe that the above car is for real, but apparently it is for real (although I’ll beleive it when I see it). According to GTSpirit, this is not an official Aston Martin, but rather a coachbuild project by Star Electric Cars France — a company best known for building golf carts shaped […]


Of all the things we’ve ever posted here, Marion Bataille’s ABC3D pop-up book is easily among my favorites — and is one of the few things I’ve actually been motivated enough to go out, search for, and purchase. It really is that extraordinary, and giving it to my friend’s kid (whattup Felix!), and seeing him […]


29 Jul
6 new tracks to melt down the worlwide web

This is a big day for just about every music nerd on the net, as 6 Daft Punk songs created for Tron Legacy have just hit the net. Kudos for @Hypetrak for putting them up on Soundcloud so we can all get a listen. As they’re tunes for a soundtrack, don’t expect any climaxing moments […]


26 Jul
Seventeen months of obsessive imitation/creation

Now that’s dedication. It took 27-year-old Atlanta-based graphic designer and prop maker Harrison Krix “seventeen months, countless hours, multiple dead ends, [and] hundreds of lessons learned” to make one helmet. Of course, this ain’t just any ordinary helmet — it’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s Daft Punk helmet, no less. The amount of effort is stunning, and […]


French retro helmet designer Les Atelier Ruby have long sold their helmets at Parisian boutique colette, but they have now premiered a new helmet project called “Costume“. Customize your very own helmet among 4,000 combinations, centered around their famous blue “colette” design. Seems like a good idea — most of their editions have been penned […]


22 Jul
...and it comes in a bespoke shoebox

If you have $23,000 burning a hole in your wallet, and you really like cognac, esteemed cognac maker Hennessy has the ideal offering for you: an exclusive Methusalem of their famed X.O. cognac. For the rare vintage the French distillery teamed up with high-end Italian shoemaker Berluti, who crafted the bespoke leather trunk the cognac […]


Burberry Prorsum and elite Parisen boutique colette collaborated last year on a series of trenchcoats for women, and for Fall 2010 the wonder duo of Burberry Prorsum x colette have made something for the guys: a clean, simple hooded parka jacket. The parka comes lined with a woolen sheep lining, and detailed with a belt.


7 Jul
Boot-inspired sneakers from the house of Lanvin

Parisian luxury house Lanvin have taken two traditional boot shapes and given them the subtle sneaker treatment for their 2011 Spring/Summer Collection. GQ gives us the first look of Lanvin’s chukka above, constructed of a slightly stressed woven upper. There’s also a hiking boot-looking high-top sneaker after the Jump, both styles sharing what head designer […]