The EBIQ is a dual-purposed concept electric bike designed by Yuji Fujimura. First, when you pedal it stores energy in its lithium ion battery that you can later use to motor the bike if and when you get too…

Formerly the lead designer behind the B:Son line, San Francisco’s Brandon Scott has forged forth alone and launched his own B:SCOTT brand, embodying the fusion of Japanese and German aesthetics. There’s a lot to like about…

As part of a collaboration between toy design studio Super7 and the great Lucas dynasty, it’s the first Super Shogun figure made in over twenty-five years and it’s all Star…

I’m not sure what the bigger joke is, that someone would eat one of these and realize it’s actually a piece of plastic, or that some buffoon would willingly drop $270 for it ($295 with shipping). Japanese design/artist duo…

The Undercoverism Spring/Summer 2010 Hiking Boots strike me as a boot that is more fit for an art gallery opening than a day in the hills. Japanese designer Jun Takahashi built these from leather and brass…

Normally I wouldn’t be caught dead on a scooter, unless I was A) a sororeity girl or B) zipping around some Caribbean island in flip flops and a helmet made of discarded coconuts. But I would make an exception…

I’m usually not for sneakers that look like shoes, or shoes that look like sneakers. I’m more of the commitment type — choose your weapon and live with it. But something about these BePostive shoes works for me; I…

So, here’s the thing about the Japanese…they strive for efficiency. To be Japanese is to work hard and waste no time doing so. For that reason, I’m not shocked to see a product like the Stand…