James Murphy took to Rdio to present his Not Particularly Summery Summer Jam Mix Tape mixtape, a widely eclectic mix that mirrors his own musicologist-on-steroids interests. Everything from  eclectic playlist including artists like Black Flag, Fleetwood Mac and John Cale to Suicide, This Mortal Coil and Cabaret Voltaire. Give the 14-track mixtape below. Full track […]

Founded by Fernando Akasaka in 2006, FAKASAKA is dedicated to making innovative, conceptual and exclusive design objects for the home — the coolest being these stunning Frankie Skull Lamps. They look like they’d be perfectly at home in the living room of high-caliber mortality obsessed aesthetes like Alexander McQueen, Damien Hirst or Masaaki Homma (and […]

Yes, Halloween’s over but our tastes for mortality-influenced designs are not. Alex Garnett’s Goliath pendant skull lamps fit the bill too a tee — the UK-based designer handmakes these skull lamps out of beautiful high end bone china, creating something that is both delicate and also strangely chilling at the same time. Cast an eerie […]

Swedish designer Johan Kauppi creates these fascinating headstone designs named Luohkka, which apparently means “small mountain with trees” in Sami. The concept is that a small cut circular space, not unlike a flowerpot, can be used for planting seeds in the soil beneath. The design really emphasizes the idea of life and remembrance a loved […]