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 […]


8 Nov
18K gold-plated or chrome finish pistol bedside lighting

Famed French product designer Philippe Starck‘s latest work for FLOS strikes a bold look, emulating the a 9mm gat which you can gleefully peruse the beautiful forms in your copy of Fräulein by. The Bedside Gun Table Lamp features a die cast aluminum lamp body with an over molded polymer coating, utilizing an electronic dimmer on the […]


26 Aug
Only 50 of the studio-grade headphones to be created

You may not know the name Crystal Rocked, but you’d recognize their products by the copious crystal bedazzling and gold plating they apply on all sorts of goods. The company has worked with a slew of brands including Tom Ford and Dolce & Gabbana in the design and production of decked out luxury products for […]


Get your game face on by taking the first step to looking like an ace with the Travel Razor by Merkur. Based out of the United Kingdom, Merkur produces top-notch razors that get you from scruff to A-list in no time while you’re traveling from one city to the next. The travel kit version of […]


10 May
Quite possibly the World's Greatest Sun Lounger

Sure it may not be the most comfortable lounger you’ll ever stretch your bones out on, but Mike Bouchet’s Shopping Cart Sun Lounger just might be the ultimate LIAS HQ gear. The Sun Lounger does come with weatherproof polyester foam cushions and is built with a slight spring for comfort, so maybe it would make […]


11 Mar
Put a cork in it... or two... or actually, three. Put three corks in it.

This new corker makes it clear that industrial designer Sebastian Burke encourages putting away multiple bottles of wine. As you know by now, we support any design that encourages heavy wine consumption. Its design stems from the concept that each new bottle-twist will be tomorrow’s wineglass past, ultimately a cork of nostalgia for other pourings. […]


12 Nov
The dark master of design puts his touch on Atelier Morpheus' Swiss watch technology

Renowned Swiss artist and sculptor H.R. Giger, perhaps best known for designing the aliens in the film Alien, has come out with this new collection of wristwatches. Fitting the Swiss artist would design a watch for Swiss watchmaker Atelier Morpheus, of which several styles will be made. This black PVD model (above) — featuring a […]


A tie clip should normally go unnoticed, a sharp punctuation in your otherwise well chosen suit. Such is not the case with Tateossian’s Gear Tie Clip. With its rhodium-plated accessory, the British label managed to create something that is simultaneously subtle and attention getting. Pick it up for $140