If you thought ollieing a $15,000 gold skateboard was the most goofy-footed ride of the century, well try a million-dollar gold mountain bike on for size. Yes, now your bunnyhops can really sparkle, as this bike is completely coated in 24k gold plating. In case that wasn’t far enough over the edge, note that the frame is also […]


When FoxNews and the parade of lunatics known as the Republican Presidential Nominees callously vilify the Occupy Movement as treasonous, all the protesters really need to do is hold up an image of this four-wheeled travesty and I’m pretty sure everyone will get it. German model carmaker Robert Wilhelm Gülpen is out to set the […]


Kali Arulpragasam is a UK-based jewelry designer and creative force behind the avant garde line SUPERFERTILE. Her controversial, often violence-plagued work — which includes jewelry emulations of gunshot wounds, slashed flesh and head trauma — has been heavily influenced by issues involving environmental decay, geopolitics and human rights. Much like the work of her little […]


Tokyo-born artist Takahashi Toshi (T Dog Junior) moved to London 11 years ago and began working at a Carnaby Street Jewelry shop. Since then he has been producing unique, handcrafted jewelry with precision and startling realness, and in 2004 launched Dog State jewelry specializing in modern skull and animal designs — along with some randomness […]


21 Jan
Extravagant in flavor, packaging and pricetag

We’ve waxed eloquent before about our love for Highland Park (its Orcadian Vintage Series and Earl Magnus Edition 1 Scotch), as it’s one of the favorite single malt scotches poured at The Meadows. It is truly an exceptional whisky, and consistently scores awards along with the best. Distilled in the Orkney Islands, Highland Park is […]


12 Oct
Michael Berger's kinetic rings

A new spin on mens jewelry, literally. Germany-based designer Michael Berger has just unveiled a new line of rings of kinetic jewelry — meaning, jewelry that moves. Consisting of geometric, sleek modern shapes, this jewelry has stacked different pieces together that actually move on top of one another. Crafted of 18K gold, silver, stainless steel […]


11 Feb
Up recycling bottle caps into fine jewelry

Yoav Kotik designs his Kotik Precious Metal collection of earrings, brooches, rings, bracelets, necklaces and pendents from discarded bottle caps. Although they’re called “Precious Metals”, I’m not sure I see any actual precious metals — unless he’s being ironic, of course. Absorbing the pop iconography of these brands and their well marketed images — eg […]