Growing up my parents had a chair in the downstairs playroom left over from the 70s that looked a lot like the Silkchair above. As a child I was drawn to its woven complexity; I couldn’t understand how all that space still held me up, and I couldn’t quite figure out the logic to its […]

Arguably the most ruthless and brutal export to come out of Sweden since the Vikings, Koenigsegg updates its latest ultra supercar, the Agera, with the Agera R. Still utilizing the Agera’s direct-injected, twin-turbocharged 5.0 liter V8, the Agera R gets some tweaking to push an extra 205 horses from the standard Agera’s 910 horsepower, for […]

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 […]

Cap is exactly what it looks like: a stool shaped like a spray can cap, the ultimate symbol of graffiti culture. Developed by the amazingly named underground Swedish design team Don’t Feed the Swedes, the duo had to re-form under their new moniker DFTS Factory to get the Cap into production. “We made a prototype […]

Swedish super brand Acne has just released four new tshirts, available at Por Vocacao. As they say, “there shouldn’t be much difference between Good and Nice print t-shirts but, if ever in doubt, Acne has made both. Available in sun faded blueberry or grey melange, the Good t-shirt features a surrealistic hand print, has a […]

UPDATE: Koenigsegg just released a video of the Agera on the track, hit the Jump to see the supercar in action The fist time I actually saw a Koenigsegg was when running the Gumball Rally in 2003, and it took off out of the San Francisco starting gate in such a torrent of rubber and […]

I’m always amused when China refers to itself as the “People’s Republic of China”, considering most people have the rights of the common stray dog — in other words, stay outta the way or you’ll end up in somebody’s soup. I got no personal beef with the country, it’s just when you’re human rights record […]

I stumbled across the Shout Out Louds one hot August night in Oslo back in 2007, playing in some graffiti-ravaged cellar the night before the Oya Festival kicked off. I wasn’t expecting much, as I never am, especially considering I was heavily brain-frazzled from the 20-something hour flight and drunk on the cheapest plastic-cup beer […]