Iconoculture: App store enhancements are making it easier than ever for consumers to supe up their smartphones. The iTunes Store now has a “Give a Gift” feature just for apps. It allows users to give iPod Touch and iPhone applications and games to friends via email or an actual gift certificate. Developed by Vitrue, the new App Store Facebook page […]
App-etites on the Rise
I Ride My Own
Born Rich: Known as the daddy of all motorcycles, Harley-Davidson motorcycles remain constant throughout the ages even with the varying styles and trends, however, for all those who are able to say “I ride my own,” this customized limited edition by the Catalan designer Custo Dalmau is sure to make your ride stylish and colorful. The designer has revamped the […]
Connecting Consumers with Furnitures
Springwise: London-based Made.com aims to bring original design to the masses by removing middlemen from the process and connecting consumers with furniture makers directly. Along the way, it strives to cut prices by 50 to 80 percent, it says. Consumers begin by browsing through the many items on Made.com’s site; represented there are the works of a variety of young […]
Luxurious Future Bathrooms
Bornrich: After revolutionizing the modern kitchen, Electrolux has shifted its attention toward bath spaces. In their new endeavor to keep the future bathrooms in tune with their design values of simplicity and purity, Electrolux has presented the Shine washing machine concept that integrates itself with bathroom furniture. Designed by Levente Szabo, the Shine concept’s high gloss finishing blends itself nicely […]
Baby Swing
Babygadget: Oh, Mother Nature, how could you be so cruel? Just as I had found the perfect baby swing, you went all Nor’easter on our back yard and downed the perfect branch for it! The “Filzchaukel” was originally made by Austrian designer John Mohr for his daughter and has even won a design award. The colors for this beautiful lambswool […]
Planned Scarcity Collection
Springwise: Over the past few years, we’ve seen nearly every major clothing brand—from the Gap to Louis Vuitton—set up one or more pop-up stores, drawing attention to their product lines and to their regular retail outlets. In contrast, a Munich-based brand isn’t attempting to supplement its fixed-store bread and butter; Clemens en August’s only offline sales are through temporary outlets, […]
Pack A Chair in Your Pocket
Cool Hunting: It was just a question of time before someone came up with an iPad-ready chair, or we should say a “magical and revolutionary” chair. Vitra just introduced Chairless, a tool for sitting designed by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena. A simple and witty idea, the textile strap joined into a loop measures 85 centimeters in length and five centimeter […]
Recyclable Origami Lamp
Inhabitat: The latest lighting design from LZF Lamps puts paper swans to shame. The Spanish design firm used origami figures to inspire its giant, geometric pendant lamps, which debuted at this week’s Milan Furniture Fair. Not only are the lights arrestingly beautiful, they’re crafted from eco-friendly materials. Consumers can recycle the spiky, polypropylene domes once they are finished using them. […]
Iron Man to Tough Mudder
Iconoculture: In the world of endurance sports, there’s been a slow but steady escalation from marathons to ultramarathons, fun-runs to eco-challenges. Now a new race circuit has developed that seems a mashup of Iron Man athleticism and Burning Man primitivism. Billed as the world’s toughest one-day endurance race on the planet, the “Tough Mudder” series resembles nothing so much as […]
Social Networking Dogs
CNNMoney: In its first-ever toy created for the canine community, Mattel is introducing a product called “Puppy Tweets” that meshes the hugely popular Twitter with consumers’ love of pets. Puppy Tweets is a plastic tag with a sound and motion sensor that you attach to your pet’s dog collar and connect its USB receiver to your computer. Then you create […]