We Are Handsome’s swimwear is not just your run-of-the-mill swimwear. Each piece is made by hand, with the highest quality polyester lycra, printed with high density inks using a placement sublimation process which is tedious to say the least. Each of the designs is limited edition. Some are sourced from 000’s of retro images and some designed by WAH’s in-house […]
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Hug Your Mug
Vizun, a sprouting innovation company based in Toronto, Canada has launched Mug Hug to cafés, eco, gift, and retail shops nationwide. Mug Hug is a reusable, flexible lid for coffee mugs that easily presses on for a seal. It’s the first of its kind, and has international patents pending. Mug Hug especially attracts those who prefer their home or office […]
Custom Fabric
TrendCentral: Fabric on Demand offers customers ten different fabrics to choose from, ranging from naturals like cotton and cotton/linen blends to synthetics such as polyester satin and Lycra/Spandex (perfect for making an American Apparel-style bodysuit that won’t cut off your circulation). Fabric designers need only to upload an image file, choose a pattern to be generated with that image, select […]
100% Custom Boardshorts
Springwise: Shortomatic is a California-based company that invites consumers to upload their own art for a truly customised swim. All they need do is indicate their waist size and then upload the graphics they have in mind. They then position and size the art, choose their colours and add text for use on the waistband. Next, voilà! A unique pair […]
Alphabets Buttons to be Sewn
Babygadet: Oooh, imagine the possibilities. Spell a name or special message with letter buttons on bags, on coats, hats or even down a trouser leg – apart from anything else, your child will never lose an item of clothing again. These’d also make a fun addition to a birthday card or as a little extra, attached to a gift. It […]
Green Air, The Way to Go
Inhabitat: Prepare to be blown away: the latest addition to London’s skyline is a striking modern skyscraper that is heralded as the world’s first building with wind turbines built in! Nicknamed “The Razor”, the 148 meter-tall Strata tower is topped with a trio of turbines that will produce enough power to meet 8% of its energy needs. We’ve seen skyscrapers […]
VHS Hard Disks
TrendCentral: Bored with the sleek contemporary facade of your external hard drive? Etsy shop CentennialMerchant upcycles discarded VHS tapes into hard drives that can be displayed with geek pride, or camouflaged in a row of other tapes to keep your top-secret information under wraps. Offering up to 640 GB of unique storage, currently the hard drives are available in Star […]
Crafting The New
Cool Hunting: Designer Jonathan Nesci—whose Library Bookcase won recognition last year for his use of metal from Wallpaper Magazine—is back with a solo show entitled “The New” at a recently-developed design gallery in his hometown of Chicago. Nesci explains that he designs his minimalist furniture to encapsulate mid-century aesthetics, and the matte white finish helps it to blend into its […]
The Coke Phone
TrendBlog: Chinese designer Daizi Zheng recently created a concept mobile phone that runs off of Coca-Cola. The Chinese ex-pat, who new resides in London, designed the phone as a proof of concept for Nokia. It uses the soda’s sugar to create a “bio battery” that powers the phone for potentially three to four times longer than a traditional lithium battery. […]