Here’s a pair of heels that look as if they’ve traveled back from the future to fill our lives with the glorious ambient glow of wearable technology. To be released alongside Rodarte’s Spring 2010 collection, these three inch heels were designed by Nicholas Kirkwood and sport an amazing melange of textures which makes the entire shoe visually interesting.
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Vessel is a medium weight reversible jacket that can expand into a cocoon or collapse into sling bag. “Used when ever one feels the need to escape interactions in their present environment.”
The new Expedition WS4 from Timex looks like one pretty amazing wrist watch, packed full of features and stylish to boot.
[VIA] | [Timex Expedition WS4]
Take a step in the eco-friendly direction with the Sayulita Slip On from KEEN. The suede upper features a deconstructed slip-on design for comfort. A leather-covered recycled polyurethane and cork footbed cushions every step. The natural rubber sole lends excellent traction.
The Garbage Pin project includes a silver Pin, plastic bag and garbage. Amazing design , by Ana Car.
ActiVHeat has come up with Battery Heated Glove Liners keeping the fingers comfy warm while you use your gloves. The cable management is hidden in clothing with the glove liners connected via a plug coming out of the sleeve to the battery pack. It features uses one battery pack for holding 6 AA replaceable batteries for up to 4 hours of continuous heating. And the low-power heat is safe and adjustable to three levels.
Lean-on. It is very simple. Designed by Peter van de Water for Cascando. “Coat stand suited for 8-12 hangers. Stainless steel combined with white powder-coating. Hangers in stainless steel.”
This shoe rack lets you literally kick your shoes off. More humane than coming home and kicking the serving-boy. Kickit Shoe Rack.
The Hydro Sports collection is for outdoor and extreme sport enthusiasts as well as style-driven urbanites. It features a multi-layered, water-resistant fabric, heat-welded seams and inverted, watertight zippers. This messenger offers numerous interior and exterior pockets, a top carry handle and adjustable shoulder strap.
How do you improve upon a sturdy, gallant, handmade-in-Denmark Vipp trash bin? Bedazzle it. Paint it a minimalist black. Wrap it in a photo of clouds. Add bunny ears. These are just a few of the tactics employed by the designers, artists, rock stars, actors, stylists, and chefs that Danish-born model Helena Christensen recruited to customize Vipp trash bins for her upcoming design auction, the proceeds of which will benefit The Food Bank for New York City and Chernobyl Children’s Project International. The bins are now on display at The Conran Shop in New York City, where visitors can place pre-bids on them until the September 18 auction at the Winston Wächter Fine Art Gallery.
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The Napbook is a laptopcase which also happens to be a comfortable cushion. It is designed for students and commercial people of 105 Reykjavík. Whether it be a class at LHÍ, a lengthy business meeting in Borgartún or just the odd journey home the Napbook should come in handy for the restless. It is sewn by a 105 Reykjavík local sewing room and it is available at the Apple store around the corner.
Global warming, the economy, and our health are all great reasons to spend more time on a bicycle. Bicycle helmets are a big reason not to. Some of us just don’t care to stick a hot, uncomfortable, shiny plastic bottlecap on our head and parade around town. Others just don’t like the inconvenience of finding a safe place to put it when they’ve arrived. Whatever your reason, here’s one of those “why didn’t someone think of this before?” items.
