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This shoe rack lets you literally kick your shoes off. More humane than coming home and kicking the serving-boy. Kickit Shoe Rack.

After over three decades, we’re finally getting ready to go back to the Moon. To help you prepare, and to whet your appetite for exploration, we teamed up with scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center to bring you this collection of lunar maps and charts. This tool is an exciting new way to explore the story of the Apollo missions, still the only time mankind has set foot on another world.

The “Black Bird, Fly” Superheadz Japanese company which is caught for Rolleiflex. The system of double objective, the sight which rises, without forgetting on the side the small crank of rewinding. The photographs  are film of course with the square format like Rollei, but in 35mm only and not in 120mm.

David Tonkison aims to appeal to the fashion conscious user in his project Capsule Caravan, by creating a light weight stylish capsule that could be easily stored or towed by a small car.

No product completes its life cycle without consuming or polluting. The consumption of natural resources is inevitable and is the source of environmental impact. Therefore, it is important that we work to improve the ecological characteristics of every product. A selection of low-impact and renewable materials were used to design The RAY:

• Real ebony wood sourced from sustainable managed forests, which means that for every tree used another is planted. This wood was chosen for its high density and durable characteristics.
• 100% recyclable anti-allergy 316L stainless steel
• 100% recyclable aluminum
• 100% recyclable mineral crystal
• 100% solvent free links
• 9 ruby stainless steel and brass automatic movement. An automatic movement needs no batteries, which reduces waste and extends the life of the product. A traditional battery operated movement has a life of 18 months compared to a 10-year automatic life.

For most of us, including many hard-core audiophiles, sound is subjective.  We’re usually much more concerned with what is playing (“turn that noise off”!), rather than the esoteric specs of how it’s being transmitted in the pristine audio atmosphere of our cramped one bedroom apartment. And yet, every time we go to the electronics store we’re confronted with the Great Cable Up Sell – “24 Carat Gold fittings, with Platinum twist ties, and shielding expressly configured for your zip code and humidity”.  Wondering if there’s really a difference in cables? Well, so did a group of nerds.

All things must change, and Hasbro’s venerable game, Clue, is no exception. For you ancients who fondly remember, “Professor Plum in the Conservatory with a knife”,  there’s a newer cast of characters, rooms, and weapons to deal with. Beginning this fall, gone are the pipe, revolver, and wrench, replaced by the dumbbell, trophy, and poison. And characters have been updated also; Professor Plum is now Victor Plum , billionaire video game designer.

VIA [NPR]

A beautiful use of newspapers by creating a public installation which highlights the environmental result of yesterday’s news by Sumer Erek for Creative City.

The Future Of Books – by Kyle Bean, an illustrator, designer & maker of ‘things’. Presently Kyle is studying Illustration at the University of Brighton.

80% of people don’t reach the last cupboard of their kitchen, 99% of the time there is a bin around. The bin that allows you to use it as step when needed. The Bin Step

Underlying the concept of WASARA is the legacy of Japanese aesthetic and value sense. Japan has a tradition of good manufacturing backed by excellent skills and techniques, one of the most refined food cultures in the world, and a spirit of hospitality and courtesy. These are essential for days of spiritual fulfillment. While a WASARA is a paper dish good for one-time use, we would like it to represent those quintessences of our tradition.

You may have slowed down in your world travels, but that doesn’t mean you have to forget what you learned. Play the Traveler IQ game by yourself, or amaze and annoy your friends with your international knowledge. Compete against your friends, create your own challenges, or play thousands of challenges created by others.