Make No Bones About It: Here's 74 Skull ProductsIn honor of All Hallow's Eve, aka Halloween, combined with the giant skull craze (that's the craze which is giant, not the skull), I thought I'd share with you a few spooky items on the market.Each adorned in some capacity with a skull.That's 74 different things with skulls on them. Seventy-four.Fr…
Staying Cozy For $360 bucks, $45. Or $19.95. The Shivers, The Slanket or The Snuggie?Note this original post was written long before the Snuggie entered the market and compared only the Shivers with the Slanket. It has since been updated.Three executions of the same concept. And what a difference marketing, pric epoint and quality can make. The latest entry is selling the most despi…
Finn Magee's Flat Life Products. Coming Soon To A Wall Near You.Flat Life project at the Designers in Residence exhibition, Design Museum, London.Finn Magee was commissioned to develop posters along the theme of designers in residence.He wanted the installation to be an advertisement for the product, so The light is ‘unpacked’ and the clock is ‘hung’ at the gall…
Michel Gondry's Dream for Motorola didn't fly.Care to submit yours?In early 2007, Motorola hired visionary artist Michel Gondry (as well as some other directors) to produce a film based on the experience of their new phone, the Motorola Razr2.Here's Gondry's esoteric film, The Dream.I've posted it as a low res file so it doesn't take forever to view. To see the hi-…
NYC TAXI logo design debacle update.David Dunlap's engaging and controversial series about the NYC Taxicab Logo design debacle has come to an end. Final reader's submissions were posted on the 23rd. For those who didn't get to see them, they can be seen here.…
See What's Been Stirring At WOKNew versions of WOKmedia's ‘Made in China’ series of furniture.The work, featuring traditional Chinese furniture embedded with hand-carved wooden toys and finished in white lacquer, is a result of their extended stay in China as part of a collaboration with Contrasts Gallery of Shanghai. This ser…
Eurochocolate Festival Souvenirs: (yes, of course they are chocolate)If you missed this year's Eurochocolate festival which just ran in Italy from Oct 13th- Oct. 21st, you can still get your chocolate fix thanks to some of the fun products from the festival, now available online here.Check em out!:Above: Chocprin (chocolate aspirin)Above: Chocopower (chocolate batt…
6 Ways To Wood Floors (Without the Wood)Wood floors or carpet?Why choose one when you can have a carpet that looks like a wood floor?Here are 6 different examples by six different designers.From the new plynyl floor mats by Chilewich to the tromp de l'oeil look of Yvette Laduck's Woody Wood rug, you can have the look of wood made of anyt…
Leopard's Blue Screen Of Death Installation FixYes, I had pre-ordered Mac's new operating system, Leopard (10.5) so it would arrive oct. 26th and I could be an early adopter. Sure enough, it came yesterday via fed ex around approx 10:30 am.Like an excited über goober, I immediately opened it and began the install process.Okay, not true, I cleane…
Inked Oinkers: Tattooed Pigs by Wim Delvoye (UPDATED PICS)Tattoos have become less of a taboo and far more mainstream in the past decade. Two reality shows are focused on tattoo artists, many magazines are published specifically about the craft and tons of products have hit the market that either sport tattoos or are tattoo-inspired, be them dishes, furnit…
