Monthly Archives: February 2010

Coloured Appliances

For all of the silver and black automobiles that are sold every year, one set of products we’re often willing to be a little colour-experimental with is our stable of kitchen appliances. Turquoise, avocado, almond, stainless (and of course white) could only lead to this – Karid Rashim’s line of custom-colour appliances for European kitchen [...]

Aloft

California Architect Michael Graves can probably be credited among the first of this wave to bring good design to the mass market when he introduced his line of housewares at Target – which still sells brilliantly at the American chain. Isaac Mizrahi followed suit also at Target. Some of the latest design work to spill [...]

Winter, 1972

Maybe your significant other has tired of smelling like white jasmine and is seeking a new signature scent. Well Brooklynite Christopher Brosius has the solution because he hates perfume. His CB I Hate Perfume Gallery offers shoppers an array of alternative scents that are more expressive and nostalgic than Shalimar and Chanel No. 5. Choose [...]

Extinction, 2080

Vanishing Creatures is a chocolate company with heart, and a conscience, offering unusual and beautiful treats for your Valentine, and doing so in a way that’s meant to start a conversation about our changing world. Featured animals – mock trophies – are all ones from the list of endangered species. When you’re finished with the [...]

January, 1984

Every year, the advertising world goes crazy for Superbowl commercials. In light of this past Sunday’s game, as well as a nod to last week’s hype surrounding Apple’s new iPad, we couldn’t resist (re)giving you a glimpse at the Superbowl ad that started the Apple revolution. It’s from January of 1984.