Well, this is a bit embarrassing but back in the day I did own a few Barbies. OKAY! Fine, I’ve own quite a handful of these dolls! And most of them were princesses, ballerinas, etc. In the age of technology, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to see them come up with an Engineer Barbie. Turns out you can actually vote for the next career choice for Barbie — & this was one of the choices that had the most votes. The other is a News Anchor. No offense but when I think of a female Computer Engineer, this image doesn’t really come into mind but I suppose it does help inspire little girls. Yet, I can’t help to criticize. She’ll be hitting the shelves in Christmas 2010.

What do you think?

As seen on KevJumba! Now, I heard about these shirts in China since my cousins bought some. When they told me about it, I thought it was pretty tacky but they’re actually pretty cool! Probably, shouldn’t wear these babies in the club though; I don’t think you’ll get any game… just stares and maybe some compliments, but no digits…sorry. BUT these would look rad in a rave; not that I’m a big raver or anything but I do understand that raves are currently the ‘in’ thing to do now a days.  Anyway, these are being sold for $27.99 and I believe an amount will be given to the National Breast Cancer Organization.

iPhone users – here’s a new way to customize your home screen. This iPhone Font designed by Anthony Burrill seems easy enough to implement and looks great. Click over to the site and watch the short instructional video on Youtube.

(spotted on supernews)

Let’s talk about Javelin for a second. Javelin is from Brooklyn. Javelin may strike you as typical hipster B.S. with a capital B. The key, though, is that Javelin is also really, really fun; fun of the old-school, weird, dusty cassette tapes played through boomboxes at the block party variety.

I just saw these guys do their thing last night, and props to them – with only two people, one of them on the mic, and one of them bouncing around banging drumsticks, they manage to set it off. As of this interview last August, they were performing by broadcasting their sounds with an FM transmitter and setting up with 20 boomboxes all tuned to the same frequency which is TOTALLY AWESOME. I don’t know if that’s how they got their 80’s-jams-captured-from-space-and-rebroadcast sound last night, but it would make perfect sense. You can get some free downloads at their site, dollarbinsofthefuture.com.

This isn’t exactly in the realm of ‘new,’ but it was new to me. I noticed it especially because my eye’s been so attuned lately to any sort of mixing of the digital and the natural realms and this clock designed by Kouji Iwasaki melds the two near-perfectly. This is what it’d look like if trees told time. We carry some SuckUK products, so there’s always a chance you’ll see this in the shop in the future. In the meantime, click on over to the SuckUK site.

French music-fashion label Kitsuné has made the leap to Japan! Taking into account their whole look and feel, it’s a perfect fit. Check out the Japan side of their site now at http://www.kitsunejapon.jp.

The Kitsuné boutique in Harajuku will actually be a pop-up shop that’ll showcase some exclusive-t0-Japan wares from February 11 to March 7. The casual, French-sailor-on-holiday goods will find a good home on stylish Japanese backs, I think.

The whole Boutique Kitsuné project is a cool one, as they’re working to produce these goods locally, with knits, canvas bags and sneakers being manufactured in places like Fukuoka and Okayama with Japanese fabrics and materials. Look for the Boutique Kitsuné in other cities around the world — it’s an international affair, folks!

The Lotta cell phone (“a lot of fun”? That’s not a question mark as in ‘is that the tag line?’ because it is, but more as in ‘Really? Really?’) is a new cell phone from Japanese company iida. No word yet on whether this phone is set up for stateside use as the Lotta is still ‘coming soon.’

I’m definitely interested once this is released, though. It looks so sleek and usable, you can tell that the designers have really given thought to the feel of a device (both physically and emotionally speaking) rather than just its specs, which is crucial for a daily-use item that people become attached to like a mobile phone. The colors strike a good balance, too, between the minimalist and the eye-catching. It’s not weighted too heavily one way or the other and looks the kind of phone you’d be proud to leave lying around.