Bandai Japan’s new Exploring Labs has just released 2 sophisticated model kits – the ISS Space Suit Extravehicular Mobility Unit, and the Shinkai 6500 Deep Diving Submersible. Featuring an Extravehicular Suit astronaut in 1/10 scale with snap-on parts… Read the rest

The greatest mystery of the new millennium is perhaps how to accessorize our mobile phones. Now we’ve got a clever and definitely a super cute way – the Plugy from Hashi Japan. Plugy is a headphone plug that can… Read the rest

While I was browsing Joey Roth‘s site for more information  on his recent re-release of these beautiful ceramic speakers, I noticed this post from earlier in the year — his prototype of a computer mouse… Read the rest

Twin Shadow Moog Sound Lab Slow from Moog Music on Vimeo.

I remember my first exposure to the Moog being The Rentals — the original Weezer bassist’s side project that was totally driven by the classic,… Read the rest

I’m slightly obsessed with round, thick-frame glasses of the David Hockney variety even though they don’t work for my face, which is why I love when the aesthetic is put to a different use. The smartphone stand by Read the rest

Seen on Selectism — and not as if New York needs to seem any more like an adventure, but at least this print by Jesse Eisemann renders the city as the fun, jump-on-Yoshi-and-spit-out-some-turtle-shells-type adventure, effectively distracting us… Read the rest

A brief sidestep from our usual topics, but I just love Nom Wah Tea Parlor. It’s an easy go-to when I want dim sum without all the great big banquet hall fanfare and yesterday’s feature in Read the rest

I’ll always love certain retro items, and an old-fashioned cassette tape is absolutely one of them. The AirCassette is a music-playing app for the iPhone that takes you back to the days of mixtapes and taping favorite… Read the rest

Don’t sleep on the collaboration between AiAiAi and Fool’s Gold Records, the Gold TMA-1, available in our shop and online starting today. Only 2,000 produced, this is a sharp design tweak of the classic TMA design —… Read the rest

The Braun image originally championed by industrial design giant Dieter Rams — form and function rendered beautiful in its simplicity — lives on in these watches re-issued earlier this year with the blessing of Dietrich Lubs, Rams’ design partner.… Read the rest