Seeing our new Pocket Piano — we’re one of the few stores in the world carrying it, come in and check it out — I was reminded of the 2008 gem from the talented DJ Mehdi who was untimely ripped from this life in September. His memory lives on in song, especially one as grand, soaring and heart-stirring as this one.

GQ’s latest in their 10 Essentials series featuring Gildas Loaëc of Paris’ Kitsuné fashion/record label is worth reading for a number of reasons, not least of which because it includes one of our shop favorites, the beautiful headphones made by AIAIAI. If you’re unfamiliar with Mr. Loaëc’s storied past, just know that his time spent as part of the Daft Punk team and years spent working as a jetsetting DJ make his shout-out to the headphone a ringing endorsement. Plus, it’s part of a short list that also includes his Daft Punk commemorative gold album and a Swarovski crystal. Fancy company to keep indeed.

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 — a great headphone for use at home, on the street or behind the decks.



In other Fool’s Gold news, they’ve just released the video for Duck Sauce’s “Big Bad Wolf,” directed by the king-of-music-video-weirdness Keith Schofield. Watch it above — it’s not exactly NSFW, but it’s not entirely not NSFW, either. I guess we’ll call it NENSFW, but NENNSFW? Either way, it’s hilarious.

Get ready, get amped, hold on to any and all of your hats; we’re excited for this one. The MakerBot Thing-O-Matic is a device that ‘prints’ 3D objects, creating you a copy in thermoplastic right before your eyes, and AC Gears is proud to be the first to offer it in a retail store. The unveiling happens Friday, Nov. 4th so, of course, we’re throwing a party. RSVP now on our Facebook page and come get a first look!

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. You’ll find throughout this Braun collection that God is in the details, as in the model above the muted yellow of the second hand sets off the stark black-and-white contrast to make a watch that’d be perfectly at home on the wrist of any interior designer, museum curator, book editor or you. These are absolutely classic designs we’re happy to carry both in-store and online. Come in and take a look.

EARONIC, by Collabcubed, I kind of really want these. and pretend I have huge ear plugs or something. Or bunny ears! Thanks swiss-miss, you always make me want a lot of things.

Cool Time-Lapse camera by photojojo.com . This handy thang is weather resistant, compact, time-controlling, shoots in REAL video (comes with 2GB storage) and even has a macro setting! (seen on swiss-miss)