don’t blame me, this is actually a fact
I want one, but want to build one myself even more. These hand made beaties are crafted from 5/8” beech wood casing, and old-school red LED clock smoked acrylic faces . Love the faux speaker pattern. From a components and wiring standpoint these really don’t seem all that difficult to be honest. If you prefer to pay for that DIY look all seem to be around the $100 range, you can get them here.
Cannondale decided that it was time to cash in on the whole fixie movement (in appearance only) with it’s OnBike. The frame welds are typically clean, as one would expect from the company but the upcharge is in the details–some impressive hardware upgrades. Most prominent is the “System Integrated Chain Case Technology”, a single-sided, fully enclosed chain case that is a structural part of the bike frame. Designed to be a maintenance free, clean and efficient drive system it has 9 internal gears. It also rolls around with disc brakes and internal cable routing. Love the way the sidearm is cantilevered, enabling this to leapfrog the Bowery ‘84. Via UnCrate.
No, this isn’t an obscure Hawaiian shout out. It’s a limited run series of miniature vinyl toys for watch manufacturer, Nooka. When it comes to adorable, yet inexplicable mascotts it looks like Domo might get a run for his money from a similarly fuzzy bizarre competitor. Either way, this thing is pretty rad at 3.5 inches tall for $25 if you ask me. Apparently there are 8.5 inch versions for $40, but thats a lot of love for my budget.
Beware anything comprised of 60,000 fiber optic cables….and movies with terribly long load times. Worth the wait by the way, since most people (like myself) have seen pictures, which are impressive but don’t quite do the structure justice.
Sagan Piechota Architecture pushes ‘Form over Function’ almost as far as residential housing can go with the Division Knoll Residence in Big Sur, California. Use of simple materials (glass, stone, wood, copper) in unusually dramatic proportions help to put the focus on the environment more than the house itself. Can’t wait to see how that copper ages and stains those nice blue-tinted windows….
“It’s not really about the architecture itself, but more about the architecture as a vessel for looking at the view,” is a bit of an understatement, but what about the lack of privacy? Turns out there is ample structure below grade since the building is cut into the hill it sits on. At least I hope that’s the case, regardless this does have more personality than today’s post-post modern boxy boxes that I heart so much. Via Dezeen.
Basically camera experiments with some nicely sync’d up sounds. Seems to have a foundation rooted in random objects interacting with gravity. Puzzlingly effective and yet bare bones minimal.
About time someone mapped this out in order to explain it to the masses. Unfortunately the details are lost with a digital representation of the chart in question. Purchase one of the 200 print run limited edition here for $45. Via InformationIsBeautiful.
Yeah, the whole ‘vampire’ thing is tired but ads like this keep HBO’s best fresh.
I love how someone mashed these two up. As such I wish I could cite it properly, having come from a random Tumblr site. What makes it wickedly effective is how well the logos scale to each package–it’s seamless enough to make most people do a double take. Anti-Pop Art, anyone?
Classic reinterpretation of an old theme. Suede and mesh uppers in either gray on gray or gray on some ‘not quite maroon dark red.’ I heart either color combination but the breath of fresh air is the more aggressive styling being brought to the detailing. Take the acute angles as opposed to the gentle curvatures of the toe caps for example. It’s pushing things into the future while carrying the retro along with in terms of proportion when it comes to the mesh vs. leather. I”m kinda pissed I have to wait until the fall with these. Via HighSnobriety.