Gorgeous furniture from Leif.designpark. The Tone collection takes on the language of traditional Japanese parquetry techniques, juxtaposing different types of wood to bring out the colors and textures of the various woods used. Beautiful!

Via Style-Files.

Go outside! I might be stuck at a desk but you might not be. Today is the 3rd annual Go Skateboarding Day. Check out the list of events in your area and go hit your local spots!

The boards for the development of Governor’s Island have their own website and they are worth checking out. I like the REX proposal because it offers a very urban proposal for the park. The grid-collage system of the proposal lends itself very well to programming and re-programming for the future as the park develops over time.

How’s this for multi-tasking – a cup that doubles as a ring while in use. By Floyd.

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Check out this pair of digital/marpat inspired camouflage Nike Zoom Moire+ ST. I like how the pattern is angled to match the slope of the midsole. I just tossed my taxi yellow Sertig’s so I might have to find a pair of these for when the weather starts getting colder. And Snake would like to have a pair too.

Something’s Hiding in Here had one of my favorite booths at Renegade. It was very well thought out with nice details (little wooden price cubes, for one). Their products are just as nice – love the wooden rings and the little muslin bags.

The Rescue Tool by Victorinox recently won the Knife of the Year Award at IWA 2007. The rescue tool sports a ton of utility in a compact and easy to use tool. The integrated glass breaker and disc saw are the most interesting parts of the kit. The disc saw can actually saw through auto safety glass, check the video of it at work.

Erica Weiner’s jewelry is full of unusual charms – snake vertebrae, handcuffs, cicadas, grasshoppers…Fun pairings for the more adventurous.

éS recently released the scale, the lightest technical skate shoe around. The technology for the shoe was developed by The STI Lab, the one and only R&D lab strictly for skate shoes. The STI site is worth checking out to learn how they are working to protect your feet while increasing skateability of the shoes. So expect to see the lightweight tech in the rest of the Sole Tech family of shoes in the future.

Renegade Craft Fair was an exhausting but very fun experience…It was great to see some of the people whose work I’ve long admired. One such person is Lorena Barrezueta, who has taken the form of traditional, disposable food containers and turned them into fine, porcelain tableware. I had seen Lorena’s work online before but in person it is even nicer!