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// archive for February 2011

Victorinox – Floral Knife

The Floral Knife from Victorinox is super simple and clean – one blade, one color scales, a little brass detailing. It looks like a better fit for a suit jacket than an apron.

Bosch – Power Box Advanced

I spend a lot of time at job sites checking up on things. When the super isn’t around, the crews are usually listening to music on a little radio with its knobs busted off and all sorts of things wrong with it. The Bosch Powerbox Advanced is the most high tech job radio I have ever seen. It’s designed to withstand a 10′ drop, has integrated battery chargers, GFI outlets, and plays mp3′s. If I had a mobile shop, I would want this in my truck. Except that it would certainly walk off a job site after a day or two.

Sonia Verguet – My Family

I so love this set of chairs by Sonia Verguet. The “My Family” series takes a common element (a wooden box) and combines it with a unique element (taken from recycling pieces of vintage chairs found in flea markets) to create a body of work that explores recycling and commonality.

Via Designboom.

Death Spray Custom

Simple but amazing paint job by Death Spray Custom.

Something From Us – Pendant Wired Lamp

Love this new Pendant Wired Lamp by Something From Us. The form is simple and classic, and the materials and construction, modern. The pendant comes in black or white, with four brightly colored diffusers which allow you to create your own look. So pretty!

Trevor Burks – Skateboarding Mythologies

Trevor Burks created a series of illustrations called Skateboarding Mythologies that revolve around skating in small towns and the suburbs. I definitely remember days like these.

The Working Proof: Tasha Kusama – The Night Travelers

Tasha Kusama’s The Night Travelers print is about stages of being – journeying through the unknown, relaxing, meditating, reviewing, collecting – cycling through life and the decisions that bring us from one state and place to the next. I love how she represents the journey – it is rich, complicated, colorful, confusing…

15% of the sale of this print goes to The Pablove Foundation. Tasha has a personal connection to Pablo, the boy who is the reason behind the foundation. Tasha’s niece was in Pablo’s pre-school class when he was diagnosed with cancer, and she saw the valiant struggle that he and his family experienced, and the love that took them through it. She is honored to give to a cause with so much heart (as are we!).

Buy the print here, and read our interview with Tasha here.




Facets of Femininity – I Love Dust

A striking piece called Facets of Femininity by I Love Dust. Alternate version here, but I like the flat version better.