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If you’re looking to rock nerdy-style jewelry with your outfits, head to RockerDollJewellery. Hailing from England, Stephanie Allen designs handmade jewelry.
This necklace is a Hunger Games fan must-have.
Mockingjay Pin Pendant Necklace
MSRP: $19.72USD
Image via Carlyle Livingston & Wayne Hussey/Flickr
This LEGO build should be placed in the Super Geektastic Hall of Fame! Batman’s Batcave built by LEGO builders Carlyle Livingston II and Wayne Hussey looks amazing. This team-up build took around 3 months, over 800 hours, over 20,000 parts, and weighs over 100 pounds.
If you’re not impressed, you can go with the regular LEGO Batman Batcave:
Wow, this LEGO Batcave can’t compare to the custom Carlyle & Wayne Batcave!
EDM star Deadmau5 collaborates with headphone maker Sol Republic. These funky fresh headphones were designed by artist Joshua Davis and the end result is the Deadmau5 Tracks HD On-Ear headphones.
MSRP: $149.99USD
For more info, go to: Sol Republic x Deadmau5.
Wanna hear some Deadmau5? Here’s a recent selection – “Professional Griefers” feat. Gerard Way:
Coca-Cola is teaming up with Blank You Very Much (BYVM) for a cool design t-shirt contest and the winner will get $5,000 bucks. So, all you aspiring designers, artists, and anybody else – head to BYVM and download the t-shirt template and start designing! The t-shirt design will be judged by an all-star panel – Bobby Hundreds (Founder of The Hundreds), Wendy Lam (Editor-in-Chief of Nitrolicious.com), Jared Flint (Art Director for Gilt Groupe), Michael Dupouy (Founder of La MJC), and Darren Romanelli (DRx).
Important Contest Dates:
Contest ENDS: October 29th, 2012 at 11:59pm.
Community Voting
From 12:01am on October 30th, 2012 to November 12th, 2012 at 11:59pm
Judges Deliberate
Starting November 13th, 2012
Judges & People’s Choice Winners Announced
Shortly after November 26th, 2012
For more details, rules and downloading the t-shirt templates – go to: BYVM x Coca-Cola.
South African home designer Katie Thompson teams up with Mercedes-Benz and takes an old SL car interior dashboard and turning it into a useable office desk.
Check the in-depth article about Katie’s project with Mercedes-Benz at: Business Insider.
This is why we all need a 3D printer:
Image via Patrick Jouin/MGX
Designer Patrick Jouin created this Bloom Table Lamp from a 3D printer. What’s cool is that the lamp can “bloom” like flowers which act like a dimmer switch so you can control much light you want.
For more info and images, go to: Inhabitat – Bloom Table Lamp.
For more of his works, check out his site: Patrick Jouin.
Image via SteelDrake Blogspot
So far, this is still just a concept but designer Steel Drake can sure make a car-loving grown man drool. Production cars borrow heavily from concept cars and this design gives us a glimpse of where Mercedes is heading towards the future. There are some similarities to the Lamborghini from the hard sharp lines at the door and also the bottom vents in the front, but the front grill and logo is unmistakeably Mercedes. Though no matter how much influence is drawn from either car company, this is still one SICK looking car.
For more images, go to: Steel Drake Mercedes-Benz SF1.
I’ve seen this a while back highlighted in European design magazines – the Plumen 001 is the world’s first designer energy saving light bulb and what a great idea it is. Instead of buying pendant lights or other light fixtures to cover up the ugly light bulb – why not beautify the lowly light bulb itself?
For more info, go to: Plumen.com.
This might be the coolest darn fishbowl I’ve ever seen!
Growing up, I remember having a fish bowl with a couple of fish in it which all somehow wound up upside down when I came back home from school. So, I bought my son a fishbowl with a couple of fish and, unfortunately, that didn’t last too long either. When I came about this beautiful hand blown fishbowl from Turkey, my first thought was maybe the fishes would have lasted a little longer living in something so beautiful. Then my second thought was next time I should look up how to raise fish.
For more info, go to: Aruliden – Fishscape.
Image via 24° Studio
As part of the Shitsurai Art International Competition, Crater Lake was one of the winning art installation projects to be installed in Kobe, Japan. This structure has all the features I adore in a design – simple, elegant, & functional. Can you imagine this art piece lined along one of the piers or maybe even Fishermen’s Wharf here in San Francisco? This installation can serve a multitude of functions – a bench to rest, an area for the kids to play on and I just know all the skateboarders are eyeing this wondering what trick they can do off this.
For images and details, go to: 24° Studio – Crater Lake.
Do you want this in your house? Heck yeah! My own Dark Knight man-dungeon.
Image via WERD.
Oh, wait a minute … I can’t afford this – It’s a cool $2 million USD for this.
Source: Werd – Dark Knight Themed Home Theater.
Your wall in room is to plain. Add some retro video game inspiration with this Donkey Kong Shelf by designer Igor Chak. What a conversation starter – it looks vintage with it’s pixel-inspired creation and is made made from carbon fiber. The shelf supports up to 60 pounds of weight.
This might be the closest I will ever get to owning a Leica – as a skin for my iPhone. The plastic skin case has solid Leica details.
bI’m all for adorning myself with certain blings. Bling for my fingers and neck is a must – though the verdict is still out on bling for my teeth and other unmentionable body parts. What about bling for the camera? I love my camera but it never occurred to me to adorn it with jewelry. I have to give these guys creative points for going where no one has ever thought of. The designs are very masculine and definitely wouldn’t mind having them as rings or necklaces.
I just can’t wait until Muji opens up in SF so I’ve been busy getting familiar with their product line. Once they open their door, I will be so there with my wallet in hand.
Almost all speakers out there under $1,000 USD are just dull black veneer wrapped around MDF speakers. Now don’t get me wrong, some of them sound great but when the music stops, they just look like the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Recently, I stumbled upon these speakers and these seem to add a pretty nice second dimension to your speaker. It’s as if you can enjoy it with the music on or off.
Muji is finally coming to San Francisco. The Japanese retail giant that specializes in consumer and household goods announced plans to open a SF store in November at 540 Ninth St. in the SOMA district. It will be the Muji’s first West Coast outlet and fifth store in the US. Also, it will be the largest in the US with 7,250 square feet of retail space and parking. Be the first in line but, in the meantime, get ready with what you want by checking out their website. (http://www.muji.us/)
HK company Mocamomo produces lots of unique art-infused iPhone cases and now they are collaborating with Shanghai-based art agency NeochaEDGE with a set of 8 modern art inspired iPhone 4/4s cases.
Image via Uncrate
With the apocalypse so close at hand, it is comforting to know that our car companies has our back. Hyundai might soon introduce the new zombie survival machine equipped with the state of the art CB radio. I’m not sure how you will fuel this thing but at least you will get great mileage for every gallon you salvage. I wonder if these will come in different colors …
Japan’s Sanrio will be joining forces with The Girl Skateboard Company for this collection of boards. Hello Kitty and her company of friends get the skateboard treatment.
Does your significant other have a sweet tooth? What about engagement rings inspired by doughnuts?
Sprinkled Doughnut Engagement Ring 2010 by Tammy Young Eun Kim
The doughnut rings were designed by LA-based artist Tammy Young Eun Kim.
Most of the custom figures are robots or aliens, so if you are looking for fun and bright, check out Caramelaw. These candy inspired custom toys are designed by Singapore’s Sheena Aw.
Image via Japan Trends
Why does the Japanese have all the fun? Why can’t our local transportation authority participate in something like this? A Lightsaber Star Wars handrail on my bus ride will definitely make my daily commute more fun.
Four grand to play checkers! Really?
I always wondered how I could play checkers with more style. Good thing I found this – a Gucci leather checkers set! What a great idea. Now I can feel complete and concentrate more on checkers strategy. By the way, I suck in checkers but at least I will look good playing it.
La Souris Sur Le Gateau is a French photo-retouching company that creates playful images using commercial photography. They combine various photos together to create a creative and whimsical image that can’t help but bring a smile to your face. La Souris Sur Le Gateau has worked with various clients such as Volkswagen, Playstation, L’oreal, and Nissan, just to name a few.
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