Cool Hunting
| 20 November 2006view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Eva Zeisel Kettle Giveaway Winner
by Letizia Rossi
Congratulations to Kitty G. the winner of our Eva Zeisel Kettle Giveaway! Kitty will receive a numbered limited edition of Zeisel's newest design, the Eva Kettle for Chantal. Kitty, a long-time admirer of Zeisel was chosen at random from hundreds of savvy CH readers who were able to name the street honoring Zeisel, Eva Zeisel Straße, located in Schramberg, Germany.
Simulscribe
by Josh Rubin
Simulscribe is a voicemail service that transcribes your messages and sends them to you in an email. It's one of those really simple, super convenient solutions that is especially helpful in situations where you can't pick up the phone to listen to messages—especially for mobile email users. Usually the messages come through quite accurately, but from time to time there's a miscommunication. Fortunately each message is delivered with an audio file in case you want to listen from your computer. There is an option to have your messages delivered by SMS, but that gets a bit messy for long, rambling messages. And of course, you can still just call in to listen to your voicemail.
Perfido Bracelets
by Ami Kealoha
Contrasting the warmth and rich tones of wood with lucite's sleek modernist appeal, these bangles are made by Brooklyn-based furniture studio Perfido Design. The chunky, brightly colored bracelets made their debut as part of New York-based fashion label United Bamboo's Spring/Summer 2006 line, fitting well with that collection's Modern Art-influenced looks. You can get them in a variety of wood/lucite combinations from Perfido Design for $45.
Heiko
by Lost At E Minor
Slightly macabre and Gorey-esque, Heiko is a freelance illustrator and graphic artist living and working in Heidelberg, Germany. He recently collaborated on a beautiful limited edition illustration zine called Silent Water with Australian artist, Lilly Piri. Copies are $5 and available through his website, The State of Things.
Strala Inch Lamp
by Jacob Resneck
The Strala Inch Lamp is what Zürich-based designer T.W. Schmid calls "minimalistic ode to maximum." Stated plainly, it's a lamp with a twist. Partly inspired (ironically) by the Burmese practice of wearing neck rings to stretch the neck, it can be tilted and extended from 150 to 224 centimeters, making it a functional, spartan design that arrests a lot of attention for such a small footprint. Inch is just one of several odd-yet-intriguing products offered by Strala, Schmid's design firm that will be featured at the Blickfang design exhibition that opens in Zürich this Friday, 24 November 2006, and runs through 26 November 2006.
