Cool Hunting
Until now custom laser detailing on sneakers and gadgets was reserved for those lucky enough to make their way into Nike's Lasarium. But at Saved Tattoo in Brooklyn, tattooist Scott Campbell will laser a design onto your laptop. For $200, you can choose from several great designs (see them here) or, for an extra $100 set-up charge, you can design it yourself. (Pictured laptop is Kaws' custom design as posted on his blog.) Special guest designers and artists like IRAK, Alife��and Mike Giant will appear on occasion with their own graphics.
Marketing types always talk about the importance of personalizing the "computer experience." We have pictures of our family or pets on our desktops. Now with this new option, you can trick out the exterior as well.
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Brooklyn-based tattooist Scott Campbell has taken the art form to another level—not just by being one of the most sought-after tattoo artists in NY (if not the world) but for using a laser cutter to etch his intricate old-world designs into everything from laptops and books to leather chairs, tables and paintings. In this field trip to Scott's Brooklyn tattoo parlor and studio, he shows...
We are all well aware of the many iPhone accessories—armbands, headphones, sleeves, etc.—that will surely flood the market in very near future. But, if you really want to trick out your iPhone, custom laser engraving is the way to go. Reader Justin B. tipped us to L.A.-based company Device Nine Six and sent us the above video that shows his phone getting the treatment....
An instant way to add colorful grid-based designs to surfaces, Møzaikit is a DIY vinyl sticker set invented by the fun-loving makers of Shalgo. We first glimpsed the concept used to dress up an iBook with a Harlequin design a couple months ago at the Pool tradeshow. Now that Shalgo's up and running with the product, the removable and re-stickable vinyl tile kits come...
Bringing digital photos to print, Moo's newest product also encourages offline correspondence. Much like their original mini cards, Moo prints images uploaded from a Flickr, Bebo or Habbo account (or directly through their site) onto a square 10x10cm notecard, which can be personalized with info and an icon on the reverse. A "magic flap" folds to prop the cards upright for display and they...
Over the weekend Jeff Staple posted a few gadgets recently tricked out at the Nike Lasarium. Don't go getting your hopes up, the Lasarium is a room on the Nike campus in Oregon where they do all their laser work—it's not open to the public. On the left is Justin from Dime Magazine's Blackberry 8700 with the Jordan XX allover print. The RAZR in...
Though they formed last year in Brooklyn, The Kiss Off could easily pass as Manchester natives from the early '80s. The band was founded by guitarist Adam De Rosa and bassist Nathan Lithgow, who lay distorted melodies over catchy drumming and synth drones. Sam Tyndall's vocals complete the band, which sounds something like a better-produced Joy Division or a more brooding Franz Ferdinand. The...
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