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Eight Salty, Sweet, Mouth-Puckering Licorices
by Karen McGrane Licorice seemed wrong and bad to me as a child, one of those things like coffee ice cream or kissing in movies that made me deeply suspicious of adult desires. As my tastes have matured so has my preference for licorice and I seek out only the darkest, chewiest, and most complex flavors. Used as a sweetener and a medicinal since ancient...
by Karen McGrane Licorice seemed wrong and bad to me as a child, one of those things like coffee ice cream or kissing in movies that made me deeply suspicious of adult desires. As my tastes have matured so has my preference for licorice and I seek out only the darkest, chewiest, and most complex flavors. Used as a sweetener and a medicinal since ancient...
Ralph Lauren Driving Sunglasses
Whether it's the retro '70s styling, the sinuous lines or our penchant for red accessories, these Ralph Lauren driving sunglasses recently made us take note in spite of their mega-brand pedigree. They're $220 and are available at select Ralph Lauren retail locations. Check their site to find an outpost near you....
Whether it's the retro '70s styling, the sinuous lines or our penchant for red accessories, these Ralph Lauren driving sunglasses recently made us take note in spite of their mega-brand pedigree. They're $220 and are available at select Ralph Lauren retail locations. Check their site to find an outpost near you....
Penhaligon's Luxury Crackers
For a truly fabulous way to ring in the New Year, Penhaligon's crackers feature a surprise that far outdoes the usual plastic tchotchke fare. The esteemed British purveyor of grooming products hides a small leather notebook, keychain or other gift (as well as a New Year's resolution) inside a package tied with sumptuous red velvet bows.A set of six is £90 from Penhaligon's or $180...
For a truly fabulous way to ring in the New Year, Penhaligon's crackers feature a surprise that far outdoes the usual plastic tchotchke fare. The esteemed British purveyor of grooming products hides a small leather notebook, keychain or other gift (as well as a New Year's resolution) inside a package tied with sumptuous red velvet bows.A set of six is £90 from Penhaligon's or $180...
Jason Linde: Wenge Clocks
Architect Jason Linde created a series of clocks with unique display using a single stationary hand and a rotating dial for hours. Some feature double dials for both hours and minutes. Featuring wood veneered blocks and laser engraved dials, they range from $110-130....
Architect Jason Linde created a series of clocks with unique display using a single stationary hand and a rotating dial for hours. Some feature double dials for both hours and minutes. Featuring wood veneered blocks and laser engraved dials, they range from $110-130....
Daily Dump Home Composting
Based in Bangalore, India, Daily Dump (an unfortunate but memorable name) offers designer clay composting containers that are a lot more rustic and stylish than the green plastic bins generally available in the West. Composting is a great way for both rural and urban households to minimize garbage while also producing nutrient-rich soil that can be used for household plants and homegrown produce. They...
Based in Bangalore, India, Daily Dump (an unfortunate but memorable name) offers designer clay composting containers that are a lot more rustic and stylish than the green plastic bins generally available in the West. Composting is a great way for both rural and urban households to minimize garbage while also producing nutrient-rich soil that can be used for household plants and homegrown produce. They...
Tariq Duff
For most of us our holiday snaps involve a few tourist-ridden temples, the beach, cocktails, the inside of a hotel room and some candid "look-at-my-tan" poses. Yet for London-based Tariq Duff, the images captured during his travels of the world have led to the Bahrain-native exhibiting around the world and selflessly donating any money earned to charities. CH caught up with Duff on a...
For most of us our holiday snaps involve a few tourist-ridden temples, the beach, cocktails, the inside of a hotel room and some candid "look-at-my-tan" poses. Yet for London-based Tariq Duff, the images captured during his travels of the world have led to the Bahrain-native exhibiting around the world and selflessly donating any money earned to charities. CH caught up with Duff on a...
Hoiming Bags
by Damien Brachet Sleevebags, shoulderpacks, gloveboxes—for those swell gals with deep pockets, Hoiming takes Russian cab driver jackets and hand beats them to the softest pulp, repurposing them as handbags....
by Damien Brachet Sleevebags, shoulderpacks, gloveboxes—for those swell gals with deep pockets, Hoiming takes Russian cab driver jackets and hand beats them to the softest pulp, repurposing them as handbags....
Côte et Ciel Laptop Sleeves
Made from high-grade neoprene and free of zippers or any other unnecessary bulk, Côte et Ciel's laptop sleeves are our new favorites for toting computers. Engineered to fit Macs, the ingeniously simple construction uses the stretchiness of neoprene for a snug fit that, with the aid of small pull tabs, allows the laptop to slide in and out of a narrow opening at one...
Made from high-grade neoprene and free of zippers or any other unnecessary bulk, Côte et Ciel's laptop sleeves are our new favorites for toting computers. Engineered to fit Macs, the ingeniously simple construction uses the stretchiness of neoprene for a snug fit that, with the aid of small pull tabs, allows the laptop to slide in and out of a narrow opening at one...
The Capstan Shafts: Sleepcure Theory Advancer
Despite creating beautiful and creative music, Dean Wells, the talent behind The Capstan Shafts has played only a handful of live performances over his near decade-long career. It's all about building that sense of mystique about his work. In fact, his MySpace page is only updated once in a blue moon, which means that arguably some of the finest songwriting around today is left...
Despite creating beautiful and creative music, Dean Wells, the talent behind The Capstan Shafts has played only a handful of live performances over his near decade-long career. It's all about building that sense of mystique about his work. In fact, his MySpace page is only updated once in a blue moon, which means that arguably some of the finest songwriting around today is left...
Suzuki Omnichord
When Suzuki introduced the Omnichord in 1981 it had a profound effect on both music instruction and as a tool for professional musicians. An electronic musical instrument, it features a touch plate and chord buttons, making it almost too easy to play. Just press the chord buttons, strum the touch plate and you're playing dynamic chord progressions. Beginners can immediately start playing in tune,...
When Suzuki introduced the Omnichord in 1981 it had a profound effect on both music instruction and as a tool for professional musicians. An electronic musical instrument, it features a touch plate and chord buttons, making it almost too easy to play. Just press the chord buttons, strum the touch plate and you're playing dynamic chord progressions. Beginners can immediately start playing in tune,...
Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson just did the latest cover for The Fader magazine which really caught our eye. Fader's art director (and occasional Lost At E Minor contributor) Phil Bicker led us to Wilson's website. We're really impressed with how prolific he is and how he's created his own style that looks a bit '70s mixed with right now....
Steven Wilson just did the latest cover for The Fader magazine which really caught our eye. Fader's art director (and occasional Lost At E Minor contributor) Phil Bicker led us to Wilson's website. We're really impressed with how prolific he is and how he's created his own style that looks a bit '70s mixed with right now....
Craplinks
Much in the way that CH is an online resource of the technology, culture and design that inspires us (and maybe a little more like one of our other favorite sites The UnCoolHunter), Craplinks is a blog that catalogs things that are, well, crappy. Founded by a CH comrade and officemate (to protect the innocent we'll retain his anonymity) to organize the links he...
Much in the way that CH is an online resource of the technology, culture and design that inspires us (and maybe a little more like one of our other favorite sites The UnCoolHunter), Craplinks is a blog that catalogs things that are, well, crappy. Founded by a CH comrade and officemate (to protect the innocent we'll retain his anonymity) to organize the links he...
Umbro by Kim Jones S/S 2008
In his 9th season for Umbro, Kim Jones' upcoming Spring and Summer 2008 is yet again a collection of bright colors and subtle twists. His street-ready athletic wear takes a cue from what's to come, including the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, showing up in a few colorways and graphics used throughout the collection. Using bright colors and prints in unexpected places, Jones...
In his 9th season for Umbro, Kim Jones' upcoming Spring and Summer 2008 is yet again a collection of bright colors and subtle twists. His street-ready athletic wear takes a cue from what's to come, including the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, showing up in a few colorways and graphics used throughout the collection. Using bright colors and prints in unexpected places, Jones...
Amai Tea and Bake House
by Karen McGrane A shop combining tea, not-too-sweet baked goods and a love for the serenity of Japanese and French desserts seems like it would be a match for the Cool Hunting palate. Add in the fact that the charming shop got its start from a blog, Lovescool, and you've got a guaranteed hit around CH HQ. Amai Tea and Bake House recently opened its...
by Karen McGrane A shop combining tea, not-too-sweet baked goods and a love for the serenity of Japanese and French desserts seems like it would be a match for the Cool Hunting palate. Add in the fact that the charming shop got its start from a blog, Lovescool, and you've got a guaranteed hit around CH HQ. Amai Tea and Bake House recently opened its...
Hong Hao
Working out of Beijing, Hong Hao is known primarily for his laser scans of the ephemera accumulated in his lifetime. Each piece is an aggregation of items—passports, cosmetics, coins, Mao kitsch, all and sundry plastic knick knacks—that individually are unremarkable, but together tell the story of a person's life....
Working out of Beijing, Hong Hao is known primarily for his laser scans of the ephemera accumulated in his lifetime. Each piece is an aggregation of items—passports, cosmetics, coins, Mao kitsch, all and sundry plastic knick knacks—that individually are unremarkable, but together tell the story of a person's life....
2007 Gift Guide: Last-Minute Gifts
With precious few shopping days left before Christmas, holiday panic is almost palpable. We've highlighted several selections from our 2007 Gift Guide that are still available for delivery by 24 December 2007. Giftable For those with an insatiable curiosity, plug the EyeClops Bionic Eye into your TV to see objects blown up to 200x their size. It's available through Wednesday, 19 December 2007. The...
With precious few shopping days left before Christmas, holiday panic is almost palpable. We've highlighted several selections from our 2007 Gift Guide that are still available for delivery by 24 December 2007. Giftable For those with an insatiable curiosity, plug the EyeClops Bionic Eye into your TV to see objects blown up to 200x their size. It's available through Wednesday, 19 December 2007. The...
The Journal of Popular Noise
In the age of digital everything, we're all a little nostalgic for something tangible to hold and experience here in "first life." Recognizing this, The Journal of Popular Noise is a new limited-edition publication "inspired by the traditions of pop music, printed periodicals, and the delight of a finely crafted artifact."Each volume features three issues in the form of three 7"s, each by a...
In the age of digital everything, we're all a little nostalgic for something tangible to hold and experience here in "first life." Recognizing this, The Journal of Popular Noise is a new limited-edition publication "inspired by the traditions of pop music, printed periodicals, and the delight of a finely crafted artifact."Each volume features three issues in the form of three 7"s, each by a...
Jeff Bark: Woodpecker
Jeff Bark's newest works are the subject of his solo show, Woodpecker, at the Michael Hoppen Contemporary Gallery in London; it's his second show at the gallery. Bark's newest works are so multilayered it makes my brain hurt—in the best way possible. The photos feel like part diorama, painting and film. His involved process includes constructing a pond-like set that took over a month...
Jeff Bark's newest works are the subject of his solo show, Woodpecker, at the Michael Hoppen Contemporary Gallery in London; it's his second show at the gallery. Bark's newest works are so multilayered it makes my brain hurt—in the best way possible. The photos feel like part diorama, painting and film. His involved process includes constructing a pond-like set that took over a month...
7th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial
The 7th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial ran for a little more than a month and just ended on Sunday. The event brought together a worldwide set of architects and public institutions under the idea-provoking theme of how public and private spaces relate to each other and how they can (or can't) co-exist. Taking place in beloved Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer's Biennial building (the...
The 7th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial ran for a little more than a month and just ended on Sunday. The event brought together a worldwide set of architects and public institutions under the idea-provoking theme of how public and private spaces relate to each other and how they can (or can't) co-exist. Taking place in beloved Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer's Biennial building (the...
Art Prints from Peepshop
London-based illustration collective Peepshow has an amazing selection of art prints for sale on their website. The prints are made in a limited edition of 30 and are all signed and numbered by the artists. My favorites are Set Sail by Luke Best (pictured above center, £50), House by Lucy Vigrass (pictured above right, £50) and Vessels by Jenny Bowers (£75), which are individually...
London-based illustration collective Peepshow has an amazing selection of art prints for sale on their website. The prints are made in a limited edition of 30 and are all signed and numbered by the artists. My favorites are Set Sail by Luke Best (pictured above center, £50), House by Lucy Vigrass (pictured above right, £50) and Vessels by Jenny Bowers (£75), which are individually...
Bagjack x Beinghunted Messenger Bag 1-B
Bagjack, well-known for their utility bags in Europe and Japan, collaborated with our friends at Beinghunted to create the 1-B Messenger bag back in 2005. This year, they reissued it for the holidays, but bigger! In fact, it fits a shoe box plus some. The innovative three-point strap system enables one pull tightening of the shoulder strap, perfect for when you're on your bike....
Bagjack, well-known for their utility bags in Europe and Japan, collaborated with our friends at Beinghunted to create the 1-B Messenger bag back in 2005. This year, they reissued it for the holidays, but bigger! In fact, it fits a shoe box plus some. The innovative three-point strap system enables one pull tightening of the shoulder strap, perfect for when you're on your bike....
Onesidezero
Onesidezero is a designer and illustrator from Leicester, U.K. Of his work he says: "I love to include flowing vibrant colors, bold images and strange creatures in my work, I usually sketch my initial concepts whilst listening to music, which helps me think. An early sketch usually starts off with a few basic shapes, I'll sometimes re-draw an idea a number of times changing...
Onesidezero is a designer and illustrator from Leicester, U.K. Of his work he says: "I love to include flowing vibrant colors, bold images and strange creatures in my work, I usually sketch my initial concepts whilst listening to music, which helps me think. An early sketch usually starts off with a few basic shapes, I'll sometimes re-draw an idea a number of times changing...
Rogan x Kershaw "Drive Off Evil" Knife
For the werewolf slayer on your list pick up this limited-edition collaboration between Rogan and Kershaw Knives. Your loved one will be well-equipped with one of these matte black finished knives engraved with different sayings from Rogan's graphic archive. Read more......
For the werewolf slayer on your list pick up this limited-edition collaboration between Rogan and Kershaw Knives. Your loved one will be well-equipped with one of these matte black finished knives engraved with different sayings from Rogan's graphic archive. Read more......
Os Gemeos: The flowers in this garden were planted by my Grandparents
Os Gemeos, our favorite identical Brazilian twin artists Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, have many reasons to be excited about their new show, “The flowers in this garden were planted by my Grandparents.” First of all it's the duo's first solo museum show. Also, their good friend and mentor Barry McGee has previously showed at the Museum Het Domein. The twins pulled off a feat,...
Os Gemeos, our favorite identical Brazilian twin artists Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, have many reasons to be excited about their new show, “The flowers in this garden were planted by my Grandparents.” First of all it's the duo's first solo museum show. Also, their good friend and mentor Barry McGee has previously showed at the Museum Het Domein. The twins pulled off a feat,...
Bblessing Home Absinthe Set
One of our favorite men's stores, Bblessing, just launched their brand-spanking new home line. These graphic absinthe spoons—the first pieces in the line—were designed by Surface to Air's Daniel Jackson in keeping with the store's interior, which was "very much inspired by my own abstraction of a fin de siècle Absinthe bar." For those unfamiliar with the absinthiana, the ritual of drinking the famed,...
One of our favorite men's stores, Bblessing, just launched their brand-spanking new home line. These graphic absinthe spoons—the first pieces in the line—were designed by Surface to Air's Daniel Jackson in keeping with the store's interior, which was "very much inspired by my own abstraction of a fin de siècle Absinthe bar." For those unfamiliar with the absinthiana, the ritual of drinking the famed,...
Crucifix MP3 player
Perhaps taking a cue from the iBelieve (a lanyard that made the original iPod shuffles look like crosses), Chinese electronics wholesaler Chinavision recently came out with a crucifix-shaped MP3 player for devout music listeners. It's a rather unique way of marketing technology and we can't help but wonder what the J Man would think of such a device. The player offers 1GB of internal...
Perhaps taking a cue from the iBelieve (a lanyard that made the original iPod shuffles look like crosses), Chinese electronics wholesaler Chinavision recently came out with a crucifix-shaped MP3 player for devout music listeners. It's a rather unique way of marketing technology and we can't help but wonder what the J Man would think of such a device. The player offers 1GB of internal...
You Bars
After an athletic mom and her marathon-running, allergic-to-milk son got fed up with the energy bar options on the market, they took matters into their own hands and came up with a customizable alternative that they call You Bars. On their site, customers can make up their own recipe to their exact specs, choosing from a variety of ingredients like almond butter, soy protein,...
After an athletic mom and her marathon-running, allergic-to-milk son got fed up with the energy bar options on the market, they took matters into their own hands and came up with a customizable alternative that they call You Bars. On their site, customers can make up their own recipe to their exact specs, choosing from a variety of ingredients like almond butter, soy protein,...
Repetto x Earnest Sewn Organic Shoes
Earnest Sewn and French footwear company Repetto are collaborating for limited-edition eco-friendly shoes as part of Barneys "Greencaste" line. Together they enlisted Cone Denim, the country's oldest denim factory (and the same one that's behind Loomstate's green jeans for Barneys), to ensure a 100% organic product. In fact throughout the entire weaving process, starch is the only addition to the natural fiber. Read more......
Earnest Sewn and French footwear company Repetto are collaborating for limited-edition eco-friendly shoes as part of Barneys "Greencaste" line. Together they enlisted Cone Denim, the country's oldest denim factory (and the same one that's behind Loomstate's green jeans for Barneys), to ensure a 100% organic product. In fact throughout the entire weaving process, starch is the only addition to the natural fiber. Read more......
Across the Great Divide
The two most iconic Australian bands of the past decade—Silverchair and Powderfinger—joined forces recently on a joint Australia-wide tour of monumental proportions. And when we say monumental, we mean playing everywhere from "Darwin to Ballarat to Toowoomba to Tasmania." Crikey! A three DVD set called "Across The Great Divide" has just been released to commemorate the occasion.Pick it up from their site....
The two most iconic Australian bands of the past decade—Silverchair and Powderfinger—joined forces recently on a joint Australia-wide tour of monumental proportions. And when we say monumental, we mean playing everywhere from "Darwin to Ballarat to Toowoomba to Tasmania." Crikey! A three DVD set called "Across The Great Divide" has just been released to commemorate the occasion.Pick it up from their site....
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