Facebook Friend Poster

Maybe not a 'friend show off contest' but possible a group poster.. Everyone connected to the IDSA facebookgroup?

Let’s be honest here people, Facebook is just one big ass Internet popularity contest. Quite frankly, we have no problem with that. Judging by the amount of friends you have, you don’t either. One enterprising grad student wants to connect to your Facebook friends list and print your 200 – 2000 friends in 20″ x 40″ (poster size) size so you laud your glorious victory over everyone. Get it with a number of border sizes and colors and then throw a party. You know, as long as you know your “friends” well enough in real life to get them to come over. Trust us, when he finds a way to print our 35000 friends on a single poster every one of you is totally invited to the party… $20

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Patagonia Wanaka Down Jacket

There are a lot of things in life you have control over: shoes, blood alcohol content, and choice of girlfriend to name a few. There are other things in life you have little control over: thread count, favorite sports team, choice of girlfriend, and the weather. If you live in a city that isn’t a comfortable 80 degrees year round, you’re going to need some clothes for those times when hell freezes over. Since it’s getting to be that time of year, you better start shopping now. The Patagonia Wanaka Down Jacket doesn’t just have a ridiculous name, it’s got some ridiculous features. Fleece lined pockets to keep your hands warm. 600-fill down to keep your nipples in check. Waterproofing and and insulated hood to keep you dry from top to bottom. All that utility and it still looks good enough to wear to the bar. $349

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Restoration Hardware Leather Gadget Cases

Restoration Hardware is a great place to pick up the latest and greatest in the world of “vintage,” but actually buying anything there normally requires bartering with firstborn children or organs. Unless of course all you’re looking for is a sweet leather condom for your latest and greatest gadget. Artisan iPhone leather case? $39. Artisan iPad Jacket? $99. Kindle? $69. Warm chestnut leather hue (infused with bark and leaf pigments) with topstitching, coupled with strap or magnetic closures, and the ability to wipe clean? It would be priceless, but we’re pretty sure the only thing priceless and leather clad is Carrie-Anne Moss. Until we can keep that in our pocket we’re going to simply refer to these affordable leather holsters as awesome. $39+

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Clankworks Pinch Stand

Kickstands are so fourth grade. You don’t spend upwards of hundreds – if not thousands – of dollars on a sweet new bike and not shell out for some way to display it. You could hand it on the wall, ceiling, or somewhere in the garage using some crazy Rube Goldberg sort of contraption, but that’s a lot of time and effort that could be spent riding. The Clankworks Pinch Stand is a simple – yet very effective – way to not only vertically secure your bike, but display it for everyone that passes through. The two bamboo spring slats are secured with aluminum hardware and use the weight of your bike to firmly lock the rear wheel in place. When you’re ready to take it to the mean streets, all you have to do is lift your bike out of the adjustable pinch and you’re ready to go. $89 Source

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Jack Spade Wool Felt Boot Pack

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when it happened, but at some point in the last decade the rein of the briefcase quietly came to an end. In our search for a more functional and stylish option we dabbled around with messenger bags, succumbed to an infatuation with classic backpacks, and even flirted with, albeit briefly, bowling bags (perhaps we were drinking). Now, Jack Spade, the company famous for producing high-end bags for men, offers another option, and this one seems to get everything right. The Wool Felt Boot Pack is stylish, as you would expect with any product from Jack Spade, and functional, as you would expect with a bag inspired by military gear. Plus, as with any product in the Wool Felt Collection, you’re getting a super durable product. Now, let’s never mention that little one-night stand with the European man purse again. $375

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Hard Graft Phone Wallet

Carrying a phone on your person at all times isn’t even a question anymore. Even if you’re not phoning home like E.T., you probably need to sext, pay some bills, update some databases, sell some books, or take care whatever other ridiculous (read: awesome) need the iPhone fills in your life. Couple the iPhone with some credit cards and a set of headphones and you have everything you need on a daily basis. The Hard Graft Phone Wallet is the best way to keep everything important in one place. Asphalt Grey vegetable tanned leather and grey wool keep your goodies protected and the separate iPhone pocket is designed to work with a bumpered iPhone 4 for the tighter fit all men are looking for. 8 slots for cards – or cash if you’re so inclined – keep your plastic so close to your phone you’ll never forget them at a bar again. $90

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Transit Issue Smartphone Wallet

The iPhone 4 is great. Really, we mean that. There’s an app for trading stocks, doing your laundry, foreplay, instant messaging, drinking beer, and just about anything else you want to do. Unless, of course, all you want to do is protect your precious app machine from a precarious situation involving six inches of air and a lot of broken glass. The fact of the matter is that if you drop the phone it’s pretty much done for. The Apolis Activism Transit Issue Wallet aims to fix that, along with the problem of having too much shit in your pockets. Natural leather in black, dark brown, light brown, and natural colors formed into a phone case (with quick release tabs) and combined with billfold slots for your cash and cards. It’s like buying Diet Coke with red wine already in the can. $68

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L.L. Bean Saltwash Canvas Backpack

Maybe it’s the wanderlust, or constantly being chained to a desk, or our Boy Scout adventures from our childhood, but we frequently find ourselves on the verge of picking up and just adventuring into the wilderness. Unlike the urban jungle we’re accustomed to, a messenger bag just isn’t going to cut it. You can’t (easily) operate an axe with a messenger bag on. Cooking (for survival only) isn’t exactly a walk in the park. You need a backpack, and not just your average, run of the mill Jansport. The L.L. Bean Saltwash Canvas Backpack may be just what you need. Weighing in at 26oz., the saltwashed cotton canvas backpack has three easy to access external pockets and one interior zipper pocket (plaid lined for bonus style points). Authentic leather closures and straps complete the look. $145

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HEX Watch Band for iPod Nano

Most things in life get bigger over time – athletes, fast-food sodas, Kim Kardashian’s sofa cushion imprint. When it comes to electronics however, it’s the exact opposite. Computers get smaller, TV’s get thinner and iPod’s get compressed to fractions of their original size. What makes the iPod Nano great is also what makes it challenging. Where do you keep the tiny thing without losing it? The HEX Watch Band turns your 6th Gen iPod Nano into a sick looking watch. Just pop your iPod into one of the silicone bands, hook up your headphones, and you’ve got a timepiece-mp3 player right on your wrist. It even has integrated buttons so you don’t lose any functionality. Plus, they come in solid, bright colors like the ones Toy Watch made popular. Just remember not to give anyone the time when that “one” Britney Spears track is playing. $23

Read more: Cool Material - Men's gear blog featuring the latest trends in watches, gear and gadgets. http://coolmaterial.com/#ixzz14q3gKfse

FLEXiT

Whenever you’re trying to fix something in a cramped, dark area – be it under the hood of your car, behind your entertainment unit, where ever – the trickiest part is usually not the work itself, but rather just seeing what you’re doing. Sure, you can attempt to cradle a flashlight under your chin or strap one around your head like a miner, but because of the tight areas you usually end up only making a few entertaining shadow puppets. To remedy all these scenarios Striker created the FLEXiT. The FLEXiT is a flexible hands free task light that’s full of uses, ingenuity, and capital letters. It’s as thin as a few sheets of paper making it easy to slip into any dark crevice you happen to be working in, and can even wrap around tubes, magnetically attach to metal objects and illuminate an entire room. $30

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From wine bottles to illegal baseball bats, cork has often been a material you put in other items. Now, you can put something in cork, namely your cash, credit cards and pieces of identification. Jack Spade takes the oft-underused product and utilizes it to make the Cork Billfold and Cork Flat Wallet. While these little carry-alls look subtly stylish, they’re also quite smart. Cork is extremely durable and flexible, two features that come in handy when you’re jamming, say, another receipt in there, George Costanza. Plus, cork is also water resistant so you don’t have to be fearful of ruining your investment and the money you’d use to buy a new one in the process. $119

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Some Prints from dirtyprintmakers.org

Hey, Kneeto!

Amazing Display of Color w/ high speed camera's and a speaker.

Canon Pixma: Bringing colour to life from Dentsu London on Vimeo.

Aerogel: See-Through, Strong as Steel & Ligher than Air

Despite its incredibly low density, aerogel is one of the most powerful materials on the planet. It can support thousands of times its own weight, block out intense heat, cold and sound – yet it is 1,000 times less dense than glass, nearly as transparent and is composed of %99.8 air. The lowest-density silica-based aerogels are even lighter than air.

Despite its fragility in certain regards and its incredible lack of density, aerogel has amazing thermal, acoustical and electrical insulation properties as illustrated by the images here. A single one-pound block can also support half a ton of weight. NASA continues to find new space-based applications for this incredible material.

http://dornob.com/aerogel-see-through-strong-as-steel-ligher-than-air/

No railings or risers, just sheets of straight modern glass on other side – but strong enough to support floating wood treads and the weight of people walking up and down them. Load-bearing glass is not new, but using them for residential interior spaces is striking.



Perfect for open loft spaces, building these is best done as part of a larger remodel or new construction project in which the staircases are installed along with other core structural floors and walls. The only downside: you will need to plan on more storage elsewhere, since under-stair storage soluations clearly will not work well with this much transparency.



http://dornob.com/steel-strong-floating-glass-open-tread-staircase-pictures/

Asus Ecobook

Asus Ecobook notebook (with 11.1" or 12.1" widescreen)

True to its name, Ecobook is made of recyclable plastic -- discounting the metal components and the statement-making bamboo case. The interior is lined with cardboard and not a single component is painted, sprayed or electroplated. Ecobook is also designed to be easily taken apart and be self-serviced by the owner:

The Ecobook Concept was disclosed last year but it wasn't until this November that Asus gave it a suggested going price. SRP is around $59,900.

Quite a lot, but then again, it's bamboo-clad. :)

Ecobook will be initially available in Taiwan.

Preetee Wood Kitchen

ElektraVetro White by Ernestomeda – Black and White Kitchen with Curved Island

Ernestomeda is a young and dynamic company which offers a lot of excellent kitchen designs. Its kitchens stand out by perfect quality and pleasantly surprise by awesome designs. One of the most attractive models is ElektraVetro White made in modern minimalist style. It combines the charm of curved lines and strictness of color solution. Black and white colors greatly mark its elegance and originality. White kitchen cabinets with black aluminium frame are in an amazing harmony with curved black island. This kitchen island provides enough space for comfortable cooking and having a breakfast by several persons. If you like a trendy design then this kitchen could become a good choice for you. You could find more technical characteristics and other useful information about this curved kitchen on Ernostomeda site.

http://archtopia.com/tag/black-and-white-kitchen-design/

Digitally Fabricated Bookshelf | dbd Studio

An organic curving surface was created in Rhino that stretched from floor to ceiling and overhead, terminating at the existing bulkhead. 17 sheets of 3/4″ birch plywood were then CNC milled to notch together and form the undulating, gridded mass.

http://plusmood.com/2009/12/digitally-fabricated-bookshelf-dbd-studio/

The Myrkr Chair

The Myrkr Chair is designed and built by Christopher Warren for WORD [Warren Office for Research and Design]. It was originally designed and built for a gallery exhibition called The Page, in which a reading area of various chairs and tables was needed to examine artists’ books. The exhibition is in the Guggenheim Gallery of Chapman University in Orange, California and runs through March 12th, 2010.

Old Norse for “darkness”, Myrkr is conceived of light and shadow. Its design answers the modern call for material efficiency and the utilization of technology; however, the common contemporary desires for thinness and gloss have been replaced by volume and subtlety.

"Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides." Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows

For Myrkr, modern fabrication techniques have been combined with traditional assembly methods. The lounge chair has no metal connections, but rather is made from a single laser-cut sheet of 12mm plywood and 144 dowels. It has been dipped in black aniline dye and finished with lacquer. Myrkr is light, very comfortable, and surprisingly stable.

http://plusmood.com/2010/02/myrkr-chair-word/