howies are offering a free Wabi-Sabi (beautifully imperfect) limited edition teeshirt with every Hemp Kaizen jeans purchase until May 1st. This exclusive tee shirt print is based on Hokusai’s wave and the Japanese philosophical viewpoint that “nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.”
And the good news for those who have already bought a pair of hemp jeans is that if you drop the guys at howies a line they will send you a free teeshirt in the post.
Victorinox, the Swiss Army Knife people, have released a new scent, Swiss Unlimited, which is described as a mix of natural “Swiss essences” with notes of wooded silver fir, alpine herbs, and absinthe.
No matter what it smells like, I am liking the utilitarian looks of it’s refillable “U-Fill” bottle.
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has designed two perfume bottles for French jeweller Cartier. Called Moon Fragment, each bottle includes a single diamond.
They are on show at the Tokyo National Museum exhibition ‘Story of…’ – memories of Cartier creations which is directed by Yoshioka and continues until 31st May.
Via Dezeen.
Developed as part of a collaboration between G.M. and Segway, P.U.M.A. stands for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility vehicle. It’s a two-wheeled vehicle that balances on gyroscopes and is powered by rechargeable batteries.
Top speed is 35 miles per hour or three times as fast as a Segway scooter and it will take you 35 miles on a single charge. Furthermore, equipped to communicate with each other wirelessly to regulate speed, reduce congestion and prevent accidents, these small, nimble electric vehicles are designed to know where other moving objects are and will avoid running into them.
Unfortunately the P.U.M.A. is not expected to be available until 2012.
Looking at these images of the first Galt Toys catalogue, designed by Ken Garland back in the 1960′s, really brings back childhood memories for me.
I can remember looking longingly through this catalogue as a child and it’s testament to the power of simple, iconic design such as this, that it still strikes a chord with me so many years later. It is also possibly in some way responsible for my inclination towards clean, modernist design.
Aesop is an Australian brand of “botanically based skin, hair, and body products for men and women” and their latest flagship store makes beautiful use of light, colour and texture.
Beautiful design and art direction from Berlin based studio, Double Standards, across a range of disciplines including corporate identity, books, web, exhibition and interiors.
Love this identity created for photographer Donald Graham by Sebastian Gram. Just one of several cool projects to be found in Sebastian’s Behance profile.
Platform21’s Repair Manifesto opposes throwaway culture and celebrates repair as the new recycling.
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