During a recent trip to the FDNY Museum in Soho, fellow Brooklyn-based graphic artist Grotesk photographed a number of wonderfully-designed vintage patches that depict various BK-neighborhood firehouses. While they aren’t available to purchase, you can check out about 20 more below. These are screaming to be reproduced as T-shirts. Anyone want to collaborate? [TWBE via [...]

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This is no ordinary postcard. No, friends, this is some esoteric, cro-magnon, carve-your-thoughts-on-wood-because-paper-doesn’t-yet-exist type of product. Made by those cheeky guys over at Suck UK, the Wooden Post Card ($12.00) is both an entirely too time consuming method of communication and a satirical reminder about how out-dated sending letters has become. Let’s be honest: these [...]

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Putting a modern spin on the oft-terrorized garden accessory, London-based makers of “out of the ordinary” products, Vitamin Living, have designed a line of Urban Gnomes that feature a variety of double-sided personalities. Each of the 12 gnomes ($120.00 each) stands 8″ tall and is able to be sand-filled as to withstand the elements. However, [...]

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Last week we featured Julien Jaborska’s wildly popular bike tire belts, and now we’ve got another imaginative piece of hold-up-your-pants wear to share with you good people. Coming from a trio of fellow Brooklynites who work under the moniker ‘You and Me The Royal We,’ is this belt that’s made from wood. Well, technically the [...]

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Just in time for spring rooftop-party season, prolific NYC-born and -based designer Thomas Paul, who has a seriously impressive collection of home-decorative items, is set to release this series of aquatic-themed outdoor throw pillows. On second thought, the five piece set, which runs from $80.00-$120.00 bucks each, might be better suited for fancy soirees in [...]

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It’s unfortunate that traveling is inherently paired with the physical act of having to move from one place to another, especially when said place is far away and thus must be ventured to via airplanes and worse, the airport. Never has the possibility of teleporting been more attractive; someone needs to write to Obama and [...]

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I can proudly admit that my Inbox is empty–due to an OCD-level of reading, deleting and organizing rather than a lack of messages–71.4% of the time, so I suppose someone should buy me Nerd Merit Badge ($5.99) No. 2 for achieving such a feat. Collectively, we’ve also “Been Boinged” (NMB No. 4) and offered, begrudgingly, [...]

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Organize the mess of papers, bills, photos, concert tickets, matchbooks and condoms that populate your desk with this set of sleek and colorful Pantone Storage Tins ($24.00). Not to mention that after said stuff is inside the tins, which you’ve adorned with fancy, here’s what’s here, labels, you can use them for decoration.
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Made from “sustainably-harvested” cherry wood, designer David Weeks‘ latest series of Cubebots, which have just been made available for pre-order ($25.00-$390.00) in three different sizes, are like Transformers for Tree Huggers. The product comes packaged as an inconspicuous cube of Jenga-like pieces with slots, eventually allowing the finished product to hold a number of different, [...]

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Add a spot of decorative yet functional product art to your kitchen or dining room with these Totem Cups (set of four, $84.00) from Toronto-based designer, Rob Southcott, made for fellow Torontonians, producteurs imm Living. The stackable set is made from ceramic and stands 8.5″ tall.
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