$14-$60
For anyone too young to have a softspot in their hearts for Letraset, we
have nothing to say to you. For the die-hards, well, this
is the best we could do.
$17.99
Perfect for those lazy Sundays!
$19.99
From the shop: "Just for Kicks: A Documentary about sneakers, hip-hop & the
corporate game. Featuring DMC (Run DMC), Cold Crush Brothers, Bobbito Garcia,
Fabolous, Futura2000, Fab 5 Freddy, Scoop Jackson, Raekwon and many more!
$29.00
If you're a car-guy (and you know who you are), then a pencil sharpener probably makes sense for those blue pencil binges. Eschew the modern crapola; gotta go with the 'grain on this one.
$26 - $29
Revel in the glory of all-time-favorite lighting masterpieces...well almost. A 9-volt battery plus an Emulation Kit equals a tribute to some of your beloved lighting pieces for a tiny fraction of the cost. Choose from renditions of Lucellino by Ingo Maurer, Arco and Toio by Achille Castiglioni, and Tizio by Richard Sapper.
$19.99
Limited edition 4 CD box set from our favorite purveyors of trip-hop. Includes 14 never-before-released mixes of UNKLE material that will be sure to keep you krumpin' through the holidays.
29.99
Projectiles, with some learnin' along the way.
53.25 Euros (approx. $70.00)
Created by Swedish designer Anna Danielsson, and totally gorgeous.
$24.99
Terrariums are perfect for the gardenless urban dweller, and the Carnivorous Creations kit includes the obligatory Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher Plant, Sundew Plant, Cobra Plant, and Trumpet Plant. Bonus for those who are overly-urban: they all eat bugs!
$21.30
You've read
about this book, so now's your chance to buy
the damn thing. And everybody loves an instructional diagram, and everybody's
fascinated by airline safety cards from the last 50 years. Well, you will
be.
$30.00
The Bouroullec Bro's modular screenage elements really are as nice as you
think, so begin with a couple starter sets (6 for 30 bucks), and then build
build build. (You need 25 pieces to create 10 sq. feet.)
C77 KIT #2: Modelmaking Spray Kit
$35.45 total
Here we've assembled a surefire set for all your painting needs. Start with German
Fat Caps ($8 for 30 caps + free sticker!), add the $8.75 respirator (pick your size:
small,
medium, or
large), and then add wide-range
cartridges for $18.70. Good to go.
$9.95
Creative types can never have enough of these, of course, and we've been told that the Squared Reporter Notebook is the only way to go for designers.
$76.23
77 of our favorites for your listening pleasure.
$30
Nothing says "I love you" more than a pair of handcuffs? Well, this elegantly
intertwined handcuff lariat necklace says, at the very least, "you're mine
forever." You can get the matching earrings for Valentine's Day. If you're
still together.
$32.00
What all the cool folks are reading when they're
supposed to be reading
ArtForum. Just to have on your coffee table when company comes, it's worth the 32 bucks.
$39.95
Great for design research or just dicking around with some clay, iStopMotion is a super-affordable piece of software that works with your Mac and iSight camera to help you (effortlessly) make all manner of stop-motion movies. We made a stop-motion movie of someone reading this list, but that was dumber than it was dull. You can do better.
$39.99
The days of knowing how to read a dial-caliper are over, sadly, but these babies can convert English to metric on the fly, and will give you more significant figures than the latest (and lamest) lad magazine.
$38.00
A brand new film that fits the iconic, collectable SX-70, and with better chemistry.
Price: $10
Yesteryear we would've recommended a
straight-up banana phone, but this is good too. ('Course, you could go
this route. Piercing is extra $$$)
Price: $36
Melamine. And dishwasher safe. (Not microwavable.)
$35
We love this new tee from The Imaginary Foundation. The graphic on the back says "The power of the imagination makes us infinite." Indeed.
$6.00
Iconoclasps add something extra special to those pages that need holding together. Used as either sign language or popular hand signals, these clips sure beat the same old same old.
$46.00
Designed by Core editor Jeannie Choe and Steve Tomlinson of
the
DesignCan,
these laser-cut mirrors reflect with interaction. 8 versions available.
$45.00
Rather than carrying a computer satchel advertising its contents, why not use this sleeve inside your beloved backpack?
$45.00
If your YES poster is getting a bit dodgy at the edges (or if you're pulling
a Shawshank Redemption with it), might be time to trade up for Theodore
Gray's amazing number, which lays it all out with elemental pictures in all
their right spots. (There's a nice
flash
version of it on the web too.)
