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The Next Level of Urban Style

The Next Level of Urban Style

LA-based Crooks & Castles merges streetwear and high fashion to create a signature look that represents the lifestyle of its fans. We asked design director Emil Soriano about the company’s backstory, celebrity endorsers and what’s to come. …

Deglon Meeting Knife Set

Deglon Meeting Knife Set

Can’t cook? Look good trying with the clever-est knife set we’ve seen in a while. From Belgian industrial designer Mia Schmallenbach, Deglon’s nested stainless steel knives are more sculpture than …

Sexiest Exercise Bike Ever

Sexiest Exercise Bike Ever

The Ciclotte stationary bicycle reimagines (we thought, at first, needlessly) the design of the classic exercise bike. It’s no mistake that this machine looks like a piece of art, though. It actually …

iTree Log-Sized iPod Dock

iTree Log-Sized iPod Dock

The iTree is a great idea because it gets back at that earthy tonality built into our DNA. We might be using an iPod instead of a stick, but each of …

Rare 1965 Shelby Prototype Auction

Rare 1965 Shelby Prototype Auction

The prototype for the 1966 Shelby Mustang – the year before the one Nic Cage drove in Gone in 60 Seconds – is on the auction block in Monterey, CA …

Carbon Fiber Longboard

Carbon Fiber Longboard

Take the soul of longboarding – the cement carving earth surfing made famous in Dogtown – and bring it into 2010. Designer Louis Bradier has taken a basic design of the …

Boeing 747 Home Bar

Boeing 747 Home Bar

This home bar is crafted from an authentic, once-used cowling (the outside part of the engine) from a Pratt & Whitney engine housing used on the Boeing 747. Moto Art …

Mind Boggling New Bike Design

Mind Boggling New Bike Design

At the Institute of Design in Lahti, Finland, Olli Erkkila forged a whole new way of looking at bicycle design: without a front fork. Technically, it does have a front fork, …

Emotional Surfboards

Emotional Surfboards

Thomas Meyerhoffer has taken the math out of designing surfboards, and decided to go straight from the heart and balls – just the way one should surf.  He has dared …

The Viscous Hawk 3-Wheeler

The Viscous Hawk 3-Wheeler

The Hawk 3-wheeled concept car from Kiwi designer Alex Hodge (only 22 years old) isn’t going to be hitting the production line anytime soon.  Which is too bad because not …