Measuring 4m X 3m and weighing 1000 kilograms, Japanese photographer Hitomi Toyama’s “Women of Vietnam” has secured a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest photo album. The photojournalistic album, which takes two people to turn a page, features 53 full-color photographs taken by Toyama. READ MORE >
It’s hard to be a designer and not be a fan of Japanese package design. Few countries bring so much creativity and cheer to so much clutter. Now, Japanese design firm, D-barcode, adds another entry to the universal “Damn, Wish I Would Have Thought of That” list with their fantastically READ MORE >
There are some great ideas coming out of the “green” movement. Here’s another. A built-in solar panel charges during the day, then powers 24 LEDs that turn on automatically at dusk and last up to 8 hours. No wiring. No energy costs. Total no-brainer. Now if they can only make READ MORE >
Like most trendy items, this USB-powered cube serves no practical purpose at all – but it sure is fun! Which means we’ll probably get one. Just plug it into a USB port and the microphone in its base picks up any sound in the room making the LED mouth move READ MORE >
Ok, this is sooooo immature, sophomoric, and below the industry-accepted standards for cool, intelligent trend, but we don’t care. It’s damn funny. Toilet paper you can’t tear no matter how hard you try. It’s the kind of TP that would have made The Great Cornholio’s head explode.
Here’s a white-hot idea. Or should we say red, purple or green hot? (Thank you, thank you. Please tip your waitress.) These oil lamps from Liquide use a combination of salts and metals to create real flames in red, purple or green. It’s a terrific conversation piece and a neat READ MORE >
Scott Adams approached IDEO to create Dilbert’s Ultimate Cubicle, an attempt to address the myriad issues connected with partition-based offices. The result is a modular cubicle that allows each worker to select the components and create a space based on his or her tastes and lifestyle. It starts with a READ MORE >
Here’s an idea that will still be good no matter how old it gets. The DaysAgo Digital Day Counter is the first and only digital day counter that attaches to a variety of surfaces with a magnetic or suction backing and counts up to 99 days. It’s a simple gadget READ MORE >
Robert B. Reich’s fascinating book Supercapitalism, pulls together a number of themes into a coherent, and depressing, whole. He argues that the marketplace is far more competitive than it once was, as a result of which corporations constantly try to offer the best product they can at the lowest possible READ MORE >
Available on the MoMA Store site, these four color-coded polypropylene chopping boards are designed to avoid cross-contamination of various food types: red/raw meat, white/cooked foods, blue/fish, green/vegetables. The dishwasher safe boards are stored in an ABS plastic horizontal filing unit with a non-slip rubber bottom. Very, very cool.