Saint B MP3 player, holy tunes man


Saint B MP3 player

Want a flash-based MP3 player that not only let’s you jam your christian rock, but also show the world what religion you identify with? Then the Saint B MP3 player will be perfect for you. Only a prototype for now, this is most certainly a product I see being mass produced and selling quite well. A flash-memory based MP3 player in a chrome-plated steel frame, shaped like a cross, the Saint B also features an OLED display covered by a semi-transparent piece of plastic. Charging and login are done via USB and the overall size is 92x64x11mm. Star of David coming soon?

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October 27th in Design, Gadgets, MP3, Prototypes, Religion | | 5 comments
Hot turntables for hip kids


Rega Turntables

For those of us who still listen to the majority of our music on vinyl (or have transferred all our vinyl to MP3), we know the only turntables we can own are those made for hyper-active kids, usually with dreadlocks, who like to wave their hands in the air while standing still and scratching up their favorite records. But thankfully, the reign of the Technics SL1200 is slowly coming to an end. With the upsurge in vinyl sales and the aging indie-kid demographic, turntable design is once again focusing on aesthetics and visual design. Rega Research Limited, the grandfathers of turntable excellence, are creating some of the most beautifully crafted space age bachelor pad worthy turntables this side of mars. Their low profile and unique designs are belt-driven, featuring a high quality synchronous motor with ultra-low vibration and one of the most famous tone-arms in the world, the RB300. Vinyl that sounds great, while not sitting on a leftover piece of industrial equipment? Yes please.

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October 25th in Design, Music, Shopping | | 11 comments
Customizable dot matrix wrist cuffs for the fashionable nerd


Dot Matrix Cuffs

Looking for that fancy fashion accessory to impress your friends at the next LAN party? Look no further, Fractal Spin have created these deliciously nerdy (unfortunately) leather wrist cuffs with a 5 x 30 grid of punchable dots, creating the ultimate DIY fashion accessory of the World of Warcraft age. The dot matrix look allows you to punch out all the l33t phrases you can possibly think of, from “pnwed” to “zomg” right down to “000000″.

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October 23rd in Design, Fashion, Shopping | | 9 comments
77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno looks amazing


Brian Eno - 77 Million Paintings

Brian Eno has long been a pioneer in audio and visual arts. The father of ambient music, Eno’s career spans decades and his technical and artistic achievements are rivaled by very few. Eno’s recent project, “77 Million Paintings” is an experiment in digital art, featuring 3GB or actually, 77 million paintings, on one DVD. The project is full of brilliant pieces (many millions of them) of art and a generative soundtrack produced by the man himself. The generative soundtrack, which goes along well with the “ambient-Eno” many know and love, are random sounds collected and randomly played back throughout the slideshow, making the soundtrack completely unique with every viewing. “77 Million Paintings” is available now and limited to 10,000 copies, for both PC and MAC.

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October 20th in Art, Design, Music, Software | | 5 comments
Gallery of anti-alcohol posters from the Soviet propaganda era


Soviet poster art

Ah, the Soviets, you had such style, such grace, you just couldn’t get past that whole human nature thing. The Soviet propaganda era is a brilliant time in graphic design history, with some of the starkest style in visual design and some damn nice color combinations, who needs all this digital mess we have today? Not I! To remind us of this wonderful era’s visual output, we have great sites such as The Soviet Museum of Anti-Alcohol Posters, which is a gallery-site, featuring over 30 brilliant posts from (I’d say) the early to mid-20th century.

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October 15th in Art, Design, Gallery, Posters, Soviet | | 17 comments
Hand bags made from hardback novels


Purses made from hardback novels

Rebound Designs make some amazing crafty fashion for nerds and those they love. For Rebound’s amazing series of crafty purses, they take hardback editions of some of the greatest works in literary history and bring them back to life as elegant purses. Tea party fashion is definitely in and it’s only a matter of time before the celebrities swoop in and start ruining all the fun. Featuring selected purses from titles such as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Crime and Punishement, The Great Gatsby, Little Women and over 95 more, I couldn’t think of any greater gift for the book lover in your life (who would carry a purse).

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October 12th in Books, Crafts, Design, Fashion, Shopping | | 6 comments
Beautiful rotary home design


Rotory Home by Luigi Colani

A triumph of space-saving architectural design, the Rotor House by Luigi Colani is a low-footprint home with a 6 square meter cylinder containing a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. The cylinder rotates bringing whichever room you want into the main living room. There is a separate bathroom and everything within the house is controlled by remote. Space-age bachelor pad ahoy!

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October 12th in Architecture, Design, Home | | 5 comments
Fishloft – Give your goldfish a room with a view


Fishloft

A fish pond is an age-old secret for calming one’s nerves and getting a little peace and quiet when hanging out in your backyard. For those of you lucky enough to have one on your property, you know what I mean. For some, a fish pond is more than just a hobby, it’s an obsession. Having the cleanest water, the healthiest fish, and of course, the Fishloft. That’s right, fish want to have their room with a view also and that’s where the Fishloft comes in. The Fishloft is a simple kit, consisting of a large vertical-standing acrylic pipe (coated against UV) and a solid base for which it stands in the pond. When you’ve securely placed the Fishloft, you simply pump out the air, filling the tube with water and allowing your little goldfish the chance to swim on up and take a look around their little metropolis. Your little fishies never had it so good.

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October 8th in Design, Pets | | 7 comments
Command: Sit line of chairs, a must for any nerdy office


Command Sit chairs

Chalk another one up to the Japanese having the coolest nerdy gadgets on Earth at their fingertips. The “Command Sit” line of chairs are designed by US gone Japanese designer Ross McBride (Normal), who has been living in working as an independent designer in Tokyo since 1991. His command sit line of chairs come in computer beige or black and are available exclusively through Duende, the Japanese furniture and interior design products label. No price is given, which basically means half of us couldn’t afford them anyways.

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October 7th in Design, Gadgets, Japan | | 2 comments
Shhh – the Society for HandHeld Hushing


Shhh!

The brilliant designers over at Coudal Partners are involved in the creation of Shhh, the Society for HandHeld Hushing, a small society providing mannered individuals the tools needed to approach people having obnoxious and personal mobile phone conversations in public, informing them of the disturbance their discussion about their husband’s penis enlargement surgery is causing around them. Shhh provides a 3 page, downloadable kit of stylishly designed cards, which can then be filled out on the spot and dropped casually to the offending mobile yapper. Now we just need some translated versions, starting with German, so I could use these on my morning subway commute to and from the office.


Shhh greeting card

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October 7th in Design, Society, Technology | | 4 comments

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