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Stylish, Comfy and Unique! These are the three keywords that best describe Milan’s Your Own Universe‘s Autumn/Winter 2014 shoes collection. YOU’s commitment to unique, one-of-a-kind styling and craftsmanship parallels their commitment to sustainability. These 100% handmade shoes are created from rough leather blended with bold tribal patters and sturdy sole made from recycled rubber, especially designed for the rough [...]

Only4fashionistas is a Montreal-based brand that was officially launched in November 2012 by Senegalese-born Ndeye Mbaye. She was inspired by the revolution happening in the fashion industry with the African fabric, be it Ankara, Kente, Wax or Chitenge.  With this trend going stronger and stronger by the day, Ndeye seized this great opportunity to blend her [...]

While recycling has become an integral part in the lives of urban dwellers, there is still an absence of recycling organic waste in bigger cities. This might sound like an ‘obsessiveness towards recycling’, but designer Matthew Waldman of Nooka decided to go an extra mile to make a difference. He saved up his used ground coffee [...]

Form meets function: Clip Bag by designer Peter Bristol Designed by Seattle based designer Peter Bristol, the Clip Bag is an ironic and playful office bag created from the over sizing of an ordinary black office paper-clip. The bag is constructed from simple materials like wool felt and aluminium tubing. The interesting part about Bristol’s work is his [...]

iPhone Mashup Shoe by designer Alan Nguyen Designed by Alan Nguyen, the iPhone Mashup Shoe is an attempt to combine art, fashion and product design with 3D printing technology. This pair of 3D printed platform heels comes with a holster on the side to hold an iPhone. The design was commissioned by Dutch 3D printing house, [...]

Fusion is a set of handmade wooden kitchen knives designed by Italian designer Andrea Ponti. It’s an amalgamation of the east and the west, an amalgamation of industrial design and fine craftsmanship. Two cultures and two design languages usually far apart from one another blend  in the common language of design and tell the story of [...]

Created by Kurt Rampton and BOLTgroup, GIGS.2.GO is a disposable credit card sized pack of USB flash drives, with ‘Tear and Share’ technology. Made from 100% post-consumer molded paper pulp, this inexpensive, data pack is a fast, easy way to share large files. Each drive comes with a 1 GB storage capacity which is sufficient enough to [...]

You’ve seen them in metal, you’ve seen then in plastic, you’ve even seen them in wood….But, ever seen them in stone? Portland based  Shwood Eyewear, who have been known for their handcrafted wooden frames have now developed an amazing collection of frames using millimeter-thick slices of genuine slate incorporated with premium birch wood. The ‘Stone [...]

Designed by Paolo De Giusti, XXXVI DG concept bike is a no nonsense, sleek bike with no folding mechanism, no gadgets, no electric battery and no gears.  It is just a conventional bicycle with two wheels, pedals, brakes and a seat. But, what really separates it from the rest of the bike designs, is the [...]

Creators of state of the art digital music products, Misa Digital Instruments have developed a digital guitar for the tech savvy amateur musicians. The Kitara guitar is an electric guitar with a futuristic design that is equipped with a touch screen instead of the strings and the buttons on the handle. The guitar has some [...]