Sconce upon a time
Founder Marc Knight’s days don’t just begin and end with a building, despite the fact that he helms a successful construction company in Austin. But one look at Machine Shop Lighting Co. and you might see why. Born from a dissatisfaction for available lighting choices on his building projects combined with a passion for industrial [...]
Light Reading
When it comes to home design, — it doesn’t get any cooler than having your own secret passage way. If you can’t have the real thing, though, designer Ben Light’s (that’s seriously his last name) Secret Passageway Switch ($50) is definitely the next best alternative. This clever hack is designed to work with most book/lamp [...]
Fly by design
The airplane stands in the pantheon of man’s most amazing engineering feats. So it seems fitting that the folks at Plane Pieces Inc. have developed a knack for recycling classic plane parts into stunning accents for the home. Thanks to relationships with prop manufacturers, repair shops, and designers — they collect and polish vintage parts [...]
Time Tube
Nixie Tub Clock ($245) from Etsy maker Cold War Creations is a stunning display for checking the time and temp. It’s elegant cylindrical glass case mirrors the shape of its internal Soviet IN-14 Nixie display tubes, while downplaying the presence of the modern circuit boards which make them work, and ironically boast more computing power [...]
Big Tame Hunting
Nood’s wooden hunting trophies ($60) are the perfect wry interior accessory for karma-conscious men. Made from laser-cut, slotted wood, each head is easy to assemble and light enough to hang anywhere. There’s also an entire preserves worth of species to choose from, including stags, rhinos, moose, lions, and bears — oh my! Of course, if [...]
Limited Edition Legends
The folks over at Sonic Editions have teamed up with our friend, and master photo hunter (we’re not talking bar games people) The Impossible Cool to produce a series of stunning prints covering ten of the greatest icons of all time (think Ali, Connery, McQueen, Newman, Hepburn, etc). Each image in the series is limited [...]
Closest thing to a digital bouncer
Add security and peace of mind to your home with the Brinno Digital PeepHole Viewer ($90). Its 2¼”x1½” LCD screen provides a clear picture of whose knocking, even compensating for the fish-eye view and there’s also a button for zooming in should your visitor (or date) require a closer inspection. The panel can be installed [...]
One man's trash is another man's art
In his much-lauded series, Disassembly, photographer Todd McLellan photographs discarded items and turns them into stunning works of art. The series has been gawked at/over throughout the interwebs, but our hands down favorite is Old Typewriter — blame it on our fondness of the written word. Here, an old Smith-Corona typewriter has been painstakingly disassembled, [...]
Fire and Nice
The season for fire building is something we’re all trying to forget now, but planning ahead never hurts. This striking wall installation is actually composed of a free-standing steel structure that can contain either a gas or wood burning fire pit on the left hand side. A 37-inch Lowe LCD sits encased in an insulated [...]
Shown actual size... maybe
The phrase “mighty Redwood” does not pertain to the Dawn Redwoods ($50) found in this kit. Instead, these Gary Coleman-sized plants are ancestors of the giant Cali variety and were assumed to be extinct until one was discovered in a Chinese rice field in the 1940s. As one of only two known deciduous conifers (think [...]
Wall-V
When we first heard that our favorite vintage-soccer shirt brand Bumpy Pitch was getting into the home decor game, we couldn’t help but anticipate what they had in store. Now that we’ve feasted our eyes upon them we can’t help but clamor for even more. The brand, labeled Flying Junction, offers 20th century inspired subway [...]
Make it rain on your mail
In the midst of this jobless recovery, quirky product maker the.’s literal interpretation of Financial Padding Package Cushioning ($15) takes the cake for satirical wit. Not only will it make your care packages standout — if not thrill recipients for one fleeting moment, but it’s also much more environmentally friendly compared to foam peanuts. That’s [...]
A Taste of What That Other 71% Looks Like
The fact that we’ll never be able to check in with Foursquare on any point on this map, or post “I’ve been there” on Facebook, doesn’t detract at all from this accurate illustration of the ocean floor in our book. In fact, that’s half the reason we love it. Sure, it lacks the technical wizardry [...]
Fine Design
The work of Wall & Decò has nothing in common with the stuff you see on a typical Home Depot weekend. Yes, they technically make wallpaper, but they aren’t in the business of creating drab monothematic patterns. Instead, the firm is focused on balancing elements of photographic realism and graphic design to create wall-sized works [...]
Let there be efficient light
As captivated as we are with Ferrowatt bulbs, they aren’t exactly renown for their output and efficient lighting capabilities. The Plumen 001 lightbulb ($32) sheds illumination on a solution by literally unwinding the efficient (yet not entirely design-friendly) coiled low-energy compact flourescent bulbs. The Plumen can be installed in any standard socket or lamp, but [...]
