June 2012
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Filed Under: Coach Catch
With their latest collection, Coach has fashionistas singing, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game!” with newfound joy. For the ultimate in American heritage, Coach scouted out vintage baseball mitts—only those over 70 years old– to use for beautifully worn-in leather wallets in their new Heritage Baseball Collection. The men’s collection was inspired by Coach’s founder’s love of baseball and the...
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Filed Under: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
Terrified of Toddlers in Tiaras? Look away, my friend. TLC is launching a spinoff show of one of TNT’s most infamous little ladies, Alana Thompson, the scene-stealing, belly-jiggling, special-juice-drinking, pint-sized crazy person. Entitled, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, the six-episode show will feature meme-favorite Honey Boo Boo herself, spouting ridiculous one-liners and showing the world...
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Filed Under: Stylus, Stylus Everywhere
We’re seeing lots happening with the return of the stylus, ever since the Samsung Galaxy Note made it’s appearance. iPad apps galore encourage the use of styluses, and even paintbrushes galore. The above is Cipher, a credit card sized stylus is from Quirky Labs meant to be easy to grip and transport.
Our only question is…can we just use a credit card?
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Filed Under: ModCloth's Crowdsourced Frocks
We didn’t really need another reason to love ModCloth’s eclectic collection of clothes and accessories, but they’ve given us one anyway: their “Make the Cut” Customer Collaboration Collection. This week, the San Francisco-based online retailer launched a private label comprised mostly of user-submitted designs available for purchase.
After a call for design...
May 2012
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Filed Under: Instead
New app Instead- now in beta- was designed to help non-profits who are looking for a tech-forward way to get their message out and raise funds. Rather than create individual apps for each non-profit that asked them for help, software studio Ovenbits decided to make one app to help them all through mass micro-donations and shifting behavior. Instead works by asking you to live slightly below (or...
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Filed Under: Wash Your Bill
Say you just finished a delicious meal out and were given the chance to make the bill disappear just by doing a simple chore. Would you do it? Scotch-Brite gave diners just this choice by teaming up with a local São Paulo restaurant in order to introduce their brand to younger consumers in Brazil. By offering these young diners a free meal just for washing their dishes, the brand was able to get...
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Filed Under: iPad Beer
Magician/artist Simon Pierro found a way to make the iPad WAY better at the famous Hofbraeuhaus in Germany. Wow.
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Filed Under: Appy Couple
Here come the tech-savvy brides! The wave of Gen Ys getting married in the last few years have made the traditional (and stressful) party planning process take a huge step into the digital age. Inspiration boards on Pinterest and Stylemepretty have become go-tos for young brides, and wedding invitation designs now come with corresponding wedding website templates. Enter Appy Couple, the next...
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Filed Under: K-Swiss X Jake Davis
To showcase tradition and classic style, K-Swiss has teamed up with director Jake Davis for a short film series concentrating on classic individuals who are passionate about what they do. The series started in Japan and profiled a renowned barista, DJ/record shop owner, the public relations director of Bedwin, and the owner of Globe Specs boutique. Each of the subjects discusses style, their...
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Filed Under: Mold- It's What's for Dinner
Culinary pioneer David Chang, owner of taste-making restaurant group Momofuku, is expanding his fusion empire to include a unique (to say the least) offering—bacteria and mold. Yum!
Chang has teamed up with Harvard microbiologist Rachel Dutton to create a tasting menu incorporating rare strains of bacteria and mold into his sometimes bizarre, always delicious dishes. Momofuku’s...
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Filed Under: Yo, You Should Dump That Asshole
The next time a friend asks for advice on whether to continue dating a terrible person, we have the perfect link for you to send her in response. From the people who brought the internet the ever-popular “Yo, Is This Racist?” comes the latest single-serving Tumblr craze, this time full of brutally honest relationship advice. Yo, Should I Dump This Asshole? accepts anonymous questions to help...
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Filed Under: Design Finds
Etsy shop AutumnWorkshop has done the impossible- convinced us that the terrarium design trend is NOT on its last legs. Their terrarium floor lamp is cool, innovative, and we want it in our living room AND our office.
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Filed Under: Never Seconds
We remember our school lunches as terrifying culinary adventures, and it seems the problem of public school meals is a timeless and global problem. 9-year-old Martha Payne lives in Scotland, and the sorry state of her school lunches inspired her to take action. At the end of April, she began photographing and reviewing her daily school meals on NeverSeconds, a blog she created with her dad to...
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Filed Under: Syfy x DJ Spooky's Imagine Greater
Syfy’s new tagline “Let’s imagine greater” has morphed itself into a collaboration with Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky. For the campaign, the DJ creates “acoustic portraits” inspired by the geometry of nature in Antartica, to compare this “data record” with later records as climate change continues to reshape the arctic shelf. Spooky feels that this...
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Filed Under: Green Product Placement
Though we all know that product placement is a part of marketing and entertainment, sometimes we wish that it wasn’t just those big soda, fast food and booze brands starring in our favorite films and TV shows. Green Product Placement is looking to use their product placement background to get more green alternatives on the big and small screen. The firm works with film and television studios...
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Filed Under: Louis Vuitton's 100 Legendary Trunks...
Louis Vuitton’s new 100 Legendary Trunks app is a perfect example of a luxury brand doing it right; incorporating their history and heritage into a modern interface, while giving Ys a taste of the Louis Vuitton archive. Well it’s, almost perfect—the iPad app costs a whopping $19 (making it the single cheapest item sold by Louis Vuitton)! We would love to see more brands...
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Filed Under: Ask a Grown Man
Want some personalized advice from Don Draper? Look no further. Rookie, teen fashion blogger star Tavi Gevinson’s online magazine for teenage girls, has already gained a reputation for producing unique and honest content. The site’s “Ask a Grown Man” series posts questions submitted by teenage girls to grown men like Paul Rudd, BJ Novak, and now, Jon Hamm, who tackles heavy questions like, “Do...
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Filed Under: Good Morning, It's Uniqlo
I hadn’t fully known that we had arrived at the future until the Japanese maker of my blue jeans woke me up on my iPhone with an app that featured music by a grammy nominee that alternated based on the day’s weather forecast. But here we are.
Uniqlo’s Wake Up app is surprisingly wonderful to use, with a gentle voice waking you up (accompanied by a piano crescendo) telling you...
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Filed Under: Kiddie Rave
Vice’s new music YouTube channel Noisey has a new segment call “You Review” and this is the best one yet. Noisey filled a UK night club with little kids and had them review Grammy winning DJ Skrillex’s track “Bangarang.” Dub step reviewed by little kids needs to become a permeant fixture of the channel because their honesty and random quotes like, “The...
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Filed Under: Kitty Pryde's Okay Cupid
Sometimes these days you really can’t go by you’re first impressions on music; example: who liked Rebecca Black the first time we heard Friday? Or Lana del Rey? The same can be said for college girl-turned-Weird-rapper Kitty Pryde who may very well have come up with the lyrics to her viral hit Okay Cupid in class, on her note book. After the third listen, you can’t get the...
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Filed Under: Airbnb For Your Furry Friend
What was first an aspiring entrepreneur trying to make some extra cash is now the Airbnb for dogs. Of all of the presentations at this week’s LA Demo Day in Santa Monica, one of my favorites had to be the DogVacay pitch. The DogVacay platform connects dog owner with dog sitters, providing a variety of staycations for the pups. From town-homes in West LA to ranches in Malibu, DogVacay...
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Filed Under: Terra New York
On the rainiest of spring days you wonder if it wouldn’t be worse to just be in full on winter; mud, city streams, chilling breezes, etc. Particularly too if you are trudging around in full on Hunter rain boots which have nothing in common with your every day ballet flats, how’s a girl to put some femininity back into spring?
Terra New York has debuted as a line of active rain wear...
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Filed Under: Apocalypse-Proof Earbuds
In preparation for the end of the world/zombie takeover that has been trending in games and entertainment, we’re happy to have the BILLETS 9MM Earphones in our apocalypse kit. Not only do they come in a tactical carrying case, they are made from aircraft-grade aluminum and wire reinforced by Kevlar. And the sound quality should help drown out that anticipated zombie drone.
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Filed Under: Ford's TechShop
For someone who cherishes her subway pass, I am really a sucker for the automotive industry’s marketing campaigns these days. Chevrolet’s Then & Now centennial via crowdsourced photos? Chrysler’s Imported from Detroit? If they’ve convinced a twenty-something, subway-riding New Yorker that the essence of American freedom is in its ability to put the pedal to the metal,...
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Filed Under: Time to GUESS
GUESS’ original jeans kicked off a fashion legend 30 years ago—I’m not saying I was there for the debut, but any Gen Y has certainly been impacted by the legacy of GUESS’ iconic designs. For their 30th anniversary, GUESS is launching the One to Watch Global Blogger Search, an international open call for fashion-savvy content creators to become an official contributor to...
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Filed Under: Dig To China
I don’t know what it is with boys and digging holes in their parents’ yards, but it has to be something that is built into us. I know growing up my parents and the Chicago Water Company were not thrilled when one long summer I decided I would dig until I started hitting lava or China, but I hit Chicago sewers instead. Now kids won’t have to do the digging to find out where they...
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Filed Under: 1960's IBM Standard Issue Clock...
Every high school movie and music video I can think of at the moment features a panning in on this clock ticking away, second by second, until the thundering of the school bell (From Ferris Bueller to Hit Me Baby One More Time to Pop, Lock and Drop It). And for a whopping $235 from Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co., you can have the iconic IBM standard issue school clock all to yourself, to...
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Filed Under: Give a Gift with Meaning from...
Although you may think that the recipient of your gift understands the deeper meaning behind those coasters, sometimes a little extra explanation can make all the difference in showing your support. For those of us lacking a poetic sense or crafty skills, Hawthorne & Wren is the answer to your present-prayers. Not only are the gifts themselves timeless and beautifully wrapped, but each comes...
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Filed Under: Dove Ad Makeover
It’s impossible to browse Facebook without being bombarded by self-improvement ads—Bigger breasts! Smaller waistline! No more cellulite! As a counterpoint to these negative self-image ads, Dove has released the Ad Makeover Facebook app that allows users in Australia to “hack” Facebook and replace negative ads with self-esteem boosting messages, such as, “Your birthday suit suits you.” This...
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Filed Under: I Can Vote Cheezburger
Crowd-sourcing is nothing new to Gen Ys, but as a clear sign to their strength McDonald’s new crowd-sourced burger in Germany was the most popular promotional burger ever. The Pretzelnator will only be served in Germany but the campaign was so successful that it will be replicated in the Netherlands, Spain and Austria. How long will America have to wait?!?
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Filed Under: Tween Hobo
She may only be twelve, but she’s “a hard twelve,” as Tween Hobo’s Twitter profile proclaims. This quirky character isn’t just a joke, though. Tween Hobo’s creator, Brooklyn-based playwright Alena Smith, aims to reflect on the profound changes in our culture driven by technological development and how young teens interact with it. The sassy @tweenhobo is a reflection of the digital-native tween...
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Filed Under: i can finally keep my kids off my...
If my daughter sends one more errant email to a client or leaves Fruit Ninja running and draining the battery on my iPhone one more time I will cry! Well, enter the BubCap. This clever little contraption goes over your home button and child-proofs your smartphone and tablet computers. Though it’s easy for an adult to press it’s a little trickier for a kid. So you can let them play...
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Filed Under: Stop, Drop, and Shock
June can’t come quickly enough to save our iPhone. Call us clumsy but if we crack one more screen we’ll, well, CRACK! So come June we’re getting our Shock on. The G-Glass series is a self-adhesive screen protector that can withstand 10x the pressure of a regular screen protector while still allowing full touch screen capabilities. Available for the front and back of your...
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Filed Under: The Greatest Generation or the Most... →
The Atlantic recently published an essay by Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me, that contradicts much of what is thought to be common knowledge about the Millennial generation. The idea of the “green”, eco-friendly and socially conscious young adult is replaced by one that is narcissistic and uncaring about the world around him or her, with an emphasis on “ME” rather...
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Filed Under: Lana Del Rey's Carmen
With over one million views on YouTube in six days, Lana Del Rey‘shaunting Carmen is a perfect, ominous mix of the self reflection. Half Britney Spear’s Lucky and half Del Rey’s brand of self-destructive but-I-love-him theme, with low-fi cuts of images of Del Rey herself as she sings “lying to herself cuz her liquor’s top shelf” in Brooklyn and LA, keeping...
Filed Under: For Your Eyes Only
If there’s one thing we like less than bathing suit shopping, it’s glasses shopping. They’re too big, too small, too much color or not enough cool. After trying on several shades, we walk out unsatisfied. Shopping online didn’t work because you need to try them on! Well, DITTO is solving the problem by letting you create a virtual you, a 3D image of yourself. They have...
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Filed Under: Staying Cool
Do you REALLY need another water bottle? Turns out you do! S’well water bottles are designed to keep drinks cold (up to 24 hours) or hot (12 hours) ! Plus Swell is Eco-friendly and socially responsible, donating 10% of its sales to creates programs to improve access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation through the WaterAid organization.
Whether you’re sipping water or...
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Filed Under: I Cried
Project Good Cry gives us the crying-while-watching-a-really-inspiring-youtube-video validation we’ve all been waiting for, with their new “I Cried” button. All you have to do is install the button, and Project Good Cry will keep track of who is crying after what, so that no one is crying alone. So for example, if you have Google Chrome, you can install the button, watch your...