Gary Coles-Christensen

So I'm not a huge fan of floor coverings, but these rugs by Santa-Fe designer Gary Coles-Christensen are an exception. This week Gary launched Desi, a new brand with an online shop where you can browse and buy rugs online. Desi offers designs by Y Murata, Todd Scalise, Victoria Price, and Gary himself. The product showings are accompanied with personal descriptions from Gary along with his charming pen and ink drawings inspired by his trips to historical weaving capitals of the world like Turkey, Morocco, and India. Better yet, each Desi carpet carries the GoodWeave label, certifying that it was woven without the use of child labor.

Seriously??

I am all for new product development but this seems a little ridiculous...


This is a real device, sold exclusively in Japan and is priced at ¥19,950, or a whopping $231. It is intended to keep your watermelon cool while you transport it from the market to your home. While I do love cold melon, I'm going to have to say thanks, but no thanks.

BlinkBlink

Too cute! Loving this little pouch and lovely handmade notebooks,
available here.

Brilliant example of marketing:

Account executives Dave Kuta and Michael Girts paired up with a creative team to devise a gutsy alternative marketing plan daring LeBron James to come and play for the Chicago bulls. They sent him these shoes in conjunction with several other ploys daring him to live up to the legacy that sports icon Michael Jordan left in basketball history.



That's a pretty tough promotion to pass up. You can read the whole story here.

Hah!

Maybe sometimes innovation isn't always an upgrade! This was a device suggested in response to the new iPhone 4's problems with left-handed calling.

Tobias Wong

In memory of the late Tobias Wong, a tremendously influential designer and creative who passed away one month ago today. The New York Times posted an article this week outlining his career and accidental suicide.

New Stickers!

Orange text on clear vinyl. Removable and weatherproof! On sale here.

Loving these handmade necklaces by the lovely Emily Lowe. You can grab one, for sale in her Etsy shop.

Congratulations to Union Foundry's Aaron Panone of Aarn Wrks Dsn and Joshua Kampa of Open Bicycle on the release of their new gadget, the Rotafixer T0001-0A.

You can read a great review on it here.

I am fortunate enough to work in the same studios as these thinkers and I'm excited to see what they come up with next!