Author Archives: kenblaue

Sauerkids

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The days are few when I see work by designers that stop me in my tracks. Sauerkids is one (actually two) of those designers. Yes, they’re based…

Engrave Your Tech

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Engrave your tech is a company committed to customizing the world, or at least your electronic gadget world…

The medium is the service

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Marshall McLuhan just keeps on giving and giving. I was so moved by this sentence because it was exactly the phenomenon I’m seeing these days…

John Maeda and Reebok customs

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John Maeda, renown media artist, professor and theorist from MIT Medialab has teamed up with Reebok custom for a shoe. It’s a pretty shoe, a nice shoe…

Create a Converse

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Converse has gone custom, all the way. Customizing your Chucks are now a main part of what Converse has to offer from their website. IT’s pretty comprehensive…

Zeloot

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There is something about zeloots work that is very familiar, like a rock poster or 50’s US newspaper comic but then there is always something really bent going on…

Graffiti safe chair, the more the better

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Factum has a line of Chairs made of paper. Recycled paper, and what they did with these chairs is make them flexible. Or in other words create a platform chair. The Factum line of furniture…

SKWAK

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Skwak personifies the revenge of all the kids that drew their way through school. My first experience with Skwak’s work in persons with at the ADDICT Galerie Paris where…

Bordbar - Recycled airline chic

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Yes this time used airline trollies into chic home bar trollies. Who would have guessed? Well it’s actually a bit more than that…

Jeremyville

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Jeremyville a very obvious first choice, not just because of his talent and fame, but because he does what many designers avoid; business. Jeremyville is responsible for the beloved Sketchel bags and…