The “Nesting Desk” is a lovely workstation designed and manufactured by Brooklyn-based 4-pli design. Built from birch-colored plywood, the interlocking slots allow proper ventilation for a computer workstation while remaining, you know, all purty. It’ll cost you over four large if you choose to order, so it’s not for the pre-VC startup.
Still, it’s rare to [...]

Where to begin with this creepy and utterly useless piece in today’s New York Times about people who are rejected because they have strange apartments? Could it be the comedy “REJECTED” stamps photoshopped onto images of pathetic (but rich!) schlubs who occasionally don’t get laid because they have Lego in their apartments? (I’ll admit it, [...]

It bears mentioning right off the bat that the furniture being saluted here is marketed for kids and teens. It’s arguably rather juvenile and ridiculous for me to be so attracted to this stuff. Nevertheless, wow, do I want this stuff.
Being a lesser mammal, I am prone to being easily distracted by anything shiny that [...]

These color-changing tiles from Moving Color are interesting. Put them in the shower to discover exactly where the bacteria flourishes best.
There are apparently different types of tiles with the same effect, all of which sound if they’re built for-and-by hippies, from “Tye-Dye,” “Living Art,” and “Northern Lights.”
A four-inch square tile ranges from $25 to $200 [...]

Repurposing equipment for use in a new context is the maker way and one we can certainly tip our hubcap hats at. This San Francisco couple used a semi-truck foot step as a soap dish in their shower. How many majestic semi-trucks have to die before we stop these soulless trophy hunters?
What other automotive or [...]

I knew my friend Nick London was a talented artist—we used to live next door to each other and he’d show me his giant, cast bull heads and schools of metal fishes—but when he told me he was building chandeliers, I had no idea they’d be this gorgeous. I asked him to tell me what [...]

What with everyone and their mother having been into the tattoo market for some time now, and tat shows being on every other crappy cable channel, I thought we might as well indoctrinate our own regular segment on the matter. Because, let’s face it, for every wicked and bitchin’ tattoo riding someone’s skin, there have [...]

“I Like Totally Love It” is a new Digg-like ranking site that is oriented towards ranking products as opposed to news. It’s not an entirely new idea—Wists does something similar, albeit in a more del.icio.us than diggy way—but there seems to be a fair amount of thought that’s been put into the service, with discussion [...]

It seems that California may attempt to outlaw incandescent light bulbs with the twee “How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb [sic] Act?” (Seriously, that’s the name.)
There is some debate about whether this should be the sort of thing a government should legislate, but putting that aside, using less energy is an [...]

I am intrigued by “Muji,” a new retail store opening up in two locations in New York soon. It apparently specializes in “no-logo products,” designed to be cheap and classy. Considering how much I like Ikea—it ain’t perfect, but it’s great at “affordable” (if not “sturdy”)—I will definitely be trotting out to Manhattan to check [...]

I use urinals as much as the next guy—although what is he trying to shake off over there, herpes?—but I’m a bit baffled at why they might be the next big thing in home bathroom design (according to the Times, that is.)
The new urinals bear little resemblance to the grungy fixtures you might see littered [...]

The only reason anyone would call Top Chef a guilty pleasure is because it’s on Bravo, the network for big homos. [Clarification: Which is to say that anyone calling it a "guily pleasure" is an idiot.] Top Chef is one of my favorite programs, pitting talented people against each other in their chosen profession, a [...]