Tags: avant guardian, candlestrip, Commentary, Conceptual, Creative, Design Glut, surface, Websites
Dow Jones Hanky
16″ x 16″
100% Linen
$28.00
It’s OK to cry! As long as you’re using a Dow Jones Hanky, that is. It’s here to catch all your recession tears. Embroidered with the graph of the Dow Jones from the past 5 years, 2004 to 2009. Want a hanky embroidered with YOUR stock portfolio? Custom pieces are also available.
Tags: Accessories, Buy, Commentary, Conceptual, Design, Design Glut, Dow Jones, Economics, Humor, Recession, Stock Market, Store
Smoking Gun
2″ long
Powdercoated brass
Allow 2 weeks for production
$140.00
What are you doing when you smoke? Killing yourself, of course. You might as well do it in style. Or perhaps this metaphor will make it easier to quit.
Tags: Accessories, Buy, Cigarette Holder, Conceptual, Design, Design Glut, Fashion, Gun, Smoking, Store
Black Crude
1″ pendant, 22″ chain
Powdercoated brass
Allow 2 weeks for production
$100.00
Oil touched the $100 mark on January 2nd, 2008. We produced 100 limited edition Crude Necklaces to commemorate the date. Each piece has a miniature oil barrel pendant, engraved with “$100″ and “1-2-2008.” Don’t miss out on owning this piece of history.
Tags: Accessories, Barrel, Buy, Commentary, Conceptual, Design, Design Glut, Economics, Fashion, Jewelery, Oil, Store
Crude Necklace
1″ pendant, 22″ chain
Powdercoated brass
Allow 2 weeks for production
$160.00
Oil is the new luxury. Crude Necklace is satirical bling. The Crude Jewelry collection is manufactured in monthly batches. Each piece has a miniature oil barrel pendant, engraved with the date it was made and the price of a barrel of oil on that day.
Tags: Accessories, Barrel, Buy, Commentary, Conceptual, Design, Design Glut, Economics, Fashion, Jewelry, Oil, Store
Stephanie and Bruce are an awesome duo who both teach and practice product design in Chicago. Their studio, Materious, is well-known for conceptual, discursive pieces that use products as a vehicle for getting messages to consumers.
What is your design philosophy, and what are you hoping to do with your work?
Bruce: We both teach, so [...]
Chrissy Conant is a New York-based artist who is not afraid to go into sensitive territory. In fact, she thrives there. Her goal is “to bring out thoughts that people might be normally a bit hesitant to reveal.” She provokes discussion on everything from reproduction to terrorism.
We love the Chrissy Homeland Security® series, and are [...]
Tags: Accessories, Art, Conceptual, Creative, Interview, Midtown, New York
Thwart Design’s sense of humor is amazing, both paying homage to and making fun of the design world in projects such as “Tools for Dying” (below). Rob Price, the founder, does awesome work across the board. In addition to interviewing him about what Thwart’s all about, we’ve added his Pork Chop piggy bank to our [...]
Tags: Accessories, Business, Conceptual, Creative, Design, Interview, New York, Pratt, Products
redstr/collective is the collective effort of Alex Valich and Christine Warren. A step ahead of most designers, rather than just talking about the things they don’t like in the world around them, they design responses. And their actions speak much, much louder than words. www.redstrcollective.com
I read your philosophy on your website, and it mentioned how [...]
Alissia is a hotshot designer from Holland who currently resides in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Her products are clever, witty, and have quite a bit of character. We went over to her studio to find out how she’s built her career as an independent designer. www.byamt.com
So how did you get the word out about your first product?
I [...]
Tags: Accessories, Brooklyn, Business, Conceptual, Creative, Design, Dutch, Eindhoven, Greenpoint, Interview, Jewelry, New York, Products, RISD
