I received some catalogs in the mail this week showing off some products for this holiday season. I sometimes look through these just to see what’s new and maybe get some ideas for new products or stuff to modify. One catalog that caught my eye was Solutions. You can see all there stuff at Solutions.com. …
Category Archive: Design
Steampunk Lamp – Collaps – IKEA hacker style – only $65US
Sometime ago I stumbled upon this cool looking lamp at the Ikeahacker blog site. This steampunk style adjustable lamp is made by Belgium artist Pascal using a Frack IKEA mirror and a car headlight. It can be used as a ceiling or wall fixture and is fully adjustable in length. Unlike most other cool …
Design for Survival discussion at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum
I attended yet another event at the Cooper-Hewitt tonight. This time it was a panel discussion with 4 educators regarding “Design For The Other 90%”. That is the name of an exhibit that was showing in the garden of the museum for a few months and is about to move out this Sunday Sep 23rd, …
Provoking Magic: A Conversation with Ingo Maurer at the Cooper Hewitt Museum
I was fortunate enough to attend this interview by Kim Hastreiter, Editor of Paper magazine, held at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum tonight. I missed the first 15 minutes of the interview but the rest was well worth the $10 admission fee (member discount). I am going to paraphrase some highlights from the interview and include some …


