Iconoculture: South Bronx furniture manufacturing and design company Caoba Colección de Muebles creates high-end furnishings with a Latino flair. Run by two Dominican brothers passionate about interior design and la cultura, the company creates coffee tables, chairs, lamps, sofas, dressers and ottomans priced from $700 to $1,400. All pieces have Latino names derived from the brothers’ relatives, friends and others: […]

Yenra: Traditional elegant white bridal dress for mother-to-be makes pregnant bride feel beautiful on her special day. Women today are living their lives on their own terms. A Pea in the Pod, Mimi Maternity and Motherhood Maternity celebrate mothers-to-be at every stage, offering stunning wedding gowns for pregnant brides. Maternity Wedding Gown [Yenra]

Gizmag: Digital imaging offers the ability to create fantastic images and use them in new ways by creating spaces to transform perceptions and indeed create whole new environments. We now have the ability to put any image on a wall (via digitally printed wallpaper), curtains, ceilings and now to have digitally imaged carpet created, giving us complete artistic control of […]

DailyCandy: The big, bad world can be a very scary place. And sometimes we feel defenseless against things like war, disease, and people who wear socks with sandals. Horrific images, all. Thankfully, there are coping mechanisms: little blue pills, champagne cocktails, and Rebecca Turbow’s Safe clothes. Turbow’s playful collection of durable dresses, shorts, skirts, and tops are designed to protect […]

we make money not art: Some men avoid going to the public toilets due to the smelly atmosphere and, unable to find a wildlife tree, they go for street corners or the facade of your favourite bar. So Joa Herrenknecht has designed the Pee-tree urinal for public spaces. His bright ceramic white colour is a strong signal that can be […]

canyoncourier.com: Whether you’re a child of the West, or the West Coast, you’ll feel right at home at Rock’n U Ranch, a new boutique in downtown Evergreen offering distinctive apparel to suit tastes from Manitou Springs to Malibu. “It’s L.A. style,” says owner Lisa O’Farrell. “Fun and funky.” It’s a lot more than that, though. Located on Main Street’s north […]

Strategiy.com: This Season, shoppers in Dubai will be able to see and buy Shahmina shawls from stores of Pride Of Kashmir across Dubai. Shahmina is a variety of the finest Pashmina, with a very fine, 350- micron fiber. This new range is intended to replace the shahtoush; the finer than fine wool, which is banned because the goat that produces […]

Far Out Art: Check out Far Out Art’s website! They search the world over, visiting art fairs, galleries, local craft exhibits looking for the highest-quality, coolest furniture and home furnishings available… all artist-designed, all very unique and all available for you to take home and outfit your home to your own personal tastes. They’ve got furnishings like beds, shelves and […]

DEXIGNER: LaCie kicks off 2006 with 6 new storage products designed to help people easily manage their digital lives. Fresh new LaCie solutions for 2006 are Lacie Little Big Disc, Lacie Rugged Hard Drive, kwarim, LaCie Two Big, LaCie mini Hard Drive & Hub and LaCie Slim DVD+/-RW. LaCie has again teamed up with world-renowned designers including Neil Poulton and […]

Springwise: There isn’t a single industry that’s immune to innovation. Taking this very literally is German Single Tapete (‘singles wallpaper’), which sells photographic wallpaper, featuring photos of whoever/whatever. Customers upload an image via the company’s website, which is then processed and produced as numbered rolls of removable and reusable wallpaper. The company also offers a choice of patterns and even […]