Artful portraits capturing the personality of man’s best friend and other animals …

National Geographic-style exotic animals poised in their natural habitat these are not. Carli Davidson aims her lens at domesticated pets and zoo animals, capturing personalities rather than wild,

Fund an app that will bring the Twin Towers back to life…

The destruction of the World Trade Center towers was indisputably a massive loss for every American. For lifelong New Yorkers, however, something else was lost. The beauty that

The Twitter of drawing…

Tired of text-based social media updates? Change tactics and let your right brain take control with Doodle.ly, a new website and soon-to-be iPad and iPhone app that allows the user to create and share web drawings,

The better iPad solution for the classroom and beyond…

If you find yourself balancing your iPad on top of folders and notebooks, the BinderPad is for you. The latest from tablet case specialists ZooGue, the case fits neatly inside of

New guides from the anti-tourist travel site…
Only a few short months after its debut earlier this year, online travel hub Fathom has expanded its scope of original travel-related tales to include essential tips for planning trips to unfamiliar cities.

Unexpected missions and odd adventures in a new iPad pub with a clever user interface…

The brainchild of a creative group of friends in Berlin, Astronaut is an independent magazine designed specifically for the iPad. Intriguing editorials and clever interactivity

Three old Benz concepts that we wish saw the light of day…
As a recent guest at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, I fostered a new understanding and appreciation for the brand and its history. Inventors of the automobile, Daimler

Raymay Fujii’s genius portable scissor design…

A simple solution for making scissors more portable, the Pencut by Raymay Fujii creatively consolidates to a pen-like form. Just remove the cap and slide up the flexible plastic handles and you’re ready for

Comfy, casual alternatives to the boat shoe…
An update to the ubiquitous boat shoe, mocs combine slip-on appeal with a style nod to the original outdoorsmen. For options that lend laid-back looks without putting you in Phish fan territory, check

All-in-one gardening solution simplifies at-home growing…

From luxury chicken coops to high-tech wind turbines, the more accessible tools of today’s self-sustainability movement mean you can do things like raise fresh meat and harness affordable energy without going to extremes—providing you

Photojojo’s SLR Lens Adapter turns your iPhone 4 into the ultimate mobile photo machine…

It’s always intriguing to see what camera enhancing products the creative minds at Photojojo will come up with. Their latest, the iPhone SLR Mount, might seem

Brooklyn artist Justin Amrhein depicts mad scientist machines in his first solo show in San Francisco…

So intricately drawn they are seemingly plucked straight from the imagination of a mad scientist, artist Justin Amrhein’s works will give you a pretty

A behind the scenes video with Range Rover learning about the bridge between design and manufacturing…

When Range Rover asked me to be a City Shaper and help tell the world about their all-new Evoque one of my first requests

Tiny ink-inspired tapestries from a needlepoint ace…

Passing her needle through cloth instead of skin, Ontario-based artist Ursula Thompson creates tiny sewn canvases inspired by classic tattoo designs. The self-taught Canadian “Thread Wizard” hand embroiders bright red roses, ships, anchors

The next-generation PEN camera makes a huge leap forward…

As a long-time fan of Olympus’ PEN series of micro-four-thirds cameras, I was ecstatic to have a chance to spend the last week testing their brand new E-P3. The new shooter,

An alphabet book illustrated entirely with stones found washed up on the shore…

Ten years in the making, Leslie McGuirk’s latest children’s book, If Rocks Could Sing is now available. A simple A-is-for-apple approach to learning the alphabet is enhanced

Custom molded earphones deliver pro-level sound with up to six speakers per ear …
In the ongoing quest for the perfect earphones, I gladly accepted Ultimate Ears’ offer to try their custom program recently. The resulting UE18 earphones are by far

Jeans made to order from the most coveted denim in the world…
Founder of both Earnest Sewn and Paper Denim & Cloth, Scott Morrison’s commitment to the raw essence of denim extends down to the brand names of each new

Clean lines, premium materials and unlimited ways to organize your stuff in a new modern backpack …

I recently got my hands on with the new, pocket laden Boulder Pack from Lexdray and after a couple weeks of serious testing I