Eagle Tattoos Meaning The main reason the eagle tattoo is a popular design is because of its great meaning. It actually was one of the first tattoos done on people, before they even were called tattoos. Depending on what you want the tatt to signify, it can mean a variety of different things. For example, many people associate the eagle [...]

Transparent Nokia Phone Features a Touchscreen, Looks Great Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it.We’ve seen quite a bunch of transparent phone designs lately, but none of them had the Nokia brand on. Luckily, designer Juan Carlos Garzon created one such Nokia concept, with a touchscreen interface and a transparent display. [...]

Keep That Baby Swaddled So you’ve got a new baby, right? What are you going to do?! I don’t know! You might be in trouble! But you’ve got to buckle down. You’re a parent now. You’d better put that child in a buggy. You’d better put that baby in the ‘Smart Baby Case.’ It’s kind of like a Matrix robot [...]

Have you ever strolled past a statue or sculpture and wondered what its story was? If so, you’ve gotten the point: Whether it’s intended to be serious or quirky, every installation has a tale to tell—some are even meant to comment on, commemorate or respect something or someone in a way that words cannot. Below, some of the most interesting [...]

Stinky Shoe Award: Worst Odor in a Pair of Sneakers The “Sneaker Contest” began in 1975 as a way to help a local sporting goods store sell shoes, and grew into a national event in 1988, when Odor-Eaters assumed sponsorship of the event. Now it has fermented into the ultimate test of just how offensive sneakers belonging to children between [...]

Studio 53 Cubicle Concept In 2006, Steelcase created a number of conceptual cubicles that were displayed at the company’s Chicago showroom during NeoCon, an annual furniture industry trade show. This design, called Studio 53—the name is a reference to the 1970s Manhattan disco, Studio 54—was such a hit with visitors that some companies asked to purchase it as it was. [...]

Japanese Morning-Banana Diet You have to be early to get a banana these days in Tokyo. Such is the appeal of a new banana diet craze sweeping Japan that importers can no longer satisfy demand for the previously unfashionable staple. Many Japanese have decided the best method is that advocated by Hitoshi Watanabe, 31, a salary man who ballooned after [...]

One recent comment to this blog asked how I decide what to buy at a fair like Paris Photo or indeed anywhere. The easy answer and the one that I usually give new collectors is to wait until you see a piece that you feel you can’t live without. If you walked away and someone else got it, it would [...]