Category Archives: Design

Redecorating…and the joys of WordPress

I have just upgraded to WordPress 2.3 which was made literally as simple as clicking a button by my fine hosts, dreamhost. Most everything seems to have gone smoothly, but you may notice that a few bits and bobs have … Continue reading

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undesign the new design trend?

Is undesign the new design trend? Folks such as Garret Dimon and Tom Coates have redesigned their blogs to be über-minimal, leaving me feeling somewhat overdressed, so to speak. It’s not entirely accurate to say that they are ‘undesigned’ since … Continue reading

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BikeTree

BikeTree  is a brilliantly elegant, green solution to secure bike storage in urban cores. Simply swipe your smart card, insert your bike into the slot at the foot of the BikeTree and go ‘ooh!’ as it glides up the trunk … Continue reading

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Biomega Bikes

The Biomega website has relaunched and now features some new bikes, including the ultra-fat tired Brooklyn BMX. I still want the Copenhagen, however. Shaft drive, 7-speed SRAM internal hub gearing, disc brakes, removeable pedals, very very beautiful. I test-rode an … Continue reading

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Mouse Rugs

Mouse Rugs are great. No, really, they are. We will be selling them at Firebox soon enough, but I have been enjoying my Tibetan Tiger for several weeks and it is definitely the best mousing surface I have encountered. If … Continue reading

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Brilliant (The Bag is the Thing)

Yesterday afternoon I went the see the Brilliant exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, which certainly lives up to its name. I was quite entranced by the beauty, ingenuity and intelligence of the designs on display. The recent development … Continue reading

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Black + Blum

So, after going home to search for said ring, to no avail, I took the afternoon off and went to Oxo Tower to do some Christmas Shopping and research. I dropped in on Black + Blum, who make some rather … Continue reading

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