iPhone

The big news from Apple today of course is the hotly-anticipated iPhone that combines a widescreen iPod, a GSM phone and internet connectivity into one device—Steve Jobs calls it, "a revolution of the first order." With over 200 patents on features like a multi-touch user interface and a sensor that automatically switches between landscape and portrait mode, he just might be right. Here are the …

Manifesto Games

An antidote to the slick graphics and high prices of most video games, Manifesto Games offers hundreds of lo-res and obscure concept titles, from educational to traditional combat games. Their approach makes for a wide breadth, like Façade, a one-act interactive drama about a husband and wife (pictured above right), The Shivah, which takes on morality via a Rabbi and a battle reenactment game called …

Refinery29: Animal Farm

Jewelry designers are using their primal instincts—literally. Our favorite recent trend in accessories are pieces that pay homage to animals great and small in brilliant pins, cocktail rings accented with bejeweled eyes and necklaces carved from unexpected materials such as porcelain, wood and resin. Best of all, behind these bunnies and buzzards are symbols, meanings or omens that date back centuries and range from the …