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Pratt Institute celebrates star alumni and faculty from 1887-2012

Over the past 125 years New York’s Pratt Institute has continually graduated and employed some of the world’s most influential free thinkers in art and design, including Robert Mapplethorpe, Ellsworth Kelly, George Lois, Paul Rand and Richard Meier to name just a few. While many have risen to fame, others remain behind the scenes designing products and making art we all subconsciously know and love. …

Eastern Collective Cables

Colorful woven cords for cheering up and keeping track of iDevice adaptors

Bringing a bright pop of color to the tangled white mass of iDevice cords are Eastern Collective‘s woven cables. Mixing textiles with technology, the young company from Vermont aims to brighten the otherwise drab greyscale-dominated world of Apple. Each multicolored cable works with all non-lightning iDevices to help differentiate which cord is which. Available in three- and six-foot lengths and in five different woven patterns, …

Das Programm

A comprehensive online source for Dieter Rams' iconic designs for Vitsoe and Braun

While doing some Vienna vintage shopping we recently came across the Braun 308 turntable, a harmless discovery that led to a maddening online search for iconic designs by Dieter Rams once home. After clicking from one corner of the internet to another we were introduced to Das Programm, a comprehensive resource exclusively selling designs by the hugely influential industrial designer for Vitsoe and under his …