Crystal Dock

Bringing old-world chic to the iPhone dock

Landed on my desk today, the Crystal Dock from Calypso is a handcrafted heavy block of lead crystal glass cut and polished to perfectly fit any iPhone or iTouch. Passing through 15 artisans during its creation, each dock is the upshot of 300 years of European glassworks experience and meticulous standards. The Crystal Dock comes in three patterns—Beau, Celestial and Dune—as well as the Aurora, …

Cleavage

A photographic book of breasts is more than meets the eye

In the pictorial book “Cleavage,” ample bosoms fill tank tops, are adorned with necklaces, and press against a guitar. However, the cleavages photographed are actually the butt cracks of men and women. (Check out the hirsute bust in a cocktail dress.) Bethany Fancher, a New York-based artist, invited family, friends and willing participants to model their posteriors in their homes, workplaces and staged sets. The …

Soft Sensors

A student crafts literally warmer and fuzzier computer interfaces

Lara Grant just graduated from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU where she literally crafted out her own niche in “wearable technology.” “It’s not a real major, just my interest,” the 28-year-old Brooklyn resident explains. Her thesis, Soft Sensors, fuses the digital world with physical experience by creating computer controls out of felt. With so much anxiety about an increasingly digital existence, her project refreshingly …