Off the Podium

Question: What do you get when you cross Winter Olympics fever, a national broadcasting network's exclusive contract, and Macromedia Flash animation? Answer: Off The Podium – a website built by the NBC Broadcating Corp. Now you'd expect the old dinosaur on Rockefeller Plaza to build a clunky site with little content, but no; Off The Podium is an attractive and informative package that's a great …

Moongirl

So many fashions jump the Hello Kitty nostalgia bandwagon sometimes known in less-polite circles as "Japsploitation" – so it's always reassuring to see a fresh take on Nippon-inspired style that doesn't rehash the age old stereotypes. The new t-shirt line from Moongirl is just one example: It eschews the cutsey stereotypes and instead brings a varied blend of fashionable and original print shirts for Moongirls …

Mounds [Placemats]

Placemats – something kids need to keep from staining the table cloth? Perhaps. But these ones aren't exactly age-appropriate. Introducing avant-garde Brazilian-New Yorker Vik Muniz' special edition placemat set, featuring appetizing photographs of mounds of, well… cat hair, aspirin, headless army men, poison scorpions, rat poison, and even… granola. Shudder. Printed and packaged by the folks at Printed Matter, Inc. in Manhattan, VM has crafted …