ICFF Coming Next Week

The International Contemporary Furniture Fair is coming to town (NYC) next week, and we're getting excited to see all the new stuff. Some designers and purveyors have been nice enough to send us preview pictures, so stay tuned for a few ICFF preview posts leading up to the event. To get a full sense of who's going to be there, check out Metropolis Magazine's overview …

Montage-a-Google

The fact that Google has made APIs available for all sorts of integration projects is among the many things that makes the search engine leader wonderful. I've seen several great projects built on top of Google, beginning with Marumushi's graphical view of Google News (which has been my browser homepage ever since I discovered it). The latest innovation, Montage-a-Google, comes from Grant Robinson and is …

Sneakers: The Complete Collectors’ Guide

Unorthodox Styles, the crew behind Crooked Tongues, has released the most thorough and cleanly designed sneaker guide I’ve seen to date. Over 180 models are included, each selected for having impact on global sneaker culture. In addition to giving the history of each model, the various manufacturers are profiled, the best shops around the world are listed and there’s a directory of web sites. $29.95 …