Shred Optics

Olympian Ted Ligety's classically-styled high-performance shades

While many try to imitate the exemplary ski style of Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety, his panache off the slopes is also noteworthy and even more easily attainable. Shred Optics—Ligety’s line of sunglasses, goggles and helmets—are engineered for seriously pushing the limits and fashioned to reflect a buoyant sense of humor. Inspired and designed entirely by athletes, the whole collection is great for hitting the …

Barbie Video Girl Doll

Barbie takes on the 21st Century with a new built-in video camera

Ever the modern woman, Barbie now offers kids a first-person perspective with a built-in video camera. The Barbie Video Girl features a camera lens in the (standard size) doll’s front and a color LCD video screen on her back for an all-in-one shooting and screening experience. In keeping with their fifty-year-long history of encouraging girls to imagine themselves in a multitude of career roles—from a …

End Grain

Opening Ceremony's patchwork-bright Tumi bags, Olympic design, a blog devoted to letterpress and wood type, and more

Started in August 2009, the excellent blog End Grain is dedicated to finding and aggregating the best examples of letterpress and wood type. The site also provides a helpful directory of links to letterpress-related shops on Etsy.