L’Etagere-en-Bois

IMM Cologne's D3 Contest picks ECAL grad Lucien Gumy's innovative bookshelves

Seeing Lausanne University of Art and Design (ECAL) students top international design competitions is nothing new. Most recently, the prestigious D3 Contest, part of the international furniture fair IMM Cologne, has awarded its first prize distinction to 2012 product design graduate Lucien Gumy. Gumy was chosen among more than 670 applicants from 40 countries. Gumy’s “L’étagère-en-bois” (“wood shelves” in French), can be fully assembled and …

Halo Zero

San Francisco's Rickshaw Bagworks teams up with Halo Belt Company for an illuminated messenger bag

As an avenue for sharing invention Kickstarter has helped introduce a range of safety-oriented cycling innovations to market, the most recent being the Halo Zero, an illuminated messenger bag developed in collaboration between Kickstarter-funded Halo Belt Company and Rickshaw Bagworks. The bag combines Halo’s LED fiber optic bands with Rickshaw’s highly durable over the shoulder messenger bag. As longtime supporters of Rickshaw we’ve again teamed …

ThirtyTwo + Crab Grab

One of snowboarding's most trusted brands teams up with a creative newcomer for a 2014 season collaboration

Since 1995 ThirtyTwo has continually produced the lightest and some of the best-selling snowboard boots in the industry. Since 2012 Crab Grab has produced little pieces of foam that you stick on your board to improve foot and hand traction. While the two seem worlds apart the connection lies in the brands’ dedication to snowboarding. Neither make running shoes nor football uniforms, both exist solely …