Skywalking

Russian skywalking, Jay-Z's Empire, Globars and more in our look at the web this week

From Russia comes the new photography fad of skywalking, or taking pictures of people in high places from even higher places. Meant to give a never-before-seen perspective, these pictures are both vertigo-inducing and awe-inspiring.

Trizin Stools

Minimally designed seating finds strength in warped wood

While exploring Milan’s Lambrate neighborhood during last week’s Salone del Mobile, we found no shortage of inspiration outside the fair. Inside one of many abandoned warehouse-turned-exhibition spaces we came across a group of promising young designers from Tel Aviv. While each designer involved in the TLV Express collective did well to experiment with materials and technology, Michael Blumenfeld‘s TRIZIN Stools caught our attention with an …

Patagonia R1

Warm water wetsuits built with an innovative recycled polyester fabric

Having mastered innovative wool-lined wetsuits designed for near-Arctic conditions, Patagonia unleashed their research and development team and returned to their Southern California roots with the recent release of the R1 warm water wetsuit. By taking everything they knew about building suits for cold water and applying it to warm water, Patagonia was able to swap the merino wool for a specially developed recycled polyester blend …