Outdoor Furniture from Spain

Five more-than-meets-the-eye designs for the patio

Sponsored content: With summer in full swing, poolside patio chic just got that much more appealing with Spain’s top designers on deck to transcend pedestrian lounge sets into sleek and functional furnishings. Turning outdoor furniture into an inward meditation on minimalism and ingenuity, Spanish artisans craft dual-function designs that are as much at home overlooking the Mediterranean coast as they are eying the cityscape from …

The Nightstream

A €16,500 mountain bike that might be more suited for the wall than the trail

Describing their products as “perfectly handcrafted and strictly limited objects of art,” Germany’s Vandeyk Contemporary Cycles this fall will release the Nightstream, a retro-inspired mountain bike with a whopping €16,500 price-tag. The bike brand, comprised of “a handpicked brigade of experts in fields as diverse as design, bicycle frame building, photography, and writing,” seeks to produce revolutionary, highly-sophisticated designs with each hand-constructed bike. Constructed with …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Sunscreen infographics, bike repair kiosks, the urban life lab and more in this week's look at the web

1. Bike Fixtation If you’ve ever ended up stranded in the city with a flat tire, you’ll find the new Bike Fixtation kiosks helpful. The self-service stations are open extended hours for bicyclists in the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan areas. 2. LockCircle LockCircle’s solid aluminum cap keeps Canon image sensors protected with machined good looks. 3. BMW Guggenheim Lab Website With the official launch …