Soap Chair

Eero Aarnio launches an update to his renowned 1968 Pastil Chair on a new private-sale site

Getting a “do-over” usually only happens in video games, and it’s even rarer still in the world of design. With Eero Aarnio‘s molded fiberglass Soap Chair, he’s improved on his own classic design, creating a version of his revered 1968 Pastil Chair for today’s lifestyle. The designer says, “I like to keep my design range as wide as possible. For example, the smallest object I …

Le Pumpkin

Squash-shaped water transport combining high-end design and functionality

Reliable access to filtered water is one of the biggest problems facing the developing world today. A solution with a twist, Le Pumpkin focuses on both filtering and transporting water in an easy manner. The concept comes out of David Edwards‘ (the mind behind Le Whif) class at Harvard’s Wyss Institute. French designers Mathieu Lehanneur and Julien Benayoun joined the effort to realize a product …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

12 worth-it links: Araki for Barneys, Kurt's guitar fragments, BBM for all and more

1. Mean’s Supervideo Series Launch The Los Angeles-based magazine Mean expands their media empire, seizing on the music video renaissance by introducing an experimental format that brings together top talent from film, pop culture and television to create short films (whether animations, abstract or otherwise) to track’s by contemporary artists. The first winningly pairs LCD Soundsystem’s “Pow Pow” with Academy Award-nominated actor Anna Kendrick and …