EAST Surf Co. Wax Tool

A functional and elegant surf accessory cut and crafted from American Walnut

Any surfer worth their salt knows the importance of a proper layer of wax on their deck. After a few sessions, the sticky bumps that once held your traction through turns soon feel slick like a freshly mopped floor. Meaning, it’s either time to rough up your existing wax or strip it and start anew. With this in mind, Brooklyn-based surfwax-maker EAST Surf Co. set …

Ipnos Outdoor Light by Rossi Bianchi Studio

Use the unconventional rectangular prism structure as a lamp or even a table

Created by Milan-based design duo Guido Bianchi and Nicoletta Rossi for the well-respected and innovative lighting company FLOS, the Ipnos outdoor light is at once subtle and bold. The simple design—which is really an indoor/outdoor piece—essentially mimics a 3D sketch of a rectangular prism but really makes a statement. Rossi and Bianchi—both former architects—created the light from thin, anodized aluminum poles (making it super-light and …

GeMo 3D-Printed Vases

Mutant variations in an algorithm lead to subtle alterations for producing an army of vases

When first seeing GeMo for the first time, it’s difficult to not be intrigued: there is a purity to the vase design, but there’s something wrong. They aren’t all the same—similar, but not the same. GeMo (derived from “genetically modified”) is a Kickstarter project from London-based architectural designers Mehran Gharleghi and Amin Sadeghy, who will be creating an army of multi-textured GeMos for display in …