Unempire Socks

The Melbourne-based brand offers a sanitary way to wear sausages, cheese or tuna on your toes

To say there aren’t many creative sock brands around right now would be a lie—but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for more.The latest brand to bring a smile to our face (via their feet) is Melbourne, Australia’s Unempire. Using the always eye-catching all-over-print concept, Unempire’s socks are adorned with original artwork that features cans of tuna, bricks of cheese, sausage links and sandwich spreads. …

Unerdwear

A geeky Polish duo designs comfy, print-heavy "softwear" for nerds

Two graphic designers working in Poland’s burgeoning tech industry have taken “softwear” startups to the next level. Their unintentional product: Unerdwear, boxer shorts that unleash your true inner nerd. Kasia Bojanowska and Joanna Socha’s combined eye for Tumblr-meets-Reddit-meets-Nintendo patterns, their absurd sense of humor and working in close proximity with the target demographic led to a fortuitous happenstance. “Me and Socha go way backwe went …

Personal Code Cuff

Industrial designer Giorgio Bonaguro explores personal barcodes in his first foray into jewelry

Milan-based engineer-turned-designer Giorgio Bonaguro has worked in a variety of different fields—from furniture to packaging to lighting, with subsequent experience in the prototype department at the acclaimed Studio De Lucchi (lead by Michele De Lucchi, founding member of the influential Post Modern-minded Memphis Group). Bonaguro, who cites great Italian designers like Bruno Munari and Achille Castiglioni as inspirations, is now making his first foray into …