Jacob Jensen’s Beowatch

Jacob Jensen, one of the top designers of Bang & Olufsen's hi-fi components since the late sixties, created the Beowatch (a combination wristwatch and remote control) for the Beocenter stereo system that he designed for B&O in 1986. The Beowatch's angular curvexing reminds me of the Sinclair Radio Watch. Incredibly scarce today, the Beowatch appears to have only been produced for a very short period …

ToyMe Jewelry

The creative project of a 26 year-old Milanese metal worker who grew bored of his job at a bank, ToyMe is a new line adding witty irreverence to jewelry. With inspiration from his own childhood, ToyMe transforms classic toys, elements of urban culture and fashion into silver rings, necklaces and bracelets. A cast of an old cowboy figurine is a pendant necklace, a Lego is …

United Nude Shoes

Co-founded by the Dutch architect Rem D. Koolhaas (yes, he’s the nephew of Mr. OMA himself) and shoe-maker Galahad JD Clark, United Nude elevates the shoe to a true art form—where design, architecture and abstraction meet footwear. With an aim to create nothing less than contemporary iconic shoe design, "the products are conceptual: re-interpretations of architecture, archetypes, or existing classic objects." Like, for example, the …