Smartphone-Powered Portable Mood Lighting with Lampp

The candle-lit votive gets a modern day makeover

If you could somehow physically inflate the flat, glass screen of your smartphone into a glowing silicon bubble, it would resemble what Barcelona-based RCA alum and product designer Jordi Canudas has created with his new Lampp. By placing the organically shaped balloon over your smartphone (and using its screen as the light source), Lampp becomes a portable and easily adaptable mood light. As a modern …

Brad and Jenna Holdgrafer’s Yes Shop

The e-commerce site that encourages shoppers to buy less, but buy better

by Kohl Crecelius “Yes” has been a mantra for Brad and Jenna Holdgrafer—the husband and wife duo who have founded an online shop bearing the affirmative phrase. They adhere to a lifestyle that says “yes” to what life throws at them, and have carefully considered their possessions in a manner that supports what “yes” brings: the unknown. From living on a boat to moving up …

We Are Ink’d Temporary Tattoos

Bristol-based contemporary publisher Urban Graphic taps their favorite artists for non-committal body art

We’ve come a long, long way since the times when getting a tattoo was the exclusive prerogative of those on society’s fringes. Getting inked is still a pretty big decision however, so trying it out beforehand can oftentimes seem like a good idea. Step forward We Are Ink’d, a British temporary tattoo company (similar to Tattly) offering some of the quirkiest and most original designs …