Balancing Blocks

Brooklyn-based design duo Fort Standard handcrafted these colorful balancing blocks from hardwood scraps sourced from local furniture shops. Build your own Stonehenge with this set of ten.

RX Made

Chicago's Rebuilding Exchange introduces a line of upcycled furniture with Strand Design

Over the past three years Rebuilding Exchange (RX) has served designers, architects and builders in Chicago as a retail outlet for reclaimed building materials. Since the non-profit’s inception the warehouse has developed a strong reputation for promoting sustainable deconstruction practices and has grown to offer instructional design classes, job training programs and now a line of furniture and home goods. Developed in collaboration with Strand …

Lytro Perspective Shift

Get creative with two new features that will change how you photograph

With the introduction of their truly unique light field camera, Lytro made a big splash last year. Founder Ren Ng recently released a Lytro update that allows users manual control of their high-tech and compact cameras, and now the company is taking it a step further with two more fantastic features, coming out 4 December, which give users access to Perspective Shift and Living Filters. …