Azumi and David

Surrealist, practical, funny or not, Azumi and David (A'N'D) are the types to take a theme and run with it. The pair have made both high-heeled a brogue versions of their shoe bags (what girl hasn't wished for a surface suitable for resting on dirty floors?) and have configured eyeglass frames into endless necklace arrangements, both riffing on design and fashion in one blow. Other …

Patagonia’s T-Shirt Campaign: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Building on what's developing as a series of products geared toward raised awareness of our ecology, part of the profits from Patagonia's latest tee go to protect the Alaska Wilderness League, a nonprofit committed to protecting the grizzly bear, caribou, wolves and 125 different migratory bird species that conservations fear would be threatened if the land is opened to oil exploration. (Click images for detail.) …

Brain Bag

Known for stretching the fashion limits with his avant garde design for the label Undercover, Jun Takashi recently came out with this Brain Bag. An intricate knit of wool resembling the three-pound jelly structure encapsulated by the skull, it's playful but also looks mature and sophisticated and holds its own among other designer handbags. I will spare you most of the puns, but for any …