Joris Laarman

Though his work made the rounds on design blogs last year, we somehow missed it until now. Joris Laarman is a young Dutch designer with a great sense of style. We like it when designers challenge convention, as Joris has done with his designs for radiators that become part of the room's decor, or with his polyster concrete climbing wall "ivy" that can be assembled …

Mind What You Wear

Instead of trying pass that knock-off for the real thing, isn't it time to embrace the truth? Dutch design boutique Mind What You Wear calls a fake a fake with this new series of brilliant bags. Founder Bea Correa's perspective extends beyond the simple hand bag: Despite all efforts to eradicate counterfeits goods, we receive thousands of e-mails every day advertising anything from luxury label …

PALV

PALV, a revolution in personal transportation? Well, maybe– but I don’t think a personal air and land vehicle will work anytime soon. Bad traffic jam? No problem, lets just lift off and fly home–wait, don’t hit that overpass! What a disaster waiting to happen. Could you imagine the air traffic with a highway full of people lifting off in there little PALV’s? I like the …