Kamis, 25 Desember 2008

A Gold iPod Shuffle

While some people may complain that Apple’s iPods are a bit pricey, they should take a look at this one first. Decked out in 18k gold, this shiny beauty used to be a bog standard, white iPod Shuffle until some mad Germans got their hands on it.A company called Xexoo will be happy to provide you with one too, as long as you can stump up £10,000 for the gold makeover. This isn’t just a paint job though, it’s actually made from gold, comes in a cool, shiny Piano-black box and has 24/7 support – as you’d expect for £10,000.The company already offers gold versions of the nano and iPod Video and you can see them here.-Martin Lynch

MINI Clubman themed bags

It’s true. While MINI UK have issued details of a special shoe designed to co-ordinate with, and celebrate the launch of the new MINI Clubman, MINI in Germany have released details of a range of MINI Clubman themed bags from Finduck, who own the Mandarina Duck brand.The bags are offered in brown, sorry, Hot Chocolate to match the new colour exclusive to the MINI Clubman.The MINI Clubman Collection of bags will be available via MINI.com/shop and will go on sale in November priced from 60 Euros for a Toiletry bag to 160 euros for a Weekender bag.

I-Mobile Cell Phone Watch

You may recall the Hyundai Cameraphone Watch we reported on in October. Well this isn't it. But it is a cell phone watch. Available from thinkgeek for $200, it's an unlocked GSM cell phone and PDA all packed into a package you wear on your wrist. You'll need service with AT&T/Cingular or T-Mobile for the little guy to work (sorry for now Verizon and Sprint users). It comes with a whopping 60MB of built in storage, with no extended memory supported. Read: Suckage. But for those of you that are itching for a phone to wear on your wrist, maybe you can look past that. I'm holding out though. I had a guy that runs a clinic out the back of a local Chinese restaurant offer to install a cell phone in my brain for only $400. I've just got to remind him to clean off his instruments before operating. Because when he fixed up my broken leg last time I think he left part of an eggroll and a few wontons in there.

Kieselstein-Cord Sunglasses

This hand made plastic style was designed to mix a multitude of mediums. The front frame is hand made Japanese / Italian Zyl. The core of the temple is hand made zyl that is hand wrapped with Italian leather. The temple itself has an inset end piece cap made from cast copper beryllium that also acts as a hinge component. The temple is adorned with one of Barry Kieselstein Cord's famous Frog motifs. The combination of metal, leather and hand made zyl really makes this frame a one of a kind piece.

Medium Dwell minimalist sneaker

Collaborating with Dwell Magazine to create a cool sneaker, Medium has developed the limited edition Medium Dwell Minimalist. Extreme simplification was the inspiration to this shoe and so construction relied only on a mixture of leathers. True modernists will appreciate features like the upper colorfully upholstered in hand painted Italian leather. Produced in limited quantity, it will be available for $120 US at authorized MEDIUM Design Group Dealers worldwide. A beautiful addition to that swanky travel get-up.