The HB Ring by The Touch – one for you and one for your significant other.
Rose gold or stainless steel with a scratch resistant sapphire crystal surface Bluetooth connected to a smartphone, an App and (in wireless enabled areas) one another. Tap the ring to access the realtime heartbeat of your partner.
From around €540 to €2,700 per matching pair, depending on finish.
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An (obviously unofficial) Zika virus inspired logo for the Rio Olympics by Redditor Nephelus which has just enjoyed a very brief (and potentially litigious) shelflife on clothing site Zazzle.
https://vimeo.com/157414762
De-Dimension – clever, clickable, hangable and apparently sturdy flat-pack furniture by Korean designer Jongha Choi.
Shirts and bags with designs printed directly from the manhole covers, grates and vents of European cities by Berlin based art collective Raubdruckerin (pirate printers).
All sold via their online shop. The printed gear can be purchased online here.
The Executive Shine Box from American Shine Co. (€181).
Made from hardwood with metal bars to allow an (included) cotton flannel polishing cloth to be threaded through and pulled back and forth.
A 1968 Ferrari GT LWB California Spider – one of only 50 made, refurbished from the ground up in 2014 and currently taking bids at Sotheby’s.
Awarded a Ferrari Classiche certification, it also won the Emeritus Cup at the 2016 Cavallino Classic.
Starting price: $12,000,000 (€10.89m)
An ongoing dispute between LA-based illustrator Tuesday Bassen and Spanish clothing company Zara, which initially peremptorily rejected claims that its stores had blatantly plagiarised four of Bassen’s designs.
Zara has since removed the items from sale and are ‘ in contact with Bassen’s lawyers to clarify and resolve the situation as quickly as possible’
Pictograms scrawled on walls by homeless wanderers and migrant workers for the benefit (and wellbeing) of fellow travellers during the Great Depression in the US.
