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It is always a challenge to find a shoe rack that isn’t conventional or boring as the rest of them out there. Winner of the 2006 Good Design award, Rakku’s Shoe Wheel is a good break from the traditional designed shoe racks we run into much too often. Depending on the type of shoe, the [...]

I don’t know about some of you, but I hate it when someone pulls out their set of keys and it has more key chains and accessories than everyone you know combined. It is those kind of people that actually deserve to die in a horror movie when the killer is getting close and they [...]

While working out at the gym last night I noticed that the South Lake Union Trolley (the SLUT) was up and running. After the unfortunate initials they have apparently changed it to the South Lake Union Streetcar, but I doubt the acronym will ever stop being used. Thank God. Mayor Greg Nickels has stated that [...]

She is coming back folks! Her and her abs will soon take over the world.

Onitsuka Tiger is the name of Japan’s first sports shoe brand. The shoes have enjoyed immense popularity in both Asia and Europe, but it seems like the craze is slowly edging toward the United States. Their most popular shoe is called the “Mexico 66″, but the variety of colors and prints they come out with [...]

There is something endearing about the Swedish. I say this of course having only met 2 or 3 Swedes in my life, but I like to think I can channel their culture listening to the music they create. I mean, “Young Folks” by Peter Bjorn and John has to be one of the most [...]

Korea is not allowed to copy the Japanese! Japanese thing Koreans are Baka.

Who says Salt and Pepper Shakers can’t be racially diverse. The folks over at Alessi are offering designer (Giovannoni Stefano, Takeda Rumiko) kitchen accessories in the form of a Chinese family with a very common last name (Chin). You can get salt and pepper shakers, pepper grinders, magnets, kitchen timers, book-markers, key rings and even [...]

Who says that your portable USB drives need to be plain and boring. The people over at Mimoco believe it a mission to bring style and soul to your personal tech devices. Their team of artists has created colorful and distinctive USB flash drives that resemble monsters, who love to eat your data. You can [...]

Seattle Native and American Idol runner-up, Blake Lewis, has released his first album since the competition ended earlier this year. Most people believed it was better that he didn’t win since he would have more creative control over his own album (it also seemed like the producers were going for the same idea, considering the [...]