The Hippest Hockey Puck Ever - The Aalto Puck.

Since the middle ages ice hockey has been played with round pucks. Until now. Inspired by the free forms of the Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto and a small reminder that not everything has to be as we’re used to, the Nordic Society for Invention & Discovery (NSID) and Iittala collaborated to create the first non-round hockey puck in the history of mankind, the Aalto puck.

The Apple iCup. I Would Buy This In A Heartbeat.

Designer, illustrator and 3D Artist, Tomislav Zvonaric (aka DevianTom) of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada has conceived an homage to the Apple brand by designing the Apple iCup.

100% Natural Hand-Crafted Wood Watches From JORD.

Wristwatches so often fall into two distinct categories: High-end titanium, ceramic, stainless and gold watches that cost a fortune or cheap plastic, rubber and metal trendy watches. Finally, there's an alternative and it's perfect todays' fashionable yet eco-conscious consumer: premium timepieces hand-crafted from natural woods in multiple styles suitable for men and women.



The first automatic watches made from 100% natural wood, JORD puts an immense amount of time and effort into manufacturing automatic mechanical movements combined with styles that don't look too earthy, too crafty or too chunky. Surprisingly streamlined and hip looking, the watches come in a variety of woods such as maple, cherry and bamboo as well as in a variety of styles. Wood frames, bezels and bracelets are coupled with hardened, scratch-proof glass, hidden stainless steel butterfly clasps, stainless, carbon fiber or wood faces, open skeletal faces and date windows.



Details such as the initialed crown, the engraved back, the packaging and even the little wood hang tag are a testament to the impeccable attention to detail found in their products.



Ranging from $120 -$249, JORD watches would make excellent gifts for Mother's day or Father's day - or just for yourself. I love my Fieldcrest in Green bamboo and get compliments on it daily.


above photo by if it's hip, it's here

The JORD Limited Edition Series
To add to their collection of wood watches, the JORD team has designed and developed a full line of watches that we call the JORD Limited Edition Series. All of the JORD Limited Edition models will be equipped with 20+ Jewel automatic movements. Our perpetual movements provide our customers with the accuracy and durability they demand in their everyday lives.

94A SERIES in Natural Green & Maple or Chocolate with etched metallic face ($159):

746 SERIES with open skeletal face and movement in black or chocolate. The 746 has 60+ individual pieces of wood making up the band. ($249):
above photo by customer Steffen Melsen Braüner

DELMAR SERIES with slick carbon fiber faces in various woods and colors ($149)

SULLY SERIES with contrasting woods, various faces and luminescent hands ($139)

ELY SERIES in a compact, smaller face design with a date window. Available in various woods ($129)

FIELDCREST SERIES in a unisex size with various wood options ($120)

How Does an Automatic Mechanically Driven Watch Work?

An Automatic mechanical watch is powered by an internal mainspring that is wound automatically as a result of natural motion of the wearer's arm. The eccentric weight (the rotor) pivots on its staff that is attached to a ratcheted winding mechanism. The movement provides the energy necessary to have the JORD watch function properly. The automatic watch movement has surpassed other mechanical movements and made the manual winding watches unnecessary or obsolete.






Shop for JORD Wood Watches here

And Then There's These - Strapless Panties by Shibue Couture.

After dominating the Salon de La Lingerie runway in Paris and making headlines in the UK's largest daily publication "The Sun", Shibue® Couture unveiled that it's the only trusted Strapless Panty worn on the runway during Fashion Week and keeps designer collection debuts "panty-line free." Next, Shibue® Couture will grace the runways in New York during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.


above: Shibue Couture debuts Lace and Hold Up Collection at the Salon de La Lingerie Fashion Show in Paris.

Washable, reusable, self-adhesive and totally invisible, the strapless panties by Shibue Couture keep you panty-line free.





Jenny Beuttner, Founder and Designer of Shibue® Couture, recently debuted her latest Lace and Hold Up Collection in Paris that garnered attention from top designers, models and stylists across the world. Shibue® Couture eliminates one of the biggest fashion faux pas in the world: the visible panty line. Shibue is the creator and innovator of the one-of-kind Shibue® Strapless Panty, it's washable and reusable with a soft and silky silicone gel adhesive that is applied on the top front and back of the panty, leaving nothing but a traditional style thong in between with a cotton liner for protection.



"Fashion Week used to feel like a dream to us, but we knew we had the product that designers didn't even know they were missing. Now their couture will look flawless and the models will feel comfortable without having to risk baring it all for fashion's sake. Everyone wins with The Shibue® Strapless Panty, and that's what we were aiming for all along. When we look good, we feel good!" said Buettner who has seen massive success by not just crossing the line, rather erasing it.



The Shibue® Strapless Panty will be featured on top models at Fashion Week 2014 and is the unseen product that will make these couture shows flawless. This season Shibue® Couture supports Hugo Boss, Katie Stern by Venexiana and the Hervé Léger by Max Azria Fall 2014 Runway Show where Max and Lubox Azria will debut the collection inspired by the beauty of nature and animal patterns at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.


above: At present Shibue Couture offers the strapless panties in black, mocha and beige.

Shop for Shibue products here

About Shibue ® Couture: 
Shibue®Couture was created by Designer Jenny Beuttner a line of solution-based products to cure undergarment needs, including a variety of discrete bra shapewear. Shibue® Couture's most innovative product is the first and only strapless panty on the market. The reusable Shibue® Strapless Panty erases panty line worries for any outfit and any occasion. Their taglines are: "We Didn't Cross The Line…We Erased It!" and "She Shoulda Shibued!"

Stack and Scare by Invisible Creatures. From Product to Packaging, Blocks Don't Get Much Cooler Than These.

Over a year in the making, Stack And Scare™ is a new series of 4 stackable wooden monster block sets designed by Invisible Creature and produced by the coolest toy blocks store ever, Uncle Goose.



Each of the four sets contains 14-18 pieces in various shapes and sizes. Featuring eyeballs, teeth, horns, arms, rounded shapes for shoulders and eyes, monster heads, hands, feet, legs, torsos, patterns and more. Mix and match shapes or combine with other Stack And Scare™ sets to unleash endless (and taller) creature combinations!

The Products:









How They Are Made:


The Packaging:




Beautifully and meticulously crafted by the folks at Uncle Goose in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the blocks are made from FSC certified basswood, using non-toxic inks.

The Commercial:
The folks over at Invisible Creature thought it would be fitting to create a short “IC Filmmercial” featuring their wooden critters in action, so they enlisted their friends in Portland, Beautiful Eulogy, to create a score using the blocks themselves and the result is pretty fantastic:


You can purchase Stack And Scare™ directly from the designers , from Uncle Goose or independent toy stores everywhere.

A Driveable Truck Made Of Ice Makes For One Cool Product Demo.

Here's a product demonstration that will leave you cold...  -49°C to be accurate. Canadian automotive parts retailer and manufacturer, Canadian Tire, constructed a completely drivable truck made of ice on the frame of a Chevrolet 2500HD to test the limitations of their MotoMaster Eliminator AGM battery. The truck was then used in a Canadian television commercial (shown at the end of this post).



They froze this battery to -49°C (-52° Farneheit) , then used it to start up the ice truck built out of more than 11,000 lbs of ice.





The project had numerous challenges. To put 14,000 pounds of ice on a regular truck frame, it had to be welded rigid because if it moves even a fraction of an inch it will crack the ice. And while your ice cubes at home may have a white center because of the air trapped inside, they had to remove all that air so the blocks were crystal clear.




The Canadian Tire Ice Truck even has an ice engraved vanity plate:



And an ice sculpted rear view mirror with an Ice Pine Tree Air Freshener hanging from it:


And ice sculpted side-view mirrors:


More pics:




The television commercial that aired in Canada:


And a look Behind The Scenes:


The tools that went into constructing the Canadian Tire Ice Truck:


Once it was all said and done, the ice truck had to be melted, which required a blow torch:


And here's an artsy time-lapse video (in reverse) of the ice truck....
Melt Video of the Canadian Tire Ice Truck (Extended):


Learn about the car batteries here

information courtesy of Canadian Tire;