Thriller Headphones!

UK creative, Johnny Lighthands designed the wining entry in a Nokia headset design competition in 2009 for his 'Thriller Headphones'. Here's a blog Lighthands created about the conception and construction of the headphones.

Most recently he posted this 'alternative' on his blog!

Paint on Storm Drains Serves an Important Service

Work from the 6emeia Project has been all around the internet. The collective is made up of SÃO (Anderson Augusto) and Delafuente (Leonardo Delafuente) and began with "the purpose of changing and transforming daily life". Their clever and refreshing work has transformed objects in our daily routes into works of art that evoke a blissful, yet pensive consciousness. They have a lot of great work, including many more painted drains and other rural objects, plus, they also have a gallery of large murals they've work on.

NEW Music Video "I Was Drunk" - Riva Starr Ft. Noze

OFFICIAL Music Video "Fuck You" - Cee-Loo

Cee-Lo - Fuck You (Official Video) found on Rap

Hi Polished Head Phone. Sterling with Gold Plating.

Complete Technique a jewelry design firm creates music and DJ inspired jewelry. They have an impressive gallery of amazing DJs, producers and celebrities including Jazzy Jeff, Swiss Beats, HiTek, list of companies they have worked on collaborative pieces with including 3 sixteen, Futurerelic, and Kidrobot. The firm is headquartered in New York City and I had the pleasure of going to, what looks to be one of their last events in 2008 at the 55DSL store in Soho. Either these guys have been super busy, or they have moved on to something bigger and better. 

Stay tuned, I try to give you an update about it soon.

Wacom's DJ New Controller: NextBeat MK2

Wacom, the leading pen tablets manufacturer, has recently launched the second generation of the NextBeat, an all-in-one wireless DJ interface. After watching some videos of the product and reading others reviews of the current and previous model, my consensus is that this product's value, like many DJ controllers in an already saturated market, is solely based on preference. However, the NextBeat does pack some cool features such as its wireless interface, 16GB storage capacity, intuitive touch sensor controls and innovative live performance functions. 
Take a look at it here...

Wacom's entry into the DJ market is quite interesting. Maybe they also noticed the parallels of the designer and DJ. Though I was a little confused about why they did not have their R&D departments brainstorm together, maybe even incorporate their preeminent tablet technology into the product (like this?) Either way, the NextBeat MK2 is a cool new device/toy, that may excite new-entry DJs, but truly lacks innovation in technology and experience.

Technics and Marvel Make Some T-Shirts

In 2008 DMC (Disco Mix Club) in collab with Technics, Marvel Comics and Urban Species created special edition t-shirts spotlighting famous Marvel Comics' characters with the infamous Technics 1210s. An interesting project for all firms involved and proved the strong auxiliary relationship of each audience's interests. Check out some of the designs...

While I loved the idea, I thought a lot more effort could have been put into the composition. Aside from that, The Hulk one is fucking badass!