Cool things to buy – Get Into My Life

by Joey on May 17, 2015

Cool Feature Socks from Cape Town.

Hailing from the streets of Cape Town, designers Alison and Chelsea set out to put a little of their city into this collection of incredibly cool socks. Drawing on the vast visual stimuli Cape Town offers, the lineup reflects the variety and culture of the city well.

The collection includes;

‘Transport’ – a bright busy sock that highlights the many different modes of transport people take.
‘Mountain climbing’, a landscape sock that lends itself to the cities famous table mountain.
‘Afro Geo’ a print sock that remembers the traditional ethnic patterns seen woven into south african textiles.
‘Bo Kaap’, another landscape sock that features the unique neighborhood on Signal Hill that is lined with colored homes.

This 2015 collection of feature socks is available from Feat. Sock Co. and at 135 Rand including shipping a pair will set you back just under $12.

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by Joey on May 14, 2015

Slice Scissors – right and left handed scissors.

Designed to be ambidextrous, this pair of powerful 4” blades have been crafted from lightweight japanese stainless steel. Imagined by prolific designer Karim Rashid, these lie-flat scissors are just one of the many products (over 3000!) Karim has designed.

The company ‘slice’ donates a percentage of their profits to autism research, so when the owner and CEO TJ Scimone approached world renowned designers to help shape their product line, the likes of Scot Herbst, Alfredo Muccino, and others quickly got on board.

It’s not hard to want to own a pair of these sleek blades, and knowing a ‘cut’ of the profits go to a good cause, you can pick up a pair from over at Amazon, and if you feel like being moved then [watch the video].

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by Joey on May 12, 2015

Word. Notebooks – better organizing your ‘To Do’ lists.

Stop surfing the app store for productivity apps, we have a solution that may seem a little old school but it won’t run out of battery and it won’t make you sign into Facebook.

Word. Notebooks are the creation of some well known ‘Online’ publishers (Coolmaterial & incredible things among them) who recognized the need for some ‘Offline’ direction.

First off, visually the notebooks are striking. The notebooks are meant to be archived/collected, so patterns are created in-house with the help of NJ designer Jennifer Chasteen.

Looks aside, the ‘hero’ feature of the notebooks lies in it’s unique bullet-point management system. Nested in the columns are feint circles, waiting to highlight your most important to dos.

fill in the little circle for your standard bullet point
Circle the bigger circle for tasks that hold the highest priority (read:ASAP tasks)
Strike once for tasks in motion
Strike twice and you’ve crossed it off your list.

Printed in a warm yet subtle grey ink the well spaced ruling pairs well with the clean white of the paper, which lends clarity to your overview when list making.

The notebooks fully recycled stock is slightly weightier than ‘feildnotes’ and is friendly to biros, gel pens and pencils. Stylish, functional, and compact, coming in at 5.5” x 3.5 you will have no excuse to not carry them on you at all times. Best of all at 48 pages in length they travel in packs of three so you’ll have roughly 280 lists to start writing.

So be smart, pack away your smart device and order your life by ordering your first set of Word. notebooks from [ here ] or at [ amazon ].

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by Joey on May 7, 2015

Plank Floating Shelf – magnetic keyhang

‘Plank’ is a minimal floating wall shelf designed to live in the entranceway of your home, safeguarding your phone, wallet and keys. The floating shelf cleverly hides a magnetic strip on it’s underside, allowing keys to ‘hang’ in place without hooks. The floating shelf comes with everything you need to mount it to the wall, you just need to choose the color. – Available in Black, Walnut and Natural.

Never lose your keys again.

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by Joey on May 4, 2015

Portable Drawing Lamp : sustainable usb LED light

This chic portable drawing lamp by artzavod stands out, not just for it’s eye catching design, or portability, rather it’s commitment to sustainability. The creator Nick Ponomarenko a Ukrainian designer, sources the majority of its parts (80%) from industrial waste that would have ended up in landfill.

Crafted from Ash, the lamp boasts an array of super bright LED’s will draw only 2 watts of power via usb cabling, so finding a power source is as simple plugging the lamp into a computer port or usb wall socket. Also lending to it’s portability the lamp easily dismantles and packs away into it’s carry sleeve.

The 1.2 metre fabric usb cabling comes in four colors red, blue, yellow, and green, while the portable drawing lamp comes in a light and dark edition.

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by Joey on May 1, 2015

Audio Jack Splitter Keyring by Elago

The Elago keyring audio jack splitter takes the signal from a standard 3.5mm audio jack and splits it, allowing the music to be routed through to two sets of headphones.

The saying goes ‘sharing is caring’ but the majority of audio splitters simply lack the portability of this keyring splitter. Weighing in at 8 grams this convenient addition to your keychain won’t be noticed until it’s needed.

The audio jack splitter is held by a wire ring and screw clasp, making it a cinch to remove when in use. It’s body has been crafted from durable impact resistant Elastomer and is available in Black, White, Italian Rose, and Jean Indigo.

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by Joey on April 28, 2015

Smart Food Scale – An Intelligent way to eat healthy

Prep Pad is a smart food scale that connects your kitchen and your eating habits intelligently to your apple devices and fitness trackers.

By combining a food weight scale with the power of the app store, Prep Pad graphically displays your food’s nutritional value, and provides clever insights into what you should be eating to best achieve your personal goals. (also integrates with JawBone Up).

The free app is packed with free recipes that can not only help you achieve your perfect intake of calories, it can also coach you through the art of cooking, helping you to develop and learn how to show off your own culinary genius.

These smart food scales will do all the heavy lifting when it comes to calorie counting, but more than that, will encourage you to learn how to eat smart, healthy meals that taste amazing.

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by Joey on April 24, 2015

Jump by Native Union

Being as connected as we are, the night time ritual of plugging in your phone seems like the only sure way to make sure you get enough charge to get you through the day. If forgotten, watching your battery drain away can be like eating your last meal before heading to the gallows.

This is where ‘Jump’ by native union comes in, this 2″ x 2″ cube is more than just an extra battery. It’s as though the designers acknowledged that giant portable batteries are not only too cumbersome, but also require the same ritual of remembering to plug them in. Weighing a mere 1.48oz (42grams) the ingenuity of the device lies not in it’s ability to hold phone saving power, but in it’s unique power-through cabling. The battery itself holds 2.5 hours of talktime, but when you do find a usb power source it can be plugged in while charging your battery simultaneously. Essentially it’s a charging cable that also happens to store some of that charge for later.

Good Design Winner for 2014, Jump’s inlaid edging allows it’s 19″ of cabling to wrap neatly around itself and the metal connectors lie flat against it’s face, keeping it’s footprint unbelievably small. Available in both lightning and micro usb, and the cord detailing comes in red, blue and zag.

I personally carry one in the coins pocket of my jeans, and I honestly don’t notice it until my battery indicator flashes at me. The extra 30% I get out of it is usually all that I need to keep my phone alive until I get back to my computer / work / home.

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by Joey on April 22, 2015

Birch Tree Forest Shower Curtain

This shower curtain will let you hang a birch tree forest in your bathroom. The inherent flaw with bathrooms is that they are designed with privacy in mind, so windows are often to high and too small to enjoy the great outdoors while you soap up. So at the relief of your neighbors you can skip the ceiling to floor window and enjoy this ultra realistic alternative.

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by Joey on April 21, 2015

Folding ironing board drawer.

This folding ironing board is so compact, it lives in a drawer. When it comes to apartment living, you can really find yourself clamouring for space, and unless you want one of those mini ironing boards that you still have to pack away somewhere then this is a simple storage solution.

The folding ironing board hides away, you might just be surprised when opening your cutlery drawer!

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