Category Archives: accessories

Fish scale bags

20 Nov ’06 – 12:06 am

….not really, they are made of pop tops from aluminium cans, but they are made by a partnership called Escama, which means fish scales in Portugese. The three partners are based in San Francisco and Brasilia, Brazil, and all have day jobs. They apparently developed and market the bags that are made by Cia do [...]

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Smoke and noise

14 Oct ’06 – 11:44 pm

The world’s smallest, cheapest and best selling guitar amp is the Smokin Amp, housed in an adaptively reused cigarette packet. They’re having a bit of trouble sourcing cigarette packets these anti-smoking days so they suggest you send in your own used packet with your order. Have a listen here. We were looking for the earliest [...]

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Raptop computer….

14 Oct ’06 – 6:52 pm

that’s what it says, honest, go see for yourself. Although the site does seem to have lost something in the translation, or at least adaptively reused the english language. However, we did like the way the bell was described as “The latest foppery equipment” and that morse key mouse has a strange appeal. We found [...]

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Clock watching

1 Aug ’06 – 9:08 pm

I haven’t worn a watch since my early teens, a long time ago. If I want to know the time I just ask someone else, I’m a social kind of guy. But I have to say that the Nixie watch is almost enough to change the habit of a lifetime. It’s even got a rocker [...]

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Tyred

14 Jul ’06 – 10:54 pm

All over the world people are snipping away turning rubber tyre inner tubes into everything imaginable, its one of the fashionable materials of the day. The Australian brand Haul is making bags from truck inner tubes that have been everywhere and also from plastic advertising billboards. We really like them. The pity is that they [...]

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More naff stuff

5 Jul ’06 – 2:40 pm

Just what you’ve always wanted, a wallet made out of a milk carton. I like this one, even if it is really naff. Maybe because it reminds me of all the great brightly coloured stuff you get in Africa made out of tincans and plastic bags. Or maybe I just like folding bits of paper. [...]

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