Tag: STYLEMAVEN

João Sabino a Portuguese designer has finally found a use for all those computer keyboards that land in the trash. He has repurposed 393 discarded keys to cover interesting-looking, though impractical, handbags. The tote style bags are described as fashionable, though we can't really imagine anyone carrying one of these around. That doesn't mean we can't sit back and admire the geeky ...

Looking for something a bit more distinctive to decorate your iPhone than a sports team logo or rubberized case? If so, you're in luck, because Infectious.com just launched its iPhone art store online. The site offers exclusive laptop, car, wall, and now iPhone art created by real artists, many with actual street cred! The 'art' is made of adhesive vinyl that sticks onto the back of your iPhone. ...

Simply put, we laughed our backsides off when we came across this new, blonde-tastic splash of bubblegum fun. We are, of course, talking about the Keyboard For Blondes, a bright pink keyboard designed specifically for OMG enthusiasts. Though the color alone is enough to drive a 'Hills'-obsessed-daughter and her enabling mother wild, it is the fun details that won us over. Though completely ...

If there's anyone who's raking in the iPhone cash besides Apple, it's the third-party accessory makers. From cases to speakers to, um, telescopes, there is no shortage of add-ons to tailor your iPhone to whatever your needs may be. ifrogz, a fairly well-known Apple accessory and custom-skin maker, hopes to take things to another level, though, with its customizable iPhone/iPod EarPollution ...

Scandyna Dock Pack (Style Maven, Under $250) Looking for an iPod dock with a little more design sense than offered by most of those clunky, boxy models lining the shelves at your local chain store? Scandyna's Dock Pack combines an orb-like iPod dock with two of Scandyna's compact ultramodern (or retro-modern?) Micropod SE speakers. Each has a tweeter and bass/midrange speaker, and the speaker ...

Griffin Simplifi (Style Maven, Under $100) We've seen an explosion of USB cables, hubs, iPod docks, card readers, and other clutter as more and more digital devices work their way into the workplace and home. Even if you buy an all-in-one computer system, your desk is sure to be consumed in no time by a mess of wires as you hook up your printer, external hard drive, camera card reader, and the ...

Parrot SPECCHIO Photo Frame (Style Maven, Under $500) The one failing the vast majority of digital photo frames share is that they look and feel cheap. Parrot's new SPECCHIO model is a stylee exception, and includes a bevy of clever tech features as well. When the 8"x 8" frame is turned off, it's a silver mirror; turn it on and photos magically appear (in 5" x 3" area). Besides using a USB port ...

Vivienne Tam Netbook (Style Maven Under $1,000) It was only a matter of time before laptop designers caught up with the fashion-forward looks set by phones and MP3-players. HP commissioned designer Vivienne Tam to come up with what can only be described as a marriage of high tech and high fashion. While the outside may be all fragile peonies and purty pastels, the guts are what you'd want from ...

Infectious Laptop Covers (Style Maven, Under $50) For those who like to mix it up a bit rather than be a walking billboard for their laptop's maker, Infectious offers a slick line of laptop art: vinyl stick-on sheets designed by a stable of international artists with styles ranging from trippy abstraction to Japanimation to purely graphical. They offer a range of sizes depending on a laptop's ...

Coming at you in a neon rainbow of bright and shiny colors (plus black, natch), Fujifilm's new seven-megapixel camera sports a 3x optical zoom in its ultra-compact body. It's got face detection technology (and automatic red-eye removal), support for IrSimple InfraRed communication (for wireless image transfer to any IrSimple™ equipped device), and a "Blog It" function that allows you to ...

For aesthetes who like their desktops to look as fresh and clean as everything else in their Japanese-influenced, eco-friendly homes, Podera has some relevant USB hotness. Its Luxe Hub and Luxe USB 2.0 Hub and Luxe USB 2.0 card reader, both priced at $16.95, are absolutely gorgeous pieces of design. They perform simple tasks, but with grace: The former splits a single USB port into four, while ...

The Flybook VM ($1,400 and up) started as a concept PC -- after being entered into Intel's laptop design contest, an Italian company (read: Flybook) turned it into a reality (and manufactures it in China, but that's another story). This nifty looking thing's claim-to-fame is its adjustable 12.1-inch widescreen display, which can be pushed and pulled up, down, backwards, and forwards -- much ...