The Fingerist is a new hardware accessory for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows new levels of control and audio output for musical iPhone apps. Attach your iPhone to the Fingerist, and you can pluck, strum or synthesize using iPhone apps featuring pianos, guitars, synthesizers and drum machines. While the Fingerist may remind some of the classic Keytar (and it’s not-so-cool baggage), Fingerist was designed with a heavy dose of style....

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Franc Vila’s Evos 8 Cobra watch is easily one of the most dashing watches we’ve seen yet this year. While accessible for the layman, the Evos 8 Cobra watch is designed for the extreme lifestyle– performance motorists, divers, helicopter skiing and more. This little snake will keep ticking at altitudes both high and low and climates both hot and cold– all the while looking like a million bucks. We don’t have pricing details just yet, but we certainly do have a new case of watchlust....

Football fanatics and soccer addicts are die hard about their sport, no matter the name you prefer to give it. With the holiday season upon us in full strength, it is time to take your favorite football fan’s feelings into account. Just what can you do to truly make their holiday a real GOAL? These nine gifts are what will rock their world, if money is absolutely no object....

The Hard Graft Box Camera Bag in ocean blue is simple in function, but complicated by design. It’s not a typical bag — it’s a box, folding together with flaps that tie neatly at the top. It sports a leather and wool strap that is adjustable based on your preferred length, and the shoulder portion is thicker to provide more support. It’s what you’d expect from Hard Graft. It’s sleek, elegant, well-designed and most importantly — it’s so damned pretty....

The new Harmon Kardon SoundSticks III Speakers represent the third generation of a series honored by New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The HK SoundSticks III maintain the transparent body, low profile wiring and white light LEDs while boosting the sonic performance with an upgraded line of components. These SoundSticks feature a six-inch down-firing subwoofer powered by a self-contained 20 watt amp, plus a pair of mid range units with four one-inch transducers each....

SB Architects has completed work on a sustainably-developed gem of architecture in Mill Valley, California. The Hillside House by SB Architects is the first LEED Platinum home in Marin County, located just north of California’s famed Golden Gate Bridge. The Hillside House is aptly named, as the site includes a sharp incline onto which this home was constructed. The home makes peace with the natural incline by utilizing a multi-story design, leaving much of the plot intact including the grand oak that reaches over the driveway....

Invented by a Chinese ruler It is believed that the game of Keno was introduced thousands of years ago by an authoritarian Chinese ruler known as Cheung Leung. The leader wanted to use the game as a source of finance. He was in dire need of money to build the Great Wall of China and to fund the endless wars. However, he realized that his subjects were not willing to pay more taxes and so he had to find another way of siphoning money from them....

If someone has wronged you or you have done something unforgivable, you might ask how to forgive yourself for something terrible? However, it’s important to understand forgiveness isn’t about saying, It’s okay. Forgiveness is about understanding that there are no bad people, just bad situations, and having compassion for everyone involved. It takes empathy to be self-compassionate, so if someone is unkind towards you it could be because they’re having a rough day or didn’t mean any harm by what they said or did....

It might sound harsh, but everyone has an inner circle of people that they consider friends, and it takes years to work your way into that circle. However, there are tricks on how to get someone to like you back just by knowing a little bit of information about the psychology of human nature in building lasting relationships. These tactics can be extremely effective. Once you understand how attraction works then you will know what to do on a date or when meeting someone for the first time....

This motivation is why goal-setting journals have become so popular—and so easy to find. Looking for a journal with goal-setting writing prompts? You’ll find links to some of our favorites further down in this post. Looking for tips on journaling goals? You’ll find those here, too. Let’s get started! What Is A Goal Setting Journal? If you’re looking for a new journal, it helps to know what features will make it easy to use daily....

It is important to let others finish their thoughts completely unless you have something urgent to say. Interrupting expresses a lack of interest or respect and stops people from sharing the end of their story. Realizing you have an issue is a long way from a solution, but it’s a good start. It provides you with an opportunity to learn how to stop interrupting and modify your behavior in able to better connect with others....

A form of gaslighting, reactive abuse is when one person intentionally provokes another into intense, adverse reactions. It can be emotional, psychological, or physical — and in many cases, reactive abuse is an unconscious, reflexive instinct. Is it harmful? What types of people engage in the practice? Why do they do it? How can you stop the cycle of reactive abuse? Settle in — because we’re unpacking it all below....

Could this concept car be a glimpse into the future of high-speed, off-road rally racing? Designer Klaud Wasiak thinks so, and has created the Hussar Dakar Rally Concept to show just how far these vehicles can go. The Hassar Dakar is inspired by Polish winged cavalry uniforms of the 18th century, giving this vehicle a dramatic rear wing structure that has both aesthetic and functional qualities. Inside, the driver is seated at a central position, with a lower, tiered section with two seats for a navigator and engineer....

Neither is it anyone’s birthright. Where does inner strength come from? It’s the fruit of battles fought, whether you won or made the best of a crushing loss.It comes from suffering that you’ve embraced rather than fled from and from grief that has made you kinder and more compassionate.It comes from realizing that you can’t expect others to change for you, so you make any necessary changes in yourself and keep loving them....

The Dutch design collective La Bolleur has reconstructed the classic game of mini golf in a decidedly design-forward fashion. La Bolleur’s take on mini golf has gone from astroturf and water fountains to the high art scene in Milan, Italy. The art shown at Via Vogehra 11 now is both playful and interactive, a nine hole course of mini golf with an ajoined bar and clubhouse. In a time when art galleries can be a bit too stuffy and serious for their own good, this throwback to childhood enjoyment is something we could certainly stand back and admire… when we’re not playing the game, of course....

The Sole is designed to provide greater connectivity between the Flex Run’s contact pad and the terrain beneath it. Its business end looks like a traditional running shoe with rows and columns of rubbery pads. It fastens to the Flex run after sliding around the carbon fiber like a sleeve, then stays firmly in place for miles and miles on end. It’s a great advancement for amputee athletes and an inspiring innovation for those of us who are still fortunate enough to have the use of both legs....

Since the inception of computer-based music production, the creation of sound has become a visual undertaking. With the release of the Novation LaunchPad Music Control Surface, making music just got a whole lot prettier– and easier to control. The Novation LaunchPad was designed to interface with the Ableton Live music production software, the tool of choice of electronic music producers and other computer-assisted artists. This device allows its users to cue, control and modulate the sound, synth, sample and effect units in Ableton Live’s music environment....

Upon its completion in 2014, the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) became the most significant work of tropical modernism in that category’s capital city. It is a symbol of Miami’s design sensibility, its progressive spirit and the lush natural environment of Florida’s coast. It was designed by a firm that had already established a legacy in Miami, the Swiss architecture group Herzog & de Meuron. Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron had shown a distinct voice in designing the 1111 Lincoln Road parking and retail facility in Miami Beach, and this second work is a success in line with the first....

Does your mess of refrigerator photos, press clippings and reminders need photoshopping? The Photoshop Magnet Kit can help. Clean up your disaster of a refrigerator with your favorite tools, layer dialogs and color pickers from Photoshop. This pack of 11 refrigerator magnets allows you to organize your refrigerator with the tools of the trade of graphic designers the world over. Just don’t try to use it to fix that awkward smile of yours from your last family photo… [$25 at meninos] View in gallery View in gallery