AN AK-47 FOR THE OFFICE
Arms dealers have been known to flood the African market and now the Geneva-based mechanical luxury maker Roland Iten has reclaimed the killing machines to turn them into arm candy under the new brand Fonderie 47. A pair of the cufflinks costs nearly $33,000, possibly the most expenisve in the world, and are plated with 18K white and rose gold. Only 20 pieces will be made and over 20,000 guns will be taken off the streets. In addition to cufflinks, Fonderie 47 makes custom rings for men and earrings for women. To create one ring some 75 assault riffles are destroyed and 500 are melted down and redesigned for a […]
URBAN BUZZ
It appears urbanites can save the world by making at-home honey. Philips has designed the slickest, modern an at-home Urban Beehive, to harvest fresh honey directly from a window. Described to be dummy-proof and looks so good your coop shouldn’t balk. All you have to do is cut a small hole in a window pane, the Urbanist explains, and the “pod-like hive attaches to” the hole. “Once affixed, the glass covered pod on the inside of the window would allow you to peer into the hive while the white entryway on the outside… allows the bees the freedom [to] come and go.” If the Discovery Channel view isn’t enough remember […]