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We’ve seen whiskey fuel everything from alternative vehicles to drunken bar brawls, but who would have thought that whiskey glasses could actually improve your vision? The eyewear…

E.L.F. Comprising a complexion brush, a concealer brush, a blending eye brush, and a mini Kabuki brush, E.L.F.’s four-piece set features recycled-aluminum ferrules, ergonomic…

SEED MONEY Subtlety is overrated. Create your own personal rainbow with hand-dyed açaí seeds offset by copper-colored glass beads from the Andean Collection, a social enterprise that…

Mike Forbes’s “Ulterior Survival Bag” is more than your average carryall. Designed for Detroit’s homeless population, the bag transforms into a pair of boots…

LET’S MOTOR “The Mini Roadster inspired me with many materials, like the canvas from the convertible roofs rejected after tests or the small metal plates obtained from scraps of…

Photos by A.M.P.A.S. Looks like Meryl Streep, Colin and Livia Firth, Kenneth Branagh, and Missi Pyle weren’t the only celebs wearing green on the Oscar red carpet. Award-winning…

Reaching for your smartphone to gather bits of intelligence could soon be a thing of the past, according to the New York Times, which reveals that Google is developing a pair of…

Ecouterre is the official media sponsor of DIY With IOU. Enter now at Source4Style to become the IOU Project’s next ethical designer! Hang ten in style this summer by slipping…

NO MONKEYING AROUND All Bonobo bags begin life as post-consumer PET bottles, which are collected, sorted, and cleaned. Crushed, shredded, and melted into a steaming liquid, the material…

FUTURE JEWELRY Mashing up the past, present, and future, Mirai’s “Cirkuita” collection uses everything from old Apple computer screens to glass marbles. One of our…

Where do exploded air bags go to die? If you ask Mariclaro, they don’t. The Toronto-based accessories label salvages truck tarps, leather upholstery, seat belts, bicycle inner…

The Greensleeve iPad 2 case by Gone Studio is devoid of many things. Clad in all-natural wool felt with a steel-button closure, it’s completely plastic-free, a conscious decision…

WEARABLE ART While putting the final touches on Picasso: Guitars 1912–1914 the night before it opened, Ruiz decided to pay homage to the grandmaster himself by constructing a bow tie…

From the Swans Island studio in Northport, ME, comes an ultra-edition, très exclusive set of scarves designed exclusively for Levi’s. Handwoven on wooden shuttle looms from 100…

Fashion and transportation history collide with Hanger 3′s line of quirky necklaces, which designer Dustin Wood fashions using vintage subway tokens from around the country.…

Augmented reality—the ability to superimpose virtual data onto real-world environments—is appealing in theory, but typical head-mounted displays have the subtlety of a sledgehammer…

Give your fingertips a cruelty-free makeover with a set of easy-to-apply “nail skins” by Nail Couture L.A, designed exclusively for People for the Ethical Treatment of…

Typography geeks, wordsmiths, and lovers of the alphabet will fall for the charms of Gwen Delicious, a Canadian accessories label that fashions necklaces from vintage printing-press…